The guests on the show this week agree that Johnson is a good fit for the part, but the film’s story comes in for some rather critical comments. “If you like superhero movies and destruction, but don’t care about story…” seems like a stinging rebuke to the film. On the…
Here at the LAMB we’re not trying to wish away Halloween and the spooky movie season before it’s upon us, but we live by a strict podcast schedule that necessitates the announcement of November’s Movie of the Month winner now, now goddammit, now! Six movies were put forward for the…
You might ask “Who is the shape?” in this third film and it would be a perfectly acceptable question to go along with “What is Michael Myers?”. Unfortunately, we don’t have Drax on the show to ask, “Why is Michael Myers?”, so we ask a different question, “Why is this…
Horror films from the 1970s are being remade on a regular basis. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been remade twice and there are six other iterations of the film, but it’s hard to top the original. TCM is often cited as one of the most frightening movies ever made, it…
It’s time to vote for November’s Movie of the Month! No theme this month, six films to pick between, and whichever one wins the poll gets a Lambcast episode dedicated to it! The poll is at the bottom of the page, but first here are the nominees: Willow (1988) [Bubbawheat,…
Smile takes advantage of a terrific viral marketing campaign to draw attention to the film on it’s opening weekend. Actors presenting a rictus type grin, in bright colored t-shirts, photobombed Major League baseball games and the Today Show, apparently disturbing the paying fans and the players as well as the…
The month of Halloween is almost upon us, so it must be time to announce our horror-special Movie of the Month winner! We had a mix of classics and newer fare, with a TV spin-off thrown in for good measure this month, you’ve voted and as always there can only…
A beautiful blue sky, a desert setting, with mountain peaks in the background and fantastic cars in the driveway. This is the utopia that was promised to Americans at the end of WWII. Is it still the dream that motivates men and women into making foolish choices? We are going…
Send Entries To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com Deadline: 29th October Hello everyone, it’s time to announce the next featured director for Director’s Chair and, for Halloween, I’ve decided to feature the king of body horror, David Cronenberg. After making some short films and arthouses films in the early 1970s, Cronenberg went into partnership…
