Tag Archives: Fantasy

Chinese Dragons Are Cool: The Dragon Pearl

Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 by Robert Hood

The Dragon Pearl (2011; directed by Mario Andreacchio) is an Australia/China co-production. It has a huge Chinese dragon in it. It also has Aussie stars Sam Neill (who has been in lots of stuff, but I’m going to name In … Continue reading →

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Introducing the B-Movie Celebration

Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by Robert Hood

As the Backbrain has been honoured with the task of introducing the films scheduled to screen at the 6th Annual B-Movie Celebration’s Film Festival being held in Columbus, Indiana during September, it’s appropriate that the official press release appears here … Continue reading →

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Sinbad Voyages Again in Dynamation!

Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

At least one production studio — aptly named Giant Flick Films  —  is hell-bent on ensuring that their addition to a great cinematic tradition will replicate the sort of mythic monsters that made the originals so enchanting. Sinbad: The Fifth … Continue reading →

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Designing an Undersea Empire

Posted on Friday, May 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

For some time now I’ve been talking informally to several people directly involved with the Chinese/US fantasy blockbuster Empires of the Deep, being given updates and behind-the-scenes stories that I couldn’t report for reasons of confidentiality. Now that the new … Continue reading →

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New: Dark Nemesis

Posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

The trailer for Dark Nemesis (US-2010; dir. Drew Maxwell) has been released by production company Shoreline Entertainment. Originally titled Ferocious, Dark Nemesis is a post-apocalyptic monster movie, with some nifty independent production design work and a grotesque three-eyed monster. Synopsis: … Continue reading →

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