What more can be said about this now-much praised film than has already been said? Very few films have gone through such a drastic critical and popular reappraisal as John Carpenter’s The Thing. Mainstream and genre film critics severely criticized the film when released on
Fans of FM-84 and retroheads with a sweet-tooth for strong, gripping male pop singers, NewRetroWave Records has got your Wride for the summer. His first name is Ollie, and you most likely know him as the voice you’ve heard on FM-84’s now classic Atlas record.
A quiet introvert by day and Black Mage by night, Franck has been leading the unsuspecting double life of a masked superhero for the past fourteen years with his alter ego known as Danger. Cited as a major influence and precursor by many of the
Barely two weeks after first having seen his terrific European debut performance at London’s Retro Future Fest, we are saddened to hear that Pittsburg’s Betamaxx found has himself in a tough spot during his recent visit to San Francisco last Saturday (August 10, 2019). After
Most pop culture enthusiasts recognize the iconic image of the fedora and whip since the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark on June 12, 1981. The image can truly only belong to the archaeologist Indiana Jones, the character that brought “the return to the
Moon Over Parador (1988) Directed by Paul Mazursky I was very recently pleased to find that one of my favorite films of all time was on youtube. MOON OVER PARADOR was released on September 8, 1988 and stars Richard Dreyfus (JAWS, Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Sonia
Mark Hamill returns to voice the insane and unperturbed Chucky. Watch the trailer and let us know your thoughts. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHNLikDiVw[/embed] What are your thoughts on this?
Presenting another addition to our Retro GOLD features. We a still exploring the depths of NYC in the 80's, but this time from a different lens. These exceptional pictures were shot by Frank Hovat between 1982 and 1986, with a Nikon SLR camera. The grit
France may fill its heart with pride, for its preponderance in the Synthwave scene can hardly be disputed. Whether or not one considers Nantes’ Valerie Collective to be pioneers of the Synthwave genre, the fact remains that its active members were precursors to what now
What is the butterfly effect? Well apparently it doesn’t matter now because we’ve killed them all and the bees are next, something to do with plastic straws and cars. Scientists claim that we’re currently doing a reasonable job at a mass extinction but not nearly as
Happy belated New Year synth fans, and welcome to the year of the Blade Runner. Much like poor ol’ Roy Batty, we don’t always get what we want in life. Then again he did live in a world of deep poetic melancholy, sex androids and
There is this anecdote about one of the ancient skeptics (Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus? How can one remember not to forget all those names in the long run?) who reportedly went for a walk with one of his pupils.