Long before Peter Jackson became known for becoming J.R.R. Tolkien or remaking King Kong, he was that big, hairy fella from New Zealand known for grossout horror comedies. His third feature was 1992′s Dead Alive , a film that wasn’t received all that well two decades ago but is now seen as a cult classic. The gang from French Toast Sunday championed the film after barely losing out to American...
This week’s LAMBScores brings you a pair of sequels and the latest animated offering from Blue Sky Studios. How does Fast & Furious 6 compare with its well-received predecessor? Did The Hangover Part III deliver the laughs? Will Epic be an Oscar contender for Best Animated Feature? Find out below and don’t forget to...
I believe the proper nomenclature is as follows:
*ahem*
If you got a problem, yo, we’ll solve it.
That’s the motto for the Ask the LAMB feature here, a segment that finds its host Jason Soto trolling Yahoo Answers for truly insane questions. It can bring some seriously credible answers from a wide variety of film bloggers. It can also bring some seriously funny answers. Occasionally, it does both.
And...
Robert from Sketchy Details here to announce the new topic for Foreign Chops. This time around, we’re going to shake things up a bit. I want you to submit your best posts about fantasy films made all over the world. There is no geographical border outside of not being a native English-language film.
Here’s how it works. You e-mail me at robertjgannon@gmail.com with the subject heading Foreign Chops. Submit up to 5 links...
We’ve got another major release coming at you this week with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness. Did it live up the high expectations? Find out below and don’t forget to submit your future scores in the forums.
Robert from Sketchy Details back again with another Foreign Chops round-up post. The most popular film for Foreign Chops: Mexico was Cronos, but only because it was the only film with more than one write-up. There’s a great range of titles and directors to read about this month. Thanks to everyone who participated. We’ll be announcing the next Foreign Chops subject soon.
Amores...
I don’t want to give anything away just yet, but can we talk for a minute about FAMILY? The LAMBcast FAMILY wishes to invite you to listen to episode 169, in which we discuss Justin Lin’s fourth entry in the Fast & Furious series, and we welcome you to invite you aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins, grandparents, Diesels and Ludacrisses (Ludacri?). In other words, we’re having a FAMILY reunion to...
This week’s LAMBScores brings us a new #1 for 2013, as we check out the reviews for Mud, The Great Gatsby and Peeples. Is it the Matthew McConaughey indie drama, the Baz Luhrmann extravaganza or the comedy film that impressed the lambs the most? Find out below and don’t forget to enter...
Hi, it’s Shala from Life Between Films. I started this feature earlier this year when I volunteered to act as the film festival contributor for LAMB and share some of my knowledge and experiences regarding film festivals around the US. I have had fun with it, and I hope at least someone out there has enjoyed reading. Currently, ‘The Festival Experience’ highlights a few of the major festivals around North America (Sundance, Tribeca,...
Who is Cumberbatch playing? Will there be more cameos from the original series’ cast members? What’s up with Alice Eve? To Spock or not to Spock? And seriously, does J.J. Abrams have it out for San Francisco? These questions and many more were tackled on episode 168, in which Dylan, Justin, Jessica, Jay and Sebastian discussed the sequel to the 2009 megahit in detail.
Also on tap:
* Rants and Raves of the...