The late John Saxon cameoed as an FBI agent being interviewed by the late Kelly Preston (1962-2020) in Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996). Hard to believe we lost both of these actors in the span of a couple weeks. 2020 has been a horrific year. 2020 has been a heavy-hearted year of great…
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“Battle Beyond The Stars” (1980); Roger Corman’s scrappy, campy answer to Star Wars turns 40…
The Clone Wars. Following the unexpected success of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” in 1977 (“A New Hope” wouldn’t be added to the title until years later), studios big and small were scrambling to create their own space operas. Some were embarrassingly obvious in their mimicry (Luigi Cozzi’s “Starcrash”), others gained their own cult followings (Glen…