Savage PopcornFilms. Politics. Technology.The Wes Craven Project- July 17, 2008 Sarah, from the Shameless Films forums is embarking upon a PhD that will be focusing on Wes Craven as both a director and a producer, looking at the influence his career has exerted over the American horror film industry as it stands today. Her research will be taking in both close textual analysis of ...http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/the-wes-craven-project Wrecking Space!- July 16, 2008 The footage is taken from Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The band is Kozaks Of Metallishtan. The result is bonkers. Check it outhttp://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/wrecking-space Faith through firepower- July 14, 2008 Windsor Hills Baptist Church appears to believe that the best way to bring young people to god is by giving them plenty of firepower namely, an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle. Good thing they aren't handing out free pornography, or someone might get hurt.http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/faith-through-firepower Klaatu Barada EXPLODE- July 9, 2008 The trailer for the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still has leaked onto Twitch. It starts off looking surprisingly intriguing, but then they decide to just blow stuff up! I'm not impressed.http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/klaatu-barada-explode Hysterical- July 9, 2008 Smoking is bad for you, it causes all sorts of nasty diseases and it makes you smell. It's quite reasonable, therefore, that the British Medical Association is keen on reducing the numbers of smokers. However, their demand that the BBFC take "pro-smoking content" (whatever that is) into account when vetting films does strike me as being ...http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/hysterical The bigger the budget, the smaller the scare- July 8, 2008 Stephen King on why the current glut of Hollywood behemoths are such failures as horror films: Horror is not spectacle, and never will be. Horror is an unknown actress, perhaps the girl next door, cowering in a cabin with a knife in her hands we know she'll never be able to use. Horror is the scene ...http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/the-bigger-the-budget-the-smaller-the-scare Channeling Hitchcock- July 7, 2008 Keira Knightly, Javier Bardem, Seth Rogan and other stars channel iconic moments from the director's greatest hits. Check it out here.http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/channeling-hitchcock Farewell Viacom, it was nice knowing you- July 7, 2008 Since a US court ordered YouTube to hand over logs of the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video using the service, I've seen several comments across the web noting the massive violation of privacy that this represents and commenters asserting that they will no longer be using YouTube. I don't have an account with YouTube and, following this ruling, I'm not going to be in any rush to open one. But neither am I about to stop following links to the site. Given the ubiquity.http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/farewell-viacom-it-was-nice-knowing-you Jerry Springer: The Other Petition- July 5, 2008 Last week I mentioned that, after losing the pointless and frivolous court case against the BBC, Stephen Green wrote to the targets of his antics to ask them to let him out of facing the consequences for his actions. Green started a petition to have his court costs waived, which prompted Roger Utting (via) to start a counter-petition calling for the costs not to be waived. Green started the legal action that he now claims he can't afford and is, quite rightly, liable for the costs.http://www.pulpmovies.com/blog/2008/07/jerry-springer-the-other-petition |