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Though the hono(u)r was announced a few months ago, actor Christopher Lee was finally knighted in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace last week. the knighthood is a totally appropriate commendation for a CONSIDERABLE body of work that is still growing...
Stewart Copeland, drummer for the Police and longtime film composer, is celebrating the recent release of his autobiographical tome Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies...
The anthology film, a format in which several shorter stories are presented (often with a framing story for context), is a natural framework for the horror film...
Hot on the heels of the box-office triumph of his zombie-horror comedy Zombieland, actor Woody Harrelson makes the news by attacking a paparazzo, punching him in the face and destroying his camera...
Heck, yeah, Jaman’s blogger’s a big horror fan. Given that this month is the run-up to Halloween, it’s no surprise that horror films are running everywhere, and Jaman is certainly no exception. Our ...
Hearty congratulations to producer/filmmaker/one-man studio Roger Corman, who, as announced over the weekend, will be receiving an honorary Oscar to honor his long career and hefty body of work...
Since a couple of people have sent the link our way, the story’s too good not to share: “…(Lauren) Bacall writes on her Twitter.com page, ‘Yes, I saw Twilight - my granddaughter made me watch it, she said it was the greatest vampire film ever. After ...
2009 has proven to be a busy year for world cinema, with many of the finest filmmakers releasing new material: The Hurt Locker marked the return of the much-missed Kathryn Bigelow to theatres; I just caught Park Chan-wook’s Cannes-prize-winning vampire romance Thirst (and liked it quite a bit); a...
Now available on Jaman are Robert Rodriguez‘ zombie opus Planet Terror and Quentin Tarantino’s high-octane psycho thriller Death Proof. The two films originally played together in the omnibus three-hour movie Grindhouse. Fo...
Has anyone ever reflected that it isn’t just STUPID that music video channels no longer run music videos, but WRONG as well? Isn’t it a bit silly that MTV spends more time showing artists’ homes than they do their videos? The ...
Summertime means summer blockbusters, which means ubiquitous and inescapable summer blockbuster marketing. It’s rare that I let a movie I haven’t seen (and never will) obsess me, and yet certain films are made a too-present part of our landscape. On...
It’s been a fairly explosive couple of weeks. With history being made (and ending) every day, from the ongoing tumult in Iran to the startling death of Michael Jackson, the headlines (and indeed our collective psyche) seem very crowded indeed. ...
The new Jaman App for iPhone has us all pretty excited here at Jaman Central. Download the app to your iPhone and you can enjoy a different free movie every week, starting every Friday. Right now we’re pleased to showcase the propulsive and exciting hip hop dance documentary Planet B-Boy. ...
The most compelling hero Hollywood’s given us so far this summer isn’t a hirsute superhero with adamantinum claws, or a headstrong starship captain (now revised with George Bush’s entitlement and daddy issues), or even the future leader of Earth’s resistance. It’s a...
We’re always happy to hear word of a new film from any of our Top Ten Directors, but it had been a while since the fiery and provocative Lars von Trier has had a film to offer. ...
