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According to FilmStew:

British journalist Tom Shone got so tired of the general intellectual bias against people like Lucas and Spielberg that he decided to write a book about it.

Blockbuster argues that there have been several watershed moments in the modern American mainstream era. The first was around 1993, when on the heels of Jurassic Park, the homegrown qualities of the genre began to get diluted by folks such as Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall) and Roland Emmerich (Independence Day). Then, more recently, after the string of bankruptcies among U.S. theater chain owners, Shone argues that the studios decided to hand back the reins to directors like Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), Ang Lee (Hulk) and Bryan Singer (X2: X-Men United), helping re-invigorate their so-called ‘tent pole’ offerings.

Go read it.

Do I really need to say anything? The box set to end all box sets is now available.

Midnight Eye is one of - if not the - most comprehensive, passionate and downright readable websites devoted to Japanese cinema of recent years, a genre that has reinvented itself with a passion that has extended way beyond Japan - or even Asia - to influence directors as diverse as Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Darren Aronofsky and Quentin Tarantino.

Now, The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film offers a groundbreaking and gap-filling insight into the inner workings of the industry and the leading creative minds that have made Japan such a cinematic talking point. From the exuberant excesses of Takashi Miike, via the gangster cool of Takeshi Kitano and the atmospheric horror of Hideo Nakata, to the restrained humanism of Hirokazu Kore-eda, this brand new book shines a revealing light on the many fascinating aspects of Japanese film.

Written by MidnightEye.com’s editors Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp, and created with the collaboration of the filmmakers themselves, this is an indispensable guide to one of the most exciting film industries in the world today.

Shatner sings again!

Captain James T. Kirk is attempting to revive his pop career again. 35 years after his last attempt, The Transformed Man, was released (and it’s being re-released on Monday), he has gone and recorded a follow up.

The amusingly titled Has Been is out now and you can click here to hear Shatner’s unique rendition Pulp’s Common People.