They say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". The first record of that quote is from Charles Caleb Colton's book Lacon: or Many Things in Few Words, published in 1820. People often ...

Disney’s recent trademark lawsuit against Phase 4 Films and their movie Frozen Land has reignited discussion about ‘mockbusters,’ the portmanteau used to describe a genre of home video that is ...

Mockbuster, an Australian documentary that dives into the eccentric, corner-cutting filmmaking culture of legendary Burbank B-movie The Asylum, is getting its American Film Market launch courtesy of ...

If there’s a big animated film coming out, a studio somewhere will be rushing to release a cheap imitation. But who makes them? Are they proud of their work? And how did they become an internet hit?

These films from The Asylum reinterpret familiar stories and genres, often timed alongside major studio releases. Spanning science fiction, fantasy, horror, and animation, they feature alien invasions ...

When there’s massive hype and anticipation for a major release, sometimes smaller studios try to cash in, piggy-backing off the blockbuster’s success with their own low-budget versions. With the ...

IF you can’t wait until the much buzzed-about “Snakes on a Plane” slithers into theaters on Aug. 18, you can get a reptile fix two days earlier – just rent the suspiciously similar-sounding “Snakes on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...