Archive for August, 2009

  • North Star should never fight Southern Cross! It was a mantra repeated throughout this, the most PUBAR (pumped up beyond all recognition) of all post-apocalyptic Gary Daniels (Heatseeker, Pocket Ninjas)...

    Fist of the North Star (1995)

    North Star should never fight Southern Cross! It was a mantra repeated throughout this, the most PUBAR (pumped up beyond all recognition) of all post-apocalyptic Gary Daniels (Heatseeker, Pocket Ninjas)…

  • From Here To Eternity won eight Academy Awards back in 1953. I assume that Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster split the votes when it came to Best Actor (the gay...

    From Here to Eternity (1953)

    From Here To Eternity won eight Academy Awards back in 1953. I assume that Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster split the votes when it came to Best Actor (the gay…

  • I’ve always considered Ray Milland’s less glamorous work in movies like Panic In Year Zero, X – The Man With The X-Ray Eyes, and Frogs much more important than roles...

    Frogs (1972)

    I’ve always considered Ray Milland’s less glamorous work in movies like Panic In Year Zero, X – The Man With The X-Ray Eyes, and Frogs much more important than roles…

  • Fabrizio De Angelis takes a break from making Karate Warrior movies to terrorize the undoubtedly flummoxed residents of Arizona yet again with a tale of a whiskey-soaked gold prospector, a...

    Arizona Road (1991)

    Fabrizio De Angelis takes a break from making Karate Warrior movies to terrorize the undoubtedly flummoxed residents of Arizona yet again with a tale of a whiskey-soaked gold prospector, a…

  • Fritz is a student at NYU, though like most of these pampered college kids he never actually goes to class. Of course, even if he did, he’d just have those...

    Fritz the Cat (1972)

    Fritz is a student at NYU, though like most of these pampered college kids he never actually goes to class. Of course, even if he did, he’d just have those…

  • Do you know how I knew that Heatseeker was far-fetched science fiction? Gary Daniels got his ass kicked. Twice. The second time, he was literally destroyed despite having all the...

    Heatseeker (1995)

    Do you know how I knew that Heatseeker was far-fetched science fiction? Gary Daniels got his ass kicked. Twice. The second time, he was literally destroyed despite having all the…

  • Universal fires up its most popular monsters once more in this, the last of the “serious” horror movies featuring the Frankenstein Monster, the Wolf Man, and Dracula. The results are...

    House of Dracula (1945)

    Universal fires up its most popular monsters once more in this, the last of the “serious” horror movies featuring the Frankenstein Monster, the Wolf Man, and Dracula. The results are…

  • This updating of the Frankenstein story to 1958 sensibilities means that you’ve got long-in-the-tooth actors playing people in their late teens and monsters running around in bathing suits. Johnny and...

    Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958)

    This updating of the Frankenstein story to 1958 sensibilities means that you’ve got long-in-the-tooth actors playing people in their late teens and monsters running around in bathing suits. Johnny and…

  • Right away you know this movie is going to be one of those ugly, dirty, and cheap 1970s flicks where the special effects consist of junk just half-assed glued to...

    Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks (1974)

    Right away you know this movie is going to be one of those ugly, dirty, and cheap 1970s flicks where the special effects consist of junk just half-assed glued to…

  • Exceeding expectations. That’s where success lies in life. I think it was Rudy Guiliani who said to under promise and over deliver. I know this is true because it applies...

    Rage (1995)

    Exceeding expectations. That’s where success lies in life. I think it was Rudy Guiliani who said to under promise and over deliver. I know this is true because it applies…