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  • Though Senator Robert Fraser tells Captain Nemo that he can’t possibly stay in his underwater city of Templemere because of pressing government business topside involving European arms sales, it’s safe...

    Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)

    Though Senator Robert Fraser tells Captain Nemo that he can’t possibly stay in his underwater city of Templemere because of pressing government business topside involving European arms sales, it’s safe…

  • When I first heard about the concept of spending five whole frigging weeks in one balloon, I thought it had a high potential for turning quite tedious after the initial...

    Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

    When I first heard about the concept of spending five whole frigging weeks in one balloon, I thought it had a high potential for turning quite tedious after the initial…

  • Barry Mahon was a prolific filmmaker, oddly vacillating his directing chores between cheap sex movies like Fanny Hill Meets The Red Baron and Run Swinger Run! and cheap kiddie flicks...

    The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969)

    Barry Mahon was a prolific filmmaker, oddly vacillating his directing chores between cheap sex movies like Fanny Hill Meets The Red Baron and Run Swinger Run! and cheap kiddie flicks…

  • If you were impressed by Hercules’ travel agent in Hercules Vs. The Sons Of The Sun where we saw gargantuan galoot hit the shores of South America in search of...

    The Witch’s Curse (1962)

    If you were impressed by Hercules’ travel agent in Hercules Vs. The Sons Of The Sun where we saw gargantuan galoot hit the shores of South America in search of…

  • Internet-review-site-whipping-boy Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Captain America) embarked on his career as a film director whose lack of talent is only exceeded by his stunning ability to continue to find work...

    The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

    Internet-review-site-whipping-boy Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Captain America) embarked on his career as a film director whose lack of talent is only exceeded by his stunning ability to continue to find work…

  • The last of the four movies made by that trinity of trash consisting of Cannon Films, the Italians, and Lou Ferrigno, Sinbad of the Seven Seas allows Lou to flex...

    Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)

    The last of the four movies made by that trinity of trash consisting of Cannon Films, the Italians, and Lou Ferrigno, Sinbad of the Seven Seas allows Lou to flex…

  • Prehistoric Women starts off promisingly enough. And by that I mean the suitably lurid poster art depicts a jungle queen perched on a saber-toothed tiger’s head while an evil tiki...

    Prehistoric Women (1967)

    Prehistoric Women starts off promisingly enough. And by that I mean the suitably lurid poster art depicts a jungle queen perched on a saber-toothed tiger’s head while an evil tiki…

  • It was a simpler, more action packed time. A time when giant crabs walked the earth. And so did really big birds. And huge bees, pirates, the Civil War, Captain...

    Mysterious Island (1961)

    It was a simpler, more action packed time. A time when giant crabs walked the earth. And so did really big birds. And huge bees, pirates, the Civil War, Captain…

  • Watching films like Lost Horizon with its distinctly “capitalism sucks” message reminds me that those concerned citizens who agonize over all the sex and violence the liberal media are intent...

    Lost Horizon (1937)

    Watching films like Lost Horizon with its distinctly “capitalism sucks” message reminds me that those concerned citizens who agonize over all the sex and violence the liberal media are intent…

  • We’ve all admired director Edward G. Ulmer’s ability to make decent little movies like Detour and The Man From Planet X with nothing beyond a camera and a few actors....

    Journey Beneath the Desert (1961)

    We’ve all admired director Edward G. Ulmer’s ability to make decent little movies like Detour and The Man From Planet X with nothing beyond a camera and a few actors….