Galaxy Raider
Back in high school, one of our favorite six-pack stinkers was The Fiend (1980), in which a supernatural creature resembling a radioactive Twistie enters the grave of a recently deceased music teacher. He comes back from the dead, naturally craving…
Chandler (1971)
That’s Chandler, C-H-A-N-D-L-E-R, as in Raymond,” Warren Oates snaps in the title role, as if to make sure less detective-fiction-savvy viewers don’t miss the literary connection. Since MGM released CHANDLER in 1971 when youth-oriented films were raking in big bucks…
Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point. It lacks the warmth found in the original film, but it is certainly funnier and has a better storyline…
Robot Jox (1989)
Robot Jox tries hard, but is fundamentally a series of fight scenes strung together — robot against robot, man against man, man against woman. The premise had potential, but it seems the script wasn’t really given the couple of more…
Nightbeast
If Ed Wood was given color film stock and a budget that was double the nearly four dollars he made his entire library on, I suspect the result would be something that looked vaguely similar to the film “Nightbeast;” wooden…
The Roller Blade Seven
First of all, I am grad film student at U.S.C. In one of my classes we went through the three films associated with the project, THE ROLLER BLADE SEVEN, RETURN OF THE ROLLER BLADE SEVEN, and LEGEND OF THE ROLLER…
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family’s new wealth, which…
Buck Privates (1941)
Abbott and Costello’s second feature, “Buck Privates,” opened in January 1941. Peacetime conscription was in effect, voted by Congress in late 1940, and only planned to last for one year. Europe was at war, China was being raped (literally) by…
Space Truckers
When he is late in delivering a consignment of square pigs to boss Keller, space trucker John Canyon gets into a fight and is forced to take the first available load and flee the space station with young trucker Mike…
Corvette Summer (1978)
The gas tank is either half full or half empty depending on how you view CORVETTE SUMMER. One could justly call it forced in its humor, directionless, repetitive and overlong. Others will see a likable, innocent coming-of-age adventure. It depends…
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
This delicious black comedy is one of the films that Roger Corman used to make before he got a bigger budget and went on to do fantastic adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe stores, starting with ‘The Fall of the House…
30 Days of Night (2007)
“30 Days of Night” is easily one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in a very long time mostly because everyone involved seemed to know exactly what it takes to make a decent horror movie. It’s not obscene amounts…
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Back in August, ’81 there was a country-ish buzz to movies, big hits like “Urban Cowboy”, “Every Which Way But Loose”, “Smokey and the Bandit” were all the rage. For that reason I suspect the producers of this movie chose…
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967)
Despite an lengthy and variously successful career in sci-fi and horror movies, it is this movie that I personally feel is the crowning glory of Roger Corman’s career. It is also, I feel, one of the greatest and most underrated…
Stuart Gordon
Stuart Gordon is a creative horror film director who started his directing career in 1985. After graduating from Lane Technical High School, Gordon worked as a commercial artist prior to enrolling at the University of Wisconsin as Madison as an…
Timecop (1994)
This is one of the best Action/Sci-Fi films ever made in my opinion with a kick ass story and 2 amazing performances from Van Damme and Mia Sara!. All the characters are wonderful, and i think this is Van Damme’s…
Duel (1971)
We all get stuck behind them sometimes: The huge trucks blocking your lane, blowing diesel fumes and spraying rocks from the ground all over your windshield. You try to pass them but sometimes it’s just no use–they won’t move out…
Duel at Diablo (1966)
Lieutenant McAllister is ordered to transport several ammunition wagons to another fort through Apache territory with only a small troop of rookie soldiers to guard them. Along for the ride is ex-scout Jess Remsberg who is trying to track down…
Richard Attenborough Dies Aged 90
Lord Richard Attenborough, the actor and film director, has died just days before his 91st birthday. After forging a career as an actor in films including Brighton Rock and The Great Escape, he became an acclaimed film director, winning two…
Brannigan (1975)
From the time I saw Brannigan in the theaters as a kid, through a number of chances to watch it again over the years, it has been one of my favorite movies. I grew up with the crime dramas of…