Grizzly (1976)
Unjustifiably criticized as a “Jaws” rip-off at the time of it’s release “Grizzly” is a really good “Monster on the loose” movie. The film is about a 18 foot grizzly bear terrorizing campers in a national park with Christopher George,…
The Last Dragon (1985)
In New York City, a young man searches for the “master” to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer…
Car Wash
Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching ‘wonder-man’ who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a…
Day of the Animals (1977)
I am so glad I finally had the chance to see Day of the Animals. I’ve been a fan of William Girdler’s Grizzly as long as I can remember. But for whatever reason, I had never seen his follow-up. So,…
The Big Score (1983)
Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson directs and stars in this renegade cop versus a drug syndicate movie which has everything you could possibly ever want from one of these kinds of films. There is gun play, fisticuffs, explosions, great one liners,…
Riding the Edge (1989)
Industrial espionage plot focuses on Matt’s attempt to rescue his father, who knows about a valuable solar satellite microchip and is being held captive in the desert by a terrorist group that wants it. Nothing unique or ambitious about Riding…
Night of The Comet
Two pretty high school girls (one a cheerleader!) don’t like their stepmother or her new boyfriend (“Daddy would have gotten us Uzis!”). One morning, they wake up to find that everybody in Los Angeles has been turned to dust by…
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
The review that follows contains what might be considered to be spoilers. Though the identity of the killer is not kept secret by the filmmakers, some viewers might want it to be something of a surprise. A killer is at…
Charles Napier
Charles L. Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was a prolific American actor, who after his film debut mainly worked in supporting roles. Napier’s strong voice, steely gaze and distinctive broad jutting chin made him immediately convincing as the…
One-Eyed Monster (2008)
One-Eyed Monster, the story of a blood-thirsty penis on the rampage. If you’re reading this blurb of a review, you’ve most likely seen other flicks that are like One-Eyed Monster. You may have seen Teeth, Bad Biology or maybe even…
Cyber Vengeance (1997)
In the far-off year of 2005, VR rules. Will Singleton (Smith) is a man obsessed with VR. He even has a VR job and a VR girlfriend. His job involves working the bugs out of a “Virtual Reality Prison”, where…
Leviathan
I remember watching some talk show where the host and another character went deep sea diving and mentioned a movie that had deep sea diving where they all die at the end. I recalled it as The Deep, so I…
Is Sharknado 3 Set To Go Galactic?
The first poster for ‘Sharknado 3’ has been spotted – and it hints at the action branching out into the heavens. Yes, space. That’s shark-laden tornadoes… in space. It’s not like the first movie – in which sharks whipped up…
Dragonfly Squadron (3-D)
Well this is a treat! As a movie, Dragonfly Squadron (1954) is fairly ordinary, a war movie with a familiar story and genre stereotypes: hardline, humorless commanding officer; sly second-in-command, subordinate with a personal grudge against his commanding officer, a…
Z Nation Has Plenty Of Bite
Each week, I tune in faithfully to my favourite zombie program, settle in with some snacks and wait patiently to see who they bump off next. When a zombie chases you in “Z Nation,” he or she is going flat-out,…
Munchie
Alright, take a look at that box art. We’ve got a creepy puppet in a leather jacket riding a pizza above the heads of a guy with a sexual predator mustache and a kid desperately attempting and failing to be…
The Crest Closes
The operators of Sacramento’s Crest Theatre, including Sid Garcia-Heberger, said Monday that they have reached a negotiations impasse with their landlord and will end their management of the landmark building at 1013 K St. on Oct. 31. “We actually had…
Jupiter Ascending
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVZELMRXeYM”] You already knew there were lots of explosions, fighting, and even space rollerblades in the upcoming sci-fi action movie Jupiter Ascending, but did you think there would be this much space rollerblading? The third trailer for the film,…
THE 10 GREATEST ZOMBIE MOVIES OF ALL TIME
It’s that time of year again and Halloween is nearing. Every October the talking gets down and dirty, as to what is the best horror movie ever? People make lists, dedicated horror websites get traffic from hell and just about…
The Tomb of Love (1959)
The Indian Tomb was the second part of a pair of pictures directed by Fritz Lang, his first German productions since the 1930s, adapted from a screenplay he had himself worked on nearly thirty years earlier. The two of them…