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Foundational Cinema

Month: August 2018

Director Jessica Sanders

Director Jessica Sanders was raised by parents that are award-winning filmmakers, therefore it’s only fitting that she would carry on the family tradition. As a member of the DGA and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sanders and her…

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My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)

My Boyfriend’s Back is easily one of the most clever satires of high school life I’ve ever seen. On the lines of Heathers and Clueless (The early-to-mid-90s were great, huh?) this movie mocks group mentality as well as the groups…

Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Tammy and The T-Rex is just a great film, in my opinion. Understanding that it’s hard for people to characterize dinosaurs in their movies, this movie did an alright job. I did not see anything that bad about this movie,…

The Devil’s Sword (1984)

Fans of bizarre foreign trash, oddball martial arts movies, low-budget gore-fests and crazy ninja flicks should find plenty to enjoy in this bonkers Indonesian fantasy film featuring loads of frantic fight action, spurting blood and bad special effects. A tasty…

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

The Land That Time Forgot was a surprisingly decent entry into the lost world of cavemen / dinosaurs adventure genre of the 70s, but this paint- by-numbers follow-up is nothing special. Block of wood celebrity offspring Patrick Wayne leads a…

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

An ocean of mist hangs above a grave. A figure enveloped in a white shroud swirls through that mist with balletic grace, then rakes a hand across a bloody mouth.* A man at his niece’s deathbed calls for her missing…

Rubber (2010)

Which two words would you, and hopefully any other reasonable human being, use to describe a movie with a plot synopsis like this: an ordinary rubber tire comes to life in the middle of the Californian desert, quickly discovers that…

The Gingerdead Man (2005)

Some movies fall under the category of “so bad, it’s funny”. The Gingerdead Man is not one of these movies. I rented this move with the expectation that it wasn’t going to be a cinematic classic. I simply expected a…

Strays (1991)

This movie is such a fake. It doesn’t represent the true majesty and betterment that cats have over vicious dogs. Cats are just better, and this movie would lead you to believe (falsely) that cats have the potential to harm…

Sonny and Jed (1972)

Have always been a great fan of Susan George and have seen most of her films and this particular picture I discovered on E Bay and it was a great find to enjoy the great acting of both Susan George…

The Wild Women Of Wongo

Well you sure can’t say that this camp classic does not have a memorable synopsis. Mother Nature has decided to experiment a little. Two primitive tribes live on opposite sides of an island but with a difference. The Wongo have…

Attack of the Jungle Women (1959)

I really don’t know what these people were thinking when they made this movie. As a bad movie fan, my favorite kind of bad movie is the obscure, little-known b-movie that probably only got released onto video through some misdirected…

Mutiny in Outer Space (1965)

Shot in black and white, Mutiny in Outer Space one of the lesser known 50’s sci-fi, probably because it wasn’t made until 1965, but worry not – it is made in the same mold as most other 50’s sci-fi in…

Fuzz (1972)

Burt Reynolds is so laid-back in this picture I thought he might fall over. He, Jack Weston and Tom Skerritt are cops at the Boston Precinct trying to stop a serial killer from blowing up more politicians, Yul Brynner is…

Eat My Dust, The Abandonment of The Rural Movie Going

When I was in my teens I would turn on the family’s Zenith television and jump between the four channels that we were limited to. Often during the early summer and the fall, especially in non-prime time or the off…

Dorian Gray (1970)

Updated to the Swinging Sixties, produced by infamous exploitation guru Harry Alan Towers and directed by a one-time cameraman from ‘spaghetti’ Westerns, this is – incredibly enough! – one of the best versions of Oscar Wilde’s oft-filmed Decadent classic. At…

Eaten Alive (1976)

A crazy homicidal man named Judd owns a shabby hotel in the Louisiana bayou and when he receives guests he goes out of his way to murder them and feed them to his pet crocodile. Some of these unexpected guests…

Ricco (1973)

Rico Aversi(Christopher Mitchum)is the son of a murdered mafia chief,who is slowly engulfed by a world of forgery and drugs in order to avenge his father’s slaying.His adversary,Don Vito(an excellent Arthur Kennedy,who never achieved the recognition he deserved),is cruel,vicious and…

Savage Streets (1984)

Definitely the highlight of Linda Blair’s post-Exorcist career, this sleezy tale of high school revenge is a must for bad film fans everywhere. This touching tale tells the story of Brenda (Blair), a tough high school gal who spends her…

Picasso Trigger (1988)

Andy Sidaris follows his usual formula with this mix of action, gorgeous scenery, and even more gorgeous women. The story deals with the title character, an international criminal played by handsome John Aprea. He’s gunned down outside an art gallery…