Casablanca, The Chinese And A Marriage Proposal
A plane sits on a runway just outside of Casablanca. Victor Laszlo, Czech resistance leader and his wife, Ilsa Lund are due to make their escape. Rick Blaine gun runner and sometime bar owner waits with two letters of passage…
Deadly Illusion (1987)
Quite a modest, but diverting modern crime noir featuring the likes of Billy Dee Williams, Vanity, Morgan Fairchild and John Beck. Director / writer Larry Cohen was the man behind the production, until he was replaced halfway through by director…
A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
A Return to Salem’s Lot starts as anthropologist Joe Webber (Michael Moriarty) is left with his son Jeremy (Ricky Addison Reed) after his ex-wife takes off with her latest husband. Joe decides to take Jeremy to the small Maine town…
Slime City (1988)
Take a bit of BRAIN DAMAGE, mix with a bit of STREET TRASH, shake well and then pop it in the oven until overdone and the result is SLIME CITY! Hey that is not meant to be a putdown ….
Brain Damage (1988)
While the special effects look dated in this computer dominant age of cinema that we live in, Frank Henenlotter’s imaginative and unsettling Brain Damage has lost of it’s fun after all these years, and that element is more important than…
It’s Alive (1974)
A hideous mutant baby is born and escapes from the hospital, now it’s scared and killing people. They learn that its on its way home, to find protection from its parents. A pretty decent low-budget exploitation horror film by writer/director…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
From Edgar G. Ulmer (director of `The Man from Planet X’ and `The Amazing Transparent Man’) comes this likable little sc-fi tale. A test pilot (Robert Clark) is catapulted into the future by a freak phenomenon, where a post World…
Q (1982)
Writer/Director Larry Cohen is the genius that brought the world such classics as Hell Up in Harlem, Original Gangstas, Special Effects, and the It’s Alive series. Nearly all of his movies are examples of low budget filmmaking at its best….
The Stuff (1985)
Larry Cohen, that independent genre renegade whose films often look as if they were thrown together with adhesive tape, returns to spoof The Blob and commercial marketing with this often witty and goofy tale about an alien goo that has…
Street Trash (1987)
‘Street Trash’ the most offensive film ever made? Quite possibly. This baby is exceedingly hard to locate, which is unfortunate, because it is an outlandish, unapologetic delight with a wonderful streak of black, black humour. Director Jim Muro has since…
Chopping Mall (1986)
designed three state-of-the-art, stainless steel, enforcement robots programmed to stop intruders dead in their tracks. They are armed with disarming shock cables and a laser. The press was somewhat against this but Dr. Simon assured everyone that this plan was…
Live-In Fear – Review
In the snowy Utah mountains, an ancient being terrorizes four friends as they try to survive. [youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/MlTLuVkLYGw”] Personal demons, addictions, or a skeleton in the closet is something everyone possesses whether minor or horrific. Four friends struggling with…
Not Fade Away
In American Graffiti, probably the truest film about being young and American in the last moments of innocence, one of lead character John Milner laments the demise of rock and roll after the death of Buddy Holly. Carol: [John turns…
The Swarm (1978)
This one is often often considered, along with WHEN TIME RAN OUT… (1980), as Irwin Allen’s nadir – not to mention one of the all-time worst films! Michael Caine himself said it’s the worst film he’s ever been in (contradicting…
Spider (2002)
There are always films that people will either see what the director was going for, or simply won’t connect with the film. David Cronenberg’s Spider is one of those films. Many comparisons can be made between this film and the…
The Brood (1979)
The Brood juxtaposes divorce, anxiety with parent-child relationships, with a story that is basically crazy vengeance that turns to ugly territory sooner than later. Like Scanners, it’s only gruesome in short spurts (some pun intended), and while it’s noticeable Cronenberg…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Allied Artists stunning INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is arguably the finest Sci-Fi movie ever made. Produced in 1956 by Walter Wanger it was perfectly written for the screen by Daniel Mainwaring (who also wrote “Out Of The Past”) which…
Preppies (1984)
A funnier than average entry in the ’80s sex-romp genre. As this is a Playboy Channel production, breasts are bared remarkably often, for no reason — yet there’s basically no sex, and the tone of the movie is actually lighthearted…
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Released in 1974 and not viewed again since I saw it in a local late night theatre back then, I remembered this only as a rather crude B film which provided an enjoyable romp for killing a few hours, but…
Five Quick Questions with Paul Logan
Paul Logan for years has been entertaining movie audiences with his unique martial arts fighting skills, whether he’s battling men or creatures. Logan was born and raised in N.Y. and began his martial arts training at the age of 13. …