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Foundational Cinema

Month: April 2017

Something Beneath (2007)

Arriving at a new hotel, Father Douglas Middleton, (Kevin Sorbo) soon meets with Khali Spence, (Natalie Brown) Aimee, (Paige Bannister) and Symes, (Gordon Tanner) and they prepare for an upcoming seminar. Beset by a series of problems, they look into…

The Last Shark (1981)

Released in the U.S. under the title, “Great White,” in 1982, the movie went as quckly as it had come into theatres at the time due to Steven Spielberg and Universal Studios having the film barred from distribution due to…

Dragon Hunt (1990)

…I don’t know where to begin. Dragon Hunt might just be the worst film in cinematic history. Even Anus Magilicutty was better than this, as it was intentionally bad. Showgirls? No, it had kitsch value and was technically a well…

Starship Invasions (1977)

I remember the ads for this thing, and I remember not wanting to see it. And I remember when I finally saw it on a Sunday afternoon broadcast how it looked like it was shot in a suburb of the…

Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

I’m baffled by the dislike afforded this enjoyable sixties romp. The charge that it is less realistic than the previous films is groundless because the others weren’t the real world either. The first featured some daft business with a psychedelic…

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

Similar to the under-appreciated “Alien 3″(1992), this dramatic thriller has so many ideas that to disregard it would be a waste. The Creature is sought by scientists on an expedition to the Florida Everglades, where the second film (“Revenge of…

Destination 60,000 (1957)

As directed by George Waggner, this late fifties jet pilot drama is in the vein of Howard Hawks (The Dawn Patrol, Only Angels Have Wings), and as a programmer does its job well. The casting is a bit odd, with…

World Without End (1956)

This fairly ambitious science fiction from minor studio Allied Artists used to be one of my favorite science fiction films when I was kid. This is an another one of those films I first saw on TV as kid and…

Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)

I live for movies like YOR. Even without the Margheriti connection YOR would be high on my list of Coolest Movies Ever. Quite frankly it has everything: Giant dinosaur puppets, hot cave girls with oiled thighs, a funky rock music…

Flipper (1963)

Chuck Connors (as Porter Ricks) lives on the Florida coast, with his 12-year-old son Luke Halpin (as Sandy), and wife Kathleen Maguire (as Martha). Following a hurricane, son Halpin goes to bail out a dingy; and, he is startled when…

Blastfighter (1984)

The always fun to watch Michael Sopkiw stars in this highly enjoyable action yarn. In it he plays an ex police officer who having just been released from an eight year prison sentence, now seeks the solitude of the great…

The Incredible Boxer (1983)

As if Jodorowsky met Coffin Joe in Hong Kong and decided to collaborate on a supernatural martial-arts action film. Filled to the brim with visual overload, mystical drama, Buddhist symoblism and dark supernatural atmosphere, this film follows the life of…

Removing Net Neutrality Is Just Stupid

From the movie, The Godfather BONASERA (seated in front of the Don’s desk, facing the camera) I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom, but —…

3 Nights in the Desert (2014)

We grow up. We change. And yet we often want our friends to stay the same. Or better yet, to make up for how they may have hurt us a long time ago. Sometimes we get that, sometimes we don’t,…

First Men in the Moon (1964)

Someone who had read H. G. Wells’ “First Men in the Moon” and then sat down to watch this adaptation may well be aghast at the opening sequences, which deal with a “modern-day” mission to the moon, as opposed to…

Dr. Cyclops (1940)

With the gradual loss of his sight, Dr Alexander Thorkel calls out to other scientist to come to his deep jungle retreat to assist him. When Drs Bulfinch and Robinson arrive (with Stockton and Baker with them) they are astonished…

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)

Sean Davidson witnesses his father get murdered by an evil terrorist at a karate event as a child. He adopts Izumo as a mentor, learns the ways of the Ninja. After years of training, Izumo feels Sean is ready. Sean…

Zombie Strippers (2008)

It’s hard to knock a movie like “Zombie Strippers” because it’s fully aware of how audaciously stupid and ridiculous it is. It doesn’t matter that it isn’t high satire or even reasonably solid on a technical level because when it…

Bite (2015)

Chad Archibald has a number of notable titles under his belt as a producer with titles such as “Sweet Karma”, “In the House of Flies”, “Antisocial” and “Septic Man” to just name a few. While his filmography as a director…

Alien Trespass (2009)

Alien Trespass can be added to the increasing number of “retro” movies which pretend to imitate the cinematographic style from previous decades,evoking a more simple,gentle and free from cynicism time.Unfortunately,this movie makes the mistake of thinking that intentional anachronism will…