Okinawa (1952)
The battle for Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands just south of Japan, trailing off Kyushu like a jet stream was the final battle of World War II in the Pacific. Commanding the Navy Task Force was Raymond Spruance the victor…
World Without End (1956)
Four astronauts returning from a space mission go through a time warp and end up on earth thousands of years into the future after a nuclear war. They encounter rubber giant spiders, mutant cavemen and hostile survivors who have survived…
Conrad – Upcoming web series
Crime, drama, and action combined with a women empowerment premise that will have viewers engrossed in the new web series Conrad. The show follows Detective Katy Conrad as she takes matters into her own hands and investigates the death of…
The Toy Box (1971)
Los Angles’ Boxoffice International were truly the purveyors of some of the most unpredictable sexploitation movies ever conceived, and they didn’t come much stranger than The ToyBox. Two swingers Donna and Ralph, along with a whole bunch of like minded…
Zaat (1971)
This film is a testament to the low budget, independent monster/horror flicks of the 60’s and 70’s. Man with a grudge, Dr. Kurt Leopold, transforms himself into a murderous “man fish” reeking revenge on all who have scorned him and…
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
The Navy Vs. The Night Monsters is basically The Thing From Another World Meets Day of the Triffids. If you like either of those movies, you might like this one…or you might hate it even more for stealing plot elements…
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
The film starts off with a recap of what happened at the end of the original Maniac Cop and this leads to the police force believing that Matt Cordell drowned and his body got washed away. Well, they are wrong…
Running Wild (1955)
For 1955, well-made exploitation teen car-thief ring story with William Campbell (decent actor) as the lead and Keenan Wynn (wonderful actor) as an adult type throw this flick into second-gear immediately with a great dance scene, BUT..I only wish Mamie…
Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
Horror of the Blood Monsters is truly a crazy film. It’s a biscuit-taking exercise in Z-Grade film-making of the variety that makes you say, ‘I cannot believe they did this!’. It’s a curious mixture of ineptness and experimentation that results…
The Sentinel (1977)
Bored with the normal, run-of-the-mill staple films to watch this Halloween that I’ve seen over and over again, I took a chance on “The Sentinel”, hoping it could get my horror juices flowing again. Mind you, I had just come…
Blood Red (1989)
The acting talent speaks for itself: Eric and Julia Roberts, Burt Young, Giancarlo Giannini, Elias Koteas, Michael Madsen… The cinematography by Toyomichi Kurita is beautiful. Themes: Late 19th century California, the beginning of wine culture, immigrant vs. business interests, William…
Barb Wire (1996)
A sort of remake of Casablanca set in the future and in a strip club? Pam Anderson is Barb Wire and she must help someone get on a plane to Canada, with contact lenses. Whatever else the plot is, do…
Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
This is more of a sword and sandstorm movie than peplum and sci-fi mix because you rarely see the aliens, only the effects and problems they caused good ol’ Hercules. Don’t expect to see Hercules physically fight the moon aliens…
The Mouse That Roared: The Rise Of A Totally Digital Disney And Theatres
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein. In 1993, I was approached to develop a facility to encoded and replicate masters for the burgeoning technology of DVD’s. Always up for…
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Watching this film you will easily be reminded of the Universal classic mummy films on Kharis (which starred Tom Tyler & Lon Chaney as the mummy Kharis). But instead of being a mummy this is a man made of stone…
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
“Monolith Monsters” was unique in that it took a different approach to 1950’s sci-fi. There were no alien monsters. Atomic radiation didn’t spawn them. You couldn’t just blast them with guns. There weren’t any miracle chemicals or devices needed, just…
Thunderbirds (1952)
Thunderbirds is a tribute to the war service of the Oklahoma National Guard which was activated in 1940 before America’s entry into World War II and the action they saw. The film which nicely blends in actual battle footage with…
Tobor the Great (1954)
Watch this one with child-like eyes and you’ll have a great time. Tobor (‘robot’ spelled backwards) is the invention of an elderly scientific genius who develops a robot to serve as the pilot for dangerous space flights in place of…
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
I wouldn’t expect such a luridly titled horror film to be as multi-layered as LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH is. JESSICA is first and foremost a psychological drama of rural paranoia but the marginal use of the living dead in…
The Beast Within (1982)
Philippe Mora does has made lots of very strange movies in his underrated career, some good, some truly awful. This is one of the better ones. If you analyze the plot too much the holes become big enough to drive…