Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 10th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 10th, 2004
Synopsis
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 10th, 2004
Synopsis
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 9th, 2004
Synopsis
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 9th, 2004
Synopsis
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 9th, 2004
Synopsis
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 9th, 2004
Suspended animation is a story with a lot of promise. Fifteen minutes into the film and it looks like we’re seeing a Misery ripoff with a cannibal twist. From that point on I’m not sure if I’m watching Misery, Deliverance, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There are some truly suspenseful moments in the film, but they are spaced too far apart with needless muddled plotlines. The film style is eerily reminiscent of the Italian suspense masters like Brava and Argento without the gore. The Spaghetti Nightmares are an obvious ...nfluence.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 9th, 2004
In season four, Redd Foxx ended his eight episode holdout for more money after a significant raise. Redd’s return would make this one of the show’s most creative years. Ironically one of the series’ funniest moments occurs in the Redd-less opening episode when Grady feeds the local cops pot instead of parsley. Sanford and Son also reached the peak of its popularity with this 1974-1975 season. Many weeks it was the number one rated show and finished the entire season ranked second.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 9th, 2004
The Final Countdown belongs to that subculture of science fiction that asks the time related what if’s. There have been a great number of books and stories about alternative histories. The Civil War has long been one of the most fertile grounds for this speculative fiction. Most scenarios about World War II generally involved the killing of Hitler as a child or sometime before his leadership. This film not only explores a different aspect of the War but is brave enough to not resolve the question. What would happen i... a modern aircraft carrier were to arrive at the point of the Pearl Harbor invasion? The cast is a solid A-list. Martin Sheen, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Ross, and James Farentino are the vanguard of the spectacular cast. The film received a tremendous amount of cooperation from the U.S. Navy, and a considerable amount of shooting occurred on the USS Nimitz.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 8th, 2004
The 80’s were full of fun, campy comedies. Weird Science, The Money Pit… even Funny Farm had a certain charm. Unfortunately, for every Stripes there were as least six films like our feature presentation.
Walk Like a Man stars Howie Mandell, the 80’s version of Carrot Top. He’s an annoying hack, yet somehow he remained in the public spotlight. The film’s plot is a simple one; Bobo (Mandell) is a boy that was raised by wolves, and now he must learn to fit into society, or el...e his evil brother (Christopher Lloyd) will steal his inheritance. That’s pretty much it. This is a film that depends on a single joke for all of its laughs. You see, Mandell is a mad, but he acts like a dog. Apparently, that’s a concept that someone thought was so funny, that movie patrons would pay to watch it for an hour-and-a-half. I wasn’t laughing during the first part of the film, and I certainly wasn’t laughing by the end.
