Reconsidering Nineties Flops
There’s something about the movie flops of the 1990s
Four Films Called ELDORADO
Edgar Allan Poe, diptheria, improvisation, an unlikely road trip, slumming stars and eldorado!
F/X 2
Not without interest, as indicated by the fact that future Hollywood heavyweight Bill Condon was the screenwriter, and the Australian thriller specialist Richard Franklin the director
THE CANNON FILM GUIDE Volume II (1985-1987)
Anyone who’s read my review of volume one of THE CANNON FILM GUIDE will know I’m quite partial to it. Now volume two is here, and I say it’s even better
LEARN TO LOSE YOUR MIND
A parody of the self-help manuals that asserts “It’s smart to be psychotic”
ALIEN (1989) Bollywood
No, not that ALIEN, but, rather, a Pakistani joyride from 1989 that has the distinction of being that country’s first special effects blockbuster
LINNEA QUIGLEY’S HORROR WORKOUT
A time-capsule from an era in which such monumental silliness wasn’t merely tolerated but embraced wholeheartedly
THE BAT WOMAN
“Prepare for Shlock and Awe”…? That first adjective is accurate, but the second not at all.
2021: The Year in Bedlam
The latest edition of my Year in Bedlam overview of the movie releases of the previous twelve months
KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS
It takes some doing to make a film that ranks with bad Christmas movie classics like SANTA CLAUS, but this 2014 production handily accomplishes that feat