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
ACT OF VIOLENCE IN A YOUNG JOURNALIST
This beyond-obscure 1988 feature, one of the first to receive a straight-to-video release in its native Uruguay, was given new prominence by the semi-documentary STRAIGHT TO VHS
THE YIN AND THE YANG OF MR. GO
“The beam really works. Who will it strike next time? Perhaps it could even be you!”
ALIEN (1989)
No, not that ALIEN, but, rather, a Pakistani joyride from 1989 that has the distinction of being that country’s first special effects blockbuster
2021: Bedlam in Print
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications
2020 in Review: Books Worth Reading
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
Remembering That Which Is Better Forgotten: SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE
A Christmas movie that falls firmly in the “miss” category that is, conversely, one of the most ambitious of them all
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
SANTA’S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN)
I’d long believed SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY was the absolute cheapest Christmas movie in existence. Turns out I was wrong, as SANTA’S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN) is even cheaper
FUN IN BALLOONLAND
There simply aren’t enough bad things to say about this holiday atrocity from 1965