Month: August 2018

Fire and Ice is a movie packed with talent. You have the union of Ralph Bakshi, whose films American Pop, Cool World, The Lord of the Rings, Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic and Wizards redefined animation in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Then you have perhaps one of America’s — if not the world’s — foremost fantasy artists in Frank Frazetta. […]

In the early 2000’s, David Tangier’s band Katatonic Spin were the best band in the scene. But today, he owns a hair salon that might not make it another year. Yet all he can think about is one more album and feels like he’s all washed up. That’s when the mysterious Javy Bates shows up […]

The war in Afghanistan has left scars on Steve — physical and emotional ones. He never really returns home, as every day is just a series of repetitive tasks and drinking himself to a fitful slumber. But when the corpse of a gorgeous singer — Diane — shows up in his backyard, he does something strange before calling the […]

My search for new movies leads me many places. Sometimes, you see the names Russ Tamblyn (Satan’s Sadists) and Lyle Waggoner (Love Me Deadly) and you say, let’s take a chance. And then you regret it in the way one regrets saying, “OK, just nine more slices of pizza.” Lord Khoura (Waggoner) and Ulric (Tamblyn) […]

You know what Gordon Sumner said. The Russians love their children too. None of that comes up in this movie. But it seemed like a great opening. The U.S. and Russia have already fired most of their missiles before this movie even begins, with most of humanity dying in the process. In order to finish […]

Thanks to Paul Andolina for sharing this. Check out his writing at Wrestling with Film. I was walking through our local Walmart last week when some DVD artwork caught my eye. It was simple, a few faces hovering over a battlefield, the most predominant being a man wearing an open faced helmet. I picked it […]

We have too many movies. At current count, we have around 2,642 DVDs. Every time I walk into a used video store, I try and tell myself, “You don’t need anything.” But then I have a rough day of work. Or a great day of work. And then I’m in a store and see a […]