Star Wars Droppings: Meteor (1979)
Author’s Note: This review previously ran on June 30, 2017. James Bond in a Star Wars-inspired flick, along with the dude from the old American Express Card commercials and Brian Keith from Hardcastle and McCormick ranting with a bad Russian accent about the L.A Dodgers? Thank you, Mr. Lucas. We believe in The Force. We […]
Star Wars German Style: Operation Ganymed (1977)
This dystopian-inspired version of a psychological Russian space epic (1970’s Signale, 1972’s Eolomea, 1980’s The Orion Loop, 1983’s Moon Rainbow) produced for German theatres in the wake of the ‘70s Star Wars-inspired production boom also appeared on German and European television as Heroes: Lost in the Dust of the Stars. Courtesy of the burgeoning home […]
The Pining (2019)
When members of Joe’s therapy group start dying under mysterious circumstances, Detective Harris is forced to reopen a cold case. Her only lead: Father William – the group therapy leader who seems to know more than what is in his police statements. This comes from Eduardo Castrillo, whose film Worth we covered last year. The sale copy […]
The Legend of the Christmas Witch (2018)
During the day Paola is an ordinary primary school teacher, but at night, she turns into…The Christmas Witch, a magical creature who brings gifts to the good kids. That said, what is a Christmas Witch? Well, she doesn’t even come on Christmas! In Italian folklore, Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts throughout Italy […]
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
Leo McCarey was the son of one of Los Angeles’ biggest fight promoters, Thomas J. McCarey, and would be mentored by comedian Charley Chase and director Tod Browning. He cast Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy together, who became one of the most famous comedy duos of all time. When the talkies took over, McCarey focused […]
Prancer (1989)
I love my wife, but man, when she gets control of the remote, we end up watching movies like Prancer when all I want to watch is Cannibal Holocaust again. I’m joking — I know it’s Christmas, but c’mon. Here’s the demented thing about this movie: it has the same director as Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, John […]
The Star Wars TV Movies: The Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
It’s a two-fer! It’s Star Wars and it’s a holiday movie! Okay, it’s technically a Thanksgiving holiday movie, but close enough. I totally forgot about these two Star Wars TV movies. The Christmas special; yeah, that I remember (do we ever!). But not the Ewok movies. As I was relaxing, thumbing through one of my […]
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