Vinyl Generation (2020)
Imagine a world where undercover cops attend record swaps and concerts — and arrest people for crimes against the government. In Czechoslovakia, it was a reality. In our recent “Rock ‘n’ Roll Week” review of the Sex Pistols The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury, we discussed punk — the […]
Asteroid-a-Geddon (2020)
“Don’t make the mistake of judging me based on my appearance. Ignorance can be a real bitch.”— Alexandra Svoboda, the world’s leading punk rock metallurgist and geochemist This movie has two things going for it: Eric Roberts and no IMDb reviews (at least not at the time of this writing). That means when PPV surfers […]
Airliner Sky Battle (2020)
Am I nuts paying a $7.99 PPV rental fee for a direct-to-video potboiler from The Asylum? Should I have waited until it appeared on the Syfy Channel for free or, better yet, as a free-with-ads stream on Tubi TV? Yep. Ah, but this non-stop action potboiler stars the never disappointing, Chinese-American actress Bai Ling (Dumplings*) […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion Recap!
Every November we tackle a Mill Creek box of fifty movies. We started with the Chilling Classics set in 2018 and also did the Pure Terror one last year. You can grab the Sci-Fi Invasion set for $11 on Amazon, which is a great price for a ton of strange films. As a matter of […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: The Wasp Woman (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally posted this review on January 11, 2020. Produced and directed by Roger Corman, this movie was originally a double feature with Beast from Haunted Cave. When it was released to TV two years later, a new prologue was added by director Jack Hill to add to its running time. The musical […]
D.C. Cab (1983)
D.C. Cab was one of the first videos I ever rented from Prime Time Video as a kid and it’s got a great cast, which is probably what got me to grab it. Beyond Mr. T., you have Max Gail from Barney Miller as the owner of the cab company, Adam Baldwin as the son of his […]
The Control (2018)
In order to keep space travelers safe and sane on long trips across the stars, a cutting-edge computer-brain interface must be created. Mike, the programmer, and Eric, a neurochemist, begin to work on the most sophisticated virtual reality system ever conceived. However, they begin to argue about how to create that program and Mike’s muse gets trapped inside […]
Banging Lanie (2020)
“Oh, come on, robot girl, embrace the technology.”— Lanie Burroughs being schooled on the fine art of vibrators In our review of the radio comedy Loqueesha, we discussed the creative art of filmmaking and, as result of those artistic frustrations, the passion projects, aka vanity projects, developed by unknown, burgeoning actors as their calling card […]
Burning Kentucky (2020)
“I’ll tell you man, people watch you like a hawk in this town.”“Really?” You think having a drunk sheriff daddy, a dead mama, and a junkie brother keeps my name out of people’s mouths?”— Wyatt West comes to grips with his reality This effective indie-thriller by actress Bethany Brooke Anderson, in her feature film writing and […]
They Came from the Swamp Arrow Video release overview
We’ve spent the last week going over the amazing William Gréfe box set that Arrow Video has just released. To say that this set is essential for drive-in and exploitation film fans is an understatement. This has it all, true believer — everything from jellyfish men, zombie witch doctors, murderous hippies and shark lovers to, of course, […]
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