CANNON MONTH: Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
Directed by Chuck’s brother Aaron and this time, Norris is Colonel James Braddock all over again, but we’ve discovered that his wife Lin Tan Cang (Miki Kim) isn’t dead, a fact that Reverend Polanski (Yehuda Efroni, Cannon utility fielder) imparts his way. And there’s another surprise. He has a 12-year-old son, Van Tan Cang (Roland […]
REPOST: Schemers (2020)
Editor’s note: We originally shared this movie on May 12, 2021. It’s available on VOD and DVD from Gravitas Ventures. You can learn more about this movie on the official Facebook page. David wanted to be a football player before an injury. Now he’s in love with a nurse named Shona and the concerts and disco […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: Back Street (1941)
Adapted from the 1931 Fannie Hurst novel and the 1932 film version — which it follows nearly scene-for-scene — this sympathetic tale of an adulterous couple was pretty unique for 1941, as you wouldn’t think this type of behavior would play well then. It was also remade in 1961 with Susan Hayward and John Gavin […]
CANNON MONTH: The Arrogant (1988)
Philippe Blot made four movies and three of them, this one, In the Shadow of the Sandcastle and Hot Blood have Sylvia Kristel in them, so of course, I’m going to watch at least three-fourths of his films. I’ll also be jealous the entire time, as he was Kristel’s second husband. In this movie, she plays Julie, a […]
CANNON MONTH: I giorni randagi (1988)
Stray Days was directed by Filippo Ottoni, who directed Detective School Dropouts for Cannon. He co-wrote this with Umberto Marino and it has songs by Enrico Ruggeri. And that’s it! I can’t find this movie, I can’t find a description of it and no one else has reviewed it. Perhaps we should consider this a placeholder until I eventually […]
CANNON MONTH: Summetime Blues (1987)
Director Reinhard Schwabenitzky’s 1988’s Summertime Blues: Lemon Popsicle VIII is not director Yaky Yosha’s 1984 movie Summertime Blues, but wow, they’re really close. 50s soundtrack? Goofball jokes? Lots of sex? Yes, Lemon Popsicle movies have somewhat dominated my life over Cannon Month, so I often wonder if they have caused me to lose what’s left of my […]
Interview with Ed Glaser, author of How the World Remade Hollywood part 1
As you may have learned from reading our site, I’m obsessed with bootleg films or remakesploitation. From films like 3 Dev Adam (Three Giant Men) and Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) to just about everything that emerged from the 80s Italian horror boom, I’m just so astounded by how movies get […]
CANNON MONTH: Under Cover (1987)
If you wonder, am I watching Dangerously Close, I understand. In a moment of meta deja vu (meta vu?) director and writer John Stockwell can be seen being seen by police protagonist Sheffield Hauser (David Neidorf), who is watching that movie. And Stockwell co-wrote that one with Scott Fields, who came back for this movie. Weird, […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment is astounding because it makes me consider how we view actors based on where we arrive in reality. For me, Fred McMurray is the kind Steve Douglas from TV’s My Three Sons. For those born before 1960, they probably saw him on that show and wondered how the heel from Double Indemnity and The Caine Mutiny could […]
CANNON MONTH: Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally wrote about this movie during Death Wish week on November 7, 2018. This article has been updated and added to since then. Where do you go after the utter lunacy that is Death Wish 3? Well, you replace Michael Winner with J. Lee Thompson, who was the director for The Guns of Navarone, the original Cape Fear, […]
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