TUBI PICKS: Week 16
Hey — do you have some Tubi picks? Share them with me…I could use the help! 1. Twister’s Revenge!: TUBI LINK Man, Bill Rebane, what were you doing? What am I doing saying you should watch this? A computer-driven monster truck with a heart? I mean, I’ve certainly recommended worse. 2. Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks: TUBI LINK […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Never Too Young to Die (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on November 13, 2017. Never Too Young to Die was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Scotia/Cannon. I grew up on James Bond. More than that, at a young age, I was obsessed with Bond. One magical Christmas, the only gifts I got were the James […]
CANNON MONTH 2: The Hitcher (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on October 28, 2020. The Hitcher was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Cannon France. When I first saw The Hitcher, I was probably 14 years old and saw it as a straight-ahead story of violence on the highway. I probably cheered at the end when […]
Erica’s First Holy Shit! (2022)
Starring and based on the life of Erica Nix, Austin queer artist and fitness guru (and currently a surprising and unlikely Austin mayoral candidate), the filmmakers say that this movie “is a tribute to the disappearing bohemian demimonde of Austin itself; a psychedelic freak-out fantasia of adventure and discovery inspired by Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain, Pee […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Highlander (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Highlander wasn’t produced by Cannon, but was distributed by Columbia-Cannon-Warner. Gregory Widen wrote Highlander for one of his classes as an undergraduate in the screenwriting program at UCLA. Widen’s teacher told him to get an agent; he sold the script for $200,000. The initial story was darker and more violent, but as Widen saw […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Flesh+Blood (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Flesh+Blood was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Cannon Tuschinski Film Distribution. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by his frequent collaborator Gerard Soeteman, Flesh+Blood started as ideas that Verhoeven, Soeteman and Hauer didn’t get to do on the TV show Floris. It was filmed as God’s Own Butchers and would be released in […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Jungle Raiders (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jungle Raiders was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Cannon Releasing Corporation. Cannon released several Italian films that they didn’t have a hand in making, like this one, directed by Antonio Margheriti (Cannibal Apocalypse, And God Said to Cain, Yor Hunter from the Future) and written by Giovanni Simonelli (John Travolto da un […]
CANNON MONTH 2: Fast Lane Fever (1982)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fast Lane Fever was not produced by Cannon but was theatrically distributed by Cannon Releasing Corporation. Also known as Running On Empty, this Australian film is all about two steelworkers named Mike (Terry Serio, who was in the band The Elks) and Tony (John Agius) who dream of racing and the Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III […]
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