TUBI ORIGINAL: Castaways (2023)
In the aftermath of an apocalyptic event, Emily (Paige McGarvin, Shark Season) and Cara (Sofia Masson, Girls Getaway Gone Wrong 2) are seemingly the only two survivors of an ocean liner wreck. They wash up on a gorgeous island — the film was made in Belize — and start to build a new life for themselves and […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Zombies Prepping for the Apocalypse (2021)
As much as I love the Japanese movie Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen, the prophecies of Nostradamus have always given my trouble. Back in the days after 9/11, the same HR professional who would repeatedly leave Bibles at my desk with Post-Its telling me about how I was going to hell went on a chain email spree […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: The Big Bird Cage (1972)
I always say, “This movie has an all star cast” and often I mean, “It has an all star cast for me.” This would be one of those times, but man, look at this cast: Anitra Ford, forever Laura from Messiah of Evil. Pam Grier, taking her third trip into WIP hell for New World. […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: Night Call Nurses (1972)
Jonathan Kaplan’s directing career took him from Truck Turner and this movie to Heart Like A Wheel, The Accused and Brokedown Palace. Recommended to Roger Corman by Martin Scorsese, he made one of the many nurses movies that New World Pictures released. Written by George Armitage and Danny Opatoshu, NIght Call Nurses follows the formula or so it seems, introducing […]
NEW WORLD PICTURES MONTH: The Hot Box (1972)
After Angels Hard As They Come, Joe Viola and Jonathan Demme went to the Philippines to make this women in prison film. This time, nurses Bunny (Andrea Cagan, who went from acting to ghostwriting memoirs for Pam Grier, Grace Slick and Diana Ross), Lynn (Margaret Markov, Run, Angel, Run!), Ellie (Rickey Richardson, Bonnie’s Kids) and Sue (Laurie Rose, The […]
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