25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE: The Nights Before Christmas (2019)
Directed and written by Paul Tanter and co-written by Simon Phillips, this is a sequel to Once Upon a Time at Christmas. Courtney (Keegan Chambers), the daughter of the killer Santa, Nick, (Phillips), has left behind Woodridge and is living in hiding in the big city. Yet when her father and his wife, Michelle, (Sayla […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES SEASON 2: The Big Sleep (1978)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the December 10, 2024 episode of the Video Archives podcast. Following up his turn as Phillip Marlow in Farewell, My Lovely, Mitchum is back and he’s got Michael Winner directing and writing for him. Sure, Mitchum is twice the age he should be and this is in […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES SEASON 2: Ice Castles (1978)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the December 10, 2024 episode of the Video Archives podcast. I think it’s hilarious that Tarantino and Avery got people to watch Ice Castles that otherwise would never endure it. They got me! Former skater Lynn-Holly Johnson is Lexie Winston, a figure skater on the way to the […]
INSANE HOLIDAY MOVIES YOU HAVEN’T SEEN! Holiday horror, Santa weirdness and so much more!
There are so many videos on YouTube that proclaim that they have holiday movies you’ve never seen before, particularly holiday horror. But if you’ve made it through every Silent Night, Deadly Night — even part 5, The Toy Maker — and are looking for something really weird for your yuletide movie watching, maybe I can help. Here are […]
DARK FORCE 4K UHD RELEASE: Mirror, Mirror (1990)
I wasn’t ready for Mirror, Mirror. I had no idea it’d grab me, thinking it was just another clone of The Craft. But nope. It’s something else entirely (and it was made six years before that movie). Megan Gordon (Rainbow Harvest) is the new girl in school, a shy and withdrawn goth who is taunted and treated […]
CAULDRON FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: The Last Match (1991)
Often, I refer to movies as having an all-star cast, which is really a misnomer. After all, what I consider A-list talent certainly does not fit the rest of the world. The Last Match, however, has the very definition of what I consider an all-star cast. Let’s take a look at the lineup: Ernest Borgnine: […]
CAULDRON FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Top Line (1988)
Man, was Nello Rossati dating Franco Nero’s daughter or something? Not only did he get him into this movie, but a year later he would be the person — well, his pseudonym Ted Archer did, but you get the point — to finally get him to come back to his most famous role in Django Strikes […]
CAULDRON FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Rat Man (1988)
Any movie that refers to its titular monster as the “critter from the shitter,” you know what you’re getting into. Oh, Italian cinema. I love you so. Marlis and Peggy are modeling on a Caribbean Island when Peggy gets eaten by rats. You know. The kind of thing that happens every time they shoot the Sports […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES SEASON 2: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the December 10, 2024 episode of the Video Archives podcast. Millionaire Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) needs a new fix. He’s moved on from fast cars and boardroom deals to putting together a bank robbery just because, well, he needs adrenaline. Investigator Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway) is promised […]
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