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Troy brings Homer’s legendary epic to visceral, grand-scale life by condensing a decade-long war into a matter of intense weeks. King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) has united the Greek kingdoms, driven more by territorial conquest of the Aegean Sea than by honor. Meanwhile, Trojan Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) falls into a forbidden romance with Queen Helen […]
Starting in Cincinnati back in 1972, brothers Larry (Woody Harrelson) and Jimmy Flynt (Brett Harrelson, Woody’s real brother) run the Hustler Go-Go, a gritty and struggling strip club. Looking for a way to pull in more patrons, Larry starts up a newsletter featuring nude photos of the dancers, which quickly evolves into the explosive phenomenon […]
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina What the hell is this? Ten years after Filmation disbanded, Lou Scheimer was approached by Dutch investment company Dreamweavers, N.V. to produce an animated series for […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Return of the Beverly Hillbillies was on USA Up All Night on May 20 and October 21, 1994. Airing as the CBS Tuesday Night Movie on October 6, 1981, you better believe a nine-year-old Sam sat right in front of the TV and filled his Coke-bottle glasses with this movie. Following the passing of Granny, […]
Jessica and her nephew get more than they expect while staying at a posh New York hotel managed by Grady’s old fraternity buddy. Season 4, Episode 11: Doom With a View (December 13, 1987) While staying in an opulent hotel courtesy of Grady’s fraternity brother Gary, J.B. becomes embroiled in a fight to clear Grady […]
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina Deep in the heart of Transylvania, a very different breed of bloodsucker calls a spooky castle home. Led by a vegetarian vampire named Maurice, along with […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Porky’s III: The Revenge was on USA Up All Night on July 14, 1990; December 31, 1991; July 4 and December 21, 1992 and June 26, 1993. James Komack is best known for producing The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Chico and the Man and Welcome Back, Kotter. To be honest, his making the third […]
Lionheart follows the basic plot of all Van Damme films. Our hero loses a family member in some horrible way; he must go AWOL or leave behind some responsibility, and then fight—even though he doesn’t want to—before a big battle that redeems everything. My wife — having suffered through the makings of JCVD week where […]
Week 5 (July 19 – 25) – Sub Rosa Studio Ron Bonk’s SRS Cinema has been providing the underground with TOP QUALITY GRIME since the 90s. Not only does he release a deluge of Sharksploitation, Amityville ripoffs, and Cocaine-addicted critter flicks, he also distributes auteurist masterpieces like Tim Ritter’s Truth or Dare? – A Critical Madness, Hugh […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Children was on USA Up All Night on April 12, 1991 and August 22, 1992. The best thing I can say about this movie is that nearly everyone in it is a horrible person. There are cops that don’t do their jobs well, expectant mothers that smoke and other parents that couldn’t care less […]
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