Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
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 Michael (Jason Marsden) is a teenager whose life is spiraling downward due to marijuana use, leaving his younger sister, Corey (Lindsay Parker), worried. One morning, when […]
MVD REWIND COLLECTION 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY RELEASE: Lionheart (1990)
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 […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Blood and Steel (1990)
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 […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Darkman (1990)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Darkman was on USA Up All Night on May 24 and October 3, 1997 and November 5, 1994. Before he had the chance to make Spider-Man, Sam Raimi had wanted to make a comic book movie. Having failed to get the rights to The Shadow and Batman, he just decided to create his own hero. […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Def by Temptation (1990)
DAY 4. Blaxploitation! Forget the logo that starts this. Sure, Troma distributed this, but it’s alien to their usual dreck, and it has an actual Screen Actors Guild cast, a gorgeous, smoky, neo-noir aesthetic, a contemporary R&B soundtrack and a mostly Black cast and crew. Directed, written, produced and starring James Bond III, Def by Temptation […]
88 FILMS BLU-RAY RELEASE: She Shoots Straight (1990)
If you’ve ever felt like your in-laws were a nightmare, imagine being Joyce Godenzi (wife of Sammo Hung and a former Miss Hong Kong) in She Shoots Straight (also known as Lethal Lady). This time, she plays Mina Kao, a super-cop who marries her supervisor, Insp. Huang Tsung-Pao (Tony Leung), and finds herself part of […]
CULTPIX MONTH: Meteo (1990)
1990 Hungarian cyberpunk, so forget the high-tech, neon-drenched luxury of Blade Runner. This is rust-punk, a world of grime, leaking pipes and CRT monitors held together by spit and prayer. It’s a movie that feels like it’s filmed on a dying planet, or at least a dying political system, and every frame is dripping with […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 13: Gui wu xiao jing (1990)
April 13: (Evil) Plant Appreciation Day — It ain’t easy being green. Pay tribute to all the plants with a movie starring one of them. Also known as Haunted House Elf, this Hong Kong/Taiwan crossover has a rich Hong Kong family move to a new home in Taiwan, where poor kid Wang Chi-Chiang convinces Shiao-Ming (Lin Hsiao […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 10: Hard to Kill (1990)
April 10: Seagal vs. Von Sydow — One is a laughable martial artist. The other is a beloved acting legend. You choose whose movie you watch; it’s both of their birthdays. “That’s for my wife. Fuck you and die!” Steve Seagal movies are not subtle. They are blunt-force trauma wrapped in a silk kimono and topped […]
VISUAL VENGEANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: Highway to Hell (1990) and Redneck County Fever (1992)
Highway to Hell (1990): Mass-murderer Toby Gilmore (Benton Jennings, who also wrote Reanimator Academy) has broken out of prison and is hiding in the desert, where he’s been picking people off. Officer Earl Dent (Richard Harrison) has wanted to kill Gilmore ever since the scumbag assaulted his daughter. As for Fran Thomson (Blue Thompson), she’s in the […]
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