2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 18: Beyond the Gates (2016)
DAY 18. ONLY ON VHS Day: Watch something on true psychotronic format. If you don’t have access to a VCR then watch a movie with a VCR/VHS theme in it. Thanks to the Found Footage Festival, so many people have gotten the chance to see a lost part of the VHS era — board games that […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 7 Option 2: Daikaiju Mono (2016)
DAY 7. DAIKAIJU: The bigger the better. Who needs a city anyway? We already did War of the Gargantuas today, but you can never get enough giant monster movies, much less one that is endlessly self-referential! Japan is in a mess to say the least. The weather is all screwed up, volcanoes have stopped erupting, there […]
Mad Shelia 疯狂的希拉 (2016)
On February 28, 2016, George’s Miller’s beleaguered, long-gestating fourth film in the Mad Max-franchise swept the 88th Academy Awards with ten Oscar nominations and, deservingly, won six for its technical prowess. Mad Max: Fury Road not only surpassed all other nominated films for the evening; it broke the record for the most wins for an […]
American Killing (2016)
Jeb’s cartoon is on the verge of cancellation, so the studio sends him and his writers to a house in the mountains to write the entire next season as fast as possible. However, Jeb’s controlling personality and obsessive work ethic ruins things immediately. And when he starts to plant cameras all over and call people on […]
The Boy (2016)
There’s a moment early on in The Boy where you’re either going to think it’s the dumbest movie you’ve ever seen or completely brilliant. I err on the side of the latter, loving the audaciousness that demands that you believe that a porcelain doll could be alive. Director William Brent Bell brings you along for […]
Bad Moms (2016)
The team of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore started their careers by contributing uncredited rewrites to movies like Wedding Crashers, 27 Dresses and Monster-in-Law. Their breakthrough was The Hangover, which gave them the juice they needed to start co-directing movies of their own. This film was a surprise success for them, grossing around $183 million worldwide. Amy […]
Popstar: Never Stop Stopping (2016)
After Hot Rod, The Lonely Island team of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone tackled the world of pop music yet bombed bigger than the movie’s hero, Conner4Real making only $9 million back from a $20 million dollar budget. I have no idea why. This is the kind of movie that rewards multiple viewings, sticking […]
Night of Something Strange (2016)
Five teenage friends just want to go to the beach for Spring Break. However, one of them gets a deadly sexually transmitted disease from a toilet seat and soon spreads it through the group as they spend the night at an isolated motel. What’s even scarier than an STD? One that transforms you into the living dead. Directed […]
Black and Blue (2016)
Dylan Avery produced and directed Loose Change, a movie many cite when they bring up 9/11 conspiracy theories. Now, he’s turning his directorial lens toward the issue of police brutality and corruption, from a DJ beat up by off duty DEA agents in town for a convention to a man arrested for filming a police officer. Full […]
The Dark Tapes (2016)
Paul Andolina is back to share an anthology movie with us. He’s always a welcome guest on our site. If you like his stuff, check out his site Wrestling with Film. Lately, I have been finding it increasingly difficult to sit down and watch a movie. I’ve started half a dozen in the past week and […]
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