Recent viewings

[Rev. Powell]

Rev- Have you ever seen Sadomaster? it was for a while the lowest rated movie on netflix instant. also from Argentina. good working definition of a 1/5

http://youtu.be/uf2-VMNvWl8

I have not. I bet SADOMASTER was worse than TERROR 5, though. TERROR 5 was just kind of there; I had no hope of it getting better, and I wished it was worse to make it more interesting.

[indianasmith]

HALLOWEEN AT AUNT ETHEL'S  This was an Amazon Prime freebie that really had every element a bad movie needs to be great: ridiculous plot, bad acting, cheesy gore, and copious nudity.  Aunt Ethel is a crazy old lady in a small Florida town who cooks and eats children every Halloween, turning them into her famous "pickled chocolates" which she uses to lure more kids into her house.  A group of teens decide to bump her off, and murder and mayhem ensue. Actual running time is an hour and ten or so, but stay tuned for the "Aunt Ethel Rap" music video at the end, followed by a blooper reel.  These folks just had fun making this movie! 4/5

[Rev. Powell]

THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC BOX (2017): In Warsaw in the near future, an amnesiac man (whose memory may have been wiped by the government) goes to work as a janitor and falls in love with a superior, but the past inevitably catches up to him. If you can swallow the big twist---and it's a whopper---the future world is rich and unsettling, drawn in (low-budget) shades of BLADE RUNNER and BRAZIL as well as Poland's Communist past. 3/5.

[Trevor]

I tried to watch Natural Born Killers again: 

[FatFreddysCat]

I tried to watch Natural Born Killers again: 

God-awful movie.

[Rev. Powell]

CINEMATIC TITANIC: THE ALIEN FACTOR: "The Alien Factory" is a microbudget Don Dohler "movie" with lots of padding and some really cheap-looking special effects. Since it's a Don Dohler movie the riffers have a lot to work with (Chevy Impalas with sirens stuck on top as police cars), but the endless "walking through the woods" scenes are a challenge. This is one of their live shows and it's cool to see them gesturing to the audience, blowing lines, and spontaneously cracking up. 3/5. 

[FatFreddysCat]

"The Dirt" (2019)
Netflix adapts the saga of Motley Crue's rise, fall, and eventual redemption, based on the band's notorious warts-and-all 2000 biography. It's not the Royal Shakespeare Company, of course, and I'm sure it's full of inaccuracies and fabrications, but it is an entertainingly loud and trashy flick with all the over-the-top depictions of drugs, booze, and sleaze that fans will want to see. Just turn off your brain and enjoy the ride.

[Allhallowsday]

Bohemian Rhapsody: A well acted, but decidedly underwhelming movie. About the hour point, Kristi said she wasn't really getting into the film either and we discussed putting it off, but I decided to push on through. For me, it really only kicked into gear when it got to Live Aid. Disappointing as from all the hype I was expecting a much better movie. Oh well, it would be a boring world if everyone had the same tastes in entertainment.

 

I wondered why their hits "Fat Bottom Girls" / "Bicycle Race" were excluded.  Political correctness.   

[Rev. Powell]

THE BURIAL OF KOJO (2018): The mysterious story of a conflict between a man and his uncle, told from the perspective of an imaginative young girl who blends fantasy with reality. Superior cinematography and exotic settings highlight this magical realist story from Ghana; it's basically an African version of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (although poor Cynthia Dankwa can't come close to Quvenzhané Wallis' primal performance). Streaming on Netflix exclusively. 3.5/5.

[Rev. Powell]

PIERCING (2018): Reed has a good job, a loving wife, a cherished newborn son, hallucinations, and a (hopefully satiable) lust to kill; he checks into a hotel planning to get it out of his system by murdering a call girl, but the woman who arrives may be more than a match for him. An adaptation of an early ero guro novel by Ryu "AUDITION" Murakami, with many of the same sadomasochistic themes, done in slick-sick style by sophomore director Nicolas Pesce, that inevitably suffers (ha ha) in comparison to its sadistic sister. 2.5/5.

[Allhallowsday]

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYAL  

Very much like a Quentin Tarantino film, to the point of rip-off, with a perplexing and needlessly convoluted plot.  Good performances, but why do I care about these characters who are inexplicably in a nearly deserted hotel?  I can't recommend it. 

[Rev. Powell]

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYAL  

Very much like a Quentin Tarantino film, to the point of rip-off, with a perplexing and needlessly convoluted plot.  Good performances, but why do I care about these characters who are inexplicably in a nearly deserted hotel?  I can't recommend it. 

Too bad. That one looked kind of interesting to me but I missed it. Plenty more where that came from, though.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Rock N' Roll High School" (1979)
Rock n' roller Riff Randall (P.J. Soles) leads the students of Vince Lombardi High in an all out rebellion against the fascist Principal Togar (Mary Woronov), with a little help from the Ramones.
I've lost count of how many times I've seen this cult classic (I can recite pretry much all the dialogue) but it never gets old.

[Rev. Powell]

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: TEENAGE CAVE MAN: The feature stars Robert Vaughan as a mid-20s teenage caveman who defies his conservative tribal elders to explore a nearby valley full of dinosaurs and monsters. Also includes two shorts: one on waterskiing and "Catching Trouble," the story of a great white hunter who captures wild animals and really gets Joel and the bots angry with his unthinking rape of the land. Back in Deep 13 Frank and Dr. Forrester are locked in a battle to the death. I hadn't seen this since it played on Comedy Central; not a classic episode, but pretty solid. 3/5.

[FatFreddysCat]

"After Porn Ends 3" (2018)

Third installment of the documentary series catches up with a new set of retired adult performers from days gone by, like Jenna Presley (now a Christian who makes sandwiches for the homeless), Christy Canyon (hostess of an adult talk show on satellite radio) and Jenteal (a stay at home Mom who sells CBD oil!). There aren't any train-wrecks in this edition, unlike in previous chapters of this series, so those hoping to hear some good crash-and-burn stories will likely be bored. The message here seems to be: porn people can have "normal" lives off camera, too. Who knew?