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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by claws - Today at 01:45:13 AM

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Good Movies / Re: Recent theatrical viewings

Last post by Alex - Today at 01:17:05 AM

Minions & Monsters (2026)

At the start of the era of talking pictures, a group of minions want to make a monster movie. For this, they need a monster and they end up accidentally summoning a shoggoth.

This one is an absolute hoot. It is Pierre Coffin & Brian Lynches homage both to silent era Hollywood and 1950s creature features, with a guest appearance of Goomi's take on Lovecraft (of the Unspeakable Vault of Doom). It is chock full of references. Yet, contrary to meme based humour, these references aren't the jokes in themselves. The gags work in themselves, the references just add a layer (for instance the two monsters from Mountains of Madness are called Howard and Phillips)
For the rest it is non-stop minions slapstick action. Contrary to most contemporary movies, it doesn't stop to provide An Uplifting Moment, or Spell Out A Message. Not that it doesn't contain commentary, it doesn't let it get in the way of the action.

Highly recommended, especially for film buffs

I am so glad that someone else got the Unspeakable Vault reference. Took Ash to see this (totally nothing to do with me going to see pretty much anything that has a hint of Cthulhu in it). I second the good Dr's review. See how many movie references you can pick up in the first 10 minutes or so. Ash was laughing so hard at parts of this, his legs kicking up in the air, I thought he was going to fall off his seat.

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 12:52:01 AM

kind of a massively deconstructed version of ^^

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 12:46:41 AM

Logically the next would be

4. 10,000 BC

As per the title

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Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...

Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 12:28:10 AM

The Babysitter: Primal Rage

[MALCOLM McLAREN Duck Rock]

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 12:19:01 AM

MALCOLM McLAREN Duck Rock 

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Good Movies / Re: Citizen Vigilante (2026)

Last post by Trevor - July 05, 2026, 08:58:24 PM

Okay. You can adopt an uncle, that's cool.

I didn't think his first few films were that bad. I saw some later ones though that were pretty rough.

I've not seen his German films or his early junk DTV films, but House of the Dead is embarrassing, and Alone in the Dark is actually one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life.  And I've seen stuff like Monster a Go Go (which, I'll admit, is worse, but they're in the same ballpark).

HOWEVER....  I think Rampage actually isn't half-bad, unpleasant as it is.  The visual style can be very off putting, and it's very unpleasant, but it's decently made if you can stomach it.

The two films he made here - 1968 TUNNEL RATS and DARFUR - are incredible films, especially DARFUR which is emotional and sometimes very violent and disturbing.

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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by LilCerberus - July 05, 2026, 08:34:49 PM

Tonight's Stinker
The Fat Spy(1966)
https://youtu.be/dZnItPLhU2M?si=1f36rzaCqN0rMJAg

It opens with two guys on a dock singing for three excruciating minutes about how money's bad for you, then a minute for opening credits, then another overlong musical number as a group of teens arrive at some resort in Florida, pile into a boat & head for a tiny island....
So anyway, the CEO of a cosmetics company finds out the kids are there, and sends his daughter (Jayne Mansfield) to help a middle age botanist take care of the problem.... Meanwhile, the botanist's evil twin brother calls the owner of a rival company (Phyllis Diller) & reports what's up.....

The comedy bits are brief & far apart, as the runtime is padded with more musical numbers than I could keep track of...... Most of the thread bare story is predictable & clichéd, characters do things that make little sense, but it's mostly safe & family friendly....

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Good Movies / Re: Citizen Vigilante (2026)

Last post by Jim H - July 05, 2026, 07:30:39 PM

Okay. You can adopt an uncle, that's cool.

I didn't think his first few films were that bad. I saw some later ones though that were pretty rough.

I've not seen his German films or his early junk DTV films, but House of the Dead is embarrassing, and Alone in the Dark is actually one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life.  And I've seen stuff like Monster a Go Go (which, I'll admit, is worse, but they're in the same ballpark).

HOWEVER....  I think Rampage actually isn't half-bad, unpleasant as it is.  The visual style can be very off putting, and it's very unpleasant, but it's decently made if you can stomach it.

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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by Jim H - July 05, 2026, 07:24:56 PM

Ready or Not 2 - Pretty good follow up, buoyed by solid dual lead performances.  I think I like this one a tad more than the first, especially in terms of pacing it is rock solid, and the secondary characters are a bit more fun.  It's still thin, but enjoyable with plenty of the red stuff.