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#21
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by Rev. Powell - February 16, 2026, 09:58:36 AMQuote from: M.10rda on February 15, 2026, 09:35:32 PMThe more kids movies Rev. Powell reviews the more curious I grow about that boxed set...
It's worth a purchase IMO, but it's not technically a box set. Everything is crammed on a single disk and there are no special features to speak of, not even an explanatory booklet.
#22
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - February 16, 2026, 09:23:53 AMMIDNIGHT MENACE (1946):
I've been increasingly curious about all-black productions of the 30s and 40s, since I very much admire the work that performers like Mantan Moreland did while laboring within the white-dominated studio system. This 30-minute "horror"/"comedy" could've certainly benefitted from the talents of a Moreland or a Best or a Fetchit.
Instead it stars "Lollypop Jones"
, who moves into a tiny studio apartment in some sort of commune for cabaret performers and quickly finds himself "haunted" by what he thinks is a "ghost" of a woman that unrelated radio broadcasts lead him to believe has been "murdered". Sorry for all the scare quotes in this review, but I figure something needs to be scary about MIDNIGHT MENACE! Of course, the "ghost" isn't really a "ghost", it's an abandoned waifu hypnotized by her two-timing escapee hubby to never leave the apartment again, which of course is much more plausible than a "ghost", right? Thus Lollipop (sensibly averse to calling the police and reporting a "dead body" in his new home, #acab) keeps moving/disposing of the woman's unconscious body, ad infinitum as she continuously sleepwalks/hides back in the apartment. 
Hey, Lester, it's proto-WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S!
Lollipop is an okay comedian as long as he isn't required to look scared in close-up about seeing a ghost, which of course he consistently is required to do. (Granted few actors ever really look convincing in "seeing a ghost CU", as "seeing a ghost" is one of those things for which very few or no actors have any sense memory to draw upon, though #substitution I guess.) Director Josh Binney also seems pretty inept behind the camera - for instance the "dead" wife isn't visible in wide-shots of the small apartment when Lollipop moves in, then suddenly her body is right there in the middle of the floor, hence either there's footage missing from the YT copy or Binney was just hopeless at establishing "film grammar", to borrow a term from Rev. Powell. I wanted to cut Binney some slack on the presumption that this kind of niche indie film was maybe underfunded and Binney was literally an amateur filmmaker, but he seems to have made at least a dozen similar flicks so I hope he figured out how to do his job competently at some point.
You do get to see other black performers doing bits of their cabaret acts, including one very good spastic tap-dancer. The actress playing the "ghost" wife also seems like an amateur but I liked her nevertheless.
2/5 The film's final punchline depends however on the premise that having a nice looking woman declare her undying love for you is a fate scarier than supernatural phenomenon or self-inflicted death, so comedic mileage may be limited.
I've been increasingly curious about all-black productions of the 30s and 40s, since I very much admire the work that performers like Mantan Moreland did while laboring within the white-dominated studio system. This 30-minute "horror"/"comedy" could've certainly benefitted from the talents of a Moreland or a Best or a Fetchit.
Instead it stars "Lollypop Jones"
, who moves into a tiny studio apartment in some sort of commune for cabaret performers and quickly finds himself "haunted" by what he thinks is a "ghost" of a woman that unrelated radio broadcasts lead him to believe has been "murdered". Sorry for all the scare quotes in this review, but I figure something needs to be scary about MIDNIGHT MENACE! Of course, the "ghost" isn't really a "ghost", it's an abandoned waifu hypnotized by her two-timing escapee hubby to never leave the apartment again, which of course is much more plausible than a "ghost", right? Thus Lollipop (sensibly averse to calling the police and reporting a "dead body" in his new home, #acab) keeps moving/disposing of the woman's unconscious body, ad infinitum as she continuously sleepwalks/hides back in the apartment. Hey, Lester, it's proto-WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S!Lollipop is an okay comedian as long as he isn't required to look scared in close-up about seeing a ghost, which of course he consistently is required to do. (Granted few actors ever really look convincing in "seeing a ghost CU", as "seeing a ghost" is one of those things for which very few or no actors have any sense memory to draw upon, though #substitution I guess.) Director Josh Binney also seems pretty inept behind the camera - for instance the "dead" wife isn't visible in wide-shots of the small apartment when Lollipop moves in, then suddenly her body is right there in the middle of the floor, hence either there's footage missing from the YT copy or Binney was just hopeless at establishing "film grammar", to borrow a term from Rev. Powell. I wanted to cut Binney some slack on the presumption that this kind of niche indie film was maybe underfunded and Binney was literally an amateur filmmaker, but he seems to have made at least a dozen similar flicks so I hope he figured out how to do his job competently at some point.
You do get to see other black performers doing bits of their cabaret acts, including one very good spastic tap-dancer. The actress playing the "ghost" wife also seems like an amateur but I liked her nevertheless.
2/5 The film's final punchline depends however on the premise that having a nice looking woman declare her undying love for you is a fate scarier than supernatural phenomenon or self-inflicted death, so comedic mileage may be limited.
#23
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by Trevor - February 16, 2026, 09:22:30 AMQuote from: lester1/2jr on February 15, 2026, 03:46:24 PMThe Epstein Files is a "They Live" sequel.
😎😀
#24
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - February 16, 2026, 05:46:16 AM"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" (2024)
The "new" team of Busters (introduced in "GB: Afterlife") battle an evil entity with the power to turn New York -- and the world - into a wintry wasteland. Fortunately the three surviving OG Busters (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and yes, even Bill Murray) are there to lend a hand.
I liked this spooky adventure comedy better than "Afterlife." At times it feels like a deliberate passing-of-the-torch from the old crew to the new team. If there are further sequels, I wouldn't be surprised if Aykroyd and the old gang are absent.
The "new" team of Busters (introduced in "GB: Afterlife") battle an evil entity with the power to turn New York -- and the world - into a wintry wasteland. Fortunately the three surviving OG Busters (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and yes, even Bill Murray) are there to lend a hand.
I liked this spooky adventure comedy better than "Afterlife." At times it feels like a deliberate passing-of-the-torch from the old crew to the new team. If there are further sequels, I wouldn't be surprised if Aykroyd and the old gang are absent.
#25
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by claws - February 16, 2026, 02:53:38 AMWondering how close I could get making a movie about the Trump-Epstein Files.
#26
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by claws - February 16, 2026, 12:41:11 AMQuote from: lester1/2jr on February 15, 2026, 03:46:24 PMThe Epstein Files is a "They Live" sequel.
It's a bold creative choice for the Trump admin to keep the 'OBEY' and 'SLEEP' subtitles running while they redact every name that matters. Bondi is doing a great job as the lead gaslighter, it takes a special kind of 'talent' to look at a room full of monsters and say, 'Nothing to see here, let's go ahead and harass the victims some more for the plot development.'
#27
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by lester1/2jr - February 15, 2026, 11:01:50 PMMinus the triumphant ending
#28
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - February 15, 2026, 09:35:32 PMThe more kids movies Rev. Powell reviews the more curious I grow about that boxed set...
Understatement of the century!
Quote from: LilCerberus on February 14, 2026, 10:05:17 PMMonster a Go-Go(1965)
an ending that defies suspension of disbelief!!
Understatement of the century!
#29
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by LilCerberus - February 15, 2026, 09:32:38 PMTonight's Stinker
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?(1975)
https://youtu.be/W0vNw0klxeY?si=V2s9HJavxGTKbxkJ
A rich ne'er-do-well loses his job after being caught embezzling, and is given thirty days to pay the money back... He then goes home to his rich wife, only to discover she wants a divorce, with alimony....
After a while, his les than helpful psychiatrist puts the idea of killing his wife in his head, and he sets out to find a hitman... Eventually, he settles for a simpleton with gambling debts.... Unfortunately, the next day, he learns the insurance policy he took out on his wife is null....
He tries to stop the hit, but the simpleton subcontracted the work, as did the subcontractor, as did a litany of subcontractors, so he has to follow his wife to Las Vegas with a group of idiots to find the hitman....
Lots of frantic energy from the lead, which gets exhausting at times, but works out... Some characters play like college students who saw an SNL sketch & thought they could stretch it out for ninety minutes, but it also has plenty of Python-esque moments that get a good laugh....
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?(1975)
https://youtu.be/W0vNw0klxeY?si=V2s9HJavxGTKbxkJ
A rich ne'er-do-well loses his job after being caught embezzling, and is given thirty days to pay the money back... He then goes home to his rich wife, only to discover she wants a divorce, with alimony....
After a while, his les than helpful psychiatrist puts the idea of killing his wife in his head, and he sets out to find a hitman... Eventually, he settles for a simpleton with gambling debts.... Unfortunately, the next day, he learns the insurance policy he took out on his wife is null....
He tries to stop the hit, but the simpleton subcontracted the work, as did the subcontractor, as did a litany of subcontractors, so he has to follow his wife to Las Vegas with a group of idiots to find the hitman....
Lots of frantic energy from the lead, which gets exhausting at times, but works out... Some characters play like college students who saw an SNL sketch & thought they could stretch it out for ninety minutes, but it also has plenty of Python-esque moments that get a good laugh....
#30
Weird News Stories / Re: don't mention the V-word.....
Last post by zombie no.one - February 15, 2026, 08:32:43 PMQuote from: claws on February 15, 2026, 03:19:08 PMQuote from: zombie no.one on February 15, 2026, 03:11:41 AMI suppose a take away from this is that it's not the actual audible formation of the word itself which is offensive, because every time you say the word 'vinegar' you are literally saying that word, and yet nobody (at least nobody sane) bats an eyelid.
ditto every time you say the word 'country' you are technically turning the airwaves blue.
so ultimately all the controversy is 100% about the semantics behind words, rather than the actual words themselves.
maybe that's a very obvious and self evident point to make? feel like it often gets lost in all the surrounding commotion though....
The exhausting part is the current 'edge culture' that thrives on this exact technicality. There's a specific type of person who loves to play with phonetic proximity, using words like 'vinegar' with a metaphorical wink, just to see how close they can get to a slur without 'technically' crossing the line.
They treat language like a game of 'I'm not touching you,' pushing boundaries specifically to provoke a reaction, then retreating into 'it's just a word' when they get called out.
do you think this guy had a case then, and they were deliberately leaving vinegar near him as a trolling attempt?... I mean, it's hard to avoid bottles of vinegar around the place in a pub that serves pub food!