The Christmas Movie Marathon: 16 – 20
I'm in the home stretch and now the film's are getting extra out there. WIND CHILL (2007) From the director of MAGIC MIKE XXL, comes a spooky tale of the supernatural. Emily Blunt stars as a College student who catches a ride with a creepy ass ride share participant...
ICC #5 – The Important Christmas Cinema Spectacular
In a very special episode, "The Important Christmas Cinema Spectacular", Justin and Will tackle the holiday cinematic season by watching the awful Kirk Cameron vehicle SAVING CHRISTMAS and the holiday 'classic' MIRACLE ON 34th street. They discuss their own feelings...
The Christmas Movie Marathon: 11-15
I published a pocket zine called THE CHRISTMAS CINEMA filled with under seen Holiday films in honor of our screening of GAME OVER (Code Pere Noel 3615) last Wednesday at the Royal Cinema. I am currently stunned by the marathon watch it took to complete the project....
Blood Beat (1983) – Weird Wednesday
BLOOD BEAT must have been made made by people who have never seen a film in their lives. It's directed/written/shot/composed by a Frenchman in the snowy land of Wisconsin, populated by non-actors stiffly delivering lines, and it stars a glowing killer samurai. It...
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972) – Terror Tuesdays
SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT is a nice Christmas surprise. A Gothic tinged holiday horror that's a precursor to all the season's classics (BLACK CHRISTMAS, SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT) and to the slasher trend as well. The plot deals with a young woman (played by...
1776 (1972) – Musical Mondays
I have been obsessed with the musical HAMILTON for the last month. Composer/Actor Lin-Manuel Miranda's story of the rise and fall of one the United State's founding fathers is so good that I had delete the album from my computer to force myself to listen to something...
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) – Foolish Fridays
I'm going on the record now. I think AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS is Jackie Chan's best American movie. I'll wait for a moment to let everyone finish gasping. Lets break it down for a moment. What has Jackie Chan actually done in America? The Rush Hour films? They're...
Christmas Movie Marathon: Day 6-10
The CHRISTMAS MOVIE MARATHON continues into a wintry wonderland of cinematic bliss. Or does it? I never said everything I was going to watch was good. CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980) The poster art of Santa Claus reaching through a window with a knife in hand prepares...
He Has Nothing But Kung-Fu (1977) – REVIEW
Life must have been tough for Lau Kar Wing. He was the brother of one of the most acclaimed Shaw Bros director/choreographers in the business, Lau Kar Leung, and his other brother (by adoption), Gordon Lui, was one of the biggest stars of the screen. Kar Wing may be...
The Christmas Movie Marathon: Day 1-5
I love the holiday season, but December 25th has always been more of an ending than a climax in my mind. So to fill the time until that fateful day, I chase the Christmas dream by watching a Christmas movie every day during the month of December. It can be any genre,...
