Darr (1993) – One can scarcely overstate the popularity of charismatic Bollywood leading man Shah Rukh Khan; as my Bollywood-centric friend Chris explained to me once, “Imagine if Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise were the same person.” Darr was apparently his breakout role. The premise seems ripe for comedy: Juhi Chawla is engaged to the…
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Movies Seen Recently: The Alligator People, Miss Go, The Magnetic Monster
The Alligator People (1959) – A classic B-movie that hits all the bases. You’ve got a framing story that allows Men of Science to tell you what it all means; a plucky heroine, searching for her husband who disappeared on their wedding night; a mysterious family manor hidden deep in the bayou; a scientist who’s…
Movies Seen Recently: Breach, Recon, Alien Expedition
Breach (2020) – This is not, as some IMDb commenters have said, the worst SF movie EVAR. It is, however, far stupider than something with enough budget to hire Bruce Willis should be. First sign of stupidity: A huge ship is ready to blast off to take the last load of colonists from a doomed…
New posters, gearing up for FanX!
According to what I see here, I haven’t posted any new bogus B-movie posters since 2019. Because then THE WORLD FRICKIN’ STOPPED. But I’ve been getting a crap-ton ready for FanX in SLC in September, so here are the new ones: (For the benefit of search engines, that’s Corn Maze Cannibals, Land Piranhas, Cthulhu &…
O Beautiful.
[I originally posted this on last year’s Independence Day. As I’ve been traveling and unable to compose anything new, I thought it would do nicely.] This morning, on my Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as at LousyBookCovers.com and CheapCaffeine.net, I posted this image and caption: Happy birthday to the greatest nation in history. The…
Movies Seen Recently: Antidote, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Skinwalker Ranch
Antidote (aka Alone) (2013) – I really don’t understand people. This is a somber independent movie about two people alone in a world decimated by a global plague (remember, people used to make movies like that for entertainment), and it currently has a 3.5/10 rating on IMDb. User comments include such criticisms as “not enough…
On the Occasion of My Semi-Centennial.
Well, I turn 50 today. It’s the oddest thing. I had always assumed that older people felt older. Like the qualitative difference between prepubescent children and twenty-somethings, a gap that shows “these are not the same creature.” But no, the now-me is the same me inside as the twenty-something-me, not appreciably smarter (though more experienced)…
Movies Seen Recently: 3022, The Frankenstein Syndrome, The Warrant
3022 (2019) – Low-key but intriguing space station drama. Halfway through their ten-year posting to a refueling satellite halfway to Europa, just when they realize that their mental health may not be up to the rest of their term, the four-person crew is suddenly cut off from all Earth communication — and the long-range scanner…
Movies Seen Recently: Tammy and the Bachelor, Code of Silence, The Werewolf and the Yeti
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) – It’s not technically a musical — there’s only one musical number which comes out of nowhere and is integrated into the narrative — but it shares the same arbitrary and stylized storytelling aesthetic. 25-year-old Debbie Reynolds plays 17-year-old Tammy, raised on a houseboat in the Louisiana swamps by her…
Sketch of the week.
For sale in my Etsy store.