‘Hurricane’ (1979): A large-scale, epic disaster
Hey! Did you know that 2024 is the 45th anniversary of the release of Dino DeHorrendous’ epic disaster romance, Hurricane. You didn’t?! Well that’s okay…no one did.
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‘Bobby Deerfield’ (1977): Pollack & Pacino stall at the starting line
Another summer of fun, right? Hot dogs, baseball games, grandma’s old-fashioned cracker crumb cake, lazing on the front porch at dusk, watching the fireflies, waiting for the next government-sanctioned assassination attempt…it’s been a real scorcher. I’ll tell you what’s not hot—Al Pacino’s Bobby Deerfield, the ludicrous 1977 Sydney Pollack attempt to marry Formula One racing with… Read More ‘Bobby Deerfield’ (1977): Pollack & Pacino stall at the starting line
‘Beach Party’ (1963): Sun, music & surf for your summer blues
Considering it’s now official that we live in a Third World banana republic (when the illegitimate ruling junta doesn’t even bother to cover its tracks when trying to zap its chief political opponent, the “golden days” of the American republic are well and truly over), can you blame anyone who’s looking for a little escapism?… Read More ‘Beach Party’ (1963): Sun, music & surf for your summer blues
‘Casino Royale’ (2006): Daniel Craig introduces a serious, gritty Bond. Is this what we wanted?
When I was writing about the best James Bond movie, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, did I mention that the first thing Pierce Brosnan does every morning is kneel down in front of a shrine to Daniel Craig and mumble a silent prayer and “thank you” for Craig saving him from the moniker of “worst… Read More ‘Casino Royale’ (2006): Daniel Craig introduces a serious, gritty Bond. Is this what we wanted?
‘Caprice’ (1967): Silly spy spoof was Doris Day’s least favorite movie
Flipping through some possible DVD choices on a typically fetid, humid summer night here in the Great American Middle West, I popped in director Frank Tashlin’s spy spoof Caprice from 1967 (I needed something with snow in it), starring the one and only Doris Day.
‘The Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection’: Troy Donahue mingles with the ladies in four ’60s romances
So I see the media is back to predicting the demise of movies, now that new incarnations of Mad Max and Garfield are flopping, and Ken-doll dreamboat, Ryan “My Eyes are Set So Close Together I Can’t Use Binoculars” Gosling, can’t draw flies with his ludicrously unnecessary The Fall Guy reboot. One of the reasons… Read More ‘The Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection’: Troy Donahue mingles with the ladies in four ’60s romances
‘The Lincoln Conspiracy’ (1977): A great cast, an average movie, & an awful Blu-ray commentary
“Hello viewers and welcome! Yes, that’s right! It’s time again for The Howard S. Berger Total Emotional Breakdown Hour! It’s America’s favorite wacky new program where our lovably clueless “film historian” (blech) completely loses his shit yet again on another utterly wasted DVD commentary track! Hahahaha! So let’s sit back for the next 90 minutes… Read More ‘The Lincoln Conspiracy’ (1977): A great cast, an average movie, & an awful Blu-ray commentary
‘The Moonshine War’ (1970): Action-comedy is a must-see for fans of terrible movies
Grotesque enough at times for a few laughs…but woefully f*cked up.
‘The Peace Killers’ (1971): Cruel, mean-spirited biker action. Watch out, hippies!
Depraved outlaw MC sex and violence, and goofball counterculture angst, form the backdrop for a battle royale of nature’s deadliest enemies: biker versus hippie.
‘Poltergeist III’ (1988): Second sequel not scary enough, but visually better than its predecessor
Frankly at this point, we’d welcome poltergeists at the Movies & Drinks/Drunk TV World Headquarters.
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