‘Earthquake’ (1974): First-rate & unique – a true ‘event’ movie
I’ve been saying this for over a week now: if they only had Chuck Heston, George Kennedy, and Marjoe Gortner still in town, that goddamn fire would be out already.
Tag: Action
‘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?
‘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.
‘County Line’ (2017): Rural Western-flavored actioner is fast-paced family fun
So whatever happened to Luke after Uncle Jesse booted them Duke boys outta the farm? He became Roscoe P. Coltrane.
‘Beyond the Poseidon Adventure’ (1979): Can disaster epics afford to be this boring?
This unjoyful, remarkably inept exercise in tired disaster conventions scuttled before the anchor was even raised.
‘The Slams’ (1973): Jim Brown kicks ass in violent prison exploiter
What better counterpoint to all that verkakte “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” noise than a violent, nasty blaxploitation/prison epic, starring big, bad Jim Brown?
‘Project X’ (1968): Cheesy? C’mon, dopes – William Castle thriller is more entertaining than ever!
Yeah: so this old sci-fi movie is stupid…but 3D blue Smurfs swimming around for three and a half hours is worthy of serious discussion and $2 billion in ticket sales? It wouldn’t really be a William Castle movie if it wasn’t a little goofy; like so many of his other projects, there is a weird… Read More ‘Project X’ (1968): Cheesy? C’mon, dopes – William Castle thriller is more entertaining than ever!
‘New York Ninja’ (2021): Resurrecting 1984 with love
What if you could travel back in time—say, 1984—to the height of the B-action/adventure ninja craze, and re-live just one moment of your misspent youth—a youth spent wandering the aisles of local mom-and-pop video stores (Hometown Video vs. All That Video for my childhood town of 3,000) and depriving yourself of sleep to catch that… Read More ‘New York Ninja’ (2021): Resurrecting 1984 with love
‘The Swarm’ (1978): Is Irwin Allen’s disaster pic one of the worst movies ever made?
“The Swarm is coming!” I wish I could somehow convey how imperative and compelling and flat-out exciting those words were to me, way back in 1978, when they were so dramatically intoned in the trailer that seemed to pop up constantly on TV and at every other movie I went to that winter and spring.… Read More ‘The Swarm’ (1978): Is Irwin Allen’s disaster pic one of the worst movies ever made?
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