This week three tales of horror and mad science under the high seas. The experimental submarine "Siren I" has gone missing. So the Contek Corporation has decided to drag its whiney and obnoxious designer, Wick Hayes, onboard "Siren II" with an experienced crew and no nonsense Captain to find whatever may remain of the vanished vessel. Soon they will see what lies beyond THE RIFT . A group of heroin smugglers accidentally blow up their boat and are forced to take shelter in a seemingly abandoned ...
Feb 25, 2023
This week a satire from the 1960s and a sports comedy of more recent vintage. An advertising firm accidently votes its only African-American member as the new chairman-of-the-board. He quickly changes the name and starts claiming to be forging new paths. Their ads make all their clients wildly successful. Meanwhile, the President of the United States and an auto executive plot to force them to break their stated no cigarettes, alcohol, and war toy policy. Will the powers that be win or can nothi...
Feb 18, 2023
This week a pair of walks on the wild side that end in fairly similar results. The movie version of a 1980s titan of television. Crockett and Tubs are undercover vice detectives. When they stumble on to a joint federal agency operation against a paramilitary cartel. The operation is leaking information and unable to move forward. Soon Crockett and Tubs take the reigns and find themselves in deep cover making inroad to what could be the largest trafficking takedown in history. Michael Mann's 2006...
Feb 11, 2023
This week a maniacal vanity project by an aging dancer of international renown and a young franchise actor's second project getting arthouse cred with a French auteur. A legendary spy known as "Blackbird", head of the notorious group known as "The Chieftains", takes his whole team into retirement after the death of his... fiancée... or wife... sister, maybe... though I'm pretty sure there are some kid hands in those early quick cuts but whatever. Everything is fine as they operate a high end hot...
Feb 04, 2023
This week we close out Japanuary with a three pack of films from auteur Sion Sono. Notorious criminal, Nicolas Cage... I mean HERO, is sent by the tyrannical Governor to retrieve his adopted granddaughter, Bernice, who has fled into the mysterious and terrifying Ghostlands to get away from him. Swinging wildly between frustratingly obscure and ridiculously on the nose look at how Western culture treats and uses Japanese culture and people, Prisoners of the Ghostland . A wave of seemingly unconne...
Jan 28, 2023
This week- two entries in long running series. Nami works at a large upscale department store. Except for some heavy breathing phone calls, she is fairly satisfied being alone. When a coworker talks her into being a substitute for a fetish model photo shoot, it kicks off many complications in her life. I hope she was well compensated for... Angel Guts: Red Porno . The SDF-1 Macross, exhausted and desperate and cut off from Earth, has been chased across the solar system by a fleet of Zentradi, a ...
Jan 21, 2023
This week- a nurse in the Second Sino-Japanese War and a group of Yakuza on a forced vacation. Sakura Nishi is a young nurse. A series of weightless vignettes follow her experiences, mostly sexual, through her postings all over. From a safe hospital far from the fighting to a field surgery to treating a cholera outbreak right on the front line. Considered by some to be a classic war film- Red Angel . Murakawa has grown tired. After years cultivating his incredibly profitable territory, he's read...
Jan 14, 2023
This week- Japanuary 2023 kicks off with two films about restless dead people. As an opposing army approaches, Genjuro, a potter, is blinded with dreams of profit. His neighbor, Tobei, dreams of improving his status by joining the samurai class. Soon their actions will bring unintended consequences for themselves and those around them. A reflection on the militarism, arrogance, and greed. One of the three films that popularized Japanese film in the West 70 years ago and a long time resident on t...
Jan 07, 2023
We close out 2022 with a tribute to prolific high concept low budget auteur Albert Pyun. Deciding to make three American urban crime drama films for the price of one, all filmed in the same abandoned factory warehouse somewhere in Eastern Europe, all starring Ice-T and featuring Ernie Hudson Jr. Corrupt has ended years of gang wars by taking over both factions. MJ immediately disrupts the new status quo by stealing from him. Corrupt has always had his eye on MJ's sister Jodi. Will Corrupt get bo...
Dec 31, 2022
This week we have no tinsel or cheer or anything like that. We do have an invisible future sex offender and an epic kids show for one. Grover Dunn is obsessed with vindicating his late father's memory by perfecting his final mad science experiment. Soon he discovers that the stakes are higher than imagined with a devious dean and a high school sports scandal. Will Grover get the girl next door? Will his only friend get therapy before ending up the most sought after pervert in the tri state area?...
Dec 24, 2022
This week- teenage rebellion and racism. Jay takes the bus 2-hours each way to get a better education so he can fulfill his dream of carpet bombing the Middle East for the US Navy. Nicole is a Congressman's daughter in the middle of a pretty average teenage rebellion with an added layer of unaddressed trauma. When they get together... stuff happens... kinda... and a lesson is learned... sorta... Crazy/Beautiful . Kazuma is searching for his lost sister. He finds help from Mako, leader of the gir...
Dec 17, 2022
This week- a dream of forgetting and a dream of the undead. After learning that his former girlfriend had her memories of him erased, Joel decides to undergo the same procedure. Meanwhile, the staff of the mind wiping clinic have drama of their own. Michel Gondry's surrealist exploration of memory and romance- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Keith and AJ want to hire a stripper to bypass the normal fraternity initiation. Since living in a 1980s movie means being unable to do anything in ...
Dec 10, 2022
This week- two unreported sexual assaults, six rapists, and two male leads who make everything about themselves... When Paul, a greasy kid from a small Midwest town, is accepted to NYU on an academic scholarship. The university rooms him with 3 roofie slinging serial rapists from the city who resent his polite and hardworking ways. Soon Paul finds himself sleeping in the back of a strangely always empty veterinarian's office. When, for more reasons that are impossible to discern, his former room...
Dec 03, 2022
This week we bring November to a close with a triple dose of 90s Erotic Thrillers. Nomi Malone, a young drifter, heads to Las Vegas with dream of making it big as a showgirl. After a rough start, she finds an in through befriending a costume designer on the hottest ticket in town. Soon Nomi will be swept up in the power games and politics of revue star diva, Crystal Conners, and her entertainment director boyfriend, Zack Carey. Does Nomi have what it takes to rise to the top? Can she navigate th...
Nov 26, 2022
This week- a pair of Hong Kong martial art noirs. Prosecutor Ha is was as by-the-book as they came. Until his mentor was gunned down in broad daylight and the vital witness in his current case is murdered with their entire family. Now Ha is taking matters into his own hands. Senior Inspector Cindy Si is a dedicated investigator with a strict view of justice. They find themselves in a deep conspiracy with roots in the very heart of the system they have both dedicated their lives to. Corey Yuen's ...
Nov 19, 2022
This week, two movies about fast friendships tested with mental health issues. In the adult industry, according to the opening text, mopes are guys who do the worst jobs, the lowest position possible. Based on the true story of Tom Dong and Steve Driver, professional porn supporting actors. Can Steve's big dreams drive them to their glorious dream wonderland? Why did Tom leave his skilled well paid profession to do this full time? I don't know and neither do the makers of... Mope . Washington, D...
Nov 12, 2022
This week- two deep friendships inspired by unusual circumstances. While digging through yard sales to give her yellow dull room a nice home feel, Jane buys an ancient thermos, that will make a lovely vase, from Sadie. When her perfectly clipped flowers are still too tall for the thermal vase, Jane fines ten thousand dollars in old bills inside. When her attempt to return the cash is rebuffed, Jane makes it her mission to befriend the obviously lonely elderly woman as another way to repay her de...
Nov 05, 2022
This week- children of the night, voyeurism as meet cute, a wedding interrupted by vigilantism, and a 68-year old wrong. A nobleman, from a dilapidated castle in Southeastern Europe, buys a dilapidated building in London, which once housed monks, next to the worst run asylum of its time. The nobleman soon makes a small splash with the neighbors and both young women at the asylum begin to take up his unusual habit of vampirism to differing degrees. Ah, the precode children of the night, what beau...
Oct 29, 2022
This week three films about evil within ourselves, others, buildings, and lack of capitalist society's demanded productivity. Anton has a serious lack of motivation. All he does is sit at home, smoke the devil's weed with his friends Mick and Pnub, and fantasize about Molly, the literal girl next door. But, as they say, idle hands are the devil's playground and soon a killing spree rocks his sleepy town. Will Anton be able to save the day, get the girl, and not be arrested for truancy at the Hal...
Oct 22, 2022
This week three films that pair well together for a part of your October Challenge intake. Angela and Jackson Sayers are running a psychic scam on the people of Scotland. Jackson is in murderously deep debt to loan sharks and Angela begins to fear that her mental health is crumbling, just like her mother's years before. Jackson forces Angela to take on a case in what might be the worst possible place for them. Will the frauds see the light? Are there really ghosts in the West Wing? What was the ...
Oct 16, 2022
This week dabbling in the dark arts leads to trouble and murder. Sheriff Langley is dispatched to find a runaway bride named Kate. He finds her car abandoned on a road to a long abandoned town without any tangible sign of her ever being there. Soon he's recruited to fight Devlin, a 200-year old zombie outlaw who controls the town through a deal with Satan and Kate's current captor. Can Langley stop the forces of Hell, free the town from its curse, and let the former sheriff find a resting peace?...
Oct 08, 2022
This week- Horror Movie Month begins! Be you a October Horror Challenge participant or an enthusiast who doesn't go for gimmicks or a fan of kids fright flicks or a connoisseur of the extreme, welcome to the most wonderful time of the year. Someone is killing the staff at Pleasure Island, a sprawling resort owned by former beach bum singer, Coconut Pete. Can the staff hold out until the boat arrives to safely take them back to the mainland? Could the killer be the new magic fingered masseur, Lar...
Oct 01, 2022
This week part fives. Four films from five franchises than there are Ninja Turtles! The Father of Zombies take on found footage. A group of college kids and their fuckwitted professor get swept up in the zombie apocalypse and one decides to never stop filming. Even when it's beyond the point of absolute necessity for the survival of his companions. They stumble onto several ridiculously helpful, and one not so helpful, groups of obvious sequel set up. The penultimate entry in a true master's gen...
Sep 24, 2022
This week a two pairs go on excursions that shed light on their inner psyches. He's riding that dot-com bubble, she's a stripper, and together they are... in Los Vegas for three days. After being dumped, Richard is disconnected from the world and to try and find his way back he offers Florence ten thousand dollars for three nights. She accepts with some conditions. Are their experiences just business or is there a deeper connection? Will Richard find his way back to whatever he was or will he re...
Sep 17, 2022
This week one man dreams of a life and a town celebrates its people and their eccentricities. Ivan is unable to follow in his father's footsteps. He flees Russia, trading the organized crime organization he was meant to one day inherit for the sunny skies of California. Soon he makes friends, meets a girl, and everything starts to look optimistic. Unfortunately, back home, his Uncle has made moves to take control which have put Ivan in the center of his sights. The feature length debut of an inf...
Sep 10, 2022
This week- a film about people who suffer from a laughing compulsion and a film about people who have never felt joy, except in stolen fleeting moments. Richard, the Norman King of England, is taken captive and held for ransom on his trip home from crusading. His brother, Prince John, takes the opportunity to name himself regent and make a play for the kingdom. A Saxon noble decides to stand against the regent and his tyrannical rule by stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Close to 100...
Sep 03, 2022
This week three films that did not perform so well at the theatrical box office. For the last 1,000 years Earth has been ruled by the 9-foot tall Psychlos. They have been using human slave labor to strip the planet of all resources. A few pockets of free humans still survive in remote areas. Refusing to give up hope, Jonnie Goodboy, leaves the safety he has always known to find a way to revolt. Soon he will be swept up in Psychlo Cheif of Earth Security Terl's plots and machinations. Based on th...
Aug 27, 2022
This week- a pair of dialog focused single location films with leads who have less than 20/20 vision. Harry Roat is looking for a doll. The doll is full of heroin. Suzy Hendrix is still adjusting to life without sight and relies on her husband, Sam, and neighbor girl, Gloria. While Sam is away on business, an old Marine buddy drops by just in time for Suzy to be swept up in deadly con game. Will Roat find his doll? Will Suzy be able to navigate this maze of treachery? Or will they all have to Wa...
Aug 20, 2022
