Archive for 1997
MegaForce (1982) • 12 December 1997
What’s one clue that you’re in for a big steaming bowl of cinematic crapola? When you can’t even make it through the opening credits without feeling like you’ve been kicked in the head. MegaForce sustains its reputation as a mighty assault force by attacking the audience with an opening credits pincer movement. One arm of [...]
Jungle Hell • 9 December 1997
Film genres die. Westerns were once the biggest, most popular genre. Now they make one or two a year. Medical movies, like the Dr. Kildare flicks, faded away also. Private eye pictures, and Whodunits. Even the Horror Movie is considered to be waning by some, who warn that it might be gasping its last. The [...]
Double Agent 73 (1974) • 8 December 1997
OK, I admit that so far we’ve looked at some pretty bad movies. The Lonely Lady. The Giant Claw. Santa Claus. Still, this is where we really start to look at the fringe stuff. If there’s any kind of movie you can’t even really classify as, well, “movies,” it’s the Porno Film. After all, they [...]
The Prophecy (1979) • 13 September 1997
The Swarm (1979) • 7 September 1997
While it’s certainly a battle of champions, there’s little doubt in my mind that the “Disaster Movie” cycle of the 1970’s reached its nadir with this big budget, star laden messterpiece. Producer/director Irwin Allen reached the heights of the genre with The Poseidon Adventure and particularly The Towering Inferno (nominated for a Best Picture Oscarâ„¢!!). [...]
Showgirls (1995) • 25 July 1997
Rock ‘N’ Roll Nightmare (1986) • 25 July 1997
Change of Habit • 25 July 1997
As hard as it is to believe now, Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n’ Roll, was so big, er, popular at one time that, in a fourteen year span (1955-1969), Elvis starred in thirty-one largely forgettable films. Starting with a few decent flicks like Jailhouse Rock and Kid Creole, Elvis flicks soon morphed into [...]
