Archive for 1999
Maximum Overdrive (1986) • 11 December 1999
More cinematic atrocities have been committed in the name of Stephen King than any other author. While there is room to argue that individual films based on the writings of Jackie Collins, Harold Robbins or Gore Vidal are worse (nobody at Jabootu has volunteered to stomach Myra Breckenridge yet), Stephen King is by far and [...]
The Holcroft Covenant (1985) • 4 December 1999
When I look how far this site has come since we started it (over at KWAM), it’s hard not to take a little pride in our work. Certainly, the design elements have grown an extraordinary degree, due to the hard work and fecund talents of our co-founder and architect, Paul Smith. On the article side, [...]
Exorcist II (1977) • 29 November 1999
Foreword: though it was a brand new, original copy, the quality of the transfer on the tape I bought for this review is about the worst I’ve ever seen for a major motion picture, good or Bad. Just to be able to make out what was on screen I had to crank up the contrast [...]
Doomsday Machine (1967) • 29 November 1999
Savvy Jabootuists are aware that I generally waste everyone’s time with a lame introductory section to my articles. These are on whatever the current subject inspires me to write about. It might be the work of a certain actor or director, or the history of some sub-genre, or whatever. Doomsday Machine (a.k.a. Escape from Planet [...]
Wheels of Terror (1990) • 15 October 1999
The Lost World (1997) • 1 October 1999
Odyssey Couple • 1 October 1999
“…Can a prissy Captain and a crew full of swine make it back to ancient Greece without driving each other crazy?”
Captain Felix: “Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. Why must you always act like such a pig?”
First Mate Oscar: “Who’s actin’? I am a pig!”
PAUSE FOR DUBBED IN LARGE AUDIENCE LAUGHTER.
Felix: “You’re right, Oscar. It’s when you were [...]
Fair Game (1995) • 18 September 1999
Ah, finally film producer Joel Silver graces us with his long overdue presence. Much as Dino De Laurentiis stands as a symbol of Bad Movies ’70s style, Silver can be said to represent everything wrong with films in the ’80s. Known primarily for inane, bombastically kinetic action flicks, Silver made a fortune and defined the [...]
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) • 29 August 1999
Hmm. As our regular readers know, I usually start these things with a time-wasting dissertation relating to the current subject of examination. However, I already discussed ’50s cheese horror/sci-fi movies in my From Hell it Came review, so…Brain Pictures, I guess.
Brain Pictures have been a surprisingly popular micro-genre over the years. (That’s not even counting [...]
