Terminator Salvation (review)
It’s a bleak future for humanity. Or, you know, not.
Mystery Science Theater 3000
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Giant Spider Invasion: Director’s Cut’
This is a special 2-disc edition of the 1975 Horror feature from director Bill Rebane about a black hole and giant spiders from another dimension invading Wisconsin. This movie also gained notoriety after being featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 as well. This edition of the film includes a newly restored director’s cut, an interview … more…
trailer break: ‘Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Remember when our hero Joel Robinson riffed off an old SNL “commercial,” cracking about how the really bad movie he and the bots were watching was “a dessert topping and a floor wax”? I wish Joel were still around to crack wise at Tyler Perry movies… … more…
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition (review)
Quibbles? Do I have quibbles? You bet. Why did Joel Hodgson torment us so with the brilliance that was *Mystery Science Theater 3000* if it couldn’t go on forever? How can we take revenge on those who cancelled the show, not once but twice, first on Comedy Central and then on the Sci Fi Channel? Why isn’t the whole damn series available right now on DVD? And how can a robot made of a small plastic toy bubble gum machine be so darn sexy?
to be or not to be: Maximilian Schell as Hamlet
Not to be. I’m easing myself into my Hamlet marathoning since it’s such a downer of a story — sheesh, what was with this Shakespeare dude, anyway? — so I’m starting with the only version of the tale of the crazy Danish prince to be sent up by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys: a … more…
The Wizard of Oz (review)
I can’t imagine my childhood without this movie…
Mimic (review)
A really stylish thriller…
