I finally got around to watching Captain EO, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Disney, Michael Jackson, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola that’s a technological marvel and dramatically tedious in the same way the prequel trilogy would prove to be.
Read MoreI’d love to report that 1999’s widely maligned The Phantom Menace is infinitely better than its dire reputation suggests but that’s just not true.
Read MoreIf ever there was a movie meant for My World of Flops, and not public consumption, it’s the notorious 2017 flop The Book of Henry
Read MoreOh Jar Jar. What have you done?
Read MoreI’ve long dismissed Star Wars as silly space nonsense for children but re-watching Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back with my eight year old son gave me a whole new appreciation of the original trilogy at least.
Read MoreYou know what cult movie/childhood favorite really holds up? 1984’s The Last Starfighter, one of the first and last time people thought, “Whoa, those images come from a COMPUTER? Fucking amazing!”
Read MoreYou generous fucks had me watch 1980’s Flash Gordon and you know what? It was pretty fucking great. Except for the Flash Gordon part. That kind of sucked.
Read MoreHow did this get made?
Read MoreOne of you kind souls paid me to experience the glorious madness of the 1978 Star Wars knockoff Star Crash, starring Marjoe Gortner, Christopher Plummer and Baywatch Nights star David Hasselhoff in his first major film role.
Read MoreMy patron funded exploration of the films of Wilford Brimley continues with a look at the 1985 television movie Ewoks: Battle For Endor, an alternately grim and insufferably cute vehicle for the Ewoks, who fucking suck.
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