Posts Tagged ‘Movies’

Library Additions: Two Signed Books

Tuesday, December 11th, 2018

The only thing these two have in common as that I bought them 50% off the listed price at Half Price Books during their coupon sale.

  • Campbell, Bruce. If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor. St. Martin’s Press, 2001. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Campbell: “Hey Audio Adam/Stay Groovy!/Bruce Campbell.” Autobiography of the Evil Dead star. Bought for $9 from Half Price Books, discounted from $18.

  • Haldeman, Joe. Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds. NESFA Press, 1993. First edition hardback, #18 of 175 signed and numbered (and 8 lettered) copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and slipcase. Supplements a trade copy. Bought for $25 from Half Price Books, discounted from $50.
  • Avengers: Endgame Trailer Drops

    Friday, December 7th, 2018

    At least it has a name now…

    Once Upon a Deadpool

    Tuesday, November 20th, 2018

    I was watching this and thinking “Another nice parody, Mr Reynolds!”

    Then I found out it was real…

    Let’s use the obvious meme:

    Netflix Reveals MST3K Turkey Day “Gauntlet”

    Monday, November 12th, 2018

    The cat is now officially out of the bag:

  • Mac and Me
  • Atlantic Rim
  • Lords of the Deep
  • The Day Time Ended
  • Killer Fish
  • ATOR The Fighting Eagle
  • Quick thoughts:

    1. Going to be an awfully wet season.
    2. Since the Joel era already did Cave Dwellers, does that make ATOR the first movie they’re riffed twice? Edited to add: People on Facebook are telling me that Cave Dwellers is actually the second Ator movie, not the first.
    3. Jonah should go on Conan, promise to show a clip from them riffing Atlantic Rim…and then it be a clip of them riffing the wheelchair falling scene from Mac and Me…

    The Honest Trailer for Predator

    Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

    Since the sequel/reboot/whatever is in theaters right now…

    Hollywood is Out of Ideas: 2018 Edition

    Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

    Every year Hollywood seems to churn out more formulaic crap we didn’t ask for, but this year the remakes and reboots seem worse than normal.

    Things we actually asked for:

  • The Incredibles 2
  • The Avengers: Infinity Wars
  • The Untitled Deadpool Sequel (and yes, I do hope it really is called “The Untitled Deadpool Sequel“)
  • Things we never asked for:

  • A remake of Death Wish starring Bruce Willis
  • A remake of Heavenly Creatures set in Connecticut. Why would you do they? They got it right the first time.
  • A reboot of Tomb Raider
  • A sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet, a film nobody asked for the first time around.
  • A movie based on the 1980’s giant monster video game Rampage (Did Dwayne Johnson learn nothing from Doom?)
  • Ocean’s Eight (because Lady Ghostbusters was such an astounding financial success)
  • A Purge prequel. As a bonus, it also looks stupidly political…
  • Another HotelTransylvania sequel.
  • A Mama Mia sequel. Because evidently there are more ABBA songs…
  • Another Mission Impossible sequel.
  • A direct Predator sequel.
  • A live-action Mulan remake. I guess Disney will just keep doing this until they stop making money. Or until we get a live-action Chicken Little
  • A stand-alone Aquaman movie. Because Fish Boy is the DC Universe character everyone really wants to see…
  • And an animated remake of the live-action remake of the animated The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Stop. Just. Stop.
  • MST3K Film Candidate: The Wraith

    Saturday, February 3rd, 2018

    How was I unaware of this film until now?

    Not only is it Knightrider meets supernatural revenge fantasy, it’s so 80s it hurts.

    Capsule Movie Review: Ip Man

    Sunday, January 28th, 2018

    Ip Man is a movie with first rate fight choreography (courtesy of Sammo Hung) in a third rate plot so trite and hackneyed (and a lead character so one-dimensionally perfect) that the Shaw Brother would have been slightly embarrassed to put it up on screen.

    Here’s the justly famous “10-1” fight scene:

    Watch the fight scene highlights and skip the rest…

    Deadpool 2 Trailer Channels Bob Ross

    Wednesday, November 15th, 2017

    Very silly and very Not Safe For Work (which the word “Deadpool” should imply anyway).

    Halloween Horrors: “Remains of the Day”

    Saturday, October 28th, 2017

    I always thought this musical number from Corpse Bride was pretty cool, and I still do. It also has more than enough dancing skeletons for Halloween: