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Favorite Movies: The Incredibles, Fight Club, Rushmore, True Romance, The Fountain, anything Kubrick, read more Hitchcock or Scorsese, The Big Lebowski, Seven Samurai, Say Anything, Anchorman, The Searchers, Hard Boiled, In The Mood For Love, La Dolce Vita, really really bad movies

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Awfully Good: The Beastmaster with Tanya Roberts

Jason It’s been a hard week for fans of former Bond girl Tanya Roberts. In her honor, we look back at one of her most famous roles…   The Beastmaster (1982)   Director: Don Coscarelli Stars: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts,...

Awfully Good: Silent Night, Deadly Night 2

Jason Not in the Christmas spirit yet? Here’s a holiday movie that’s ho-ho-ho-rrible…. Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987) Director: Lee Harry Stars: Eric Freeman, James L. Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan Following the events of the first SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT,...

Awfully Good: Troma’s Poultrygeist

Jason With talk of Peter Dinklage starring in a new remake of THE TOXIC AVENGER, what better time to revisit another Troma trashterpiece?   Poultrygeist (2006) Director: Lloyd Kaufman Stars: Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Multiple Cocks A fried chicken chain...

Awfully Good: Vampire in Brooklyn

Jason   Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)   Director: Wes Craven Stars: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Kadeem Hardison An extremely pampered sadistic African prince vampire travels to Queens Brooklyn, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife that he can...

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Awfully Good: Idle Hands

Jason   Idle Hands (1999)   Director: Timothée Chalamet’s Uncle Stars: My wife’s teenage dream boyfriend, My teenage dream girlfriend, Seth Green A touching coming-of-age-story about a teenage boy and his right hand. You could make a case that IDLE...

Awfully Good: Freaked

Jason If you've already re-watched EXCELLENT ADVENTURE and BOGUS JOURNEY in preparation for BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC, here's another totally tubular trip you can take to help get you in the mood…   Freaked (1993)   Director: Alex...

Awfully Good: Operation Dumbo Drop

Jason Want to feel old? Disney released one of its strangest movies 25 years ago this week…   Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)   Director: Simon Wincer Stars: Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary Even as a kid I realized OPERATION...

Awfully Good: Wakaliwood’s Crazy World

Jason Wakaliwood's Crazy World (2020)   Director: Nabwana I.G.G. Stars: Isaac Newton Kizito, Bisaso Dauda, Bukenya Charles When a group of children are kidnapped by the ever-present Tiger Mafia, their parents each set off on a roaring rampage of revenge...

Awfully Good: Joel Schumacher’s D.C. Cab

Jason Joel Schumaker got a lot of grief for being the guy that put nipples on Batman (much of which came from this column), but the late director had an impressively varied career outside of the Dark Knight, including his...

Awfully Good: Gymkata

Jason With everything else going on in the world lately, you may have understandably missed news of the passing of Kurt Thomas, Olympic athlete and one-time action star of…   Gymkata (1985)   Director: Robert Clouse Stars: Kurt Thomas, Tetchie...
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