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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

Likes: Movies, drums, Monica Bellucci, Guinness, Pink Floyd, Calvin and Hobbes, getting read more hurt at concerts, sushi, Batman, Miles Davis, 1980's John Cusack, South Park, emulating Jack Tripper from Three's Company, providing more cowbell to Bruce Dickinson

Awfully Good: SpaceCamp Movie with Joaquin Phoenix

Posted 6 years ago

Jason With NASA and SpaceX launching the first human spaceflight in a decade AND the release of Steve Carrell's SPACE FORCE, this seems like a good week to revisit… SpaceCamp (1986) Director: Harry Winer Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Lea Thompson,...

Awfully Good: Swordfish

Posted 6 years ago

Jason Swordfish (2001) Director: Dominic Sena Stars: Hugh Jackman's earring, John Travolta's weird soulpatch, Halle Berry's everything Storm seduces Wolverine in to hacking the government and stealing $9 billion for bad guy Howard Saint*, while FBI agent War...

Awfully Good: Corona Zombies

Posted 6 years ago

Jason Corona Zombies (2020) Director: Charles Band Stars: Cody Renee Cameron, Robin Sydney, Some Italian people who have no idea they're in this $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I was not planning on ever watching CORONA ZOMBIES. Charles Band's Full Moon Features...

Awfully Good: Robot Jox

Posted 6 years ago

Jason We lost a great filmmaker in Stuart Gordon last week. In his honor, we're going to revisit an old Awfully Good favorite… Robot Jox (1989) Director: Stuart Gordon Stars: Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo GIANT! ROBOTS!...

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Kung Pow!: Enter The Fist – Awfully Good

Posted 6 years ago

Jason With the entire world going to shit, it seems like we could all use a good laugh. So here’s one of my favorite Awfully Good comedies… Kung Pow!: Enter The Fist (2002) Director: Steve Oedekerk Stars: Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer...

Awfully Good: Krull

Posted 6 years ago

Jason Before you go on a quest with Pixar's ONWARD, may we suggest another fantastical journey to a distant planet called… Krull (1983) Director: Peter Yates Stars: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Liam Neeson, Robbie Coltrane After his bride...

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Awfully Good: Birds of Prey (2002 TV Show)

Posted 6 years ago

Jason Before Harley Quinn’s big emancipation, there was this decidedly less fantabulous version of BIRDS OF PREY… Birds of Prey (2002 TV Show) Director: Hey, Shawn Levy directed an episode! Stars: Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel Skarsten After...

Awfully Good: Tremors

Posted 6 years ago

Jason Happy 30th (!!) anniversary to one of the all-time great B-movies… Tremors (1990) Director: Ron Underwood Stars: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross Something big is about to wake up underneath the sleepy town of Perfection, Nevada....

Awfully Good: The Island of Dr. Moreau

Posted 6 years ago

I was tempted to do a column on the historic badness of CATS, but I feel enough has been written about that abomination. Instead, let’s look at another cinematic disaster featuring terrifying animal-human hybrids… The Island of Dr. Moreau...

Awfully Good: Don’t Open Till Christmas

Posted 6 years ago

What better way to celebrate the holidays than by watching a bunch of Santa Clauses get brutally murdered? Don't Open Till Christmas (1984) Director: Three different guys who all eventually got fired Stars: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda...

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