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Awfully Good: The Brothers Grimsby

Posted 9 years ago

Jason Let's kick off the new year by looking back at one of the worst movies of 2016. Also, Donald Trump's Presidential Inauguration is next week, so it seems fitting to feature a film where he gets AIDS.   The...

Awfully Good: Worst of 2016

Posted 9 years ago

Jason The Worst Movies of 2016 I think we as a human society can agree that 2016 was a particularly awful year for a number of reasons. And that misery sadly extended to the movies as well. Here’s my list...

Awfully Good: Santa’s Slay

Posted 9 years ago

Jason Santa’s Slay (2005) Director: David Steiman Stars: Bill Goldberg, Emilie de Ravin, Douglas Smith After losing a bet a thousand years ago, the Santa we know has only been forced to be nice to everyone on Christmas. Now his...

Awfully Good: Holiday in Handcuffs

Posted 9 years ago

Jason Being married means I've seen my fair share of Christmas movies on ABC Family and the Hallmark Channel. They're all uniformly terrible—chock full of predictable stories, cardboard characters and sappy life lessons—but there's a special place in Hell for…...

Awfully Good: Teen Witch

Posted 9 years ago

Jason With a return to the world of Harry Potter this weekend, Awfully Good revisits our favorite movie about magical adolescents… Teen Witch (1989) Director: Dorian Walker Stars: Robyn Lively, Zelda Rubinstein, Dan Gauthier An awkward high school outcast gets...

Awfully Good: Dreamcatcher

Posted 10 years ago

Jason Originally I chose this movie to coincide with the release of the extraterrestrial drama ARRIVAL, but after the U.S. election last night, a column about sentient shit-weasels also seems appropriate today. Dreamcatcher (2003) Director: Lawrence Kasdan Stars:Morgan Freeman, Thomas...

Awfully Good: Jason X

Posted 10 years ago

Jason From one Jason to another, Happy Halloween from Awfully Good! Jason X (2001) Director: Jim Isaac Stars: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder Jason Voorhees’ machete still works just fine in space. In case you were wondering. You know...

Awfully Good: The Haunting

Posted 10 years ago

Jason We’ll get you in the Halloween spirit this month, starting with… The Haunting (1999) Director: Jan de Bont Stars: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson Three strangers are brought to a creepy old house as subjects in...

Awfully Good: Monster A Go-Go

Posted 10 years ago

Jason 2016 claimed yet another celebrity this week: director Herschell Gordon Lewis, the "Godfather of Gore." We've covered Lewis' early slasher-splatter film BLOOD FEAST and while he's best known as a pioneer of graphic violence, around these parts his most...

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