My family and I moved from Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Fort Collins, Colorado in 1984. I can remember my mom taking me to rent movies at this place that also rented out furniture and electronics (if you know where Cafe Mexicali is, it was in that business strip). I would look at the giant (27 inches!) Zenith television sets with wood paneling and dream of having one in my bedroom. In the meantime, however, I would only seem to rent one or two of the following (and watch them about 5 times before returning Read more [...]

Netflix charges $8 per month for streaming movies/tv-shows.  I subscribe.  It's now the 23rd of March and I've only watched one movie, Warlock (1959).  It was awesome!  Good thing that $8 goes toward unlimited Dora the Explorer and Diego episodes or I'd cancel... Warlock is the name of the town.  It's troubled by a gang of bad guys (redundant?).  Warlock employs Henry Fonda as their marshal for protection.  He's got a partner, Anthony Quinn.  Anthony Quinn's got some secrets, enough Read more [...]

Djake brought his Blu-Ray copy of Looper for Sam and I to borrow while he was in Boston the next week and a half. We immediately watched the movie that night since we have been looking forward to seeing it after hearing so many good things. The cover of the Blu-Ray was pretty cool with a gun-pointing Bruce Willis and also an unrecognizable Joseph-Gordon-Levitt looking tough. See, J-G-L is actually B. Willis, just 30 years younger. It took a bit to get used to as J-G-L's makeup was kind of weird, Read more [...]

Just a quick post to let everyone know I'm still alive. I have been watching movies, I assure you. One recently was Battle of Britain. It was one of many WWII flicks sitting on my shelf that are waiting for my viewing. A few months ago, I posted about watching A Bridge Too Far. Like Bridge, Battle of Britain had a fairly large, epic scope and a lot of familiar faces. The movie begins after Germany has already bullied their way west, and taking over France, their eyes now set on England. Their tactic Read more [...]

Most exploitation movies are not "good", as in they would not be enjoyed by most of the "normal" population. I'm sure if you looked up all of the exploitation films on imdb.com and averaged all their ratings, you probably would get about an 8.2832 (out of 17, of course). Many people call these movies trash. Shlock. B-movies. A waste of time. Well, any movie that not only keeps my attention for its duration, but also grants me a kind of escapist amusement is all right in my book (I don't actually Read more [...]