Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)

1st View
Format: DVD
Venue: Castle Greyskull

I don't...it's just that...if you really think about it...ok, I got nothing. I'm not sure if this qualifies as a film, but I can say without fear of contradiction that I did in fact watch it. Capping off Junkfood Cinema's A Very Junkfood Christmas, it's Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny...?

Santa's Slay (2005)

1st View
Format: DVD
Venue: Castle Greyskull

With my irresponsible fetish for holiday horror films of all makes, models, and levels of quality, I'm not sure why I put off seeing this so long. Dumb as a box of coal, but so much fun. So. Many. Christmas Puns.


Rating: 4/10 Atkins

Iron Man (2008)

Revisit
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Castle Greyskull

My good friend John Gholson hosted a marathon of both Iron Man films and The Incredible Hulk as a prelude to this summer's Captain America: The First Avenger which itself serves as a prelude for next year's The Avengers. I still love Iron Man; one of my favorite superhero movies. It has the larger-than-life flashiness of a Marvel superhero movie but with skillful directing and masterful character development thanks to the incomparable Robert Downey Jr.

Rating: 8/10 Atkins

Grizzly II (1987)

1st View
Format: ??
Venue: Castle Greyskull

About a year ago, I saw William Girdler's Grizzly at Terror Tuesday and loved the hell out of it. Today I was informed that a friend of ours here in town and found a work print on the internet of Grizzly's never released sequel. This is why I love living in Austin and what makes my love of b-films so damn rewarding. There are probably 15 people in the world that have ever laid eyes on this and 7 of them were in the room tonight. It does make me sad because it is clear that, were the effects finished and the film edited down, it could have been a badass Grizzly sequel. As it stands its an incredibly crappy series of music videos from history's worst bands and half a monster movie devoid a monster. Oh, did I mention George Clooney, Charlie Sheen, Laura Dern, John Rhys-Davies, Louise Fletcher, and Timothy Spall are all in this?

Rating: Impossible

Quick Change (1990)

1st View
Format: DVD
Venue: Castle Greyskull

Had never heard of this film before today. Was over at my buddy John Gholson's place when the wealth of film knowledge that is my friend Scott Weinberg pulled this off the shelf and tossed it in the DVD player. Really well done little farce. Will definitely pick it up.




Rating: 7/10 Atkins

The Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

1st View
Format: Netflix WI
Venue: Castle Greyskull

 

John and I watched what has to be the worst British anthology horror ever made. Yikes! 

Rating: 2/10 Atkins

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

1st View
Format: Netflix WI
Venue: Castle Greyskull (Gholson's Place)

The Good: The premier hicksploitation opus. It's hard not to appreciate the quaintness of a film like this without sounding like a pretentious ass, but it provides plenty of country-fried fun. I love the repartee between Reynolds and Fields (who is hot in a way that deeply troubles me) and the plot is fantastically ridiculous.

The Bad: Much like a long road trip, there are points in Smokey and the Bandit that feel long and tedious.

The Weird: Jackie Gleason as a racist southern sheriff is unsettling, but not as much as Paul Williams as Mini-Me.










Rating: 6/10 Atkins