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Door - Dec 12, 2007 |
Mini-Review: I'm a Hoban junkie, and this collaboration between he and animator David Anderson is very weird and very cool. It's sort of nonsensical, and narrated with stylized and broken English. A lot of work went into these 5 short minutes.
Mini-Review: This probably has nostalgic value for some folks, but I was mostly bored. It doesn't get interesting until 45 minutes into the film. The wacky jazzy musical score is out of place, and the character of Tony Nelson is an annoying douche. Robert Lansing portrays Scott Nelson, the eventual antagonist, and does a decent job. I had high hopes for this, and it's not exactly a failure, but I wasn't too thrilled.
Mini-Review: For some reason I've always been in love with this movie. I watched the DVD three times in a row when I first got it (it's also the first DVD I ever bought). It never fails to crack me up and make me happy.
Mini-Review: Honest-to-goodness b-movie nonsense. Animals are going crazy due to excessive UV rays from ozone damage! HOORAY! This is an improvement over GRIZZLY, Girdler's previous evil animal picture, but it's by no means well made. There's bad acting, some iffy effects, an obvious camera reflection, a person in the background of a supposed deserted area, etc. But the music's cool, and the animal attacks are actually pulled off pretty well. Leslie Nielsen plays a crazy a-hole, too. Good fun.
Mini-Review: An excellent claymation film featuring a really cool airship and the creepiest portrayal of Satan that I've ever seen.
Mini-Review: Alien cockroaches disguised as deceased humans are building a children's theme park to cover up their plans for the violent means for wiping out mankind (and monsterkind) to achieve world peace...sounds like more fun than it is. A clumsy production for the most part, even for a Godzilla flick, but it's kind of amusing, and Gigan is a cool monster. I also feel the need to mention that Anguirus is totally useless in this besides being a punching bag.
Mini-Review: A nicely atmospheric piece of work that I find compelling yet comforting. I'm a sucker for sideshow stuff so I had no trouble getting into this. Harrington never made a film better than this, and although I have an odd affection for his films, this is probably the only one that's essential.