Friday B-Movie Pick: Scrooged
It’s Christmas Eve, gotta go with a classic.
Friday B-Movie Pick: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Didn’t get good reviews, but I liked it. Good guys, bad guys, good actors and a classic plot, save the world and get the girl.
Friday B-Movie Pick: The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Woot! This South Korean homage to Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns is one Hell of a fun ride! It’s Manchuria in the 1930’s and everyone is after a treasure map. Really, everyone, including the Japanese army and multiple criminal gangs.
Friday B-Movie Pick: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Ok, not a B-Movie per say, but one of the finest Kung Fu flicks ever to come out of Hong Kong.
No wire work and no off camera trampolines. Just some finest kind Gung Fu, including some great weapons scenes.
One of my favorites, three section staff vs. butterfly swords!
Friday B-Movie Pick: Predators
The latest in the francise, and probably the best since the original. Decent cast portraying hardened killers up against Alien Predators. Honestly, better than I expected.
Friday B-Movie Pick: Big Halloween Edition
Friday B-Movie Pick: The Phantom
Not the 1996 flick with Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. This is a SciFi Channel (ya, I know they changed their name) reboot with a new Phantom set in modern day, with modern villians and Kevlar suit complete with a HUD display. Not a bad little B Movie, although the opening dragged on a big.
Friday B-Movie Pick: Hot Tub Time Machine
This movie was better than I expected, mostly because of good actors, including John Cusack and Crispin Glover. That and a complete irreverance for just about anything. Craig Robinson pretty much played the same character he did in Zack & Miri do a Porno, but he did it well. I watched the unrated version, so there was a fair amount of gratious nudity, which added to the mindless enjoyment of this B-Movie.
Friday B-Movie: Kick Ass
Not your typical comic book hero movie. None of the “super heros” have any powers (well, Kick Ass comes the closest, but his “powers” just allow him to take and survive your more than average ass kicking). The title hero is just an everyday high school kid who decides that he has had enough and does something about it. More than a bit violent at time, but it about putting the hurt on bad guys. The character Hit Girl steals the show though.
Friday B-Movie Pick: Von Richthofen & Brown
Set the way back machine for 1971 and dial for one of the masters of B-Movies, Roger Corman. The scenes of WWI fighter combat are the reason to watch this film. The historical accuracy is hit and miss, the planes are fantastic!