Titties and farts, ladies and gents. Another super low-brow 80s boner comedy courtesy of Greydon Clark. Just like with WACKO, Clark has recruited Joe Don Baker to try and class things up.
Playing strictly into teen male fantasy, we have a greasy video arcade that’s also the local hangout for sexy coeds. The magic of cinema! Baker is a dad who wants the place shut down.
I’ll give it this: I’ve seldom seen a fart elevated to plot mechanic. The designated…
I do believe this is my first Godfrey Ho movie. Just as incoherent as his repurposed movies for the English market are known for. Never really sure what was going on for most of the film, but there was a fight roughly every 5 minutes so it wasn’t boring.
Watched on Tubi under the name “Sho Kosugi Ninja Theatre Vol. 9: Ninja American Warrior”. Not gonna tag it as a Kosugi title tho; his appearance is limited to an intro…
“You despise me, don’t you?”
“If I gave you any thought, I probably would.”
Just here for Peter Lorre. Nice to see that guy from THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X did ok for himself, too.
All jokes aside, there’s not much one can say about CASABLANCA; arguably the greatest film ever. The Warner 4K came out just in time for Noirvember, and it looks amazing.
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Many years ago, I took a 2 day intensive seminar taught by famed screenplay…
Two plots , two tones, struggling to mesh successfully. A light gambling hang out with dark, serious mafia bookends. I would have liked either of these separately, but together the middle ruined the momentum it was building. Considering the tumultuous production, it could certainly be worse.
I like the introduction we get of Reynold’s Nick Escalante, where his sexually aggressive bar creep demeanour is revealed to be a PR “plant” for insecure boyfriends; flopping in the ring and losing the…
