Episode 19; HOWARD THE SUCK..I mean, Duck.

Duck puns, duck fu and duck porn all rolled into one ducking hell of a good time! or not......

Howard The Duck (1986)

Starring: Leah Thompson, Tim Robbins and Jeffrey Jones

Written and directed by: WIllard Hyuck

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/

LISTEN TO EPISODE 19 HERE!!

Back catalog updated!

I have updated the back catalog so you can listen immediately with a direct link!

We still prefer the Itunes route, because it loads right on to your ipod, but if you prefer the computer upload method, feel free to listen with the direct links on EVERY episode page.

Enjoy!

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Episode 18 - Rhinestone or; Taming of the Sly

To coincide with the release of "The Expendables" we decided to watch another Sylvester Stallone train wreck, "Rhinestone". Dolly Parton teaches Sly how to be a singing cowboy.......Seriously.

This week our special guest was Mike Wellman of Atomic Basement Comics and The Comic Bug. Check out www.atomicbasement.com and www.thecomicbug.com for more info!

Rhinestone (1984)

Starring: Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton

Directed by: Bob Clark

Written by: Sylvester Stallone

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088001/

LISTEN TO EPISODE 18 HERE!!

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Jason Lives. And Lives. And Lives.

Friday The 13th comes along once maybe twice a year and whenever it does, I dust off my old Friday The 13th VHS (now DVD) collection and endure one or maybe two titles. This all started when I was realllly young. Cable channels like USA, TBS or TNT would play marathons all night long. How could a pre-pubescent horror fan resist?? It was a nice way to begin a tradition that continues 20 years later......But I digress.
Today I watched "FT13th part 5: A New Beginning" while half paying attention and working at the same time. Here's what I got out of it...
Last time we saw our pal Jason Voorhees, he was chopped up into manwich meat by Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman) in a fit of rage. The "surprise ending" implies that Tommy had inexplicably got Jasons soul transferred into his. (Is that right??)
Part 5: "A New Beginning" begins with a rainy night in the woods (duh!) where Tommy Jarvis (still Mr. Feldman here) happens upon Jasons grave, where it stands alone. Tommy hides in the bushes when he sees a couple guys show up to dig out Jasons body. It's actually not under the ground so it makes it pretty easy for these guys to dig it up. Luckily, Jason was buried with his machete so when it came time for that coffin to open he was ready to attack. And attack he did! The reason I actually picked this installment of the FT13th legacy was becuase of this scene specifically. I vividly remember it during these marathons when I was a kid and it actually creeped me out! As Tommy hides in the bushes, Jason rises from the ground, looks straight at Tommy and slowly walk toward him, knife in the air. In a non-effective film, that scene is actually quite effective. It's too bad the rest of the 100 minutes don't quite cut it...Pun intended.
Turns out this was just a dream and Tommy is actually much older (not Corey Feldman anymore) and is being carted off to a teen half way house out in what looks like Crystal Lake. Here at "Pinehurst" we meet your usual horror film teens, except they all have some physical or psychological issue. It's still not much of a stretch considering there's a bimbo, a rocker, a token black (who is about 8 years younger than everyone else), a hunk, the comic relief rednecks and an annoying fat guy. All the major 80's staples are accounted for here.
I can't really say much else about this movie because not much else happens. At all. It's quite boring, actually. Which is a shame because some of the kills in this one are actually quite good. There's a road flare into the mouth, garden shears to a naked womans head, a impaling on a toilet and your typical axe to the head. All the bits in between dont really go anywhere. It's all set up to kill these (non dimensional?) characters. The real plot I guess revolves around Tommy, but he's barely in it. He'll show up here and there and that's supposed to imply that maybe the killer is Tommy. He wasnt, which leads me to the most annoying thing about this movie....

SPOILERS FOR FT13TH 5 !!
JASON WASNT EVEN THE KILLER! There was no Jason. It was a minor character that we see at the beginning doing a copycat thing...I don't know where he wouldve gotten the mask, but I digress....

Score:

-6

I give it 2 nostaglia points, otherwise -8.

Redeemable:

If you like boobs and blood, of course it is!!

Are You a Mod or a Rocker?

Richard Lester and Roger Corman duke it out at our next Cinemasochists event!

A Hard Day's Night and Rock and Roll High School DOUBLE FEATURE!

Library Bar in Downtown Los Angeles

530 W. 6th St.

ALWAYS FREE!

First film @ 8pm

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Hard Day's Night:

Rock and Roll High School:

Cinemasochists presents.. Episode 17: Batman & Robin (1997) or; Clooney The Bobble Head

This week we watched the fourth (and worst) film in the 90's Batman saga, Batman & Robin! We decided we liked Uma Thurman, found Alicia Silverstone pointless and realized George Clooney is in fact, a bobble head! Enjoy.

Our special guest this week was Logan Crow from Mondo Celluloid! Visit his LA movie lovers paradise @ www.mondocelluloid.com

Batman & Robin (1997)

Starring; George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone

Written by; Akiva Goldsman

Directed by; Joel Schumacher

imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118688

LISTEN TO EPISODE 17 HERE!

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XANADU in MUVCHAT!! August 12 @ Art Theatre in Long Beach!

We are proud to announce that we are co-sponsors along with Mondo Celluloid for a special MUVCHAT screening of XANADU!!!

See 1980's musical "XANADU" as you never have before - in glorious audience-participation MuVChat, brought to you by MondoCelluloid.com!

MuVChat is a uniquely modern twist on audience participation, where audience favorites and cult classics are screened as audience members text message their comments, insults, barbs, etc. and watch as they appear instantly on screen! Audience members are allowed to select their own user names, and their texts appear instantly on screen in a black bar that runs below the film image; share your wit, film-savvy, or catty venom with the rest of the class!!

The movie starts at 9:30pm, but start the evening earlier at the Art du Vin wine bar, located right next to The Art Theatre! The Art du Vin will be donating 20% of their sales from 6:30pm - 9:30pm to Mondo Celluloid! Enjoy great wine on Art du Vin's new outdoor patio while supporting our efforts to keep bringing classic cinema to Long Beach!

Don't forget to charge up your cell phones! See you at "XANADU!"

Get your tickets HERE!!