Santo may not be for everyone, or maybe he’s an acquired taste, but more than likely if you didn’t watch his films as a kid, the attraction may never be there for you. It’s easy to pick these movies apart and laugh at the crazy plots and goofy sets, but there’s also a winning kind of sincerity to them and a willingness to throw everything into the the movie — not just the kitchen sink, but werewolves, vampires, the living dead, Frankenstein’s monster, you name it.
Entries from August 2009
08/25/2009
Why, Oh Why?
Every now and then, the mad geniuses at the Motion Picture Academy drop a little bombshell of an announcement: The 82nd Academy Awards to feature TEN nominees! Ten nominees? Heck. I can barely remember what the top five are every year. Plus, can you imagine how bloated the already over-bloated Oscar ceremony will be with, not five, but ten Best Picture nominees? Oh, good lord, kill me now.
08/21/2009
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
In 1966 the Anti-Megalosaurus Force (AMF) was established to defend Japan from Monsters. Who knew? Not just a bunch of flummoxed army guys wearing white gloves, but an elite force — 4072 members strong. Talk about a thankless job. The only profession taking more of a beating than the AMF when Godzilla makes landfall, is the home insurance industry, which has been busy selling policies between monster rampages.
08/19/2009
From the Trenches: Pin-Up Girl
Betty Grable. Famous actress and musical star who was the number one pin-up girl of World War II or fat-ass girl?
08/19/2009
Bazooka Joe: The Movie? (plus audio rant)
With the announcement of Bazooka Joe: The Movie, it’s become horrifyingly clear that the problem with Hollywood isn’t that it’s run out of ideas. It ran out of ideas a long time ago. The problem is, Hollywood doesn’t even know what an idea is anymore.
Brace youself for a look behind the scenes at what passes for the thought process in Hollywood these days.
Jim Rutherford
Nancy Louise Rutherford
Lou Aguilar
The Misfits
