Instantly getting disarmed and constantly getting your ass kicked? Do you even vanity film, bro?
This is The Force Awakens of the Birdemic franchise.
Mr. Zervos, I noticed that your voice sounds a little congested. Have you tried experimenting with your breath support and resonance to open up your sound? You have, uh, a “unique” voice, and I appreciate your artistry and expression, but I wonder if you've ever tried using more diaphragmatic support to deepen your sound and reduce nasal tone? Maybe try different mouth shapes or vocal warm-ups, or you could experiment with, like, NOT singing at ALL?
This movie feels like a true diamond-in-the-rough discovery. I went into it completely blind which made it so much better. It's about a rapping martial artist played by MC Kung Fu, and yes, almost all his dialogue is entirely in rap. In honor of that, the rest of this review is also in rap:
He's got the moves, like Bruce Lee
And the flow, like a Tsunami
With his nunchucks, he'll make you scream
MC Kung Fu is the martial arts king
City Dragon, he's a force to be reckoned with
His rhymes hit harder than a roundhouse kick
He'll knock you out, with a single verse
Leaving you wondering, how could this get worse
MC Kung Fu is the one to beat
The lyrical ninja, with the nunchucks heat.
This movie is absolutely bonkers: there’s dubstep AND a “hip-hop dance crew”
Wow. Just... wow. The villain is a haunted, sentient elevator. WHAT? Say less. There are so many bizarre, bold, and straight up bonkers choices made in this film and had me in gut-busting laughter nearly the entire runtime. Terrible New York accents, nudity for the sake of nudity, fog machines, and rollerblades. My only regret is that I did not know of this film sooner and that the producers did not title this Hellevator.
Visceral, brutal, and harrowing. While this series is nearly FIFTY years old now, it remains the definitive docuseries on World War II. Produced in the early 1970s means that it was barely thirty years removed from the war itself, so all of the interviews come from soldiers, officers, and politicians from both the Allied and Axis powers who experienced the war first-hand.
Son of the Mask is a visual waterboarding experience... pure, psychological, inhumane torture.
This is the most Canadian movie I've ever seen.
The official blurb/summary does not adequately convey how batshit BONKERS this film actually is. It's clear Kris Kristofferson recorded all his lines while laying down. The movie kicks into the plot IMMEDIATELY, on Pete & Tara's wedding day, Gabriel the dog (who is also the ringbearer) is RAN OVER and killed by the Florist, Jerry. The wedding is called off, and Gabriel goes to Heaven and returns to earth as a TALKING GHOST DOG, but nobody can hear him... (wait for it)... EXCEPT FOR JERRY! So Gabriel teams up with his murderer to try and force the rest of the town to put on an entire secret wedding and force Peter and Tara to get married.
Who knew claymation could instill an existential crisis?
Weird movie, but solid Cronenberg stuff, and now I'm attracted to P.T. Cruisers.
The Larry Sanders Show is a groundbreaking show that not only holds up incredibly well for a 30-year-old show, but It's also oddly prescient. It's 30 Rock years before 30 Rock and it's Curb Your Enthusiasm long before that OTHER Larry perfected the art form. Larry Sanders walked so these shows could run, as it was the first big show to feature celebrities playing exaggerated or fictionalized versions of themselves. The core trio of Shandling/Torn/Tambor is flawless. Larry Sanders also stands the test of time because it's literally a window to a particular comedy time frame. This show can also be seen as a bit of a Historical Document, as Larry Sanders hit the airwaves literally RIGHT in the midst and fallout of the Late Night Wars of the early 1990s. Even Bill Carter, who wrote The Late Shift said "Without ever actually being a full-time late-night host, Garry Shandling put an artistic stamp on the genre as indelible as the mark left by any of his contemporaries."
Some people cut themselves. I watch CATS.
This is one of the most under-appreciated gems of the 1980s and has aged like a fine wine: Sledge Hammer! is a cross between Dirty Harry and Naked Gun with a healthy dose of charming low budget effects. Sledge Hammer’s a hard-nosed, overly violent cop who’s only true friend is his .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson. Hammer's affection for his gun is so deep that he showers with it, sleeps with it, and even talks to it.
This show is absolutely phenomenal. Rise of the TMNT is similar in tone and execution to the DuckTales 2017 reboot. This takes characters that were relatively flat (don't get me wrong, I loved the 80s run back in the day) but injects so much more life and personality and depth into all of these characters. Their relationship is much more believable that they are all brothers, with Splinter as more of a comical dad figure. The bold creativity reflects in their new different designs: Raphael is a giant snapping turtle, Mikey an ornate box turtle, Donnie is a soft-shelled turtle (which gives him the excuse to create interchangeable tactical shells), while Leo gets the best character overhaul, a red-eared snapper turtle who isn't just the notoriously boring leader and is arguably the funniest character (what!?). In fact, Leonardo isn't even the leader in this, and Rise of the TMNT is could also be considered the rise of Leonardo as a leader. The animation itself is beautifully stylized and has some GREAT action scenes (the best of all TMNT series) they don't rely on trotting out the same villains beyond Shredder and The Foot. It's a creative and lovingly-crafted interpretation of the Ninja Turtles that honors its past but forges ahead on its own path. Oh, and it's actually FUNNY.
