Saturday Night at the Movies 5/16/15!

Who cares what picture we see?


Raymond J. Barry probably would, but someone needs to check for sure. While that's happening, this will be tonight's choice...

It goes without saying that I'm a huge fan of Bruce Lee. When his son Brandon first popped up on my radar in the Dolph Lundgren vehicle Showdown in Little Tokyo - I thought he was pretty marvelous. Then he starred in this action flick - which is solid old school action movie goodness through and through.


Brandon Lee was a talented actor, and while not as fast as his father, certainly acquitted himself well on the action side as well - and with all the practical fights and stunts - Rapid Fire is one of my favorite action movies.


It's in the video vault on DVD and we could be spinning it at any time - even tonight, if you'd like to dodge the bullets and run on over.







Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!

Celebrity Endorsement: Art Evans!

Art Evans pops up in Fright Night as a police detective who comes to Jerry Dandridge's house investigating mutilation murders - and ends up dragging Charley Brewster out by his ear when Charley accuses Jerry of being a vampire.

He also turns up in Die Hard 2, and many other movies - and he's a man who knows good pop culture blogging when he sees it...

Thanks, Mr. Evans!







Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!

Maniacal Movie Poster Monday #211!

Theme Week!

3 Posters, 1 Movie!

The Beast of Hollow Mountain  (United Artists, 1956)

Not one of my favorite dinosaur movies - but three pretty cool posters for it - with the third being my pick due to the split background color scheme.








Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!

Saturday Night at the Movies 5/9/15!

Who cares what picture we see?


Ken Foree probably wouldn't - just keeping it real - but we'll go with this one tonight...

The Re-Animator gang got back together for this second stab at H.P. Lovecraft's writings - and while I admit that I prefer Re-Animator - this is still a wild and crazy sci fi horror flick jampacked with giant practical special makeup effects.


It's in the video vault ready to spin any time - and we could be checking it out this very evening - if you'd like to join me!






Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Pineal Gland, Cause I Am Outta Here!

April Watchlist!

Here's everything I watched in the month: (this does not include a lot that was watched with my wondrous wife Suze - just my own personal watchlist - although Suze did watch some of this with me.)



Raiders from Beneath the Sea  (DVR - recorded from FXM Retro)

Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: "Q-less"

Gang Bullets  (DVD)

Hell's Kitchen  (DVR - Recorded from Fox)

Vigilante  (DVR - Recorded from TCM)

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter  (DVD)

Hell's Kitchen  (DVR - Recorded from Fox)

Kingdom of the Spiders  (DVD)

Justified: "The Gunfighter"  (DVD)

Justified: "Cut Ties"  (DVD)

Justified: "Harlan Roulette"  (DVD)

Justified: "The Devil You Know"  (DVD)

Justified: "When the Guns Come Out"  (DVD)

Justified: "The Man Behind the Curtain"  (DVD)

Justified: "Watching the Detectives"  (DVD)

Justified: "Loose Ends"  (DVD)

Justified: "Guy Walks Into a Bar"  (DVD)

Justified: "Measures"  (DVD)

Justified: "Coalition"  (DVD)

Justified: "Slaughterhouse"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "Pilot"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "Memory"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "Operation Rogosh"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "Old Man Out Part 1"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "Old Man Out Part 2"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "Odds on Evil"  (DVD)

Mission Impossible: "The Ransom"  (DVD)

Burn Notice: "Eye for an Eye"  (Streaming - Netflix)

Superman vs The Elite  (Blu-Ray)

Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: "Dax"

Bombs Over Burma  (DVD)







Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!

Maniacal Movie Poster Monday #210!

Coming off the April challenge, sick yesterday - throwing out three posters sans words today...

Until next post - when my wordiness should return - you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!

Saturday Night at the Movies 5/2/15!

Who cares what picture we see?



Well, after 26 posts for the April 2015 A-Z Blogging Challenge - we get back into the regular swing of things with this post - and I have to believe Benicio del Toro most certainly would care - so this will be tonight's choice...

After putting the teaser trailer in to the Z post two days ago as a birthday present to myself - I got a taste to see more from this 007 movie. I liked Timothy Dalton as James Bond - his first movie - The Living Daylights - had been written before he was picked for the role - so it had some holdover business from exiting Bond Roger Moore - comedy bits mostly cut out in editing after deciding to play to Dalton's strengths and desire to be true to Ian Fleming and more serious.


Then, for his second movie screenwriters Michael Wilson and Richard Maibaum wrote the film to play to Dalton's interpretation of the role - and I thought it was marvelous. Bond and pal Feliz Leiter interrupt their drive to Felix's wedding to catch South American drug lord Sanchez (Robert Davi) who has come to American territory to catch and punish a wayward girlfriend.



The drug lord escapes, and exacts revenge on Felix and his new bride. Now James Bond is out for vengeance - and he's going to bring Sanchez's entire empire down - even if it means resigning from her Majesty's Secret Service!



A good story, a solid villain, and fine performances all around - combined with the usual eye popping stunts and action - and it's ready to be watched in high definition from the Bond 50 Blu-Ray set anytime you want to use your Licence to Drive - and come watch it with me - even tonight!





Until next post - you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!