RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space

Three MST3K veterans add comic commentary to Plan Nine from Outer Space, allegedly the worst film of all time. I laughed so hard I was gasping for breath. When I started reviewing Blu-ray discs on this blog, my policy would be to stick with classics. I’m not sure if this review is a derivation from [...]

Tarzan of the 30′s

From 1932 through 1948, Johnny Weissmuller starred in 12 Tarzan movies–six for MGM followed by six for RKO, and all now owned by Warner Brothers. The Rafael will present two of these movies–both from the MGM 1930s–over the next two Sundays in a series called Hollywood & Vines: The Movie Magic of Tarzan. Visual effects [...]

Viva

Spoof Written and directed by Anna Biller Anna Biller wants to out-auteur Charlie Chaplin. Not only did she write, direct, and co-produce this parody of late sixties/early seventies exploitation flicks, but she stars in the title role. She also wrote some of the songs, animated a drug-induced dream sequence, and designed the sets and costumes. [...]

ThrillVille Report, Part II

For the first part of this report, click here. When I arrived at the Cerrito a little before 7:00 on Thursday night, I was handed a pair of cheap, cardboard,3D glasses–the red-and-blue kind. Yes, part of the program was in 3D. Not a big part, but a short called “Third Dimensional Murder” made in 1941–more [...]

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