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Bee Movie (2007)


Directed by Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith
Written by Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Barry Marder and Andy Robin
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A bee sues humans for stealing their honey.  This leads to bees having too much honey and causes them to take time off from making it, which leads to all the plants die.
This was an okay film.  It looked pretty nice and was somewhat funny.  The dynamic between the main bee and the human lady is pretty good.
I wouldn't tell anybody not to watch this, but I wouldn't tell them to watch it.

6.5/10
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)

Directed by Norman Taurog
Written by Louis M. Heyward, Robert Kaufman and Elwood Ullman
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Frankie Avalon is a secret agent.  He meets a hot chica, who turns out to be a gold digging robot created by Dr. Goldfoot.  Dr. Goldfoot is using an army of sexy robot women to con rich men out of their fortunes.  Frankie hooks up with Dwayne Hickman, who is one of the targets of Goldfoot.  They aim to take Dr. Goldfoot down.
I loved this movie.  It is completely insane.  It is pure camp.  Vincent Price, who plays Dr. Goldfoot, is hilarious.  Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman are great and have some great moments of slapstick.  Of course, there are plenty of sexy mod women.  And there is the greatest chase scene in film history.  The chase sees a constant change of vehicles.  It's hilarious, crazy and amazing.
This is currently on Netflix Instant Watch.  If you happen to read this--and very few will happen upon it, surely--watch it.
By the way, a bikini machine refers to the female robots.  There is not a machine that mass produces bikinis.

9/10
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Bikini Beach (1964)

Directed by William Asher
Written by William Asher, Leo Townsend and Robert Dillon
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Frankie Avalon is in competition with a British rock star, Potato Bug (Frankie Avalon), over Annette Funicello.  A local newspaper man is writing editorials about the "beach bums" and trying to prove that an ape is as smart as they.  A local biker gang is trying to join forces with the journalist.  Don Rickles owns a restaurant and a drag strip, and sometimes the beach bums race cars against Potato Bug.
A super silly movie.  Pure cheese all the way.  If you enjoy camp then you pretty much would have to enjoy this movie.  There's even a woman who can send people flying with a shake of her ass.  Lots of stupid fun.

7/10
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Jackass 3 (2010)

Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Written by Preston Lacey
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There's something beyond people hitting each other that makes "Jackass" funny.  I think it's that you like the guys enough to not want to see them die, but not enough to not want to see them hurt themselves/each other.    The violence is, at times, very cartoony, and purposefully so.  Johnny Knoxville once said that they take some of their ideas from Looney Tunes.
The film is well made.  A non-stop barrage of people doing ridiculous shit.  It's never in good taste.  Obviously, there will be a certain level of person who will not like this.  Maybe they will just flat out refuse to let themselves enjoy it, maybe they really do not enjoy it.  I couldn't stop laughing.
I won't go into any detailed discussion of any particular stunts.  There's too many, really.  Plus, part of the fun sometimes is the reveal of what is happening or about to happen.  This movie is very worth watching.

9/10
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Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains (1982)

Directed by Lou Adler
Written by Nancy Dowd
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This movie is exactly what "The Runaways" should have been.  "The Runaways" is one of the worst films I have ever seen.  Awful.  This was really great, though.
Two sisters and their cousin form a punk band and join a tour of an washed-up aging glam rock band and a more seasoned punk band with a twat band leader.  The lead singer, Corinne, hits a nerve with people with a cool look.  It catches on and as they become increasingly famous, the leader of the other punk band becomes jealous.
A really fun movie with some pretty good music.  It shows how image is more important than talent, although I did like the songs by The Fabulous Stains.  Totally worth a watch.

7.5/10
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Trancers (1985)

Directed by Charles Band
Written by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo
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Jack Deth is sent back from the future to fight trancers, possessed people in a zombie-like state brought on by Whistler, his arch-enemy.  Whistler is in the year 1985 for some reason.  Deth teams up with a pretty punk rock girl (played by Helen Hunt!).
This was a really cool movie.  It was dark, but totally silly and campy.  Plus, Helen Hunt is hot and has colored streaks in her hair.  How could you pass that up?  In fact, during this movie I got an erection from looking at pictures of 48 year old Helen Hunt.
I totally recommend watching this.  It's a really good time as long as you are into campy, goofy sci-fi movies.  Lots of fun.  Straight up awful poster.

8/10
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Directed by Motoyoshi Oda
Written by Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama and Takeo Murata
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Unfortunately, I watched the English dubbed version, which I have just found out is butchered and re-edited.   What I saw was fucking horrible.  It was hard to follow and they called Godzilla "Gigantis" the whole time.  What the fuck is that?  Really terrible.

4/10
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My Name is Nobody (1973)

Directed by Tonino Valerii
Written by Ernesto Gastaldi
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This is a parody of the western genre.  Nobody is faster than Jack Beauregard.  A man named Nobody, that is.  While it might seem like a one joke premise, and in ways it is, it really is more of a regular western movie with some levity.
Nobody is bent on making Beauregard into a hero and he wants him to stand alone against the 150 member of the Wild Bunch.  He does everything in his power to make it happen.  There is a little bit of time in the middle where the film meanders a tab, but it is at least to build up how good of a shot Nobody is.
I used to watch this film as a child.  The scene where Nobody holds a gun to the balls of a guy who is giving him a shave was one of my favorites.  Henry Fonda is great as the aging hero of the west.  Terrence Hill is good, although it seems like he mainly got the part because he sort of looks like Clint Eastwood.  Great soundtrack.  Worth a watch.

7/10
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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
Written by William Davies, Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
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A viking boy is too small to fight dragons, bu he wants to.  Then he takes down a very dangerous dragon, but can't kill it.  Then he doesn't want to fight dragons, he wants to friend them.
This was an okay animated film.  It wasn't as good as I expected, honestly.  My brother had told me that it was especially good, but I didn't see it.  It was fine.  Better than "Bolt" and "Rango," but not especially amazing.  It looked really nice, though.  The end was kind of fun.

6.5/10
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Rating Scale Explanation

The rating scale is simple. 1 is the worst 10 is the best and 5 is mediocre. 5.5 or greater is a movie that I at least find enjoyable. You could also think of 5 as a zero and 1 as a negative 5. I feel like that sounds even more convoluted.

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