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I own a pet cat, love cheesy action and horror movies, occasionally watch hockey, love listening to pretty any kind of music, hard rock, classic rock and pop, old school rap, 80's and 90's music, heavy metal, you name it, and I am also from Canada.
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Recent reviews
Posted : 11 years, 5 months ago on 3 April 2015 03:13
(A review of
Drive Angry)
It's by no means, a great film. It is however, a chesstaculary fun over the top movie.
Probably the best part of the film, is William Fichtner as "The Accontant", that and Nicholas Cage's hair.
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Posted : 11 years, 8 months ago on 25 December 2014 07:05
(A review of
The Interview)
Having just seen The Interview, I would have to say it was pretty great film. Granted, some of the jokes where hit and miss, but it was still not that bad of a movie.
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Posted : 14 years, 2 months ago on 24 June 2012 03:55
(A review of
Jack and Jill)
I would say that this is a bottom of the barrel comedy, but I would be insulting both barrels and the bottom of barrels.
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Posted : 14 years, 10 months ago on 15 November 2011 05:23
(A review of
Whitney)
Tried watching this show a couple of times, but gave up on it after a few episodes. The fact that Whitney, is still on the air and that Community could be placed on an indefinite hiatus, and possibly cancelled by the "evil peacock network", says a lot about the "evil peacock network"'s priorities.
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Posted : 14 years, 10 months ago on 29 October 2011 02:04
(A review of
Season of the Witch)
If your ever wondered, what The Name of The Rose, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, and The Devils, would be like featuring stilled dialogue, cheesy CGI, a predictable plot you can see coming from a mile away, and Nicholas Cage, then this film is for you!
Cage, plays a knight quested to deliver a young women, believed to be the cause of the Bubonic Plague, and of being a witch.
Also, the wolves in the film are of the CGI variety, but the unintentional laughs are very, very real.
Lovers of bad cinema, this is film is just for you!
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Posted : 14 years, 11 months ago on 24 September 2011 05:08
(A review of
Vanishing On 7th Street)
It was an okay film, with an okay premise, but it fell apart at the very, very end.
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Posted : 14 years, 12 months ago on 18 September 2011 10:31
(A review of
Dragonball Evolution)
Best comedy, ever!
I know it isn't but from the very beginning, I found the film very much unintentionally hilarious.
Yes, I know that the TV series, had their moments of humor, but the live action takes it to the next level.
A direct comparison, would be Super Mario Bros and Double Dragon, both awesomely bad, and both worth checking out if you like really horribly awful, but yet entertainingly horribly bad movies films, this film definitely belongs way up there with them.
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Production Budget: Estimated between $15 million and $18 million.
North American Box Office: $10,219,460.
Opening Weekend (US & Canada): $1,196,965.
Worldwide Gross: $10,219,460
Production Challenges
Tragic Loss: Co-star Natalie Wood died during a break in filming in 1981, leading Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to briefly attempt to shut down production and collect insurance payouts.
Completion: Lloyd's of London funded the final completion of the film, which was delayed until its release in September 1983.
Aftermath: Due to the troubled shoot and box office performance, director Douglas Trumbull stepped away from directing Hollywood features for decades
Brainstorm flopped at the 1983 box office due to behind-the-scenes studio chaos, MGM's attempt to cancel it as a tax write-off, and the tragic death of its star, Natalie Wood, during production.
Why Brainstorm Struggled
Tragedy of Natalie Wood: The mysterious death of Natalie Wood in November 1981 cast a dark shadow over the film and stalled its completion.
Studio Financial Trouble: MGM was drowning in debt and planned to scrap the unfinished movie entirely for a tax write-off instead of releasing it properly.
Production Chaos: The prolonged delays, technical shifts by director Douglas Trumbull, and script rewrites led to a sluggish, disjointed final product.
Why the Box Office Numbers Looked So "WTF"
The Studio Dumped It: Because of the controversy and legal nightmare surrounding Natalie Wood's tragic drowning,
MGM didn't want to promote the film. They released it late (nearly two years after she died) and dumped it onto a very limited number of screens.
Audiences Were Spooked: Marketing a movie using the "final performance" of an actress who had just mysteriously died felt morbid to audiences in 1983, keeping people away from seats.
It Killed a Career: The box office failure and agonizing studio fights traumatized director Douglas Trumbull so badly that he completely quit Hollywood and vowed never to direct a commercial feature film again.
10 hours, 4 minutes ago
At the box office, The Black Stallion Returns was a major commercial disappointment. Because it made much less money than the first movie, the film industry generally viewed it as a box office flop.
Here is how its financial performance broke down:
A Huge Drop-Off: The 1979 original film was a surprise blockbuster, pulling in $37.8 million.
The 1983 sequel only managed $12.04 million domestically—losing about two-thirds of the original movie's audience.
The Opening Weekend: It opened on March 25, 1983, making $2,923,297 across 1,370 theatres.
It debuted at #5, losing the top spots that weekend to a low-budget comedy called Spring Break and Francis Ford Coppola’s other big film that month, The Outsiders.
[Stiff Competition: During its run, it had a hard time drawing in older kids and adults because it was competing against heavy hitters like Tootsie and High Road to China.
The Final Verdict: Ultimately, it finished as the 66th highest-grossing film of 1983.
While it made its money back, it failed to generate the massive "cash cow" profits that MGM and executive producer Francis Ford Coppola were hoping fo
Several key reasons explain why The Black Stallion Returns struggled at the box office compared to the original movie:
Loss of the Creative Team: The first film’s director (Carroll Ballard) and its Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (Caleb Deschanel) did not return.
Without them, the sequel lost the stunning visual poetry, slow-paced artistry, and mystical tone that made the original 1979 film an award-winning masterpiece.
Shift to a Formulaic Action Plot: Instead of focusing on the deep, emotional bond between a boy and his horse, the sequel shifted into a fast-paced, Hollywood-style adventure set in Morocco.
Critics noted it felt like a "contrived, cornball story", which alienated older audiences who loved the original film's maturity.
The "Where is the Horse?" Problem: Audiences wanting a horse movie were disappointed because the stallion is missing for a large portion of the story.
The plot focuses heavily on Alec navigating human conflicts, bad guys, and foreign politics before finally reuniting with the horse.
No Mickey Rooney: A massive draw of the first movie was Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney, whose performance earned him an Oscar nomination.
He did not return for the sequel, removing a major nostalgic pull for older adults.
Bad Word of Mouth: Prominent film critics gave it weak reviews. For instance, The Boston Globecalled it a "slow-paced, incompetently directed film with both eyes focused on the box office", which killed any positive momentum or recommendation power.
13 hours, 29 minutes ago
The Beyond box office performance was modest and barely covered its low production budget because it was an independent, highly graphic Italian gore film with a scattered, surreal plot that limited its initial mainstream appeal.
Box Office Factors
Low Budget and Niche Release: Directed by Lucio Fulci, the film operated on a small budget (around $400,000) and grossed minimal theatrical returns during its initial 1981 release in Italy and later truncated North American runs.
Scattered Narrative: Contemporary audiences and box office numbers were hindered by the film's dream-logic and narrative inconsistencies, which favored nightmarish surrealism over a traditional, linear story. [
Censorship and Re-edits: Delayed North American distribution in 1983 under the edited title 7 Doors of Death and strict "video nasty" censorship in the UK restricted its commercial momentum at the time.
Legacy and Cult Following
Despite low initial box office returns, The Beyond gained a massive international cult following over subsequent decades.
Fans and directors like Quentin Tarantino later championed the movie for its striking cinematography, atmospheric score by Fabio Frizzi, and visceral practical effects.
20 hours, 8 minutes ago
All the Right Moves was a modest commercial success at the box office, grossing $17.2 million against a production budget of $5.6 million.
While it made roughly three times its budget, its box office performance is frequently analyzed by film historians for two main reasons:
Overshadowed by Risky Business: Released just a few months prior in August 1983, Risky Businessbecame Tom Cruise’s definitive breakout mega-hit, pulling in a massive $63.5 million on a tiny $6.2 million budget. By comparison, All the Right Moves felt like a much smaller, quieter success.
A Gritty, Niche Premise: Unlike typical high-energy 1980s teen films, this movie was a somber, blue-collar sports drama focused on economic decline and a high schooler's desperate bid to escape his hometown.
The heavy themes limited its mainstream, blockbuster appeal.
20 hours, 39 minutes ago
The 1982 Western film Barbarosa, starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey, bombed commercially due to severe distribution problems, an oversaturated studio merger, and a lack of marketing support.
Despite receiving critical acclaim and later becoming a cult classic, it grossed less than $1.8 million against its $10 million to $12 million budget.
The primary reasons for its box office failure include:
The AFD and Universal Deal: The film was independently produced by ITC Entertainment.
It was caught in limbo when Universal Pictures acquired Associated Film Distribution (AFD).
Because Universal did not produce the film, they lacked a financial incentive to promote it and heavily resisted putting resources toward its release.
“Dumped" and Abruptly Pulled: Universal initially quietly "dumped" the film into a limited number of Southern drive-ins and theaters with a tiny $500,000 promotional push.
When it generated low initial turnout, Universal immediately pulled it from distribution rather than letting it build an audience.
The Decline of the Western: In the early 1980s, the Western genre was considered "box office poison" and was largely dying out in Hollywood, making studios hesitant to fight for a Western's theatrical survival.
The movie was temporarily saved from total obscurity when prominent critics like Gene Siskel and Pauline Kael openly condemned Universal's poor treatment of the film.
Their public complaints forced the studio to give the film a limited re-release in New York and Los Angeles later that year, though the financial damage was already done.
Willie Nelson did not sing, play his guitar, or write the music for this movie.
For film-goers in 1982, a "Willie Nelson Movie" meant hearing his signature voice, watching him play his famous Trigger guitar, and buying a hit soundtrack.
By stripping all of that away, the film accidentally disconnected from what Willie's core fanbase wanted.
The music dynamic directly impacted the box office in three ways:
No Big Radio Hit to Promote the Film
When Willie did Honeysuckle Rose (1980), the movie was promoted heavily on the radio by its mega-hit song "On the Road Again".
Barbarosa didn’t have a single country radio track to generate buzz. Instead, the film relied on a traditional orchestral score composed by Bruce Smeaton.
Without a Willie Nelson song playing on the radio, casual music fans had no idea he even had a movie coming out.
Confused Film Goers
In his previous films, Willie essentially played variations of himself—a country star or a singing cowboy.
In Barbarosa, he went completely "against type" to play a gritty, mythic Mexican-border outlaw who spent his time sleeping in caves and eating armadillos.
Film-goers who went in expecting a fun, guitar strumming country adventure were met with a serious, quiet, dramatic Western.
Missing the Multi-Media Box Office "Double Dip"
In the 1980s, music movies were box office gold because the album sold the movie, and the movie sold the album.
Because Willie's guitar was absent, there was no Willie Nelson soundtrack album in record stores to serve as free marketing for the theatrical release.
While critics today on platforms like Collider praise the film because it proved Willie was a genuinely great dramatic actor who didn't need to lean on his music career, in 1982, the lack of his iconic guitar-playing ultimately kept his massive music fanbase away from the box office.
1 day, 17 hours ago
Six Pack is a comedy-drama sports film starring country music legend Kenny Rogers that became a surprising box office hit when it was released on July 16, 1982.
Why 1982? Kenny Rogers Was at the Absolute Peak of His Fame
In 1982, Kenny Rogers was one of the biggest entertainers in the world. Hollywood desperately wanted to capitalize on his massive crossover appeal.
The "Country-Pop" Boom: The late 1970s and early 1980s saw a massive wave of country-themed pop culture success (fueled by movies like Urban Cowboy and Smokey and the Bandit).
A Proven TV Asset: Rogers had already starred in highly successful made-for-TV movies like The Gambler (1980). 1982 was the perfect year to finally transition him into a major theatrical leading man.[
Built-in Soundtrack Success: Rogers co-wrote and sang the movie's theme song, "Love Will Turn You Around".
The song was released concurrently with the movie in 1982, immediately topping both the Country and Adult Contemporary billboard charts, acting as a massive promotional vehicle for the film.
Why Was it a Box Office Success?
Against a modest budget of roughly $11.5 to $13.5 million, Six Pack went on to gross $20,225,989 at the domestic box office. When adjusted for modern inflation, that equates to roughly $70 million today. It succeeded because:
The Perfect Formula: The movie perfectly blended NASCAR racing culture, lighthearted comedy, and a heartwarming family drama (Rogers plays a down-on-his-luck race car driver who takes in six orphan kids who stole parts from his car).
It was tailored beautifully to working class, Southern, and Midwestern American audiences.
A Historically Massive Year for Cinema: According to a historical report by The New York Times, 1982 was a record-breaking "bonanza year" for theater attendance.
Overall ticket sales jumped 16% across the US, meaning the film benefited from a massive wave of people routinely going out to the movies that summer.
A Stellar Debut Cast: Beyond Kenny Rogers, the film featured Diane Lane and marked the official theatrical debut of a 14-year-old Anthony Michael Hall (who would soon become a massive 80s icon).
Despite its strong box office numbers, Six Pack famously remains Kenny Rogers’ only major US theatrical starring role, as he chose to stick closer to television and music afterward.
2 days, 12 hours ago
The Year of Living Dangerously was only a modest box office hit because it was a dense, politically complex historical drama that targeted a mature audience rather than mainstream moviegoers.
While the film was highly acclaimed and earned Linda Hunt an Academy Award, several factors shaped its financial performance:
The Box Office Numbers
The movie was one of the most ambitious and expensive Australian productions of its era, but its specialized subject matter limited its commercial reach:
Budget: A$6 million (roughly equivalent to $13 million USD estimated overall production costs).
US & Canada Gross: $10.3 million USD.
Australian Gross: A$2.9 million.
Why It Wasn't a Massive Blockbuster
Challenging Subject Matter: Set during the 1965 attempted overthrow of Indonesian President Sukarno, the heavy focus on foreign journalism, poverty, and complex Cold War politics wasn't geared toward a mass popcorn movie audience.
Distribution Strategy: MGM/UA rolled out the film via a limited release in January 1983 before expanding nationwide a month later. This slow rollout built critical prestige but did not generate massive opening-weekend momentum.
[Production Disruptions: While filming in Manila, the production received severe death threats alleging the movie was anti-Islam.
The entire cast and crew had to be abruptly relocated to Sydney to finish filming, putting an unexpected financial strain on the project.
Despite not breaking box office records, the film did successfully establish Mel Gibson as a prominent international leading man and cemented its legacy through its enduring, culturally embedded title phrase.
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