Sunday, December 31, 2023

CITIZEN TOXIE - THE TOXIC AVENGER IV (2000)
























Directed by: Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: David Mattey, Clyde Lewis, Mark Torgl, Heidi Sjursen, Joe Fleishaker, Paul Kyrmse, Ron Jeremy, Dan Snow, Michael Budinger, Lisa Terezakis, Barry Brisco, Trent Haaga, Caleb Emerson, Yaniv Sharon, Stan Lee, James Gunn, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, Corey Feldman, Debbie Rochon, Jason Sklar, Randy Sklar, Al Goldstein, Tom Fulp, Kevin Eastman, Julie Strain, Lemmy Kilmister, Eli Roth, Bill Weeden, Will Keenan, Mitch Collins, Rick Collins, Gil Brenton, Charlotte Haug, Tromelissa Saytar, Bella Compagna, Terri Firmer, Stacy Burke, Tiffany Shepis, Celeste Octavia, Devin DeVasquez, Masuimi Max, Lenore Claire, Hugh Hefner, Lloyd Kaufman

109 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville. However, an explosion results in some unforeseeable consequences, creating a dimensional tear between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxic Avenger (Toxie) is trapped in Amortville, Tromaville comes under the control of Toxie's evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender (Noxie). Will Toxie return to Tromaville in time to stop Noxie's rampage or is he doomed to remain a second-class citizen in Amortville forever? How did Toxie's wife Sarah become pregnant with two babies from two different fathers? Will Tito ever get over his teen angst and become a productive member of society?

 

THE TOXIC AVENGER PART III - THE LAST TEMPTATION OF TOXIE (1989)
























Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: John Altamura, Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Michael J. Kaplan, Jessica Dublin, Dan Snow, Paul Borghese, Fernando Antonio, Sylvester Covin, William Decker, Joe Fleishaker, Mark Fucile, Marc Allen Ginsberg, Sal Lioni, Doug McDonald, Benny Nieves, Kariim Ratcliff, Michael Jai White, Susan Whitty, Jeremiah Yates

102 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, some nudity)

PLOT:
Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.

 

THE TOXIC AVENGER PART II (1989)
























Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: John Altamura, Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Rikiya Yasuoka, Mayako Katsuragi, Tsutomu Sekine, Jessica Dublin, Jack Cooper, Don Eckhart, Fernando Antonio, Paul Borghese, Sylvester Covin, William Decker, Joe Fleishaker, Mark Fucile, Marc Allan Ginsberg, Sal Lioni, Doug McDonald, Benny Nieves, Kariim Ratcliff, Michael Jai White, Susan Whitty, Jeremiah Yates, Dan Snow, Scott Leva, Lloyd Kaufman

103 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:
The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.

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THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984)


 





















Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: Mitch Cohen, Kenneth Kessler, Mark Torgl, Andree Maranda, Pat Ryan Jr, Sarabel Levinson, Dan Snow, Dick Martinsen, Gary Schneider, Robert Prichard, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Chris Liano, David Weiss, Doug Isbecque, Charles Lee Jr, Pat Kilpatrick, Larry Sulton, Michael Russo, Al Pia, Dennis Souder, Steven Zmed, Xavier Barquet, Reuben Guss, Matt Klan, Dominick Calvitto, Marisa Tomei

82 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:
This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly and comical results. The local mop boy is now the local Superhero, the savior of corruption, thuggish bullies and indifference.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

GIANT (1956)
























Directed by: George Stevens
Based on the book by: Edna Ferber
Starring: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cardenas, Earl Holliman, Robert Nichols, Fran Bennett, Paul Fix, Judith Evelyn, Carolyn Craig, Noreen Nash

201 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Sprawling, epic tale of a wealthy Texas rancher and his wife, their descendants, and their life together over twenty-five years. Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. met his future wife Leslie while on a trip East to buy breeding stock, returning home with a bride. Living on a half-million-acre ranch takes some getting used to for Leslie, as does the rough and tumble lifestyle. They have children who have their own minds and are apt to disappoint their parents over their life choices. As Leslie says at one point, "you can't live their lives for them, you can only raise them." Bick's rival is a former ranch hand, Jett Rink, who inherits a tract of land from Bick's late sister Luz Benedict. Jett strikes oil and becomes as wealthy as the Benedicts although there is one thing Bick has that he can never have as his own.

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR (2013)
























Directed by: Anthony Leonardi III
Starring: Anne Heche, James Tupper, Ethan Peck, Rebekah Brandes, Carter Cabassa, Wayne Pere, Jennifer Stone, Clancy Brown, Morgan Roberts

100 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:
A family's journey toward a better life is interrupted by an unstable man of the cloth.

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Friday, December 22, 2023

LEGO JURASSIC PARK - THE UNOFFICIAL RETELLING (2023)
























Directed by: Ken Cunningham
Starring: (voices) Bradley Duffy, Ayla Evans, Dominic Good, Ian Hanlin, William Kuklis

23 minutes
(TV-Y7 - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
After finding his journal, Chaos Mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm recalls the mishaps and mayhem from 30 years ago about the island amusement park filled with prehistoric dinosaurs who escape and run amok...a story 65 million bricks in the making.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

I TRAPPED THE DEVIL (2019)
























Directed by: Josh Lobo
Starring: A.J. Bowen, Scott Poythress, Susan Theresa Burke, Jocelin Donahue, Chris Sullivan, Rowan Russell, John Marrott, Jack Vernon, Victoria Smith

82 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
Christmas is supposed to be a time for peace and joyful family reunions. But when Matt and his wife Karen show up unannounced at the home of his estranged brother Steve to celebrate the holidays, they are instead greeted with a horrifying surprise: trapped in the basement is a man. But not just any man. Steve believes that his hostage is none other than the devil himself.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

SCOOBY-DOO ON ZOMBIE ISLAND (1998)
























Directed by: Jim Stenstrum
Starring: (voices) Scott Innes, Billy West, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, B.J. Ward, Adrienne Barbeau, Tara Charendoff, Cam Clarke, Jim Cummings, Mark Hamill, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Ed Gilbert

77 minutes
(TV-G - scary elements)

PLOT:
After years of unmasking fake ghosts, the Mystery Gang have separated and acquired new careers, including Daphne being a reporter. For her birthday, Fred invites the whole gang to join their trip to Louisiana for Daphne's television show. They have many adventures but every ghost is just a villain in a costume. They soon meet Lena Dupree, who takes them to Moonscar Island in the hopes to encounter a real ghost. Things soon become creepy, and the gang find themselves caught between vicious werecats and zombies lead by the ghost of Moonscar the Pirate.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL (2005)
























Directed by: Randall Miller
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Danny DeVito, Sean Astin, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Arkin, David Paymer, Donnie Wahlberg, Sonia Braga, Elden Henson, Camryn Manheim, Ernie Hudson, Miguel Sandoval, David St. James, Teresa Johnston, Kelley Parker, Michael Bower, Chance Michael Corbitt, Josh Horowitz, Maria Parkinson, Octavia Spencer, Ian Abercrombie, Dawn Balkin, Maggie Baird, Mary Pat Gleason, Destiny Edmond, Kate Mulligan, Patricia Fraser, Tom Dahlgren

103 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Dance is a very powerful drug, if embraced judiciously; to reap its rewards, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance. Frank Keene, a grieving baker in a near catatonic state, happens on a car accident. The loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills, is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena with a years-ago acquaintance; he asks Frank to go in his place. It's a dance class. Frank goes, to find Steve's friend. The story moves back and forth among Steve's childhood, the scene of the accident, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop. Black eyes, group therapy, loneliness, boys being boys, roads not taken, and saying good-bye color the story.

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Sunday, December 10, 2023

MICHELLE WOLF - NICE LADY (2017)
























Directed by: Neal Brennan
Starring: Michelle Wolf

58 minutes
(TV-MA - explicit language)

PLOT:
Best-known as a writer/contributor on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah," Michelle Wolf makes her HBO stand-up debut.

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Friday, December 8, 2023

HOME ALONE 3 (1997)
























Directed by: Raja Gosnell
Screenplay by: John Hughes
Starring: Alex D. Linz, Haviland Morris, Olek Krupa, Scarlett Johansson, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny Von Dohlen, David Thornton, Kevin Kilner, Seth Smith, James Saito, Marian Seldes, Christopher Curry, Pat Healy, Baxter Harris, Neil Flynn, Freeman Coffey, Adrianne Duncan, Jennifer A. Daley, Darren T. Knaus

102 minutes
(PG - slapstick violence)

PLOT:
Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit.

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

INNOCENT BLOOD (1992)
























Directed by: John Landis
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia, Anthony LaPaglia, Angela Bassett, Chazz Palminteri, Don Rickles, Tony Sirico, David Proval, Elaine Kagan, Rocco Sisto, Kim Coates, Marshall Bell, Linnea Quigley, Tony Lip, Luis Guzman, Leo Burmester, Rohn Thomas, Frank Oz, Tom Savini, Sam Raimi, Forrest J. Ackerman, Dario Argento, Yancey Arias, Ron Roth, Vic Noto, Jerry Lyden

113 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:
Marie has two appetites, sex and blood. Her career as a vampire is going along fine until two problems come up, she is interrupted while feeding on Sal (The Shark) Macelli and she begins to develop a relationship with the policeman who has been trying to put Sal away. Sal wakes up in the morgue very confused and very thirsty. He goes back to his old haunts and begins to create an organized crime family of vampires while Marie and her policeman lover hunt him.

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Monday, December 4, 2023

IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (1955)
























Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Starring: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, Michael Kidd, David Burns, Jay C. Flippen, Steve Mitchell, Hal March, Paul Maxey, Peter Leeds, Alex Gerry, Madge Blake, Wilson Wood, Richard Simmons, Herb Vigran, Lou Lubin, Saul Gross, Terry Wilson, John Indrisano, Frank Nelson, June Foray

102 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Ted, Doug, and Angie are three ex-G.I.s who vow to meet again at a New York bar on October 11, 1955. They all show up on the appointed day, but quickly find that their friendship isn't what it used to be. However, a program coordinator wants to bring the three men together again on a live TV show. Circumstances are further complicated by a group of gangsters who are after Ted.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

PLEASE DON'T DESTROY - THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN (2023)
























Directed by: Paul Briganti
Produced by: Judd Apatow
Starring: Please Don't Destroy (Ben Marshall, John Higgins, Martin Herlihy), Bowen Yang, Meg Stalter, X Mayo, Nichole Sakura, Cedric Yarbrough, Sunita Mani, Chloe Troast, Marcel Nahapetian, Trevor Barrett Noble, Maximo Masefield, Gaten Matarazzo, John Goodman, Conan O'Brien

92 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, crude sexual humor)

PLOT:
It follows three friends who live together. When they realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain to gain riches and fame.

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NIGHT COURT (1984 - 1992) draft

  Created by: Reinhold Weege Starring: Harry Anderson, Karen Austin, John Larroquette, Paula Kelly, Richard Moll, Selma Diamond, Gail Strick...