Bent Wookiee

- Season 1

(2020)

Working with the most lavish budget he ever received, this is Dario Argento's last great film and he goes for broke. Extraordinary camera work and an intriguing, though overlong, story keeps things moving at a rapid and kinetic pace.

The long-awaited sequel to the hugely successful Borat (2006), Subsequent Moviefilm finds the hilarious and still culturally ignorant Kazakh reporter returning to America to deliver more keenly observed social commentary.

Bob Clark's pioneering holiday slasher classic.

After an eight-year absence, the Muppets return to the big screen with this sweet adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novella.

Sofia Coppola's moody examination of a group of high schoolers who brazenly stole nearly 3-million-dollars from celebrity homes in the late 2000's.

Carroll Ballard's magical tale of the bond between a shipwrecked boy and a wild Arabian horse.

A true crime drama featuring a revelatory turn by Philip Seymour Hoffman in an Oscar-winning performance.

A highly underrated thriller with a fantastic premise. A trio of would-be kidnappers not only have the police to worry about, but also one very pissed-off snake.

Bootlegging gangsters turned bounty hunters try to make a buck by killing Hitler in a ludicrous but entertaining film that was a major influence on Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.

A fine ensemble of performers lead this compelling 2015 Best Picture winner.

Mid-tier Schwarzenegger fare that finds Ah-nuld attempting to infiltrate the Chicago mob.

The definition of a novelty film, it's a standard, run of the mill Western that happens to be populated entirely by little people.

Director Joe Johnston's feature film debut is a funny, whimsical children's fantasy that doesn't shy away from the inherent dangers of being shrunk down and cast off into an unknown land.

Peter Bogdanovich's feature film debut is a brilliantly constructed dual narrative that works as both a career summation for Boris Karloff and a chilling depiction of a would-be sniper's descent into madness.

If you're interested in the Hilton sisters, you'll be better served by 2012's Bound by Flesh or the Broadway musical Side Show rather than this boring exploitation melodrama.

Brutally 90's but mercifully short, this nasty little flick pits troubled youth against mutated bloodsuckers.

90% birds and 100% adorable, 1948's Bill and Coo is a true oddity, with a wisecracking narrator and some impressive avian acrobatics.

William Lustig's exciting, slick, and brutal urban retaliation film.

Edward D. Wood Jr.'s baffling and autobiographical plea for tolerance and understanding works terribly as an exploitation film but very well as arthouse cinema.

A "classy" slasher that comes off as DePalma-lite; with a weak story, mostly forgettable characters, and some impressive camera work.

A despicable, yet undeniably compelling exploitation film featuring two strong leads and an amateur-level supporting cast. I can't recommend it, but I also can't say it isn't effective.

In a breakthrough film for both star and director, Jim Carrey somehow manages to pull off a role that very easily could've destroyed a less-talented performer's career.

Wild beyond belief, Lady in White director Frank LaLoggia's feature film debut is a glorious and ambitious mess.

James Glickenhaus' action-revenge flick suffers from an episodic and patchy storyline which features plenty of carnage and mayhem but very little in terms of logic.

Boring beyond belief, Mesa of Lost Women is a jumble of images cobbled together from footage shot years apart.

Rutger Hauer, as bounty hunter Nick Randall, must stop Kiss rocker Gene Simmons from blowing up America. .

Whether or not this film is an allegory or merely a cheesy 80's horror comedy, one thing is for sure. Those C.H.U.D.s are mean and hungry.

A magical film with gentle humor and an awe-inspiring sense of wonder.

A justly forgotten adaptation which fails to capture the rich complexities of Jim Thompson's deliciously evil 1952 pulp novel.

In the final part of his "Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy," director Gregg Araki presents a sprawling portrait of Los Angeles through the prism of disaffected youth.

The German title of this ineptly-made cheapie is Die Nacht der unheimlichen Bestien, which of course translates into The Night of the Scary Beasts. Better title, by far. Too bad about the rest of the movie.

From the esteemed writer of Gymkata comes this fun, silly romp starring Rutger Hauer as a blind swordsman which is equal parts Zatoichi and Breaking Bad.

Magnificent in its insanity, late-period Tony Curtis and Michael Ansara battle an ancient medicine man who is slowly growing out of Susan Strasberg's neck.