Bob peeks inside The Spirit Cabinet, a collection of 8 horror shorts at SIFF2025.
TIME TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS [SIFF2025]
A pair of vintage shop proprietors use a time machine to help their business, leading to hilarious consequences in the British mockumentary Time Travel is Dangerous!, directed by Chris Reading. Continue reading
The Last Rodeo (2025)
In “The Last Rodeo,” Neal McDonough stars as Joe Wainwright, a retired rodeo champion in his fifties who works as a blacksmith in a small Texas town. A widower, Joe wants his grandson Cody (Graham Cody) to follow him in bull riding, but his daughter Sal (Sarah Jones) is opposed – especially since Joe’s rodeo career ended with a neck-breaking accident that resulted her becoming his caretaker in the years before he regained his health.
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The Magnificent Chang Cheh (2-film set) [Eureka Entertainment] [Martial Arts May]
Now available from Eureka Entertainment
This set explores the work of Chang Cheh within the “Magnificent” universe where he directed the two included films: The Magnificent Trio and Magnificent Wanderers.
U ARE THE UNIVERSE [SIFF2025]
A space trucker is suddenly the last human in the universe… Until he receives a distress call and a surprise connection from Saturn in U are the Universe, an incredible Ukrainian sci-fi flick from writer-director Pavlo Ostrikov. Continue reading
The Bootleg Files: Rabbit Habit
BOOTLEG FILES 908: “Rabbit Habit” (1975 parody of the Warner Bros. cartoons).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube and Internet Archive.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A wildly unauthorized use of copyright protected material.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not likely.
Over the years, this column has occasionally featured underground cartoons that wickedly parodied beloved animated characters – “Apocalypse Pooh,” “Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown,” “A Charlie Brown Kwanzaa” and “Mickey Mouse in Vietnam” were among best titles that I’ve celebrated. However, I must apologize for taking so long to highlight a true masterpiece of this micro-genre: the 1975 “Rabbit Habit,” which imagines the Looney Tunes icons as drug dealers and addicts.
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CAT TOWN, USA [SIFF2025]
Bruce and Terry Jenkins run a unique sanctuary for elder cats in Jonathan Napolitano’s cozy documentary Cat Town, USA.