A young journalist is invited to an exclusive gathering at the remote compound of a reclusive pop icon who has been out of the public eye for years. The story unfolds as a surreal descent into ambition, manipulation, and the dark side of fame.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Captain Hareblower (1954)
Captain Hareblower (1954)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Yosemite Sam returns to 18th century oceanic miscreancy, this time as Pirate Sam with a schooner that he sails all by himself. Just the thought of encountering him creates panic on well-manned ship – the crew abandons their vessel when Sam approaches, leaving only Bugs Bunny, a stowaway in a carrot crate who never heard of Pirate Sam and has no fear of what he can create. Sam bellows for Bugs to surrender, reminding him that “I’ve got you outnumbered one to one.” However, Sam quickly discovers his new long-eared foe is no pushover.
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The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) [Shudder]
A stroke sends an elderly judge to a nursing home, where he faces off against a sociopath in the new Shudder original featuring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow.
Bad Movie Monday: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
It’s kind of weird that I hadn’t reviewed Attack of the Killer Tomatoes yet since it was more or less my introduction to bad movies. I remember being about ten years old and hearing whispers about it on the playground. Kids would talk about having watched this movie with the same kind of eerie somber tone reserved for describing how they saw the ghost of a dead grandparent standing at their bedroom door. “You won’t believe what I saw last night, but…”
So, how does it hold up nearly forty years later? Well, let’s find out!
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Life Without Soul (1915) — The Lost Frankenstein Film
For many years, the 1910 version of “Frankenstein” was the subject of endless speculation when the film was believed to be irretrievably lost. The agitation over its absence was understandable, since it represented an early foray into the horror genre and it was the first film adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel.
Strangely, much less interest has been generated by the second film version of the Mary Shelley novel. This 1915 production, titled “Life Without Soul,” was somewhat closer to its source material than the 1910 film, and it was later at the center of one of the most unusual intellectual property legal cases to emerge in the 1930s.
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Such a Pretty Girl (short) (2025)
In Such a Pretty Girl, an utterly moving and quietly powerful short film, we’re treated to a simplistic and stunning story of a mother torn between her young child and aging father, a distinct line in the sand between generations, as she struggles to hold things together.
The Problem of the Hero (2023)
A writer brings in a colleague to help turn his book into a play but they eventually find themselves at an impasse when the colleague wants to make changes to one single page that the writer does not agree with.