70's, Action, Comedy, Drama, Uncategorized

The Super Cops (1974)

TCM has a pattern where they show a bunch of re-runs for a couple of months during its Underground time-slot, before they start showing some new stuff again.  I’m honestly partial to the cheesy horror movies they tend to show, myself, but I do enjoy it when they mix it up a little, something they […]

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90s, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Mutants, Uncategorized

Riki-oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)

The summary of The Story of Ricky is really quite simple: In the far distant future of 2001 (*snort*), prisons are now privatized, no longer subject to even the most basic of government regulation. The prison (seemingly assembled from the “High School Gym Décor” catalogue) is governed by not only the violent and sadistic warden and assistant warden (claw hand and all), but also by the “Gang of Four”, ruthless and twisted inmates that oversee the four separate wings of the prison along with their roving gangs.

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90s, Action, Aliens, Horror, Monsters, Mutants, Sci-Fi, Uncategorized

Dark Universe (1993)

On it’s way back to earth, the spaceship Nautilus and it’s lone occupant, astronaut Steve Thomas, encounter an unexpected meteor shower, which causes the ship to crash-land somewhere in the Florida swamp. The company that owns the ship sends out a search team, consisting of some scientists, a news crew, and a local guide, to […]

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80s, Action, Comedy, Horror, Monsters, Mutants, Mystery, Uncategorized

The Being (1983)

Lutz, the sole detective of sleepy little Pottsville Idaho, has found himself in a bit of a pickle. It’s Easter weekend and several members of Pottsville’s citizenry have mysteriously disappeared. The only clues he’s been able to find so far have been small indentations in the ground and a slimy, sticky residue found at each […]

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