Russ Meyer followed up on the relative success of 1975’s Supervixens with Up! From a script based on Roger Ebert’s original story, Meyer produced his most surreal live-action, X-rated cartoon. There is no tangible plot, but rather loosely connected vignettes. Up! opens with a sadomasochistic scene of Adolf Schwartz (Edward Schaaf) being tortured, and pleasured, … Continue reading RUSS MEYER’S UP! (1976)
Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available at the official site links. SCREENINGS – (Cinefamily, Los Angeles, Fri. July 31-Tues, Aug 4): The Films of Roy Andersson: It’s a Certified Weird weekend with this double feature of the … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 7/31/2015
With summer just around the corner, it is time for the 366 reader base to vote on which four summer blockbusters to send me to review. The candidates below are listed in order of release. Be sure to view the entire post; you will vote at the end. The Avengers: Age of Ultron: Director Joss … Continue reading READER POLL FOR ALFRED EAKER VS. THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS: THE CANDIDATES
Alfred Eaker has the day off. This is a reprint of a classic column originally found here. This month, Ed Wood‘s Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) sees its Blu-ray release; posthumously, Ed is thoroughly enjoying his last laugh. He can thank those smug, condescending, hopelessly unimaginative thugs posing as establishment critics, the Medveds, for … Continue reading THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO EDWARD D. WOOD, JR! (REPRINT)
Here is our collection of short films and TV show reviews; most of these are embedded and viewable on this site. SHORTS 01/26/1995 (2008) – An episode from a series called “Lasagna Cat” based on the comic strip “Garfield”; here, the grumpy cat has too much coffee, which has a psychedelic effect on his visage 05/16/1987 (2008) … Continue reading Shorts
*This is the first testament in our Ed Wood Gospel. The second, New Testament, will cover Wood’s late films, including his collaborations with A.C. Stephens. This month, Ed Wood‘s Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) sees its Blu-ray release; posthumously, Ed is thoroughly enjoying his last laugh. He can thank those smug, condescending, hopelessly unimaginative … Continue reading THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO EDWARD D. WOOD, JR!
“I’ve been offered 25 films since then. I haven’t directed another picture. Once you’ve done A Boy and His Dog, everything else kinda pales.”–Director L.Q. Jones Also released as Psycho Boy and His Killer Dog, and on video as Mad Don (to cash in on the unexpected celebrity of Don Johnson and the success of … Continue reading 92. A BOY AND HIS DOG (1975)