With summer just around the corner, it is time for the 366 reader base to vote on which three summer blockbusters to send the Eakers (Alfred and Aja) to review for our fourth annual installment of the series “Eaker v.s Eaker vs. the Summer Blockbusters.” The candidates below are listed in order of release. Be sure … Continue reading READER POLL FOR EAKER VS. EAKER VS.THE 2017 SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS: THE CANDIDATES
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. IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE): Bleak Street (2015): Two aging prostitutes accidentally kill two midget luchadores while trying to steal their earrings in this Mexican oddity based … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 1/22/2016
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