film review

  • Film Review – Black Christmas (2019)

    After a stretch of heat and humidity, the temperature dipped into the sixties on a recent Saturday and the north Texas region that The Doctor inhabits was pelted with an unremittent rain. Oh well. With everything still on virtual lockdown in this Year Of The Virus it wasn’t like...
  • Film Review – Satanic Panic (2019)

    Tuesday Night Cigar Club chairman Cade notified me recently that the Shudder streaming channel was kindly doing their part in this time of global crisis by providing a free 30-day trial service for anyone who signed up. After the trial period ends, the service can be retained for a...
  • Episode 113 – Samurai Cop (1991), Punch Chop Suey cigar, Beers

    Ok, ok, I know what you were thinking as this webpage was loading so let us go ahead and address the elephant in the room. Yes folks, that obviously isn’t my hand holding the cigar in the pic above and in the photos below. Where as my creamy, delicate...
  • Film Reviews – Deathstalker 2 (1987) & Chopping Mall(1986)

    A Rainy Day Made Sunny: Into the Film Vault of Jim Wynorski A recent, rainy Saturday afternoon of slate grey sent me scurrying hither and thither in search of entertainment. Obviously, I was unable to go anywhere due to the ongoing virus crisis and the dismal weather only added...
  • Episode 112 – Warriors of the Wasteland (1983), Drew Estate BOTL cigar, Beers

    If you’re wondering why my fingernails are painted hot pink the screen grab above, the answer is quite simple. I’ve been quarantined with my young daughters for over a month now and strange things are bound to happen. Yes folks, this is the new normal for now. This is...
  • Film Review – Cry Havoc (2020)

    As a man who spends many a lonesome hour in his laboratory while conducting experiments and watching movies, the recent advice to “self-quarantine” and remain indoors like a mole was not as bothersome for The Doctor as it might have been for others. In addition to my admitted proclivity...
  • Film Review – Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)

    If Grade-B creature features have taught us one thing, it is that the demonic monster from the original film has laid an egg somewhere before departing the mortal coil for Creature Heaven. All we can hope for is that the sequel doesn’t follow suit by laying its own egg....
  • Film Review – Killer Crocodile (1989)

    When it comes to unearthing hidden gemstones of celluloid, TNCC chairman Matthew Cade has no equal. While recently performing his personal, meticulous brand of research to find a movie worthy of podcast discussion, Cade happened upon some examples of a film genre with the unflatteringly label of “Italo-Sleaze”. If...
  • Film Review – Jay & Silent Bob Reboot (2019)

    I am usually remiss to admit my age, but The Doctor confesses to belonging to the tail end of Generation X and therefore having grown up during the eighties and nineties. My soul hearkens for the days of resplendent shopping malls featuring darkened arcades, all of them nestled comfortably...