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Weekly Rewind for the Week of April 30th, 2023
The is "dead week" or the week before finals for UNLV, so I have been working a bit more at my real paying job to do employee evaluations and schedule for the summer sessions as well as preparing for the deluge of Mac updates and installs my team will be doing. You...
Quick Take: Pieces (1982)
Pieces from 1982 is a chainsaw revving good time. With a heavy-handed nod to the gallo movement, Pieces tries to set up a convincing and shocking storyline, but loses its thread somewhere along the line. But do not judge it for that. When the tagline is "You don't...
Weekly Rewind for the Week of April 23rd, 2023
Well, it has been a week! My work life got turned upside down as a critical security warning came out for Papercut (CVE-2023-27351, Huntress Report). Boring, I know, but dealing with this has been a critical part of my week, so I have not had much time to do anything...
Quick Take: Fairy Tales (1978)
Fairy Tales from 1978 is Charles Band's second take on naughty musicals. It features a prince who must travel the land to sow his oats and try to create an heir. The only problem is that he only gets randy when thinking about the lost princess pictured on his wall....
10 Industrial Albums to Indulge Your Inner Nihilist
I've been a huge fan of the electronic music scene from psychedelic house music to crushing industrial guitars. But these are some of the bands I have loved over the years that let me enjoy being in a dark place and soothed me back out when I needed it. Which seems...
Quick Take: Sorceress (1982)
1982's Sorceress chronicles the journey of two twin girls blessed by the gods as they try to stop a cruel cult leader from taking over the land. With nudity, the introduction of Corsican twin powers almost an hour in, monkey men, a horny faun, and Jim Wynorski writing...
When Generations Become the Worst Aspects of Their Parents
We Were Our Parent's Nightmares; Our Children Are Ours“What did we do back in the day that kids today no longer do?” “What did we have back in the day that kids today no longer have?”These two questions usually start with light and wistful nostalgia and end with the...
Quick Take: Deadly Eyes (1982)
Deadly Eyes from 1982 is a movie about weiner dogs masquerading as rats to terrorize Toronto while teenagers try to seduce their teacher who in turn tries to seduce the health inspector trying to get to the bottom of things. It's a fun big rat movie that is 100% goofy.
Weekly Rewind for the Week of April 16th, 2023
More work on the Thundarr the Barbarian pages. I did get a few more episode synopses and screenshots up. Still quite a bit more to go, but I'm getting there. I also released another Quick Take, this time about the 1978 musical comedy Fairy Tales.Weekly FindsI pull a...
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Was Quite Fun!
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)It is a wild and charming romp through The Forgotten Realms and Neverwinter. Chris Pine is at his most charming as the thief Edgin. Michelle Rodriguez is as badass as her usual self as the fighter Holga. Justice Smith...