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Celebrate Bad Movies,THE THIRD HALF
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Bad Movies We Love (Plume)Bad Movies We Love (Plume) by Edward Margulies
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A good intro to the realm of bad movies. A helpful guide in finding good cheese and avoiding the stinky type.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Widescreen Edition)Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Widescreen Edition)
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A movie that's cold,emotionless,soulless...wait,that's how the Vatican slammed the Golden Compass. Still,that BETTER applies to this movie.
The Bridges of Madison County (Full Screen Edition)The Bridges of Madison County (Full Screen Edition)
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The book is good cheesy fun about romance on the Iowan prairie. The movie,however,drags at a funereal pace. Not that fun,unfortunately.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Cave Dwellers [VHS]Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Cave Dwellers [VHS]
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Miles O'Keefe in the hammy Italian Conan rip-off. One of the most hilarious movies ever made! Meet the strong Ator and his Chinese sidekick Thong. There are cave dwellers (briefly),samurai,and medieval knights.
Quest of the Delta Knights [VHS]Quest of the Delta Knights [VHS]
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It's a fantasy because Leonardo Da Vinci is straight,fascinated with bosomy barmaids,and finds inspiration for his inventions in Archimedes' cellar in Kent,England. Cameos from David Warner&Olivia Hussey. Most of it was filmed at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Novato.
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged (DVD)Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged (DVD)
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Putting the "fun" in "fundamentalism." It's an alleged documentary about the evils of paganism,complete with the loopy Witch Queen of Kent.
Time Chasers (aka "Tangents")Time Chasers (aka "Tangents")
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You might want to drink down some chasers when watching this ludicrous time travel movie filmed in Vermont. It's a good physics professor pitted against JK Robertson,the evil head of Novacorp!
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank [VHS]Overdrawn at the Memory Bank [VHS]
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A pretentious mess about virtual reality starring the late,great Raul Julia. Made for PBS. As Fingal,Julia battles the evil head of Gencorp,the Fat Man.
Merlin's Shop of Mystical WondersMerlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
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Ernest Borgnine stars as a grandfather regaling his creepy grandson with creepy stories about Merlin setting up shop in Northern California. A cynical reporter is turned into an infant;a monkey doll wreaks havoc. It was filmed in Petaluma.
Stealing TimeStealing Time
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Eric Bana lookalike Peter Facinelli stars as Alec,a cynical producer dying from a brain tumor. There's a heist, time travel of sorts. GO CASTLETON!
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2 [VHS]Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2 [VHS]
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A horribly boring movie about a naive shepherd boy,Tyor,who goes on a quest for magical objects. Wince as David Carradine prances around during a pointless bar brawl! Shriek whenever the aged wizard gives heavy-handed morals! Squirm when a scantily-clad villainess tries to seduce the pre-pubescent hero!
What's New PussycatWhat's New Pussycat
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A trippin',psychedelic movie in which a tall,lanky,intoxicated Irishman is the sex symbol. IT'S JUST A MOVIE! SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF!
Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleDarby O'Gill and the Little People
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Another Irish movie. Disney goes Irish. A very young Sean Connery sings. The plot is quite dull. Dr. No indeed.
I'll Be Home for ChristmasI'll Be Home for Christmas
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In this movie determined to quash the Christmas spirit,former child star Jonathan Taylor Thomas is a college student who ventures across country (at one point,dealing with elderly Tom Jones fans) to join his family. Jessica Biel has a thankless role as JT2's girlfriend.
Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros.
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Before Uwe Boll was making awful video game movies,this stinker existed. Bob Hoskins&John Leguizamo star as Mario&Luigi,while Dennis Hopper hams it up as the evil dinosaur/human king. He bores his captive princess with the tale of humans evolving into dinosaurs. That's it! He's an evil evolutionist!
The Great White HypeThe Great White Hype
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Samuel L. Jackson stars as an unscrupulous boxing promoter,in it for the $$$. It's supposed to be a biting satire about racism-instead it's more of a case of "name that star" with cameos from Jamie Foxx,Jeff Goldblum,Jonathan Rhys-Davies&Cheech Marin.
Day ZeroDay Zero
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This has gotten slammed for being TOO HETEROSEXUAL. There's male-bonding,Elijah goes shirtless a lot&uses his Bowflex...and yet,there are no goodies for the fangirls. Sorry,fangirls,it's not cinematic RPS (Real Person Slash)
FlipperFlipper
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Considered one of the worst movies ever made (the lead's frequent shirtlessness didn't save this one either) This was Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Hogan in his downward career spiral.
Alien from L.A.Alien from L.A.
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Cheesy "Journey to the Center of the Earth" meets "My Fair Lady." Squeaky-voiced,nerdy Wanda goes underground,undergoes transformation... becomes supermodel! Just like in real life.
Forbidden Choices [VHS]Forbidden Choices [VHS]
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It's all about rednecks... in Maine,of all places! Rutger Hauer is in it. The lead (played by Martha Plimpton) is Earlene,who joins the Bean family because of all the hot bedroom action. Who would've thought this was made for PBS' American Playhouse?
In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege TaleIn the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale
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Former Gimli Jonathan Rhys-Davies is in this thankless disaster. It's Uwe Boll's campiest disaster fantasy epic in so many ways. It's got Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Claire Forlani, and Leelee Sobieski,a dumb plot and "special" effects.
Green Dolphin Street [VHS]Green Dolphin Street [VHS]
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A campy movie set in France, China, and New Zealand(!) Stars Lana Turner and Donna Reed as sisters fighting over the same guy. There's a hilarious earthquake sequence. Ironically,this movie's legacy is musical rather than cinematic. Miles Davis turned the movie's theme into a jazz standard.
Prince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune MenPrince of Space/Invasion of the Neptune Men
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The Prince of Space battles aquiline-nosed,maniacally laughing aliens to save the Earth,and a couple of bratty kids. By day, the Prince of Space is Wally,the shoeshine boy!
The Good SonThe Good Son
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Macaulay Culkin steals the show as a villainous child who's willing to kill... over a rubber duckie. Elijah Wood stars as his catatonic cousin who responds to his evil acts with a blank stare. Yes,this deserves a MST3K treatment!
Gods of the New Age [VHS]Gods of the New Age [VHS]
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Yet another cheesy,hilarious "documentary" from Jeremiah Films about the evils of yoga and meditation!
Two NinasTwo Ninas
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It's all about a schlub from Maine who goes to NYC to seek his fortune as a writer. He ends up (accidentally) dating two women (BOTH named Nina!) at the same time. Amanda Peet is in it,if anyone cares.
SongcatcherSongcatcher
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It's "O sister,where art thou?" with a native idyll,a love triangle in the Appalachians,lesbian romance,and evil capitalists. At least the music is good with Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Patty Loveless,Iris DeMent&Taj Mahal...
Mazes and MonstersMazes and Monsters
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An '80s era "Reefer Madness" about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons... starring a very young Tom Hanks! It's all about the dangers of those RPGs.
The EnemyThe Enemy
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90210 + 007 = HUH??? Beverly Hills,90210 alum Luke Perry is allied with former 007 Roger Moore to fight a mulleted terrorist.
Space Mutiny [VHS]Space Mutiny [VHS]
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Muscular Reb Brown romances a cougar in space. A hammy John Philip Law as the evil Elijah Kalgan. Golf cart chases, erotic hula-hooping,this movie has it all!
The Seventh CoinThe Seventh Coin
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Coin-collecting and world domination. You make the connection.
Yor, Hunter from Future [VHS]Yor, Hunter from Future [VHS]
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A bizarre melding of fantasy/prehistory/science fiction. It's Reb Brown pitted against blue-skinned cavemen (the Blue Man group,perhaps?) and Darth Vader lookalikes.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)
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One of the worst "comedies" ever made. What ever happened to Chevy Chase? And do we care?
Warriors of VirtueWarriors of Virtue
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Young boy ends up fighting a flamboyant villain with the help of mutant kangaroos. Wonderfully... BAD!
50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition)50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition)
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Drew Barrymore stars as Adam Sandler's amnesiac girlfriend in idyllic Hawaii. Sandler is truly annoying, and Sean Astin's frequent,traumatizing shirtless scenes should be mandatory viewing for Frodo&Sam erotica writing fangirls!
The Bucket ListThe Bucket List
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Great actors Morgan Freeman&Jack Nicholson star as terminal cancer patients who go on a final World Tour. They pose in front of green screens. They're talented;the script is dead on arrival.
Casanova (Masterpiece Theater)Casanova (Masterpiece Theater)
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What's not to dislike with a purple passion? Between a geeky David Tennant woefully miscast as the famous lover and a cadaverous Peter O'Toole as the dirty old Italian lover. Truly stomach-churning.
Batman & RobinBatman & Robin
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A movie so terrible that even George Clooney gives refunds to his fans.