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March 5, 2014 Dire DVDs: Bye Bye Baby
The DVD case is promising me a wacky comedy of a love triangle with plenty of hilarious japes. IMDB is promising me sadness. Quite a lot of sadness. I was heartened to see it has one award nomination, until I saw it was a Razzie award nomination. This must be one of the earlier DVDs […]
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February 26, 2014 Dire DVDs: Glitch!
There was an MMO named Glitch which was open from 2009 until 2012. It was joyful, filled to the brim with whimsy and pure delight to play. I have little hope of any of these things in this movie. The fact that the menu screen is a close up of lady legs has already filled […]
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February 12, 2014 Dire DVDs: The Atomic Brain
We’re going old school this week, with a movie from 1963. Black and white goodness people. Well not that good, this movie sits firmly in IMDB’s list of the 100 worst movies (it’s number 86) and enjoys a rating of 2.5 stars out of 10. It was actually made in 1958, but the awesome artistic […]
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February 5, 2014 Dire DVDs: Dream A Little Dream 2
First, a confession. For many years in my early teens I was completely besotted with Corey Feldman. Completely. We were going to get married, I just knew it. I had a little article clipped out of a magazine which listed all his movies (pre-internet and pre-IMDB) and I checked them off as I watched them. […]
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January 29, 2014 Dire DVDs: Def-Con 4
Hello! Have you missed me? Of course you have (no need to comment to the contrary). Today’s movie is a classic of Sci-Fi excellence – “Def-Con 4.” Apparently, Defense Condition 4 is “Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures.” Since this movie takes place two months after a nuclear holocaust, perhaps “Def-Con 1” would have […]
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