“Would you like me to tell you the little story of Right Hand-Left Hand – the story of good and evil? H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E. You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul… Read More 100 films I haven’t seen: ‘The Night of the Hunter’
For its sixth release, Cinematic Titanic returned to the exploitation genre after its brief foray into more child-friendly fare. The Italian film “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks” was also known as “Terror! Il castello delle donne maldedette,” “Terror Castle,” “The House of Freaks,” “The Monsters of Dr. Frankenstein, “Dr. Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks” and “Frankenstein’s Castle.”… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic episode 6, ‘Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks’
I’ll start this off with a warning that there are major spoilers for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” below. The film has been out for two weeks at this point, so I don’t feel bad about spoilers, but I will give a little space for those who want to avoid them. Judging by reactions online,… Read More The Last Jedi: the greatest teacher, failure is
Every month when Netflix, Hulu and Amazon release the titles of films coming to and leaving the services, I swear that a dozen or so James Bond titles are always on the “addition” section.” So are “Apocalypse Now” and “Apocalypse Now: Redux.” I don’t think they’re ever leaving streaming services, perhaps there’s just some deal… Read More 100 films I haven’t seen: ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’
Recently I took Ava to get her first library card. So far she’s mostly interested in using the computer at the library and checking out lame films for free from their children’s section. For instance, our most recent visit included “Casper’s Scare School,” “Lego DC Superhero Girls: Brain Drain,” and one that I picked out:… Read More 100 Films I Haven’t Seen: ‘My Neighbor Totoro’
For its fifth episode, the Cinematic Titanic Crew boldly went where they had gone before: re-riffing the Mystery Science Theater 3000 classic “Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.” In recent years Rifftrax has redone MST3K-riffed films like “Santa Claus,” “Time Chasers,” “Final Justice” and even their own take on “SCCTM,” but back in 2008 this was… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 5, ‘Santa Claus Conquers The Martians’
I apologize for the delay in this post. Partly it was due to me starting grad school, which has me spending a bit more time reading textbooks than watching movies I’ve never seen. The other factor is that after the events of Charlottesville, I decided to bump up these two films that were already on… Read More 100 Films I Haven’t Seen: ‘Birth of a Nation’ (1915 & 2016)
After two episodes with films that had a more traditional MST3K feel, Cinematic Titanic returns to a weird and creepy 70s film similar to its first outing, “The Oozing Skull.” Also like “The Oozing Skull,” “Legacy of Blood” had multiple titles: “Will to Die” and “Blood Legacy.” The film also starts with a different note… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 4, ‘Legacy of Blood’
Mystery Science Theater 3000 and its related projects are pretty jovial, but there always seems to be bits of drama that pop up in the course of movie riffing. There’s Joe Don Baker’s supposed hatred of the show’s treatment of him in “Mitchell,” the fan-generated Joel vs. Mike flamewars and grumblings by former cast members… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 3, ‘The Wasp Woman’
After the December 2007 release of the first Cinematic Titanic episode, riffing fans had a six-month wait before the next release, “Doomsday Machine.” There are a few changes immediately noticeable, like something of an opening segment with the silhouetted Titans walking into the theater while two unknown figures drop some vague hints about the purpose of… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic episode 2, ‘Doomsday Machine’
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