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1989′s Arena is, inarguably, the finest alien wrestling/boxing/gladiatorial fighting film produced in 1989. And, I venture to prognosticate sight unseen, it is arguably a finer film than Real Steel.     And here’s why: Cyborgs! The fighters take so much damage in the ring, they must get replacement mechanical parts to keep on fighting. Or I assume. Doesn’t… [Read the Rest]

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First place you think of when you think strip joint is not Northcentral PA, but there was this shack in the woods near the black hole of a town I grew up in. Real classy bring-your-own-beer joint Davey’s friend — let’s call him King Phillip, since that’s what he called himself, some kind of pun… [Read the Rest]

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What makes a J.I.Greco story a J.I.Greco story? Hot babes. The more the better. And if they’re generally smarter than the men, bonus. Robots. The more the better. And if they’re generally more competent than the humans, bonus. Vehicles — cars, starships, bio-mecha steam-powered constructs — treated with almost fetishistic reverence. Weapons — elephant pistols,… [Read the Rest]

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Many words have been written about Birdemic: Shock and Terror. These are more of them.     Make no mistake, Birdemic: Shock and Terror is not a film. It is a train wreck wrapped in a bridge collapse covered by a creamy coating of Chevy Chase talk show. The actors are not actors — I… [Read the Rest]

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So we’re leaving Costco, in the parking lot. The Wife and the Infant are settled into the car already. I’m loading bulk groceries into the front passenger seat. This big-ass SUV, so new the outline of the sticker glue is still visible in the back window, comes ripping into the empty parking spot next to… [Read the Rest]

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The jury’s still out, I think, on the effectiveness of book trailers as marketing tools, but they are sure fun to make, so I made one. The tech details: I used Audacity to edit the background music (“All-Mart” by Gaijin Rampage and “Spaghetti Polka” by F. Jardella); Premiere Elements to edit the public domain movie Assignment Outer… [Read the Rest]