Vermilion Pleasure Night is a Japanese comedy variety show that primarily focuses on parodying popular Japanese shows and American sitcoms. You could probably get away with likening it to an episode of Tim and Eric, except for the fact that the episodes are longer, which can be a plus and a minus. Tim and Eric,…
The World of Yoshihiro Tatsumi
The problem I find with manga and, really, American comics as well is that it’s very easy for me to get burnt out. I can only read a reboot of Ghost Rider or Spiderman or Batman so many times before I start to feel like maybe I’ve heard this story before and manga isn’t much…
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Will Vinton, who many of you might remember for the California Raisins, is kind of a god to Claymation. He is right up there with Art Clokey (Gumby), Henry Selick (Coraline) and Nick Park (Wallace & Gromit). And just like all the other greats, there is always this distinctly Vinton look to all the things…
Monsturd (2003)
Choosing a favorite movie ever, has always been tough for me. Some can rattle it off, others lie because that’s a highly social-political chess move in life. For me, I usually have a steadfast movie/band/computer game, which is usually ‘good’ in all respects, but it ends up being more of a quick answer to a…
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
About every Halloween or so, I cringe like I do with any holiday of note because I know that the same holiday specials I’ve seen time and again will be replayed for my amusement. Just in case I forgot how The Nutcracker ended or if I still thought Home Alone was funny (it still, kinda…
Last of the Living (2008)
Finally an indie movie that was done spectacularly. A quick browse through the movie showed that it was a lower budget, self-produced effort, but it’s readily apparent that they knew what they were doing. Right from the start the camera angles were spot on, and title overlays were done tastefully. Heck, the rule of thirds…
Student Bodies (1981)
It seems like recently, only a few movies can come out before they are lumped into the parody movie of the month. Most of these don’t really have a plot. There’s a basic flow and a few characters, but mostly they are a series of scene re-enactments where everything it set up as close to…
Murder Party (2007)
Once in a while, you rent a random movie and it just blows you away. Not because it’s so great (although personally I would still argue the case), but because it just grabs a different angle and then takes you on a crazy ride. Murder Party is less of a horror movie than a dark…
Bug (2002)
Once in a while I’ll end up watching a movie that falls outside my usual genre comfort. I’m not entire sure what genre this is; it’s billed as a Comedy, and it’s not quite a drama. Whatever it is, it’s entertaining and keeps your interest from start to finish. The story (or stories really) follow…
Cemetary High (1989)
Digging into this movie’s history a bit shows that it wasn’t supposed to be this ridiculous. Starting out as a dark comedy, Charles Band apparently thought it was too good for the Full Moon label, so revisions were made to slaughter any semblance of sanity. The story still apparently follows the same plot, but decides…