Category: Ensign Award
BMFcast 583 – Spiders – Gen-X-Files
Spiders (2000) has Lana Parrilla as a conspiracy theory obsessed reporter who investigates a space shuttle crash that may contain government-mutated spiders. Spoiler: it does! Of course, low-budget hijinks ensue. Sure, it feels like a Sci Fi Channel X-Files knockoff, but can a third act that goes PLACES push this into the upper tier of Jox-worthy movies?
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BMFcast552 – Day of the Animals – Birdnertia
Day of the Animals (1977) is the fantastical tale of the hole in the ozone layer causing animals (and then later, people) to go mad. A dozen mountain hikers led by Christopher George (Enter the Ninja) are menaced by the wild animals and eventually by Leslie Nielsen as well. Everyone has a really bad time.
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BMFcast546 – Expect No Mercy – Billy Liverounds
Expect No Mercy (1995) features Billy Blanks (King of the Kickboxers) infiltrating an group of assassins hiding behind a cyber self-defense academy front. There he must kick bad dudes in the face, both in the real world and in virtual reality.
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BMFcast542 – Tremors 2 Aftershocks – Gross Point Blank
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) is the first direct to video sequel in the now long-running franchise. It’s also how we’re saying goodbye to the late Fred Ward, as this was one of his rare starring roles. The Graboids are back (in Mexico!) and Ward is hired to wipe them out. It’s surprisingly well done for a low budget DTV entry.
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BMFcast539 – DeepStar Six – Braless Row and Naked Showers
DeepStar Six (1989) helped kick off that year’s underwater monster movie craze that didn’t produce a lot of good results. It’s an Alien ripoff that spends a lot of time not doing anything and then suddenly has too many things to do. Will those things be enough to award it some Jox?
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BMFcast535 – Scream Blacula Scream – Oops All Blaculas
Scream Blacula Scream (1973) is an immediate sequel to the first film that has William Marshall return as Blacula, and now Pam Grier is here too. What more do you need? Oh, and if you want to have a really great time, drink every time we say “Blacula”.
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BMFcast385 – Demonic Toys – Old Charnetski’s Spank Rag
Demonic Toys (1992) comes to us from Charles Band, Peter Manoogian (director of Arena and Eliminators), and David S. Goyer(!) When a demon brings toys to life to wreak havoc in an old warehouse only a pregnant cop, a chicken delivery boy and a runaway girl can stop them.
After the break Harlo checks out CHiPs (2017) and Chuck gets all music documentary-ish with The Defiant Ones (2017) and All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (2015). This leads to talk of minimum wage jobs and other tomfoolery before we answer a bunch of your e-mails and voicemails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast366 – Terminal Rush – Dragon Ass
Terminal Rush (1996) seemed like a great way to celebrate our 8th(!) anniversary, as well as continue the March To Wrestlemania. Rowdy Roddy Piper leading a gang of terrorists, with only Don “The Dragon” Wilson to stop him in a “Die Hard on a dam” movie? What could go wrong? Sadly, a lot.
After the break Harlo weighs in on Logan (2017), Maki continues the comic booking with Doctor Strange (2016), and we discuss Disney’s new golden age of animation with Moana (2016). All this and plenty of e-mails and reminiscing. Enjoy!
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BMFcast360 – Rage – Glass Dismissed
Rage (1995) isn’t Gary Daniels’ first BMFcast movie, but it’s definitely his first as the lead. (Spoiler: Also the best. So far.) He’s an unassuming second grade teacher who gets caught up in a government experiment gone wrong and must now battle his way to freedom, while murdering and/or defenestrating lots and lots and LOTS of bad guys.
In the second half Harlo reviews Passengers (2016) and the Mexican movie theater experience, Chuck and Maki discuss why Hail, Caesar! (2016) is one of the Coens’ lesser works, Maki sees a musical (The Book of Mormon) and we even have time for a listener e-mail. Enjoy!
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BMFcast293 – On Top of Old Top Cop
Top Cop (1990) is how we begin Coptober. Malone is a murder machine of a policeman who looks like the sad amalgamation of Dan Haggerty and Ted Dibiase.
Second half it’s all listener correspondence. Enjoy!
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