Category: Reviews
BMFcast Extra 045 – Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is an immediate follow-up to the first film that forgot to bring a villain along. However it does add Bill Paxton, Steve Buscemi and Ricardo Montalban to the mix, so it’s not all bad.
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BMFcast393 – Dollman vs Demonic Toys – Poopsie-Daisy
Dollman vs Demonic Toys (1993) is the culmination(?) of Charles Band’s shared universe in a semi-sequel to Dollman, Bad Channels, and Demonic Toys. The naughty Toys are back, and Dollman and a recently-retconned Ginger are there to fight them. This is the shortest movie we’ve ever reviewed, but does combining low-budget movie universes redeem it?
After the break, BJ gets sharky with 47 Meters Down (2017) and Deep Blue Sea (1999), Harlo revisits some ’80s classics with The Lost Boys (1987) and The Last Dragon (1985), Chuck checks in on Netflix’s Ozark (2017) and we discuss TV movies after some listener correspondence. Enjoy!
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BMFcast392 – Fit To Kill – Lap Water
Fit To Kill (1993) is our long-awaited return to the worlds of Andy Sidaris. Donna, Nicole, Edy, Bruce, Shane and the gang have all returned to do… Something? There’s a priceless diamond, a hot tub, a yacht, remote controlled helicopters, and Julie Strain is there, too! Also, people have lots of sex. A LOT. Does this push it to the top of the Sidaris stack?
In the second half, Harlo uses his brand new Moviepass to see Charlize Theron’s Atomic Blonde (2017) and Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) before we take some listener voicemails and e-mails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast391 – Maniac Cop 2 – Jason X To Pay Respects
Maniac Cop 2 (1990) is a much-requested movie chock-full of BMFcast alums. With Robert Z’Dar as the titular cop back on the beat, there are plenty of beatdowns, mutilations, incinerations, and (especially) defenestrations. We all know this will get Jox. The question is how many?
After the break we do a lot of recent movie catch-up with Harlo checking out Tom Cruise’s The Mummy (2017) and continuing the Harry Potter journey with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). Chuck revisits Prometheus (2012) before diving into the icky pool that is Alien Covenant (2017) and Maki gets into the filmmaking of Kong Skull Island (2017). Enjoy!
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BMFcast390 – Bad Channels – Cookie Jar
Bad Channels (1992) is a bizarre Charles Band sci-fi spoof in which alien invaders take over an AM radio station and enslave human women with the power of rock. Or something. Can a shock jock DJ save the world while narrating himself doing it?
After the break, Maki’s magical journey through the world of Harry Potter concludes with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) and as a surprise bonus, Harlo joins him! After that we take a bunch of listener voice- and e-mails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast389 – Sudden Death – A Song of Ice and Fireman
Sudden Death (1995) is our latest Jean-Claude Van Damme adventure. This time he’s “Canadian” and he battles terrorist Powers Boothe during game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Along the way he gets to play a little hockey himself!
In the second half, Chuck talks Why Him? (2016) and The Circle (2017) while BJ gets officially all caught up on Game of Thrones. Enjoy!
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BMFcast388 – Star Crystal – All Out Of Love
Star Crystal (1986) is the tale of a spaceship crew that brings an alien life form on board that begins killing them one by one. Wait, this sounds vaguely familiar. What’s NOT familiar is the bizarre last 10 minutes of this movie. Will an insane swerve yield Jox?
After the break Maki hits the theater for The Dark Tower (2017), Chuck hits the home theater for the recent Kong Skull Island (2017), BJ marathons a little-known HBO show called Game of Thrones, and Harlo sends us out with Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later. Enjoy!
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BMFcast387 – Command Performance – Britney Smears
Command Performance (2009) is written, directed and starred by one of our Mount Crushmore residents, Dolph Lundgren! He’s a drummer for a rock band who must save the Russian premier when terrorists overtake his concert. Can Dolph save the day?
After the break we watch some women kick butt with Atomic Blonde (2017) and Ghost In The Shell (2017), catch up on some streaming TV with Orange Is The New Black and Game of Thrones before Maki continues his magical journey with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010). Enjoy!
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BMFcast386 – Star Slammer – Silver Is The New Black
Star Slammer (1986) is an early Fred Olen Ray effort, where a woman is sent to space prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Can she survive life in the space can with fellow inmates space fighting her, a space warden threatening her, and the man who imprisoned her out for space revenge?
After the break we discuss Netflix’s GLOW (2017) a little more before diving into listener correspondence. Enjoy!
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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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