Movie Log: By Rating

If you’ve seen my Planet Pimp Records site, then you know all about this movie. Planet Pimp regular Michael Lucas directed... more

A ridiculous Gothic horror from 1965 that features a crazed executioner in crimson wresting tights who tortures and kills... more

The John Woo movie is a collection of bonkers ideas that never really coalesces into a whole. Movie starts... more

This one is so bad it’s good. Another Italian zombie movie. This one has bad overly lit make-up, no... more

I have been slowly working my way through Tim Lucas’s All the Colors of the Dark mega-book about Mario Bava. Whenever... more

The story of the rift between the Avengers was not very compelling and is more of an excuse to... more

I have largely ignored superhero movies since the first Avengers movie. I never really dislike the ones I’ve seen,... more

Tries to be funny but isn’t. Tries to be deep, but isn’t. And not scary at all.

Are all ancient religions actually based on alien encounters? Of course not, but that’s not going to stop these... more

A prosecutor and his lady friend of the night are held captive in the house of his uncle, a... more

This is an hour and a half of Charles Bronson being an unflinching tough guy. Seems Charles’ old war-prison... more

A goofy but entertaining spaghetti western featuring Lee Van Cleef as a gunslinger who inspires the town garbage collector... more

Mediocre Italian western with a great score by Morricone. Drags on a bit.

Maianne is a young dancer who knows the account number of her dead mother’s Swiss bank account and her... more

The main story arc feels like a zillion other movies. What makes this one enjoyable is the dazzling array... more

Entertaining but hollow biopic about the early days of Rudy Ray More as played by Eddie Murphy. It’s hard to... more

Nowhere near as good as the sequel.

I’m starting to think this Jess Franco guy might be a bit of a pervert. Here we have another... more

This was a movie that did not need to be made. That said, it’s reasonably entertaining but not at... more

I’m not quite sure why this movie was so popular when it came out. I remember hearing that they... more

A roving band of vigilantes are killing criminals left and right while the police try to track down a... more

The Paul Naschy Collection II went on sale and, of course, I had to get it. I’m starting off... more

This has all the markings of a standard Itallian poliziotteschi, but the first third of the movie plays as... more

Limited budget and bad acting. Not as funny as it should have been and not very scary at all.

The final installment in the Scorpion series is much more straightforward than the previous movies. From what I can... more

A Bava play on the And then There Were None theme.

Lame third act really ruins this otherwise tight thriller.

A musical with no memorable musical numbers. There are a couple of nice dreamy dance moments. I think the... more

So-so animated feature from Ardmann. Much of the humor falls flat.

After a gruesome and exciting start, this film loses steam fast. Peter Cushing never comes off as creepy and... more

This is an animated movie about an ice princess who occasionally sings Broadway numbers. The overall message here is... more

Vietnamese martial arts picture about a female kung-fu loan collector whose daughter is kidnapped and taken to Shanghai. There... more

Another passable giant monster movie from Japan. The its predecessor there is absolutely nothing interesting about the human characters... more

I wanted to watch a somewhat “modern” take on a Japanese giant monster movie. This was okay. The effects... more

I appreciated the 19th Century art direction, especially the hats, but it was way too long for such a... more

Stephen Chow is an arrogant T.V. chef who is dethroned and must cook his way back to the top.... more

Quite possibly the weakest of the Potter movies. Nothing seems to happen and it feels overly long (and there... more

This entry into the series suffers from long stretches not much of anything happening. I suppose you could argue... more

I have seen the DVD cover of this low-budget Italian zombie movie a zillion times. It’s pretty cool box... more

Mario Bava directed this early sixties Italian Hercules film and his colorful style is all over the place. It’s... more

This Shaw Bros. classic starts out very promising. It’s basically a romantic comedy about a young entitled Chinese man... more

Okay horror film about a “fossil” that kills with a look.

Mildly entertaining, but caters too much to the Shrek crowd.

Jess Franco was such a gifted director. Too bad he wasted much of his talents on softcore trash like... more

The plot is a mess, even by Miazaki’s standards. The art is nice though.

This third-tier fantasy movie starts out great, gets really boring, then ends on a slo-mo high note. The Morricone... more

Entertaining, but didn’t really feel like an Indiana Jones film. Maybe it was too effects driven, rather than stunt... more

So, we know there’s been an worldwide pandemic and it involves a nasty rash and some inky vomit. Now... more

Although the subject matter is interesting, I didn’t get much out of the documentary that I didn’t already know... more

A standard, post-LOTR epic movie with clashing armies and English accents. This should be a fun fish out of... more

Now that the sequel is in theaters, I thought I should see the original since since a lot of... more

This is about on par with the first John Wick movie. Silly, fantastical world of assassins and gangsters with over-the-top gun... more

Johnny Cool is a black and white gangster movie from 1964 featuring a pre-Bewitched Elizabeth Montgomery and, in the... more

This would have been much better if it were just a cartoon instead of this live-action/CGI mess. There are... more

A 70s euro-crime film from Italy featuring a barely-there performance from James Mason. Mason is out of the film... more

Entertaining comedy that is a veiled chick flick.

A quirky 60’s sci-fi thriller meets bedroom farce. Fairly entertaining but the ending is muddled.

Not at all worthy of it predecessors, Inferno & Suspiria, but at least it takes no prisoners when it... more

A group of young theater students and their chaperone (played by Florinda Bolkan) are held captive by a trio... more

The Spanish/Mexican/Italian answer to Conan or Clash of the Titans. This one feels more like the latter except with lots of topless... more

In this crime mystery, Franco Nero plays a police detective whose methods include warrantless entry, lying, threatening, and smacking... more

They took a one joke skit and expanded it to movie length! It’s okay. I laughed a couple of... more

Set in early 20th Century, so much of this movie’s tension could be solved with a gun. Instead it’s a... more

Hitchcock thriller that falls flat with a dumb ending and unbelievable plot.

Christopher Guest has created another fake documentary about a bunch of characters trying to win a contest. This time... more

A typical post-Shrek CGI animated feature. This was the first modern 3-D movie I have seen in the theater.... more

A late 60s drama about a love triangle that becomes a love square that becomes a love pentagram. Each... more

Although, as someone who has played a ton of Minecraft, I did enjoy watching this documentary about its creator(s). But... more

Mildly entertaining Japanese vampire movie that take a turn for schmaltz about halfway through.

Watch as Peter Lorre plays a Japanese man who is a master of disguise. This movie is pretty boring... more

Several years ago I tried watching this when a YouTube user posted it on their channel. I came to... more

I swear this is the last of the Lucky Stars movies I will watch. For the first ten minutes... more

Bruce Campbell’s self-depricating monster movie. Somewhat of a big in-joke, but I found myself laughing a few times.

A small-time crook is accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He then spends the rest of the movie... more

A mediocre giallo that felt a lot like early 60s Bava without the style. Although the twist, which should... more

Two hippies prance across Italy spreading peace and love while selling naked photos to finance their debauchery. After getting... more

I appreciate big-budget sci-fi, but the story felt a bit too predictable and the expensive CGI setting was just... more

This movie is precisely as cheesy as one would expect for a low budget, mid-sixties film about bikini clad... more

This is the first Lenzi/Baker thriller and I thought it was pretty good considering it really doesn’t have any... more

A pre-gore Lucio Fulci giallo that, like most of Fulci’s films, looks great with plenty of wonderful close ups... more

The make it up as you go horror series continues. Feels much smaller than the last three installments, with... more

The fifth Phantasm mostly revolves around Reggie’s sanity as he slips back and forth between different realities. The Tall... more

Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock’s debut film is corny and very dated but it was everything I expected (meaning,... more

Also known as L’uomo Senza Memoria, this is a 1974 giallo about an man suffering from amnesia who reconnects... more

The follow-up to Tombs of the Blind Dead is only slightly less bad than the original in that there is more... more

A 70s gangster film from Italy starring Christopher Mitchum, son of Robert Mitchum. He looks like a spindly and... more

This film is really just a showcase for Bill Haley and his Comets. The plot and characters are tacked... more

My first thought after walking out of the theater was, “huh, I don’t know a single character’s name from... more

I’m sure I would have enjoyed this more if I had watched it with friends and alcohol. Samurai Cop is a... more

Sleazy revenge movie with a heavy dose of mid-eighties fashion cheese. This could be a much higher rated movie... more

This was a strange disjointed kung-fu movie about a female wannabe Shaolin disciple who is taken under the tutelage... more

The Shaolin formula is a non-monk enters the temple seeking to learn the tools of revenge. He undergoes ridiculous... more

Italian police thriller in which the lead cop is as corrupt as they come and yet we are supposed... more

Good premise is mired in low budget, poor editing and direction.

Not awful, but far from Argento’s best. A few inventive shots and Max Von Syndow make it worth a... more

Silly but entertaining monster movie.

Brian Yuzna’s directorial debut about a rich kid’s paranoia regarding his family and the other members of “society.” Takes... more

Well, at least it wasn’t embarrassing. The movie exists as yet another way to try to give backstory to... more

My twenty-something daughter swears this is the greatest cinematic series ever committed to film, but to me it’s just... more

Another one of the old musicals which, as I watch, I keep saying to myself, “oh, this is where... more