Tag Archives: Roger Corman

B-Movie Cult Classics Unearthed Watching Late-Night HBO in College (Pt. 8)

That strange buzz in your ear, the one that’s been driving you nuts since July 24? It’s not a wax buildup. Nor is it a fly stuck in your auditory canal. Rather, it’s the CFS’s adoring public, all 13 of them, clamoring for a new post.

So, without further ado, let’s dig into four more films watched and appreciated on the small screen via pirated HBO whilst* (*Anglophilia) under the influence of 3.2% beer back in the late 1980s. Do they hold up in the cold, sober light of day?

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Forgotten/Ignored Gems (Pt. 2)

Matineematinee-movie-poster-1993-1020244168 (1993, Dir: Joe Dante)

Recently, while taking in the newest and very gratifying Spielberg/Hanks collaboration, Bridge of Spies, I couldn’t help but recall Joe Dante’s 1993 classic, Matinee, which dealt with much of the same high-stakes Cold War paranoia, albeit comically.

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