Lord of the Flies meets Battle of the Network Stars in Terminal Island. The title refers to an isle 40 miles off the coast, where convicted murderers are shipped to fend for themselves ’til death. There are neither walls, nor guards, but escape is impossible. Guess it’s also like Escape from L.A., but instead of … Continue reading Terminal Island (1973)→
Quarantine 2: Terminal is among that rarest breed of direct-to-video sequels: those not only actually good, but better than the original. Whereas 2008’s Quarantine was a faithful remake of 2007’s Spanish horror hit [REC], Quarantine 2 takes off on its own course, while [REC] 2 revisits the exact same territory by staying in the apartment … Continue reading Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)→
Recall, if you will, how difficult it was to sit through a Police Academy movie in theaters. Now imagine sitting through all seven of them in a row at home. Yet this test of he-man resilience is exactly what Louis Fowler and I subjected ourselves to on a sunny Saturday in spring. The idea was … Continue reading Police Academy: Assignment Hell→
For that segment of the population that doesn’t remember a time before e-mail and smartphones, the 1980s have taken on the faint haze of nostalgia, a romanticism borne from such snappy oddities as skinny ties, checkered sneakers and Andrew McCarthy. Don’t believe it, youngsters. It wasn’t all lollipops and John Hughes. Not even the syrupy … Continue reading Valley Girl (1983)→