Movie of the Day – Penitentiary 3

April 23, 2013 Leave a comment

Ah the Cannon Group, a film company that’s only purpose to churn out mid to low grade movies with bottom of the barrel scripts and basically turning shit into unadulterated gold.  They are the group responsible for movie like Bloodsport, Invasion USA, Breakin’ and Rockula.  During the heyday of the 80s, they paired with Golan Globus to release one of the single most amazing prison films ever made folks.  I am talking better than any other prison movie that has been released or will ever be released.  After the jump you will see why.

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Movie of the Day – Bronson

January 29, 2012 Leave a comment

When a movie description starts with the phrase, “known as Great Britain’s most violent and famous inmate” you got my attention.  We really don’t need to go further than that statement since I am already trying to imagine in the most absurd way what and who this famous prisoner is all about.  I admit I am not familiar with the man unless you are a gym buff and read his book, Solitary Fitness, to get that coveted prison physique.  But I wanted to go in a bit fresh with this movie and not know a thing about the man, other than he shares the name of a badass movie star and being portrayed by Tom Hardy.  So director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) has my rapt attention and my morbid sense of curiosity for a film about the most famous prisoner of all time…in Britain of course.

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Movie of the Day – 25th Hour

January 8, 2012 4 Comments

My first Spike Lee film making it’s way to the Movie of the Day posting.  While he has a particularly prolific filmography and a string of captivating and socially conscious films to choose from, I decided on today’s post being the one where it had the honor of being the first movie to have been filmed after 9/11 in New York.  While that alone should the love that Spike has for the city he grew up in, it’s the backdrop for the film itself about building something out of the rubble of destruction.  25th Hour is one of the more compelling dramas, with a character who is on the verge of destruction but gets one last chance to make things right in life.  It’s something that we all do in one way or another, an opportunity to write the wrongs in our lives and ultimately reflect on our life in particular.

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Movie of the Day – Escape from New York

December 26, 2011 2 Comments

Now that the holiday has passed us by and I can say goodbye to posting about holiday movies.  So to come back from the festivities, I decided to talk about on a dystopian future in which our favorite film city (New York) is the stomping grounds for lawlessness and utter debauchery.  Also the movie has Kurt Russel in an eye patch, Isaac Hayes as a Duke, Lee Van Cleef making an appearance and one of John Carpenter’s top films.  This science fiction movie is just the thing to inch us closer to a new year and certainly a lo-fi budgeted favorite.  Cult Classic.

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