Welcome to Short Ends. Quick (ish) reviews of a handful (ish) of movies. Sometimes connected by a theme, sometimes not. In this debut instalment, Matty delivers a potted history of Full Moon boss Charles Band’s ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s directorial assignments. … Read More Short Ends: A Charles Band Film
Wynorski! Ice-T! Christian! Phoenician! Matty floats along on a real B-movie pleasure cruise. … Read More Final Voyage (1999): Shipshape
Matty has a ball with a lively romp from Phoenician Entertainment. … Read More Restraining Order (1999): At a Distance of One Incredible Mullet
Matty reckons you won’t want to miss a thing about Phoenician Entertainment’s kooky disaster flick. … Read More Armageddon It: Tycus (1999)
Dave spotlights a compelling ensemble drama that was kneecapped by a sniffy trade review. … Read More The Florentine (1999): Soggy Biscuit
Debuting on Cinemax, it would be easy to shrug off this Playboy production as erotic thriller filler. After chatting to scripter Dode Levenson, though, Dave finds out that things could have been very different indeed… … Read More Mutual Needs (1997): Reaching For the Hot Spot
Matty trades blows with action auteur Isaac Florentine’s epically scaled — yet dramatically underwhelming — Nu Image assignment.… Read More Bridge of Dragons (1999): War Ensemble
War! Huh! Yeah! What is it good for? The backdrop to some fun Jim Wynorski films, as it happens. Matty spotlights the auteur’s first three military hardware flicks. … Read More Wynorski Goes to War: The Pandora Project (1998), Desert Thunder (1999) & Stealth Fighter (1999)
Matty takes a look at an important if underwhelming sci-fi action caper from Phillip J. Roth and the Unified Film Organization. … Read More Interceptor Force (1999): Watch the Skies!
