The World Meets Nobody Halfway, Charlie Brown

Do ya believe in Jesus? ‘Cos you‘re gonna meet him, Charlie Brown.

The spirits circle around my bed and they tell me to dance. I tell 'em, "Tough guys don't dance." They answer me, "Keep dancing, Charlie Brown.”

hey hey hey bim’s on the way

New Nathan Rabin book (that’s about movies that are about movies), just in time for the holidays. I’ve been looking forward to this one!

I dislike all push notifications, except when they’re from Tubi.

Greenberg shot more than a dozen Golan-Globus movies, from early Hebrew-language films to Cannon staples like Last American Virgin and 10 to Midnight. One of their most regular collaborators.

I’m very grateful to have had the opportunity to dive deep into the careers of the performers inside the Garbage Pail Kid suits for the booklet in this release. Many of their resumes also include some of the best sci-fi and fantasy films of the era!

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Narrator’s Voice: “Their cannon was, in fact, not booming.”

A Curtis Sliwa biopic in 1987. And MST3K started in 1988. Oh, when I think of what could have been!

I missed the debates. Has anyone brought up the unproduced Curtis Sliwa biopic that Cannon tried to make in 1987?

Rest in peace to Drew Struzan, one of the greatest to have ever done it.

Criminally underseen star turn from Steve James, directed by Sam Firstenberg off his run of Cannon classics (Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja 3, Breakin' 2, Avenging Force, American Ninja 1 & 2...) and lovingly restored after decades of only being available on a hard-to-find VHS. Mark your calendars!

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Surprisingly he didn’t work for Cannon nearly as much as his father did, but managed to squeeze in an appearance in Mercenary Fighters. RIP

September 30th/October 1st

Happy 40th anniversary to the Cannon classic Invasion USA, released on September 27, 1985.

Bryan has a new book out on low-budget, DVD-era action flicks, and I cannot wait to read it:

Farewell, Robert Redford. I had the chance to sit with him at a roundtable for The Company You Keep in 2012, and he showed such incredible grace while kindly answering some of the worst questions I’ve ever heard fielded to a screen legend.

Local haunted hayride discarded some of their old dummies, and you’d better believe I wasn’t about to drive out of the town dump without one.

American Ninja was released 40 years ago today.

This was one hell of a lineup. Dudikoff, Tadashi Yamashita, Judie Aronson, Phil Brock, Larry Poindexter, Jeff Celentano... Wish I could have been there!

Can. Not. Wait!

Happy 35th birthday to Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection! (Or Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold, depending on how you saw it.)

Not a fan of the whole world domination thing, but I can’t deny that the song is catchy.

Cyborg was a movie chock full of crazy-looking knives.

I wonder if Steven Seagal ever used his big-ass satellite dish phone to order a pizza.

They killed The Giggler, man - in 4K Dolby Vision!

The movies on the left are extremely similar. No, I’m not kidding. How is that, you ask? Well, @cannonfilmguide.bsky.social wrote these brilliant books on the right that explains it all. Cannon is a company that took the movie industry by storm in the 80s. They also made my childhood awesome!!!

LA Cannon fans, heads up! Tadashi Yamashita, Judie Aronson & Sam Firstenberg will be attending the American Ninja double feature at the @newbeverly.bsky.social on 8/25, and then John Glover will be doing a Q&A following 52 Pick-Up at Los Feliz for @cinematicvoid.bsky.social on September 1st!

It’s extra exciting to see contributors whose work you admire on releases you were already looking forward to.

100% 👇👇👇 @undertheradar.bsky.social is an independent magazine that, for 15+ years, has allowed myself and so many writers I admire to cover music & films we’re passionate about. Treasures like these need our support now more than ever, or they’ll vanish. www.undertheradarmag.com/news/started...

Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000.

Michael Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas.

This has, no joke, been one of my most-visited websites for the past year. I wish I’d discovered it a decade ago. So many amazing, detailed breakdowns of movie wardrobes. And now a post on Ryan O’Neal’s fashions in Tough Guys Don’t Dance? Heaven in blog form.

This gave me the opportunity to write about the numerous unproduced projects that Lloyd Kaufman co-wrote with Stan Lee. The Troma and Marvel legends were longtime friends. A big thanks to Vinegar Syndrome for making me part of their 4K release of Sgt. Kabukiman! vinegarsyndrome.com/products/sgt...

We’re still waiting on you, Skeletor.

That’s what Cannon was a peak Dad movie film studio.

A salve that heals all wounds.

Here's an original TV spot for Cannon's Masters of the Universe, released on this day in 1987.

Have you caught up with July's episodes? WHEELS OF FIRE: newworldpicturespodcast.com/bonus-episod... ESCAPE 2000 aka TURKEY SHOOT (w/ @cannonfilmguide.bsky.social): newworldpicturespodcast.com/episode/ep-1... Interview with Brian Trenchard-Smith: newworldpicturespodcast.com/bonus-episod...

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

Playing in Spokane on this day in 1987. What are you going to see?

This is the very best vintage Van Damme poster, and there's no competition.

Saw this deal alert for a garden sprayer and was 100% sure it was for a lightsaber.

This gave me the opportunity to write about the numerous unproduced projects that Lloyd Kaufman co-wrote with Stan Lee. The Troma and Marvel legends were longtime friends. A big thanks to Vinegar Syndrome for making me part of their 4K release of Sgt. Kabukiman! vinegarsyndrome.com/products/sgt...