awfulness

At Long Last, ‘Metal Man,’ Have You No Shame?
At Long Last, ‘Metal Man,’ Have You No Shame?
At Long Last, ‘Metal Man,’ Have You No Shame?
For anyone who keeps their fingers on the pulse of terrible cinema -- which, as we've already seen once today, I do -- the idea of the "mockbuster" is nothing new. The world of low-budget, slapped-together knockoffs of big Hollywood films has been given a new lease on life recently thanks to the largely ironic popularity of The Asylum (the studio that brought you "Transmorphers,&quo
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Paranoid And Parentless
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Paranoid And Parentless
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Paranoid And Parentless
Back in the TMNT's Hollywood heyday, it was popular to parade the costumed mutants around mainstream media outlets. Problem is, once there, the whole idea of live action turtles seemed kind of awful. We can all sing "Pizza Power" until a generation loses its collective voice, but after their rock tour, appearance on Oprah and a really, really, really bad string of sequels, the poor turtl