The Canon of Cannon: Bolero
THE CANON of Cannon is a feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus and their Cannon Films. This time, we take on the most expensive sex tape...
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The Canon of Cannon: The Breakin’ Trilogy
THE CANON of Cannon is a feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers, Cannon Films, and the work they left behind. This time, we examine the enduring cult appeal of three...
The Canon of Cannon: Death Wish 3
THE CANON of Cannon is a feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers, Cannon Films, and the work they left behind. This time: Death Wish 3. I’d usually call it bad...
The Canon of Cannon: Ninja III: The Domination
The Canon of Cannon is a new feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers, Cannon Films, and the work they left behind. Kicking us off, it’s Ninja III: The Domination....
Film Torments: Thunder Run (1986)
FILM Torments returns from belated hiatus for a film of two halves: 1986’s Thunder Run. WHEN Mad Max: Fury Road became the greatest film of 2015 (and perhaps recorded history), 0.00001% of the international population may...
Review: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films – A joyous celebration of schlock
THOUGH I’ve not (yet) seen Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, its title has become synonymous with curdled schlock. It’s the kind of unbridled ridiculousness that warps the bounds of good taste, disregards common sense and throws...
Film Torments Special: House of the Long Shadows (1983)
WITH Christopher Lee’s sad passing yesterday afternoon, the world lost one of its last living links to an older age. With a career spanning 65 years and 206 films, Lee inhabited the roles of...
Film Torments: The Apple (1980)
CONTINUING Musical May at Film Torments, we’re taking a look at one of the most baffling, ill-advised and awful musicals ever set to film: 1980’s chop-shop disaster, The Apple. The Apple (1980) is a nightmarishly...
Film Torments: The Barbarians (1987)
LIKE all great decades, the 80s was rife with cultural vapidity and creative appropriation – it was the decade of Reaganomics, Thatcherism and a million keys of coke, after all. Golan-Globus were two of...
Film Torments: Superman IV – The Quest for Peace (1987)
BY THE TIME Superman III farted its miserable way out of cinemas, beleaguered fans of the Last Son of Krypton might well have thought, hoped, prayed that the worst was over. Enter Golan and Globus’...
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