Blockbusters and Schlock-Busters: The Best and Worst of Film and Television

Hello everyone! Hope you have enjoyed out content this week. Today’s movie is Xtro (1982) written and directed by Harry Bromley Davenport. A horror/science fiction schlock film.   (Image sourced from IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086610/mediaindex?ref_=tt_pv_mi_sm) It follows a young boy, Tommy, who's father, Sam, was abducted by aliens but returns three years later. Sam isn't the same and starts to have a disturbing negative affect on Tommy. Xtro is one of my favourites of Schlock cinema, mainly because it doesn't try to pretend it is a big budget blockbuster. The film knows it is a B-Grade movie and capitalises on its standing. The film's low budget is obvious with poor acting and below average special effects, except for the alien which looked surprisingly good. However, rather than making the film unwatchable, these flaws add to the character of the movie and make it quite enjoyable to watch. So despite its Schlocky standing, Xtro is a f...

Hello everyone, its Cameron. Welcome to the Friday installment of Blockbusters and Schlock-busters. Today's movie is the most recent film in the long standing Godzilla franchise from Toho Studios: Shin Godzilla (otherwise known as Godzilla: Resurgence) directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. (Image sourced from IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4262980/) The film follows Hiroki Hasegawa, an up-and-coming Japanese politician who must find a way to deal with Godzilla amidst growing panic and government red tape. Shin Godzilla adds a twist to the traditional Godzilla story that propels the story forward and adds an interesting layer of tension. The movie takes a more serious tone with the movie and uses Godzilla as a political metaphor rather than simply a symbol of raw destruction and action, as was intended in the original 1954 Shin Godzilla is a a poignant political piece with a grim reminder of the dangers of nuclear weapons and contains many of the sam...

Happy Friday everyone its Cameron. Welcome to another installment of Blockbusters and Schlock-Busters! I hope you all have enjoyed the reviews this week and we look forward to bringing you more in the weeks ahead. Popular Culture is a very broad genre. It encompasses from a variety of Sub-Genres; like Dramas or Superhero Movies, that have become popularised through either critical acclaim of movies so good they are great, or cult followings of movies that are so bad they are good. One of these movies is the 2003 Schlocky Romantic Drama and Dark Comedy: The Room starring, produced and directed by Tommy Wiseau . It had a poor performance at the Box Office, it made a gross total of $1,800 (as of July 2003), nowhere near its production budget of $6,000,000. (Stats from IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368226/) However it developed cult following after audiences realised the (unintentional) comedic value of the film. Image from IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368226/) ...