Movie Notes: Blue Hawaii

September 3rd, 2007

MoviesAfter watching Diamond Head, I decided to check out Blue Hawaii, which provides a similar enjoyable look at retro fifties Hawaii. It’s an Elvis-in-Paraside flick, of which The King made several (Girls, Girls, Girls!, Paradise Hawaiian Style, and I suppose the TV special Aloha From Hawaii also counts).

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Movie Notes: Do Or Die

August 23rd, 2007

MoviesAndy Sidaris may be the Alfred Hitchcock of So Bad It’s Good movies. His “Bullets, Bombs, and Babes” style flicks all follow a fairly standard pattern. This sort of movie has a specific target audience: bored twenty something college males. The movies are direct to video and rented by folks tempted by the women wielding weapons on the box covers. The low budget surely means it’s easier for the film to make back its investment.

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