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Firewalker I typically don't buy VHS copies of films that have been released on DVD, but this cover just caught me at the right time. Plus, it's some shit I'd never drop coin for on DVD. Wasting some time at a used bookstore the other day before work, I first saw the Cannon Pictures logo, then the MEDIA logo as I turn to the front. Add in Mr. Norris and Mr. Gossett , and I'm sold. I'm sure it's a total ripoff of Indiana Jones, but I thought more of the old Stuart Whitman film Treasure of the Amazon that I reviewed here back in October 2009. Should be fun even if lame. I really should hook up my VCR soon. Little fun things like that in my personal life have become about as rare as my blog posts.

Saw this from deviantART user ~vshen ( http://vshen.deviantart.com/ ) while googling for Bolo Yeung photos. I would love to have it on a shirt

I'm putting the call out there. I'm curious to see what people (including film geeks themselves) thinks are the must-see films for self-proclaimed celluloid nerd. Exploitation Classics Art-house Obvious choices What do you, loyal readers, think that a film enthusiast must see to represent the title properly?

Got a couple films in my personal queue coming up that are in a sense a countdown in the way they are titled. So  my anal side (my ass?) thought it would be fun to make a little series of it and review a few films that are numbered sequentially. I've never seen any of them, so we'll go on the journey together. First review will be Five Dolls for an August Moon with the lovely Edwige Fenech, directed by Mario Bava. Any guesses what will follow?

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Haven't posted a whole lot lately because really I haven't watched much. I was preparing a post comparing Stan Hansen's appearance in No Holds Barred to Terry Funk's appearance in Road House... but just not really feeling inspired. Thought about writing a review of Road House (finally watched it)... but again... I've watched a few flicks lately, but I've just been that particular type of bored that one becomes from time to time where the thought of every single thing to do sounds boring as well or just would take too much effort BUT.... This weekend I am driving up to the mountains of North Carolina... to Asheville... to attend the world's FIRST action movie film festival! I'm totally slumming it... staying in a hostel and eating peanut butter sandwiches out of my car... I'll probably have the shits for days.... but I'm looking forward to cramming as much over the top action I can into the 3+ days of the festival. I'm not sure that I will be ...

I swear I watch this video at least once a week I think he would have made a good villain on Fist of the North Star

I've long since abandoned the Nerostache and decided to go with an old-timey circus strongman look Here's a photo from Christmas at my parents

I could never make it in the wrestling business. Hell, I can't even make it in the "blogging about low budget wrestling movie" business apparently. Ever since the holidays I seem to be stuck in first gear. I've been watching some flicks, but not writing anything. I haven't even given thanks for some cool little awards and gifts from fellow podcast-world peoples. So here we go - here is my thanks for all the cool stuff I've gotten from e-friends lately The lovely Dylan and lovely Christine at Paracinema Magazine sent me an awesome t-shirt from Last Exit to Nowhere . From one of my favorite films, it's a Shawshank Redemption inspired shirt! I wear this thing to work at the movie theater all the time! The bottom quote is "Put your trust in the Lord" As Warden Norton said: "I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank." I whipped up...

I know you missed me all my babies! I'll admit, I stretched myself pretty thin there trying to fill in everything I set for myself in Mexploitation Month. I hope everyone enjoyed the reviews, but know that some of those films were a struggle! That was probably more due to the fact that I was watching them daily. Anyway, I do love a good theme, so I have decided to review a few films this month with an actor I have only discovered this year and have really grown to like from the few roles I've seen him in. Mr. Song Kang-ho Without actively searching him out, in recent months I have seen three films which he starred in, and have several more that he appears in to some degree in my ever-growing to-watch pile. What better time to watch them than the present, yes? All of them are Korean, and seem great. I'm obviously not going to be reviewing nearly a film a day as with Mexploitation Month, but let's see where this much abbreviated journey takes us. Enjoy Kang-ho Month!

You may have heard about this big-little film by now called Paranormal Activity that is inching its way across the United States leaving some apparently impressed viewers in its wake. I know I was with two of them this evening. The film was shot/produced/distributed on a bare bones budget, and it is almost virally becoming very popular. Word of mouth seems to be going a long way with this movie. But I guess I am here to try to explain why the film did not do much for me at all. And maybe I'm trying to sort it all out for myself as well. My relationship with Paranormal Activity is a very short, love/hate one. Less love and more "hey that was kinda cool"... and less hate and more indifference to maybe a little dislike. Most of the negative here really isn't even technical. I will be the first to admit that when it comes to new films (despite this one being made in 2007 evidently), I have not been keeping up very well. I'm pretty ignorant to trailers and hype lately...

I've just heard Captain Lou Albano has died this morning in hospice at the age of 76. He wrestled some, but was best known as being a loud mouthed manager. And a damn entertaining one at that. Fans of WWF wrestling in the 1980s surely remember him. You may also remember him from the Cindy Lauper video for Girls Just Wanna Have Fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAYDL8CJy8 Or as Mario in the Super Mario Bros Super Show! Check out those moves You'll be missed, Captain.

So a few weeks ago, I started the stache battle with a mustachioed idol Mr. Franco Nero VS. Well, no one commented or said anything, but I'm still gonna update it anyway! So fuck you in your stinkholes! Oh I can't stay mad at you for long! MWAH! The Loaf has made a great comeback! I took this photo today after an extended and stressful grooming! Behold the Nerostache! I could really only hope for a draw in this fight, but I think I'm getting the shape down pretty well. I left a little too much of the hogan hang over on the sides. I'll have to trim that up. Until next time, Mr. Nero!

This year I have decided to dress up for Halloween (something I rarely do) as a luchador, complete with a nice mask, a suit and an old red briefcase I will use to carry spare masks in! I'm already practicing being scary! In honor of one of my go-to genres of film and pro-wrestling, lucha libre... ...inspired by my amazing choice in costume this year (ahem) and the luchador tattoo I have on my chest - designed by yours truly to resemble my own face (yep, I'm that vain)... ...because this month leads right up to El Dia De Los Muertos on November 1 and 2, a celebration both my wife and I have had long term fascinations with (at the very least the aesthetic of it all... ...because Mexican culture in general has been a great interest of mine for many many years... ...and well, fuck, because I just have an itching to watch some trashy Mexican cinema..... I declare October MEXPLOITATION MONTH on Assorted Loaf. Get excited OK, are you done? I hope it's not a stupid decision for me...

I had a lot of fun this month skimming the Enzo G. Castellari catalog, and I feel like I learned quite a bit at least about his style and his passion for film making. I hope you loyal 3 or so readers enjoyed my reviews. Please feel free to comment anywhere, make some suggestions, tell me why I am wrong. Castellari may not be the most original storyteller and director of all time, but like some of the great film makers, he has a passion for what he does that is evident in hearing him speak, and a reverence for all of the source material that he likes to pull from. An obviously well-read guy, he is proud of his work, and rightfully so. Although I believe Mr. Castellari and I may differ on some philosophical things, namely the role of violence in culture, I respect him even more after seeing his wide variety of stories this month. He puts himself into his work, films that many may overlook as just popcorn movie time, and enjoys doing so... and it shows. The films I watched were technicall...

...that I can leave that critical eye at the door and enjoy things for what they are... I plan on watching (and enjoying!) this little beauty very soon!

Big Willy from The Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema inspired this battle some true heavyweights. In this corner, wearing the three piece suit and half a can of Consort hairspray for men... legendary stache and all around genre-deity FRANCOOOOO NEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And in this corner, dressed in a Sears jacket, Bugle Boy Jeans, and glasses taken from recycled television screens..... The Beast from 1987...... LITTLE LOOOOOOOOOAF! Who will possibly prevail in this epic battle?

I definitely wasn't expecting so much fun in one day! And you, the lucky reader, gets to mobile blog read along with me! Envelope and little box contained lots of inexpensive D&D miniatures. Yes...i'm a nerd. Trying to match up some minis to new 4e characters is fun. Air genassi swordmage coming up! The medium box was a sweet buy from another member of skullbrain.org . First the deliciously cheap Marusan Satan Beetle. Fun! Then a completely transparent Medicom (?) Sharkman suit that should go nicely on my KWII clear cyborg. The nerd continues. The final big box is from everyone's favorite...Celga! Since I had this one shipped via SAL instead of the very prompt EMS, I actually forgot about it. So it was like Santa just walked in with this one! It contains the set of Marusan originals that I wrote about a few weeks ago. I'm stoked about the clear, beer bellied Ultraman ripoff in particular. (He's at the top right) Great mail day!

I love getting packages at work, and I think this may be my first one ever from Singapore! Opened up the box to find the Darkside Heroes Stag Beetle suit on top and a nice clean black Obitsu body hiding underneath. I'm quite impressed how well all the parts fit on the Obitsu. Legs, arms, and inner head are all nice and snug. I just can't get the damn beetle antlers into the tiny holes in the side of the helmet. Hairdryer time! I'll have to post some better photos once I get off my lazy ass and fix it.