Really Awful Movies

Army of Darkness

You can’t spell “Swashbuckling” without A-S-H. Army of Darkness is a Herculean departure from the Evil Dead series, as different from the other entries as it’s possible to be. And to purists, this will matter a great deal. The Evil Deal was so influential, and left so many imitators choking on its afterburners that it’sContinue reading “Army of Darkness”

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

That’s MISTER James Brown to you, and he called everyone “Mr.” too. While technically growing up James, he was always called “Jimmy” and to a young Brown, “Mr.” connoted respect — both given and received. As a kid who grew up a call-girl wrangler and shoeshine boy in terrible circumstances in the Deep South, he almostContinue reading “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown”