Monday, December 29, 2025

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: Elf-Man (2011)

Tonight's Stinker Elf-Man (2011) https://youtu.be/ffmwV_eHRxw?si=s46zycaDK8CBqRsF Christmas Eve, a widower has finally perfected a green energy doo-dad, while his two kids are getting ready for Christmas & waiting for Gramma to show up.... He asks Gramma to look after the kids while he runs into town to pick up the holiday ham & flirt with the lady at the butcher shop, & gets kidnapped by three bumbling crooks who want his invention.... So, with mommy passed & daddy gone too long, gramma convinces the little girl to make a wish on a really creepy elf doll.... Meanwhile, Santa shows up with two elves, one of which really hates his job, especially after being "promoted" to Reindeer pooper scooper.... As Santa leaves, he falls outa the sleigh..... Already grumpy, he's not too thrilled to learn he has to rescue dad & protect the family from the crooks.... Family friendly, most of the jokes are corny, but I got a couple giggles... Otherwise, pretty slow & plodding, with the acting (I think deliberately) pretty underwhelming.....

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: The Magic Christmas Tree (1964)

Tonight's Stinker The Magic Christmas Tree (1964) https://youtu.be/PYtvzTUdudI?si=AV-YwiA3bDkNmyoj On Halloween, a little boy dares his two friends to visit an old witch's house... They get scared & run off, but the old woman catches the boy, then asks him to get her cat out of a tree.... So, he climbs the tree, falls, and the movie changes from black & white to color, kinda like in The Wizard Of Oz... It turns out, the old woman really is a witch, who who rewards him with a Santa Claus ring, & tells him there's a magic tree seed inside.... First, he has to wait for Thanksgiving, so he can plant the seed with a wishbone..... Then, Christmas comes, the tree can talk, & grants the boy three wishes, which he promptly uses to get into mischief, then kidnaps Santa..... Some attempts at slapstick.... All the dialog is dubbed in at a rather shrill tone.... Pretty grating at times... I was gonna try & make it a Sunday twofer, but this one used up all my patience.....

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: The Venusian (1954) aka Stranger from Venus (1954)

Tonight's Stinker The Venusian (1954) aka Stranger from Venus (1954) https://youtu.be/8QoKGNK85AE?si=mSezFWmnKMLKPKDo Flying saucers are spotted along the English countryside, then a woman get in a car wreck... After the opening credits, a strange dude walks into an Inn, & while the police are searching for the woman, he convinces everyone he's from Venus & the woman shows up with a few minor bumps & bruises.... From there, it's a lot of Q&A about how his ship works, how he's able to survive on Earth, Etc........ Then, close to the end of the movie, he tells military leaders he needs to talk to world leaders to stop using nuclear weapons, and they plot against him...... Predictable, but watchable....

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: Twice a Judas(1968)

Tonight's Stinker Twice a Judas(1968) https://youtu.be/o0SIX8IGcF4?si=pk_9JrQ6CO-moQsf (Or here) https://youtu.be/qAPDGizn1Vw?si=lrUxKG-AYeiYVL4w A gunfighter wakes up in the desert with a bump on his head & no memory... He makes his way to a nearby town, where he learns his name, and that he's part of a murder for hire plot.... The next day, he learns the target is his brother, so he chickens out & kills his partner... His brother (Klaus Kinski) is a Confederate land baron feuding with a Yankee bank man (neither is the good guy).... The gunfighter starts to piece things back together with research & some instincts, & slowly learns who his enemies are.... Spaghetti western with a mystery.... Pretty enjoyable.....

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: Blood Moon(2014)

Tonight's Stinker Blood Moon(2014) https://youtu.be/3j5lxefgeEU?si=EKdsG536_zq0SIw5 A gunfighter has to put down his horse & flags down a stagecoach... Meanwhile, A marshal in a nearby town is after a pair of potty-mouthed bank robbers.... The stagecoach stops at an abandoned town, & the bank robbers take everyone hostage.... And there's a werewolf lurking around outside.... Indie production that's pretty grating for the first forty-five clichΓ© infested minutes before it gets interesting.....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: First Man Into Space (1959)

Tonight's Stinker First Man Into Space (1959) https://youtu.be/Fp_9o4AIDqM?si=Y3DcQSQdhVeD0mtV A repurposed Bell X-1 (in other words, stock footage) is shot off into space... The airbase commander says it's reached it's limit & should turn around, but the pilot is his reckless younger brother, who pushes the plane AND himself slightly beyond.... He manages to get back to Earth, but wrecks the plane.... Instead of returning to the airbase, he goes to see his girlfriend, which puts him in deep doo-doo with his already irate older brother, but Washington gives him another chance.... The pilot disobeys orders again, the plane runs into a cloud of space dust.... The plane returns to earth with no pilot.... Then about halfway through the movie, cattle, people & a blood bank are attacked by a creature that breathes like Darth Vader.... Get plodding at times in spite of the runtime, the pilots personality & the premise make for some real headscratchers......

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Tonight's Stinker: Rocket Attack U.S.A.(1960)

Tonight's Stinker Rocket Attack U.S.A.(1960) https://youtu.be/rysX2mJmveA?si=UED4GmPkLAguw4IF The Soviets have launched a new Sputnik, so the U.S. military sends a spy to Moscow to see what's up.... Upon arrival, he learns his contact is a woman who's started an affaire with a top ranking Soviet minister, and that they have all the research data they need to start work on an ICBM.... Meanwhile, American attempts to get a missile up fail, so the only option is for the American spy to sabotage the Russian missile.... Cold war & space race exploitation.... About an hour, with mostly a narrator talking over stock footage... The acting is mostly stiff, with most of the scenes over dubbed, while some recite their lines as if they only just saw the script, a second ago..... Meanders for the first half, then switches directions.....

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