Devo ammettere che non ho visto il film, Il Fuggitivo, con Harrison Ford fino a ieri sera. Dopo vederlo, devo ammettere ero stupido per non lo vedendo fino ad ora. Ero preoccupato che il film non sarebbe vissuto fino alla sua hype, ma ora so che ero sbagliato. Il film è una corsa di eccitazione e di terrore. Harrison ford gioca Dott. Richard Kimbell, ha condannato a morte per l’omicidio della sua moglie… ma questo è Harrison Ford! Quindi, lui è probabilmente innocente.
Guardi il film per scoprire che lui fa per fuggire il suo sentenza di morte (e scusi il mio italiano povero)!
Our fabulous Wall O’ Cool has some awesome stuff on it right now:
A whole Hitchcock shelf with classics like; The Birds, Psycho, Frenzy and Family Plot.
Two shelves of classics with titles like; The Great Escape, Patton, All About Eve, The Conversation and Touch of Evil.
A music shelf featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, The Melvins and John Lennon.
A comedy shelf with Office Space, The Big Lebowski and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
A whole shelf of family friendly films- Tron, Ice Age, Finding Nemo, E.T. and The Sound of Music.
Also a whole shelf dedicated to Stephen King movies!
Plus some new staff picks like American Psycho, Brick and Almost Famous.
Action packed animation, super sci-fi, chick flicks, dark comedies…..tons to choose from!
The Megastar Story
By Geoffrey Reed
Megastar Entertainment was a direct-to-video movie company that put out many a fine gem during it’s existence from 1979 to the early 1990’s. Founded by brothers Ben & Kevin Furdmort, the two ran their extremely unsuccessful business out of a small lot in beautiful downtown Burbank. Ben Furdmort went on to run an successful oyster bar called SHCUKS after the collapse of their business in 1992. His brother Kevin’s corpse was found behind Burbank technical college in 1991; his dead ruled a suicide.
None of Megastar’s films were released on DVD, and the VHS copies of these films still fetch a high dollar amount on the internet. The warehouse that housed the masters to these films burned to the ground in 1994.
Here are of few of their films
FREEZE COPPER! (1977) Don Ameche plays a cop killing Vietnam vet in this gritty tale of vigilant justice. Shot on location in Denver, Colorado. Look for Peter Falk as a Hobo Ameche goes to for “the word on the street”
BRUCE (1977) Peter Scolari play Lenny Bruce in this little seen biopic. Historians took note of the inaccuracies of the film such as portraying Bruce as a wheelchair bound cripple & giving him an extremely heavy British accent. Shot in black & white.
JUST A LITTLE OFF THE TOP (1978) Nipsy Russell opens a barbershop in Brooklyn. The catch? His best barber is a robot! Linda Carter & Mark Hamill co-star.
THE CAT’S IN THE BAG (1980) Neil Carter plays a bored housewife who gets mixed up in a jewel heist gone awry. Stunt man Evil Kenevil plays Carter’s husband, a corrupt developer who Carter helps kidnap.
POOLIN’ AROUND (1982) Alan North & Barbara Billingsley play an older couple who inherit a water park! This generation-gap comedy is scored by guitar great Steve Vai
L’ordinateur veut vous tuer! (1989) A.K.A “The Computer Wants To Kill You” A.K.A “The Computer That Kills” A.K.A. “Killer Computer“ A.K.A. “Compudeath“ A.K.A. “SYSTEM ERROR!” A.K.A. “REBOOT ‘89“-This tron-inspired animated/live action films revolves around a scientist who invents the worlds smartest computer. So after it is activated, bodies start turning up! Re-released many times by Megastar home video, it was their most expensive film. Ed Bagley Jr. & Judith Light star. Dick Clark has a cameo.
RAP FRAT (1990) A trio of rappers (KID N’ Play, Malcolm Jamal Warner) turn an uptight university upside down in this musical comedy. Rappers that cameo include Kid Freeze, The Whiz Kidz, Boneyard Jones, Killer T, Sweet P, & The Magik Boys. Garrett Morris plays the dean.
Those are all the films I own on VHS. The other films listed on the (Now defunct) Megastar Movie Video website are as follows;
All Hands Off Deck!
Back On The Job
Bastards Of Jersey
Camp Chaos
The Craptastic World Of Hanna-Barbara
Dead From Birth
Dare Me To?
End Of The Line
End Of The Line II
The Groom Wore Lavender
Hand Bag Of Justice
Hal Linden’s Learn The Bass Guitar At Home!
Irish Rosie
Johnny Winters: Live From The Apollo!
June Comes To Harlem
Killing In His Name
Let’s Party!
The Monkey & His Uncle
Nuttiest Nurse In The Army
Only The Strongest Soilders
Open For Business
Oral Beatings
Poundin’ The Pavement
Quick Nick Rides Again
Rum Runners!
A Slow Simmer
Watch Me Fly Daddy!
Yams: The Movie
You Can’t See It Coming!
Zip It!
Zachery’s Secret
If anyone has these films, let me know. I would be happy to trade others films with you, or if you like, I also make homemade underwear.
Geoffrey