High Risk

High Risk

Studio Unknown

May 1981

Crime Comedy
DVD
D+

Bumped up a notch for its very '70s cast and look (despite the early '80s release date).  Stewart Raffill wrote and directed.

The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen
MGM
June 15, 1967
War Drama
DVD
C-

Although this is very much not my genre, I do have to say that the first quarter is well done, especially the acting and the clever way the (late) opening credits appear.  The movie is based on the E.M. Nathanson novel and directed by Robert Aldrich.

The Black Hole

The Black Hole
Walt Disney
December 21, 1979
Sci-Fi
DVD
C-

This is a bit dull but there are some nice visuals.  Gary Nelson directed.

Baseketball

Baseketball
Universal
July 31, 1998
Sports Comedy
DVD
C

I saw this shortly after it came out on video and enjoyed it, but this time I only made it halfway through.  (Yes, still better than most movies from my library do.)  I liked the pop culture references (including to Chelsea Clinton), some of the silliness, and the concept of the game and of the movie, but, as with South Park, not all of the tasteless humor is funny enough to overcome its tastelessness.  And, yes, Ernest Borgnine (81 playing 85) is more interesting here, at one point singing "I'm Too Sexy" on his living will, than he was in Barn Red a few years later.  Anyway, if I recall, Orgazmo was better.

David Zucker directed and co-wrote.

Barn Red

Barn Red
Studio Unknown
2004
Drama
DVD
D+

A bland, predictable story meets bad direction (both by Richard Brauer), but the scenery's nice.