Category Archives: Yakmala!

Tread Perilously — Tagteam

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Erik

Tread Perilously’s Failed Pilots month continues with a look at the ABC television pilot for Tagteam. Pro wrestlers “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Jesse “The Body” Ventura star as thinly fictionalized versions of themselves ousted from the wrestling circuit and train … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Warrior of the Lost World

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Justin

Thanks to the runaway success of George Miller’s The Road Warrior (or Mad Max 2, if you’re Australian), for a brief, shining moment back in the early ‘80s, every hack with a camera was heading out to some dusty backwater … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Fateful Findings

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Justin

Neil Breen looks like if jaded scientists decided to turn the phrase “fuck it” into a human being. A man with the charisma and appearance of a damp pile of peach-colored towels, Breen has become a reliable presence in outsider … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Pink Force Commando

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Justin

Holy shit, did you know dreams are real? Not like, “Hey, I had this dream, and it happened,” and you’re all, “Please don’t tell me another one about you eating nachos with Margot Robbie.” No, I mean somehow, in China, … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: The Vampire Raiders

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Justin

Vampires are a lot like the ketchup of genre fiction: people think you can add them to anything and you have a brand new taste sensation. Occasionally, though, you get something so insane the script had to have been scraped … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Swimfan

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Justin

Back in my office working days, my old boss was perusing the newspaper, hunting for a movie he’d like to see. He asked his wife if she was interested in seeing “the fish movie.” After about thirty minutes, an enigma … Continue reading →

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Yakmala: Fantastic Four

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Justin

Time for some real talk: nobody likes dark superhero movies. Oh sure, there’s a subculture out there who longs to pile into a theater and be told how terrible it is to have phenomenal powers, and to be so hot … Continue reading →

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