Reviews of film ephemera, including such things as educational films, industrial films, military and propaganda films, tv commercials, movie trailers, shorts, experimental films, and movies made for non-mainstream audiences.
Adventure in Telezonia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFCLSI-cHxc). Billy has a problem—he lost his dog, Bounce. And he can’t even figure out how to use the telephone to call his mom! So he consults with Twangy…er, Handy, the evil sprite that lives on the telephone lines for help. Soon Handy gets his whole family of evil sprites to tie up the phone lines looking for Bounce. Eventually, Billy gets Bounce back and even learns how to use the telephone in the process, but now he has a bigger problem: psychosis. This thoroughly evil film is great fun from beginning to end. It actually makes cell phones seem like a blessing.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *****. Weirdness: *****. Historical Interest: *****. Overall Rating: *****.
Better Reading
Better Reading . Teenager Harold Wilson has a problem—he can’t read for (expletive deleted). So he has to spend all his free time studying ...
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Base Brawl (film #5 on Cartoon Sing-Along DVD (PC Treasures, 2006)). At the zoo animals’ baseball game, the elephant team is pulverizing a...
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Fools of Fate (film #12 on The Origins of Cinema, Volume 4: The Arrival of D. W. Griffith (Video Yesteryear, 1995)). Fools is right. Our h...
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American Falls from Above, American Side (film #9 on Edison Film Archive ). [Category: Early Film & TV] This is most likely the first ho...