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Short Film: Supervenus (France, 2014)
Supervenus is a meanly fun, experimental short film from the Frenchman, Frédéric Doazan, which takes a look at the evolution of the ideals of female beauty. The short doesn't exactly offer an answer to...
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R.I.P.: Dick Miller, Part I (1955-60)
25 Dec 1928 – 30 Jan 2019The American thespian treasure known as Dick Miller, one of our all-time favorite character actors, entered the Great Nothingness on January 30th, 2019.A Bronx-born Christmas...
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The Covenant: Brotherhood of Evil (USA, 2006)
Aka Canes, its original title, used when the film was presented, inexplicably, at the Cannes Film Festival of 2006.The opening interlude of The Covenant: Brotherhood of Evil, set somewhere in...
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Uschi Digard, Part IV: 1971, Part I
Babes of Yesteryear: a wasted life's irregular and PI feature that takes a look at the filmographies of the underappreciated actresses cum sex bombs of low-culture cinema of the past. Some may still be...
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Pink Flamingos (Baltimore, 1972)
A classic of underground cinema that lives up to and possibly even transcends its reputation, Pink Flamingos remains, even now 46 years after its release, a movie that separates the men from the boys,...
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Short Film: Final Curtain (USA, 1957)
OK, a wasted life prides (?) itself as being a blog "about obscure, trashy, fun, bad and fabulous films". That's why we are finally going to present a truly obscure and bad and fun in its own way (and...
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The Sisters / Pee chong air (Thailand, 2004)
Pee chong air— not a total waste of time, if you are of a forgiving nature and/or simply enjoy watching mildly interesting but by-the-number, majorly flawed, low-budget movies steeped in a foreign,...
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R.I.P. – Dick Miller, Part II: 1961-67
25 Dec 1928 – 30 Jan 2019The American thespian treasure known as Dick Miller, one of our all-time favorite character actors, entered the Great Nothingness on January 30th, 2019.A Bronx-born Christmas...
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Short Film: The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (USA, 1928)
A.k.a. Hollywood Extra 9413, $97, The Rhapsody of Hollywood, The Suicide of a Hollywood Extra, and plain ol'A Hollywood Extra. The odd title of $97 was/is a direct reference to the short film's budget,...
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Twilight of the Dogs (Maryland, 1995)
"God, grant me chastity and continence, but not yet."St. Augustine of Hippo (3 Nov 354 – 28 Aug 430)(Spoilers.) Aka New Genesis and Fucking Lousy Film. How many ways can one say a movie is a waste of...
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Babes of Yesteryear – Uschi Digard, Part V: 1971, Part II
Babes of Yesteryear: a wasted life's irregular and PI feature that takes a look at the filmographies of the underappreciated actresses cum sex bombs of low-culture cinema of the past. Some may still be...
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Dolls (Italy/USA, 1987)
(Spoilers) Whether one sees Dolls as director Stuart Gordon's secondary or tertiary horror outing hinges on whether you consider when the movie was made or when it was released. Gordon actually...
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Hwasango / Volcano High (Korea, 2001)
The 9th highest grossing Korean film of 2001, this overly long teenage-oriented martial arts action comedy is available in two versions: a relatively short recut hip-hop version released in 2004 by MTV...
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R.I.P. Dick Miller, Part III (1968-73)
25 Dec 1928 – 30 Jan 2019The American thespian treasure known as Dick Miller, one of our all-time favorite character actors, entered the Great Nothingness on January 30th, 2019.A Bronx-born Christmas...
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Short Film: Curious Alice (USA, 1971)
"Remember what the Dormouse said: Feed your head…"Jefferson Airplane, White RabbitNeedless to say, that classic rock song from 1967 is not an anti-drug song. But whereas songstress Grace Slick took...
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Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla (USA, 1952)
Trailer toBela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla:(Spoilers) Shot under the title White Woman of the Lost Jungle and eventually re-released as The Boys from Brooklyn, Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla...
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Babes of Yesteryear – Uschi Digard, Part VI: 1972
Babes of Yesteryear: a wasted life's irregular and PI feature that takes a look at the filmographies of the underappreciated actresses cum sex bombs of low-culture cinema of the past. Some may still be...
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Vampire Circus (Great Britain, 1972)
Terse review: Passable Hammer film about, more or less, a vampire circus, that Hammer fans will probably like and others might find, more or less, cheesy.Verbose Review: (Spoilers.)As Hammer points out...
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Short Film: Raising a Nuisance (Detroit, 2016)
It's hot outside. It's hot inside. It's hot everywhere — too hot to concentrate on writing a blog entry. So, for this month's Short Film of the Month here's a short entry for a short little visual...
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Wendigo (USA, 2001)
(Spoilers) The horror film as prick tease. No, not that Wendigois in any way overtly sexy or sexual, though it does have a relatively realistic and not necessarily gratuitous mid-film sex scene, but...
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