#justin decloux

As bottomless as my hunger for low-grade genre trash can be in general, I do have a limited appetite for particular cheap-o subgenres that I never developed a proper palate for. One of my most glaring shortcomings as a B-movie enthusiast is a dulled, limited appreciation for the martial arts film. I’m not talking about artily psychedelic wuxia epics or the 1980s heyday of Hong Kong visionaries…

Earlier this year, I purchased two Blu-rays of backyard film productions from Toronto as a means of sending financial support to a podcaster I admire. Of Justin Decloux’s two directorial credits, I was much more enthusiastic about the more recent feature, Impossible Horror– an uncanny slapstick splatter comedy about loneliness & outsider art. It’s an incredibly dense, ambitious picture for a…

Loose Cannons returns!

In true podcast fashion we’re back from a summer hiatus and ready to start season two with a bang! And by bang we mean director Clive Rees’ 1973 drama The Blockhouse, without a doubt one of the worst Cannon films we’ve seen to date – and that’s saying something.

Noted for featuring one of Peter Sellers’ few dramatic performances, the film tells the story of a group of POWs and labourers who become trapped in a bunker during the D-Day invasions. The group has plenty of provisions so they decide to wait for rescue… and end up waiting several years.

Is The Blockhouse worthy of the Cannon canon? Listen to find out.

On this episode of Loose Cannons, Mathew and Justin take on Fists of the Double K (aka Fist to Fist, aka Dragons of Death, aka Hong Kong Face-Off), a super punchy kung fu flick partly directed by John Woo.

Featuring fight choreography by the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping and a very early appearance by future superstar Jackie Chan, does Cannon’s very first kung fu import make it into the Cannon canon? Listen to find out.

This week the Loose Cannons watch Goodbye Uncle Tom (aka Addio zio Tom), the ultra offensive 1971 film that critic Pauline Kael called “the most specific and rabid incitement to race war.”

So what’s it about? Two documentarians go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South in order to film the slave trade. Is Goodbye Uncle Tom worthy of the Cannon canon? We don’t even know where to start!

This week the Loose Cannons sit down to discuss the surprisingly tame 1971 film Death of a Hooker (aka Who Killed Mary Whats’ername?), starring adorably named Oscar winner Red Buttons and Sam Waterston.

A New York prostitute is murdered and it’s up to a severely diabetic ex-boxer (Buttons) to solve the case! Is it worthy of the Cannon canon? Listen to find out.

On this week’s episode of Loose Cannons, Mathew Kumar and Justin Decloux talk about 1971′s Crucible of Horror (also known as The Corpse and The Velvet House), a confusing British horror film starring Michael Gough of Batman fame.

So is Crucible of Horror an essential part of the Cannon canon? Will Mathew and Justin be able to remember what the movie is called? Listen to find out.