Jake Wagner

Jake Wagner

I'm just a working class everyman schlub that likes movies

Favorite films

  • Seven Samurai
  • Lady Snowblood
  • Boogie Nights
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt

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  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    ★★

  • Romper Stomper

    ★★★★½

  • Bomb City

    ★★

  • Suburbia

    ★★★★½

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  • Paris, Texas

    Paris, Texas

    ★★★★½

    The 2nd time in my life a peep show brought me to tears

  • Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1

    Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1

    ½

    This is severely missing the charm that drives a Troma film..its like no one even Lloyd was really trying..the actors play everything straight and flat instead of the campy over acting that Troma is known and loved for..the juvenile humor is there but the actors almost feel like they themselves are above this type of movie..like none of them were Troma fans and it shows. Troma films work because of the love that is put into these schlocky bad movies but this time no one is having fun even Lloyd and it feels like a chore for everyone. Skip this one

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  • Winter Heat

    Winter Heat

    ★★★

    One morning I decided to forgo my sausage egg and cheese Mcgriddle (substiute round egg because for real why does the McMuffin get all the fun)..the reason I'm ranting about my breakfast is because I was told by my doctor to start eating better, so I got on an oatmeal kick instead. Then one morning I decided to pop in the Vinegar Syndrome copy of Winter Heat while eating my new breakfast favorite. I figured it'd be like The Shining…

  • Female Gym Coach: Jump and Straddle

    Female Gym Coach: Jump and Straddle

    ★★★

    Harmless fluff from Ohara and a departure from his usual violent pink fare, though it is thoroughly entertaining until the end it frustratingly does what the majority of Nikkatsu Roman Porno films are guilty of and that's ending the film with nothing resolved or key plot points ignored. The entire premise is the gymastics team gearing up to win and we don't even get to the competition let alone the outcome instead the plot ends up being about the coach's…

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