With the current slashing of jobs via DOGE, this is a good movie to revisit. Although it's tempting to hand wring over the sudden firing of six-figure salaried corporate employees, this movie is about how such employees handle the sudden stress of job loss--a truly universally felt experience. Writer/director Wells does a very good job of showing the nuances of unemployment: denial through overspending; intense misdirected anger; futile pleas with corporate bigwigs; depression; alcoholism, etc. It's not so much how…

I've seen a number of 1960's spy movie ripoffs, but The Scorpio Letters comes off as one of the most listless ever made. Former rodeo rider Alex Cord makes for the least convincing spy of that decade. The much better Shirley Eaton has the thankless task of playing opposite him in many scenes. Cord's not the only problem. The low budget limitations are laid bare in scenes where back screen projections show the city of London, but "outdoor" scenes are…

The entire experience of "Cocaine Bear" is exactly what I would expect from ingenious exploitation. AIP used to come up with the title first. Check. Then, get a successful marketing campaign going. Does more than 16M trailer views on YouTube qualify? You bet, it does, so 'check.' The payoff? A terrific parody of 1980s horror movies, complete with "Just Say No" references, goofy skateboarder gangs, drug dealers on the cusp of making that one big haul and a prime natural…