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April Wine – Video 45 (1986) Canadian rockers deliver four boring videos.

Published February 15, 2007November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in Extremely Dated Musical Entertainment

Semi Tough (1977) Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson play football and fight over a girl.

Published February 9, 2007November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in Early-Buddy Erotica

Crypt of The Living Dead (1973) Super shitty print of super shitty movie about "Vampire Island"

Published February 9, 2007November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.)

Heat (1986) Burt Reynolds stars as a Las Vegas based 'Nam Vet tough guy body guard.

Published February 2, 2007November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in 'Nam Vet Toughness, Early-Buddy Erotica

If I Ever See You Again (1978) The second Joe Brooks writer/director/ego showcase.

Published February 2, 2007November 11, 2021by Stunt Rock in Unrealistic People Falling In Love

No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) Russian fighters, Karate, break-dancing, synthesizers, guitar licks.

Published January 25, 2007November 11, 2021by Stunt Rock in My Cousin Knows Karate, Unrealistic Teen Fantasy

A Change of Seasons (1980) Marital affair drama with Hopkins and MacLaine

Published January 25, 2007November 11, 2021by Stunt Rock in Unrealistic People Falling In Love

Golden Rendesvous (1977) Espionage thriller based on a book by Alistair MacLean.

Published January 25, 2007November 11, 2021by Stunt Rock in Poorly Made Films Involving Poorly Planned Heists

Breaking Away (1979) Small town friends compete and win a college bicycle race.

Published January 19, 2007November 11, 2021by Stunt Rock in Coming of Age According To A Script, Unrealistic Teen Fantasy

The Family (1970) Overseas Charles Bronson espionage clusterfuck.

Published January 11, 2007November 11, 2021by Stunt Rock in Insinuated Thrills - Allged Action

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The Betamax Rundown was started by failed musician and artist Stunt Rock in October of 2006, with the intent being to review and analyze a personal library of over 2100 Betamax tapes.

When not watching movies, he enjoys making artistic horseshit no one cares about.

Steve Bullyhuff is the ever-loyal proofreader and fact-checker. When not fixing drunken typos, he enjoys playing rock music.

The Betamax Rundown is updated sporadically.

Independence Day (1983) Trigger warning if your grandfather ever made you high like a tree. Independence Day (1983) Beret-clad photographer Mary Ann (Kathleen Quinlan) has lived in the same town her entire life yet still finds the energy to run around snapping photos of townspeople as she awaits an acceptance letter from a San Franciso art school, while also helping her cancer-stricken mother convalesce. We’re supposed to ignore that she’s clearly 30 and still trying to get into art school. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Extra Ellen Barkin appreciation post. Her performance in the first segment was described as "bruised, tough and sexy" by Janet Maslin in the NYT. Accurate. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Kevin Bacon, playing a young cabbie looking for love in the third story of this anthology film, sings a song, but it sound like it might be overdubbed. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Uneven New York anthology full of progressive themes and likable performances. Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) Some select clips: Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) HARD RECOMMEND! This movie is insane. Somewhere there has to be a proper cut where it all works perfectly, but this seventy-seven-minute cut released on home video is wild. It’s Midnight Cowboy but quickly turns into homesteading Western before dropping into First Blood territory. Foolin' Around (1980) A young Bill Macy in his first screen role! Foolin' Around was filmed in 1978 so I'm comfortable saying this even though it was released after Somewhere In Time (1980) which is technically the first appearance of W. H. Macy. Foolin' Around (1980) For the most part, Foolin’ Around is a meandering love story filled with wacky PG-level hijinx. It feels more like a 70s-era live-action Disney movie than the post-Animal House frat comedy it was marketed as.

The World Sucks Now.