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Once there was a god named Sh'all Nah. He sat on his throne and he was
happy. Then he said, "I would like to view humerously written biographies
of my favorite eccentric celebrities." Thus Interesting
Motherfuckers was created, and Sh'all Nah was happy.
Then Sh'all
Nah said, "With Interesting Motherfuckers I can read about my favorite
eccentric celebrities. But what if I wish to read about the various entertainment
products created by these celebrities?" Sh'allNah's Grand Wizard,
Marvin, thought long and hard. Then he created Motherfucking Masterpieces
which you see before you. Read these articles. Learn from their wisdom.
Perhaps one day you will become as powerful as Sh'all Nah.
"Queen" by Queen
09/01/12
By John Saleeby
Saleeby was always a fan of the classic of rock band Queen but it's taken him 35 years to give their first album its due.
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
05/01/12
By John Saleeby
In the classic Marvel comic book "Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos", brawling bruiser Nick Fury traded quips with Nazis while leading his memorably named team of army officers through the landscape of World War II.
Batman: Hush 03/01/12
By Johnny Apocalypse
Johnny lays down the case that artist Jim Lee and writer Jeph Loeb created the greatest Batman story ever told. (It's a bit like the greatest story ever told, but with more Batman.)
The Painted Bird 09/01/11
By John Saleeby
With The Painted Bird, author Jerzy Kosinski gruesomely rendered the landscape of eastern Europe as it existed during World War II. But Saleeby can't help but notice a distinct lack of cannibalism.
It's Alive! 05/01/11
By John Saleeby
Director Larry Cohen was the king of low-budget 70s exploitation films. Perhaps his greatest triumph was a fable about a little baby with fangs! Cute!
Piranha 03/01/11
By Wil Forbis
Released in 2010, Piranha perfectly encapsulated the prototypical horror film using a deft combination of humor, gore, villainous monsters and lots and lots of boobies.
From a
Compound Eye by Bob Pollard 09/01/10
By John Saleeby
The former
front man for indie rock kings Guided by Voices produced a
stellar solo debut in 2006. Saleeby stops fantasizing about
Jennifer Love Hewitt long enough to offer a review.
Prince's "Dirty Mind" and "Controversy" 08/01/10
By Wil Forbis
In the early 1980s, the music chameleon Prince released two consecutive albums that smoked with raw funkiness as well as laying the groundwork for the rest of his career.
The
Funhouse 06/01/10
By John
Saleeby
Director Tobe Hooper, riding high from his
success with "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," delivered the
goods in a romp through a carnival of horrors.
Darktown Strutters 02/01/10
By John Saleeby
If "Darktown Strutters" is such a great Blaxploitation movie, why is Saleeby spending all his time writing about pasty white guys?
State of Confusion 01/01/10
By John Saleeby
Saleeby makes the case that the twisted mindset of a
weary British rock star intersected with the brain of a punk
army grunt at the nexus of this classic power pop
album.
Targets 12/01/09
By John Saleeby
In the late 60s, B-movie king Roger Corman gave Peter Bogdanovich his first chance to peer into the camera lens. The result, featuring Boris Karloff, was a grim narrative of end-of-decade paranoia.
Galaga 10/01/09
By Wil Forbis
Why has a straightahead space shoot 'em up lasted where so many of its contemporaries failed? Acid Logic launches an important investigation.
The Signal 10/01/09
By John Saleeby
One might think clever plot twists and a frothy combination of science fiction and horror are what make this direct to video release stand out. But Saleeby argues for the underrated Jim Parsons factor.
The Virgin Suicides
By John Saleeby
Sofia Coppola may only have three films to her credit, but everyone's a winner. John takes a look at her debut.
Blade Runner: The Video Game 3/01/09
By Johnny Apocalypse
Mr. Apocalypse remains unconvinced about the merits of the "Blade Runner" movie. The video game, however, has earned his respect and gratitude.
Planet Terror 01/01/09
By John Saleeby
Robert Rodriguez's modern grindhouse classic gave Bruce Willis a much-needed opportunity to stretch his thespian wings and introduce the "goop zombie."
The Dictators' Go Girl Crazy 12/01/08
By John Saleeby
Come hear the band that glued together the era of Iggy and the Stooges with the era of the Sex Pistols. And don't forget to dodge the falling potatoes.
Escape From New York 10/01/08
By Johnny Apocalypse
Zoloft? Xanax? Nothing beats depression like John Carpenter's futuristic tale of renegade Snake Plissken and his adventures in the urban jungle.
Buffalo '66 08/01/08
By John Saleeby
Saleeby has just discovered the classic "loser film" directed by Vincent Gallo and he's going to sing it from the mountain tops!
Cheaters 06/01/08
Philanderers beware! The late-night reality TV show specializes in punishing lovers gone astray.
Shallow Hal 03/01/08
By Wil Forbis
To lesser mortals, Jack Black's Shallow Hal might've seemed a superficial comedy farce. But to the trained eye, it was one of the most profound dissections of the politics of beauty Hollywood has ever rendered.
Homestar Runner 03/01/08
By Johnny Apocalypse
So hip, it's square! Johnny gives an introduction to the happeningest cartoon website on the net!
Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son In Law 02/01/08
By John Saleeby
How is it that acid logic has featured numerous iterations of our February Blaxploitation issue and never reviewed a Rudy Ray Moore movie? Saleeby amends this atrocity.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 02/01/08
By Johnny Apocalypse
Do you wander the streets alone, scoffed at by friends and family for your firm belief that the third installment in John Carpenter's "Halloween" horror series is not a piece of crap? Fear not, my friend, because Johnny Apocalypse is here to defend your cause.
Altered States 01/01/08
By John Saleeby
In William Hurt's first film, director Ken Russell showed the word what it takes for a man to find his inner monkey.
(Hint: It takes a lot of drugs and a sensory deprivation tank.)
Stir of Echoes 10/01/07
By John Saleeby
John calls the reader's attention to what makes Kevin Bacon the greatest American hero.
Midnight Blue 5/01/07
By Wil Forbis
In 1975, "Screw" magazine publisher Al Goldstein took to the cable airwaves to create the first porn-centric television talk show.
Freaks and Geeks/Arrested Development 3/01/07
By Wil Forbis
It's a double whammy as acid logic examines two shows killed off by the grunting, groaning, unthinking American public. But hey, we've still got "According to Jim"!
The Man with the Getaway Face 2/01/07
By Johnny Apocalypse
Richard Stark's antihero, Parker, the character behind Mel Gibson's "Payback", struggles to get the green and get away with it.
The Replacements "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash" 12/01/07
By John Saleeby
Saleeby is well known for his groundbreaking article on the garage rocking Stinson brothers. Now he takes a look at their first album.
Slayer's "Reign in Blood" 11/01/06
By Wil Forbis
Is the greatest thrash metal album of all time also a Christmas classic? Remember, "Santa" is just an anagram of "Satan".
Sgt. Rock 11/01/06
By John Saleeby
The star of the most successful war comic in history, Sgt. Rock, led the war weary crew of Easy Company against Hitler and his fiendish minions.
The Blob (1988) 10/01/06
By Johnny Apocalypse
Johnny reviews not the classic Steve McQueen horror flick but the neo-campy 1988 remake starring Kevin Dillion, Shawnee Smith and a certain un-named gelatinous thespian.
House 09/01/06
By John Saleeby
No, not the stupid Hugh Laurie TV series. Saleeby explores the classic comedic spookfest that brought together the triumphant team of Katt and Wendt!
Steve Miller's Book of Dreams 06/01/06
By Johnny Apocalypse
Never thought you'd see the words "Steve Miller" and "Motherfucking Masterpiece" in the same sentence? Johnny makes the case.
Phantom of the Paradise 06/01/06
By John Saleeby
In 1974, director Brian Depalma released a tale of human deformity, crazy rock music and demented, short, blonde men onto an unsuspecting American public. John Saleeby was there.
Husker Du's Warehouse 05/01/06
By John Saleeby
Check out the album that saved Saleeby from going insane. Well, from going more insane than he already is.
In the Mouth of Madness 03/01/06
By Johnny Apocalypse Years before The Matrix, Director John Carpenter mixed H.P. Lovecraft with the philosophy of David Hume to come up with a movie that questioned the nature of reality.
The Mack 02/01/06
By John Saleeby
While shooting blaxploitation classic "The Mack" director Michael Campus had to deal with pimps, gangsters and worst of all - Richard Pryor.
Green Acres 01/01/06
By John Saleeby
It took a tired bunch of radio comedy writers to create the television show that had 60's America flipping its wig.
Iggy Pop's Party 12/01/05
By John Saleeby
Saleeby dissects the album that tried to resurrect the vomit stained career of the punk rocker from Detroit.
The Lawnmower Man 12/01/05
By Johnny Apocalypse
In between Remington Steele and 007, Pierce Brosnan tried to save the world from virtual reality gone mad.
Twisted Tales 08/01/05
By Wil Forbis
In the 1980's, editor Bruce Jones revived the spirit of the classic E.C. pulp comics with a short lived anthology series that was equal parts exploding heads and naked teenagers.
Deathdream 07/01/05
By John Saleeby
In 1972 the last thing the world needed was a movie about a Viet Nam vet coming home and turning into a homicidal maniac. But thanks to director Bob Clark that's just what the world got.
Chris Isaak's Speak of the Devil 06/01/05
By Johnny ApocalypseIs Chris Isaak more than just another pretty face? Johnny takes a look at his musical masterpiece.
Heavy Metal 05/01/05
By Wil Forbis
Hey, how come Walt Disney never made animated films with large breasted vixens and gobs of blood spurtin' violence?
Scanners 04/01/05
By
Johnny Apocalypse
What made David Cronenberg's tale of psychic warfare a masterpiece? Two words: exploding heads.
Red Dawn 03/01/04
By Wil Forbis and John Saleeby
Was John Millius' classic "kids against commies" flick an anti-war film in disguise? And what would have happened had it been directed by John Hughes?
Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song 02/01/04
By Wil Forbis
Melvin Van Pebbles "masterpiece" kicked off the blaxsploitation movement and paved the way for Shaft, Superfly and Foxy Brown.
Synchronicity 11/01/04
By John Saleeby
John dissects the Goon Show influence on this classic 80's new-wave album album and answers the age old question: Is Sting an asshole?
The Goon Show 08/16/04
By John Saleeby
The assembled genius of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe produced the radio show that paved the way for "Monty Python" and "The Young Ones."
The Family Guy 06/01/04
By John Saleeby
Now that the once cancelled animated cult comedy is set to return, John can continue fixating on Peter Griffin's scrotum-nose.
The Big Lebowski
04/16/04
By
John Saleeby
Saleeby
breaks down and rents a Coen brothers film leading to pontifications on
the differences between "silly" and "quirky."
This
is Spinal Tap 04/01/04
By Xander Horlyk
Finally, the MM everybody knew had to happen! Xander takes
a look at the most acclaimed cult film of our times.
Car Wash
02/16/04
By John Saleeby
After
watching the definitive Blaxploitation comedy there's only one question
left to ask: "Gee! Who woulda thought that working in a car wash
could be so much fun?"
Revenge of the Nerds
02/01/04
By
Wil Forbis
Wil
offers a free-form rumination of the film that defined "Nerd rights" and
defends it from the criticisms of mean ol' Harvey Pekar.
Ed Wood
12/16/03
By
John Saleeby
Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" shed light on the worst movie director
of all time. But amidst the atomic supermen and angora sweaters was a
man desperate to make his visions come true.
The Cars
12/01/03
By
John Saleeby
Nope, that ain't a UFO landing on your front lawn. It's the 1978 debut
album from new-wave rock and rollers, The Cars. Was it as good as the
Velvet Underground?
The Breakfast Club 09/16/03
By
John Saleeby
John reflects
on the film that had a dream. A dream of jocks, nerds, prom queens, rebels
and weirdos all holding hands and riding off into the sunset.
Bloom
County 07/16/03
By
Wil Forbis
Were
Opus, Bill the Cat and the rest of the Bloom County gang simply wisecracking
characters on the comics page or subversive radicals determined to undermine
the status quo?
Sid and Nancy
06/16/03
By
Wil Forbis
Alex
Cox's ethereal love story brought out the smack addict in all of us. And
helped define the icon of "Saint Sid."
Bill
and Ted's Excellent Adventure
06/01/03
By Cody Wayne
The
quintessential stoner film of the eighties, "Bill and Ted's"
was trying to do more than entertain movie theater rubes. It was trying
to save all of humanity! Did it work? Only time will tell.
Dino:
Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams 05/16/03
By John Saleeby
John examines Nick Toshes' biographical masterpiece and determines
that American culture reached its epoch in one man: Dean Martin.
Beavis
and Butthead
05/01/03
John Saleeby
John takes gander at the twin terrors of the cartoon world. Heh...
you said "gander!"
Repo
Man
03/16/03
Wil Forbis
Packed with dead aliens, punk rock angst and Harry Dean Stanton in
the role of his career, Alex Cox's cinematic masterpiece defined the term
"cult film." Hey, did you just say, "plate of shrimp?"
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KIDS
- Dir: Larry Clark
Final
Destination II - Starring: Ali Larter
Dogtown
and Z-Boys - Dir: Stacy Peralta
Beautiful
Creatures - Dir: Bill Eagles
Bad
Girls Go To Hell - Dir: Doris Wishman
Celebrity
- Dir: Woody Allen
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis,
Dick
- Starring Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams
X-Men
- Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen
Shaft
- Starring: Samuel L. Jackson
Black
And White - Starring: Brooke Sheilds, Ben Stiller
Final
Destination - Starring: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter
American
Pie -Starring:
Jason Biggs, Tara Reid, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein
Drop
Squad- Exec. Prod: Spike Lee, starring Eriq LaSalle, Ving Rhames
She's
All That- Starring: Rachel Leigh Cook
Last
Man Standing- dir: Walter Hill
The
General's Daughter- Dir: Simon West
Evil
Dead II- Dir: Sam Raimi |
The
Wild Angels
03/02/03
By John Saleeby
Watching "The Wild Angels" on DVD will do more than just
entertain you with scenes of sexy titillation and mindless violence. It'll
give you new ways to insult the French!
Dead
Presidents 02/01/03
By Wil Forbis
Albert and Allen Hughes' magnum opus may be a stunning cinematic look
at what can drive men to kill - but does it deserve to be called "blaxploitation"?
Ramones
01/16/03
By John Saleeby
John breaks down the work of a little known musical group
called the Ramones. But is he discussing the group itself, or their self
titled debut album? It's one of life's little mysteries.
Robocop
12/16/02
By John Saleeby
Robocop, a film about a man who is killed and comes back to life as a
gun toting, half human robot police offficer could be the most unique
movie premise of all time - aside from Robocop II and III.
Falling
Down
11/01/02
By Wil Forbis
In a back and forth dialogue with a simpering liberal, Wil analyzes the
Michael Douglas movie that gave voice to the Angry White Male in all of
us.
Office Space
10/16/02
By Wil Forbis
Mike
Judge may have garnered fame and hatred as the creator of "Beavis
and Butthead," but his best work is this little known movie send
up of the modern desk job.
Maximum
Overdrive
09/16/02
By Cody Wayne
Cody
gives the lowdown on the Steven King horror masterpiece loathed by critics
but loved by fans of death and destruction.
Mr. Bungle
09/01/02
By Wil Forbis
Get
to know the album that inspired tens, even dozens of musicians to become
aggro/metal/funk fanatics. Then send in the clowns!
Body
Count08/01/02
By Cody Wayne
MM
is the new Acid Logic section dedicated to providing seasoned analysis
of the albums, books and movies that are key to an understanding of Acid
Logic culture. Cody kicks it off with a look at the first album from heavy
metal troublemakers, Body Count.
Shape Shifting and Ass Kicking: A Look at John
Carpenter's "The Thing"
07/01/02
By Cody Wayne
Cody
gives the Acid Logic seal of approval to the horror classic containing
"the spookiest performance by any canine."
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