Episode 5 - Small Soldiers (1998)

It's time! Cannon Cruisers finally covers the one Joe Dante movie we never got around to before, due to the time span we limited ourselves to, but we finally tackle it today.

What makes Small Soldiers interesting is that it's a movie very much of its time in every way that means. It is a victim of '90s PG ratings, it is very much the end of the analog era, and it feels a bit like a struggle between studio interference and the director's original vision. Those aren't the only reasons to see it today, but they do help make it a time capsule of its time.

That said, as a movie, it does hold up better than you would think and is worth watching if you're a fan of the director and yet haven't seen it in ages. It was one of the last VHS releases everyone seemed to own back in the day, and now it's obscure. Though that was perhaps unavoidable. Check out today's episode to learn why that might be!

Randy's Score: 4/5

JD' Score: 4/5

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Up Next: Phantasm!

Episode 4 ~ Mad God (2021)

Here's a curveball!

This time we decided to cover a movie that wouldn't quite have fit in the old style of Cannon Cruisers but fits perfectly in Bonus Feature. This time we took a look at the strange stop motion film that took decades to make and just came out a few years ago.

This one was a bit hard for us to really go into, so be prepared to come into this one, especially if you've never gotten into this one before. Mad God is as mad as the title says. Check and see if it's for you!

Randy's Score: 3/5

JD's Score: 3/5

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Up Next: Small Soldiers!