Short Early Year Update!

You might have noticed there's no new episode this week. That's because we're busy behind the scenes getting ourselves a backlog to post for the year ahead. Last week's episode was a bit of a preview, something to get you excited for what is coming.

We have some idea for fun movies this year, and we're still playing around with what we want to do. That said, it's still basically going to be business as usual for 2025 otherwise. Nothing is going to change, and that's the way we want it around here.

So strap in and prepare yourself, because we've got some great episodes coming down the pipeline.

Welcome to 2025 and we'll see you next week for the next episode!

Episode 41 ~ Drive (1997)

Welcome to 2025! We're still getting our ducks in a row, but we didn't want to keep you waiting too long, so here's the first film of of the year. It's Drive from 1997! No, it's not the other more well known one, but this lesser known gem.

It's a movie very much of its time, but in a good way. Check out and see what we mean by giving a listen to today's episode!

Randy's Score: 4/5

JD's Score: 4/5

Spotify link here!

Up Next: The Great Land of Small!

Thanks for 2024!

Yes, the goofy song you heard above is me playing around with AI music. Just a last bit of fun before we wrap up 2024.

We put out quite a lot this year, even when the initial plan was to slow down to a bi-weekly schedule. For whatever reason, we stopped doing that at some point. I have no idea why. Regardless, Cannon Cruisers is not really work for us so much as something we use as a breather to have fun. Taking a break from it is rather pointless, except when we don't have the time or opportunity to record. Suffice to say, we'll be continuing to cruise our Bonus Feature catalog into 2025.

I wanted to thank everyone for stopping by and listening, whether it's here at the blog, the Spotify, the YouTube channel, or even on my Substack. We've even opened a Letterboxd for anyone who wants to keep track of average ratings for the movies covered. We are very much appreciative to anyone who takes the time out to listen, and with over 300 episodes, you aren't going to run out of material anytime soon. Once again, thanks for listening.

Of course, I can't tell you what 2025 holds. I cannot see the future, after all. However, we will be back sooner than later to continue our cruise into the mists of the past--and maybe even with some modern surprises along the way!

Until then, thank you for watching and we will see you in 2025!

Episode 40 ~ The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984)

For our last episode of the year, let us continue with a follow-up to our Christmas episode. This is the first "official" entry in the "Tales For All" series of family films. That would be the surprise international hit of The Dog Who Stopped the War from 1984! That's right, it released over a decade after the unofficial "0" entry.

With a title like that you might figure it would either be a sappy preach fest or an overly saccharine safe family movie, but it's not really either. The Tales For All series were known for weird premises imparting lessons on kids that were a bit off the beaten path but never being actually preachy while entertaining, and it all started with this one.

Check out this final episode of 2024, 40 years after the movie's original release, to see why that might be!

Randy's Score: 4/5

JD's Score: 4/5

Spotify link here!

Up Next: Drive!

Christmas Special (Episode 39 ~ The Christmas Martian)

Merry Christmas! We're here with a special episode for this special time of year, and with quite the movie for you. We continue with the Canadian Tales For All movie series with the proto-version made a decade earlier in 1971. That would make this one of the earliest movies we've covered on the show proper, though there's a good reason for that. It's finally time for The Christmas Martian, which would be Tales For All #0.

Check out today's episode and learn just how strange it can get!

Randy's Score: 3/5

JD's Score: 3/5

Spotify link here!

Up Next: The Dog Who Stopped the War!

Episode 38 ~ Strike Commando (1987)

It's here. Finally we get around to covering the most infamous Italian b-movie there is. What did we think about this YouTube reviewer favorite back in the day? More than that, does it work as an action movie? The answer might surprise you.

Or not, if you know anything about us.

Randy's Score: 3/5

JD's Score: 3/5

Spotify link here!

Up Next: The Christmas Martian!

Episode 37 ~ Death Machine (1994)

We're going back to the '90s for this one! Not only that, but a movie with a cut that was just put out this very year. It's time for Death Machine, from the director of Blade. And it's every bit as exciting as you'd think.

There's a very interesting story behind the production of this one, so be sure to check out the episode and see how that is. There's nothing quite like a good old fashioned cyberpunk horror monster movie with 90s attitude and humor to spare--and you'll get that here!

It's a fun time for all.

Randy's Score: 3/5

JD's Score: 3/5

Spotify link here!

Up Next: Strike Commando!