Thanks to Kelly Hargrave and Outsider Pictures, CatBusRuss received an opportunity to contribute to Hispanic Heritage Month by reviewing Bolivia's submission to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science for next year's Oscars presentation, Alvaro Olmos Torrico's "The Condor Daughter".

Per Ms. Hargrave:

It is a 109-minute Bolivian coming-of-age story about a teenage midwife's daughter torn between ancient tradition and big-city dreams, filmed in the Quechua-speaking Andes with non-professional actors.

The performances provided by leads María Magdalena Sanizo & Marisol Vallejos Montaño left Russ surprised by the amateur status of the actresses. This feature is a touching tale about defending tradition despite its subjugation of women. Is it a tale about rebellion or just accepting your true self?

Our host finds this feature to be something most Americans should be able to relate to. Hopefully, he is able to convince you to see this feature and understand what can be learned from it. It may not win the gold statuette in March 2027, but the feature itself is indeed a winner.

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CatBusRuss came off the bench again to make sure the visitors of the Indiana Comic Convention's 2026 edition would at least get a show from the 40th anniversary panel for James Cameron's "Aliens". Chris Martinez of the "Big Dumb Monsters Podcast" was short of fellow panelists. Thankfully, our podcast host's "Chuck Norris Was a Sith Lord" sign also listed idigcrazyflicks.com on it. It was like having his resume, but better.

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Russ fears he may have dominated the conversation since it was an unplanned situation, but Chris was great at keeping the panel flowing in the right direction. Both of these podcasters are on the, "'Aliens' is greater than 'Alien'" side of the discourse, so it was easy for them to get along...at least with each other.

As for the audience, they may have been fighting against an up and coming Ridley Scott crowd. This may have made for a successful panel because you know that means the contrarians wants to interact. Especially to express their disdain for Russ suggesting that Scott's prequels were actually good.

Inspired by this panel and a potential conversation to be had about Neil Marshall's "The Descent", our host went back to the Marshall's debut feature "Dog Soldiers". This very British, very indie movie might be the best clone of "Aliens" as an SAS unit fends off a Highland cottage from werewolves. It was a fun rewatch for Russ as he could imagine the side-by-side comparison video that could be made. If only the CatBus felt those were worthwhile YouTube videos.

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CatBusRuss went back to the "Ninety For Chill dot Com: The Podcast" archives to find some horror movie reviews. This brought him to an addition of the "Ally Accessories Shop on Etsy Trash Feature Revue". The triple-feature he found is not all horror, but they are all solid films.

This edition of the Revue covers letters T-V from 2022. Despite his disappointment (that he predicted) with Dark Castle's "Gothika", "Thir13en Ghosts" was crazy enough with its cast, gore effects, and outlandish premise to not amuse.

"VFW" is an ultra-violent film with all the action movie supporting actors who never got the chance to shine. It is crazy to the point of hilarity. "The Expendables" may have set the template for this kind of action cinema, but this crew of vets puts them to shame.

As for shame, just search Shane Carruth. "Upstream Color" is a brilliant film that investigates a need for connection while diving into the director/star's psyche. It almost makes you pity this man who maybe a "monster". He is definitely someone who let his demons deprive us of art.

To keep things fresh on "I Dig Crazy Flicks" for spooky month (and to prepare for his guest spot on the upcoming season premier of "Collateral Cinema"), Russ revisited what was once the most controversial film of all time "Cannibal Holocaust". Does it still hold that title? The American Humane Society did not truly get involved with protecting animals until "Heaven's Gate".

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To keep himself hyped for Zach Cregger's horror video game adaptation, CatBusRuss revisits a conversation with unofficial associate producer of "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast", Ally Higgins, to discuss the Paul W.S. Anderson "Resident Evil" adaptations and the "Underworld" vampire v. werewolf series of films. Both series were distributed by Sony's Screen Gems.

These two series were introduced to Ally during their four-relationship. The two broke up just before the pandemic, so this should be a stamp of approval about the podcaster since she purchased 20 sub 100-minute movies to be discussed on the show. Do the two still keep in touch after this episode?

Amongst movies Russ was open to discuss for early episode of the podcast were eighties HBO standbys, "Flashdance" and "Killer Klowns from Outer Space". Ally grew up loving these films. Who cannot find something to enjoy from KKfOS? As for Alex the whiny welder and entitled, untrained dancer, CatBus wishes more tragedy to befall her. Perhaps they should have killed the dog to make him surrender to saccharine conclusion.

Russ knows that it is not right to destroy one person's nostalgia without investigating his own. In 2001, he saw "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within". He definitely wanted to like it, but is it Final Fantasy without Chocobos? After concluding the "Resident Evil" animated features, ponderings of how good could the 2001 flick really look if the newer films look so good slipped into his brain. Their combined budgets could not be as high as the first CG, photorealistic movie. Did Russ's tepid support of the film wane upon a rewatch?

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CatBusRuss is excited about the third horror feature from acclaimed director Zach Cregger ("Weapons" and "Barbarian"), but is a bit skeptical about the subject matter. The former "Whitest Kid You Know" is taking on the cinematically divisive franchise of "Resident Evil".

To this point, none of the live-action adaptations of the Capcom video game series have been "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes (or nearly fresh with the least rotten being 39%, 21% from critical acclaim). Cregger has made it clear that his film will not be centered around any of the video games' protagonists. Russ was a fan of most of the Paul W.S. Anderson series (with the exception of the one that scored 39%), but was that more about his fandom for the director's "Mortal Kombat" and "Event Horizon"?

The Japanese CG-animated features stay in the continuity of the video games, and have a reasonable hit-to-miss ratio. Our host just watched the last two features in that franchise, "Resident Evil: Vendetta" and "Resident Evil: Death Island", to demonstrate that, especially in an age of successful gaming adaptions, being loyal to the source material is a wise decision.

CatBus did not get around to the feature in theaters since the COVID-19 restrictions were just getting lifted in 2021, but he felt "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City" was a fun feature. The actors may not have looked like their video game counterparts, but it knew that the story of the games was worth bringing to the big screens. It is really silly that this has been written off because it took just one liberty when compared to the original six Screen Gems flicks.

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Lets hope that video game writer Cory Lanham was impressed by the last minute panelist replacement CatBusRuss for this 40th anniversary panel of "The Transformers - The Movie". The Autobots and Decepticons were his first toy line of choice while his co-panelist favored Kenner's "Star Wars" line and Mattel's "Masters of the Universe". Optimus Prime's demise in this film was traumatic enough. Russ can be clumsy. Was salt poured in any wounds?

Indiana Comic Convention 2026 became the comic con where Russ may have come into his own as a panelist and promoter. The connections that he made with creators over the 15 months between ICC2025 and 2026 allowed his influence to no longer be limited by invitations to participate, but encouragement by the guests. So if a panel had a no show, the FanX group should consider themselves blessed that our podcast host was present.

The two do their best to make this more than a support group for those who were old enough for this film to tell that all heroes die (for capitalism). If anything, the stories shared by the audience about processing the violence of the feature provided instructions on how to introduce younger generations to the animated series. And when you have superb Soundwave and Starscream cosplayers in attendance, the atmosphere had to be fun.

To add to the fun of this podcast episode, CatBusRuss went out and saw another animated feature, the long delayed "Coyote vs. Acme". It was a fun nostalgic trip that left our host pondering why we cannot have the classic "Looney Tunes" style of cartoon back. Did we need live-action to make this film a winner? Wile E. could have done it on his own.

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CORY LANHAM: WRITER, NARRATIVE DESIGNER, AND OXFORD COMMA ENTHUSIAST, can be reached at http://cory-lanham-d4t5.squarespace.com/contact-form