The Cannon Cruisers

Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) – Sci-Fi Comedy Spoof Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), a sci-fi comedy spoof directed by Greg Beeman and written by the creators of Bill & Ted. Starring Jeffrey Jones, Teri Garr, Jon Lovitz, Wallace Shawn, Eric Idle, and Kathy Ireland, the film follows an ordinary suburban couple who are abducted to a planet...

Rent-a-Kid (1995) – Disney Channel Family Comedy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Rent-a-Kid (1995), a Disney Channel family comedy directed by Fred Gerber and starring Leslie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Matt McCoy, and Sherry Miller. A businessman launches an unusual foster program that lets prospective parents "rent" children before adopting them, leading one couple to discover...

Problem Child (1990) – Controversial Family Comedy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Problem Child (1990), the controversial family comedy directed by Dennis Dugan and starring John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, and Michael Richards. When a chronically returned orphan finally finds a home with a well-meaning father, Junior’s destructive antic...

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) – Satire Parody Musical Comedy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, JD and Randy check out Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), the satire parody musical comedy directed by Eric Appel and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Julian Nicholson, and Toby Huss. The film presents a heavily fictionalized, over-the-top biography of the legendary p...

UHF (1989) – Comedy Satire Parody Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week, JD and Randy check out UHF (1989), the cult classic comedy satire directed by Jay Levy and starring Weird Al Yankovic, Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, and Victoria Jackson. The movie follows George Newman, a guy who cannot seem to keep a job until he gets the chance to manage a low-rated UHF station...

Masterminds (1997) – Die Hard in a School Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! JD and Randy take a look at Masterminds (1997), a PG‑13 action film directed by Roger Christian and starring Patrick Stewart , Vincent Kartheiser and Bradley Whitford . The movie follows a rebellious teen who brings his stepsister to an elite prep school on the same day the campus is taken over by a security contractor demanding m...

Spookies (1986) – Horror Creature Feature Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! JD and Randy take a look at Spookies (1986), a horror creature feature directed by Brendan Faulkner , Thomas Doran and Jeanie Joseph , and starring Felix Ward , Alec Nemser and Maria Pechukas . The film follows a group of travellers who take shelter in an abandoned mansion, unaware that a sorcerer is using the house to trap souls...

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) – Horror Comedy Cult Classic Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010), the beloved horror comedy directed by Eli Craig and starring Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, and Katrina Bowden. The film follows two well-meaning hillbillies who head to their fixer-upper vacation cabin in the woods, only to be mistaken for chainsaw-wield...

Detention (2011) – Sci-Fi Slasher Parody Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 2011 genre-bending film Detention, directed by Joseph Kahn and starring Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, and Dane Cook. The story follows a group of high school students in Grizzly Lake who must survive a slasher killer known as Cinderhella while trapped in a 12-hour detention that involves time t...

The Last Match (1991) – Italian Action Sports Exploitation Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are covering the 1991 Italian cult film The Last Match, directed by Fabrizio De Angelis and featuring an ensemble cast including Oliver Tobias, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva, and Charles Napier. The story follows a professional football player whose daughter is wrongfully imprisoned in a corrupt Caribb...

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) – Wuxia Fantasy Action Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 1983 Wuxia classic Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, directed by Tsui Hark and starring Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Adam Cheng, Bridget Lin, and Moon Lee. Set in ancient China amidst a landscape of constant civil war, the film follows a young soldier who stumbles into a super...

Dollman (1991) – Sci-Fi Action Thriller Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 1991 sci-fi actioner Dollman, directed by Albert Pyun and starring Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, and Kamala Lopez. The film follows Brick Bardo, a hard-boiled cop from the planet Arcturus who finds himself stranded on Earth after a space pursuit, only to discover that on our planet, he is only...

Undefeatable (1993) – Martial Arts Action Crime Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 1993 martial arts cult classic Undefeatable, directed by Godfrey Ho and starring the legendary Cynthia Rothrock, Don Niam, and John Miller. The film follows a tough street fighter who teams up with a police officer to hunt down a sadistic, muscle-bound serial killer after her sister becomes...

Prehysteria! (1993) – Family Sci-Fi Fantasy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 1993 family favorite Prehysteria!, directed by Albert and Charles Band and starring Brett Cullen, Colleen Morris, and Austin O'Brien. The film follows a young boy who discovers a clutch of mysterious eggs that hatch into a group of miniature, living dinosaurs, leading his family into a whimsical...

Quiet Cool (1986) – Action Thriller Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 1986 action thriller Quiet Cool, directed by Clay Borris and starring James Remar, Adam Coleman Howard, and Daphne Ashbrook. Set in the remote mountains of California, the film follows a tough New York City cop who travels to a small rural town to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend's fam...

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Review – Comedy Horror Fantasy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are covering the 2002 cult classic Bubba Ho-Tep, directed and written by Don Coscarelli of Phantasm fame. Based on the novella by Joe R. Lansdale, the film stars Bruce Campbell as an elderly man in an East Texas nursing home who claims to be the real Elvis Presley. Alongside his friend Jack—a fellow resident...

The City of Violence (2006) – Korean Action Crime Martial Arts Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are checking out the 2006 Korean action gem The City of Violence, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who also stars alongside Jung Doo-hong and Lee Beom-soo. The film follows a group of childhood friends who reunited after the mysterious death of one of their own, only to find that their different paths...

Primate (2026) – Killer Animal Splatter Horror Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we are covering the 2026 release Primate, the intense killer monkey movie directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Johnny Sequoia, Troy Kotsur, and Jessica Alexander. Set in Hawaii, the film follows a family whose homecoming turns into a bloody survival nightmare when their pet chimpanzee, Ben, contracts rabies and...

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) – Urban Fantasy Noir HBO Film Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Cast a Deadly Spell (1991), an HBO original urban fantasy noir directed by Martin Campbell and starring Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, and Clancy Brown. Set in 1948 Los Angeles where magic is part of everyday life, private detective H. Philip Lovecraft refuses to use magic as he in...

Castle Freak (1995) – Lovecraftian Gothic Horror from Full Moon Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Castle Freak (1995), a Stuart Gordon gothic horror film produced by Charles Band and Full Moon Features. Loosely inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s The Outsider and The Rats in the Walls, it stars Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton as an American family who inherit an Italian castle and dis...

Fortress (1985) – Australian Outback Survival Thriller Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! Yes, we’re doing Fortress again, but this is a completely different film from last week’s 1992 dystopian prison movie. Fortress (1985) is an Australian horror thriller directed by Arch Nicholson and written by Everett DeRoch, the writer of Razorback and Link. When a rural one-room schoolhouse is invaded by masked crim...

Fortress (1992) – Dystopian Sci-Fi Action Thriller Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Fortress (1992), a cult sci-fi action thriller directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, and Loryn Locklin. Set in a near-future America with strict population control, the film follows a couple imprisoned for having a second child and sent to a privately run dese...

Hundreds of Beavers (2024) – Silent Comedy Indie Cult Film Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Hundreds of Beavers (2024), a silent indie comedy directed by Mike Cheslik and co-written with Ryland Brickson Cole Tews. Shot in stark black and white, the film follows applejack salesman Jean Kayak as he blows up his livelihood and must survive the wilderness by becoming a fur trapper, a...

The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days (1975) – Canadian Crime Thriller TV Movie Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days (1975), a Canadian crime thriller directed by Douglas Jackson and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Set in Montreal during a summer heat wave, the film follows a television reporter who stumbles into a criminal operation and slowly...

Dolls (1987) – Gothic Killer Doll Horror Fantasy Hey Cannon Cruisers fans! This week we’re covering Dolls (1987), a gothic horror fantasy directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Charles Band’s Empire Pictures. When a young girl, her abusive parents, and a group of stranded travellers take shelter in a remote English manor, they discover their elderly hosts are doll makers whose creations punish...