Good Fridays: A feature in which I review a piece of media that I actually think is genuinely good. This week's episode: 1971's Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood and Andy Robinson. 

Be sure to follow Mondo Bad Media on Tumblr, Face and Instagram @mondobadmedia, for more social-media exclusive posts and reviews.

Mondo Bad Media

Mondo Bad Media: Good Fridays Episode 0: Dirty Harry

Mondo Bad Media returns with a brand-new episode, in which the long-suffering Vik Vimes attempt to muddle his way through a movie so boring, it may actually be classed as a narcotic.

SomethingAwful.com Forums thread (via Archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20120120074129/http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=3

Article about the Slenderman Stabbing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing (my apologies, it was 2014 when this took place)

MBM041118

Mondo Bad Media S1E1: Slender Man (2018)

Vik Vimes kicks off his Good Friday posts with some thoughts on how 2016's Arrival and 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey are linked, and what that link might mean thematically.

MBM S1: Good Fridays Episode I: Arrival & 2001: A Space Odyssey

Vik Vimes returns to his roots with a review of the 2002 disasterpiece Ben & Arthur. Will he survive this hysterical homosexual hullabaloo?

Pilot Episode of Mondo Bad Movies (2017): http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/108832019

Buy Ben & Arthur:
https://www.amazon.com/Ben-Arthur-Gina-Aguilar/dp/B0001ME5DU

Mondo Bad Media Season 1

MBM S1E2: Ben & Arthur (2002)

Tackling the spectacular 1992 satire Minbo no Onna ("Extortion Woman"), Vik Vimes also touches on some interesting topics within the study of organized crime itself.

NYT article on Juzo Itami's death: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/22/movies/juzo-itami-64-filmmaker-who-directed-tampopo.html

Jake Adelstein's Tokyo Vice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Vice

Order Minbo online: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/offer-listing/B010RM097O/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1544241277&sr=8-1&keywords=minbo

Good Fridays EII: Minbo no Onna

Vik Vimes admits a weakness for 1991's blatant cash-grab disasterpiece, Cool as ICE, which stars Vanilla Ice in his first feature film. Oddly enough, this is neither his last feature film, nor his worst one...

MBM S1E3: Cool as ICE (1991)

Vik Vimes attempts to break down why Saving Christmas is a terrible goddamn movie without losing his fucking mind in the process.

MBM S1E4: Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas (2014)

MONDO BAD MEDIA is a media and arts blog dedicated to dissecting, analyzing and learning from “bad” media. Whether it be by critical consensus, box office or financial failure, or just plain laziness, bad media surrounds us as much as good media does. By critically examining pieces of art and media labelled as “bad”, we, as artists and creators, can better learn how to improve our craft. 

VIK VIMES is a freelance author living in Ontario, Canada. He is 27 years old, enjoys long walks on the beach, and 12th century English liturgical plays. He has previously worked with Durham College’s Riot Radio to produce a podcast entitled Mondo Bad Movies and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. He spends his days living behind a keyboard and wrangling a small Satanic chihuahua.

Vik Vimes

Popular tracks