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Unwatchable Recap: 51-60

Here it is, the final part of our Unwatchable halftime celebration. This is the post you want to bookmark, because from here you can access all the Unwatchable entries so far. What better way to kill a slow Friday afternoon at work? Once you’ve devoured them all, your excitement for new Unwatchable material will be at a fever pitch…so I am delighted (more or less) to announce that next week is Unwatchable Week here at the Screengrab. Yes, there will be an all-new Unwatchable entry each day next week as we begin our assault on the top half of the IMDb Bottom 100 list. At least, that’s the plan. It’s easy for me to say that now, of course. We’ll see if I can actually pull it off.

In the meantime, here are another ten classics from the vault. Enjoy my pain!

The Screengrab Highlight Reel: Nov. 15-21, 2008

I have no wacky character to introduce this week’s Highlight Reel. I have only this goofy photo of Ginger Spice in a Wonder Woman costume. But really, shouldn’t that be enough? After all, Spice World is one of the entries in our survey of Guilty Pleasures (Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six). And comic book movies are all the rage, I am told. Besides, I’ve run out of story – just like Hollywood! So I might as well just tell you about the highlights from the week and Screengrab and be on my way:

We welcome back Vadim Rizov, who wonders Why Action Heroes Must Have Manly Haircuts

Despite my physician’s warnings, the Unwatchable project continues with Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie and Carry On Columbus

Phil Nugent explores The Short Career and Strange Legacy of Tom Graeff and explains Why Cinemark Shouldn’t Get Your “Milk” Money

Unwatchable #60: “Carry On Columbus”

Our fearless – and quite possibly senseless – movie janitor is watching every movie on the IMDb Bottom 100 list. Join us now for another installment of Unwatchable.

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Five hundred years later, Carry On Columbus was released in theaters. Oddly enough, there’s actually more evidence that the former event took place than the latter. Reasonable people can argue Columbus’s place in history. There is no reasonable argument for Carry On Columbus, and it has no place in history. Except here.