Tuesday rolls around with clear skies, clear lakes, and clear highways.  Along the long stretches Smokey can be found chasing the Bandit... and adventure follows close behind. After his uncle passes away, Bandit finds himself helping a beautiful widow keep their carnival afloat. But all is not as it seems with this carnival.  It hides a secret... a shiny, glittery secret that others would kill to keep for themselves... " Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel " sees the 1990's TV movie series based on the original "Smokey and the Bandit" films come to a close.  And to be honest, it wasn't a bad send-off for the series. Brian Bloom once again brings a pleasant charm and playfulness to the character of Bandit.  While Donald O'Connor didn't get a lot of screen time, he brought quite a bit of humour to his character as Uncle Cyrus, and gave a solid impression that he's one of the few characters that could easily outwit Bandit.  Traci Lords in the role o...

The Basement welcome's it's latest contributor, Suzanne Cappelletti, as she shares her two bits on the 2012 horror flick Excision . Enjoy! Excision is the story of an outcast teenager who has an unhealthy obsession with blood and aspirations of being a doctor. Pauline is an outcast at school and so socially awkward it's painful. She is always trying to please her overbearing mother (played perfectly by Traci Lords ). As the movie builds, and we see the black cloud hanging over the family, the younger (prettier) daughter who has cystic fibrosis is in need of a transplant. The father is the doormat. He tries to keep the peace but is pushed around. As Pauline begins to unravel, getting expelled from school and studying surgical procedures in her off time to potentially save her sisters life, we see a transformation. She becomes more and more delusional. This is a great debut from director Richard Bates . He takes what could be a crazy ugly duck...