Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now



Recently, I watched this on Amazon Prime. Was equally looking forward to it and dreading the experience. But I had to watch it. I would have gotten to it eventually regardless, but we all know why it suddenly became such a must-see documentary. At times, it felt like a really long, really, really depressing episode of The Osbournes where Ozzy dies at the end. But as a massive fan for 26 years of the man, I can honestly say, after watching this documentary, I have never been prouder of being a fan of someone.

To see the same guy from the early 2000's Osbournes episodes express such sorrow and regret as a crippled, Parkinson's-riddled old man, it makes you think. At least it made me think. Not to mention the same guy who bit the head off the bat and drank and did coke constantly, etc. Yeah, THAT guy got old and feeble, and eventually lost his ability to walk. This life is SO fucking temporary, Even for those of us who seem like we'll always be around, and in Ozzy's case, will never get old. And he did finally get old, seemingly over night. And before his time. One fall in the bathroom which led to a surgery that was not only unnecessary, but ultimately ruined everything for him. Stomping out the 50 year old fire that was Ozzy's epic career. But not immediately. Because some people don't call it quits so easily.

One scene that sticks out in my head, Ozzy sleeping on the couch while Sharon talks to the camera. He mumbles to himself in his sleep as Sharon wakes him. She explains to her confused husband "you were having a chat". He says "huh"? she repeats herself 3 or 4 times until finally giving up. He never heard what she said. Moments like that make it clear. Not only is the man's career over, but his very life seems to be wrapping up as he withers away on the couch like so many of us fortunate enough to make it to an old age.

During Ozzy's last few years on this planet, he was encouraged to do not only one more but two more solo albums. Obviously, he needed this as touring was out of the question, though in his mind, temporarily. A way of continuing to contribute as an artist so he could feel like he's still worth something. And in my opinion, these 2 albums are some of the best material he's put out in many years, which surprised me, because I'm not a huge fan of most of the post-90's stuff he's released. For Ordinary Man and Patient Number 9, he wasn't trying to ride the coattails of any specific trend or going through the motions just to fulfill contractual obligations. These were genuine Ozzy Osbourne albums which genuinely sounded like he enjoyed making them. Again, I found his more recent material before these to be disappointing, but he truly redeemed himself here, and that makes me happy.

After a 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction, which Ozzy was physically unable to perform at, the fire was reignited, at least enough to keep the man going for a little while longer. In Spring of 2024, Ozzy started talking publicly of regrets about original Sabbath drummer, Bill Ward not being involved in the final Sabbath album, 13, as well as the final Sabbath show from 2017. Of course another Sabbath album is out of the question because it always fucking is for some reason, but Ozzy made it clear his and Sabbath's legacy won't ever feel right unless it ends with ALL 4 original Sabbath members performing together one last time. So, now Ozzy has a goal. An end game which could give him the only thing he has left to shoot for: Peace.

Tony, Geezer and Bill agreed to take part in... something. It wasn't entirely clear what was going to happen at first, but it was eventually decided that a tribute show would be put on. An all day show involving countless big name metal bands with a main event of Ozzy doing a handful of solo songs, leading to the original Black Sabbath performing on stage together for the very last time. As we see him preparing over the next year, it actually starts to look unlikely that Ozzy will be able to make it for this as he's going down fast. The fire that kept this unstoppable legend going for so long was about to be extinguished. He can feel it. As Ozzy insists he's not even sure what he'll be able to do in a scenario where he actually makes it, you can see the disappointment and shame in his face. Ultimately, he decides that this is going to happen regardless of how he's feeling on this day.

In the end, Ozzy made it. He was able to perform one last time in front of his fans in his hometown to say goodbye and thank you for making him what he is. The king of an entire genre. An inspiration to those who hate themselves and their lives. Not to mention rich as a motherfucker. He did it! Ozzy finally closed the book on his career the exact way he wanted. In front of a large crowd with his Sabbath brothers.... and then, 2 1/2 weeks later, he died. This show will now forever hit differently. As bitter sweet as this whole thing originally was, those who attended are probably more glad than ever that they paid out their asses to go, because, well... he fucking died! Almost as if he was physically willing his own heart to go on beating long enough to do this. It meant THAT much! And after it was over, he could relax and finally let go. It's rare that such a perfect example of closure offers itself to such an amazing story.

I wish Ozzy could have gone on living and breathing and loving, and joking, and even sneaking in a couple drinks now and again. And as a fan, I will always wish he could have put out more music too. Although, it was intended. In fact, Ozzy's next goal was to do something with Paul McCartney, however, it was not to be. But holy shit, what a story! And leaving us so quickly after this huge, emotional show that he wanted so bad. Not to mention the 55 years leading up to it all. What a satisfying last hurrah this must have been... what a fucking story! 10/10

I keep seeing rumors that Mark Ruffalo got fired from Marvel. God, I hope that's true. He's one of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.

Exploitation Films

So I had this thread on the IMDb Horror Board for like 2 years before it got deleted. Basically it is just a list filled with recs for action or crime exploitation films. Got a lot of recommendations and watched a bunch as I went through a phase but got away from it. Figure I might get to watching them again. Lots of people gave recs so some of you might remember. Anywho, if anyone wants to recommend some more that would be great or you can just use this list for recs as well.

I am looking for recs for some exploitation films but more the action or crime ones. Things like these which I have seen already.

All Andy Sidaris flicks
Death Wish movies
Vigilante
The Exterminator
Deadbeat at Dawn
Ricco the Mean Machine
Contraband
Massacre Mafia Style
Thriller
Lady Terminator
The Big Racket
Machine Gun McCain
Inglorious Bastards
Savage Streets
Angel movies
Black Dynamite
Vice Squad
1990: Bronx Warriors and most Italian Post Apocalyptic films
Sex and Fury
Female Yakuza
Candy Snatchers
Class of 1984
Ms. 45
Female Prisoner movies
Policewoman
Switchblade Sisters
Deadly Prey



EDIT: Movies people have recommended me to see.


Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man - WATCHED 7/10
Billy Jack - WATCHED 6.5/10
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury - WATCHED 6/10
Il Boss - WATCHED 7.5/10
Act of Vengeance aka Rape Squad - WATCHED 6.5/10
The Heroin Busters - WATCHED 6/10
Almost Human - WATCHED 7/10
Tenement: Game of Survival - WATCHED 6/10
Streetwalkin - WATCHED 6/10
The Last Hunter - WATCHED 6/10
Centerfold Girls (1974) - WATCHED 7.5/10
Death Promise (1977) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Seige (1983) - WATCHED 7/10
Bonnie's Kids (1972) - WATCHED 6/10
Alley Cat - WATCHED 6/10
Action USA (1989) - WATCHED 7/10
Truck Stop Women (1974) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Snake Eater (1989) - WATCHED 5/10
The Farmer (1977) - WATCHED 7/10
The New Kids (1985) - WATCHED 6/10
Rolling Vengeance (1987) - WATCHED 6/10
Night of the Executioner (1992) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Night of the Juggler (1980) - WATCHED 7.5/10
Ghetto Blaster
The Killer is Still Among
Zero Woman: Red Handuffs
Serial Rapist
Girl Boss Revenge
Terrifying Girl's High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Psycho From Texas
The Amazing Mr. No Legs
Chains
The No Mercy Man
The One-Armed Executioner
Little Cigars
Kill, Alex, Kill
Lovely But Deadly
Sunday in the Country
School of the Holy Beast
White Fire (1984)
The Soldier (1982)
McBain (1991)
Death before Dishonor (1987)
Defiance (1980)
Dirty Weekend (1993)
Hit List (1989)
Kill Squad (1982)
The Mad Bomber (1973)
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop & Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Blue Movie Blackmail (1973)
Brute Corps.(1971)
The Black Gestapo (1975)
Wrong Way (1972)
Swamp Women (1956)
Alice in Wasteland
Enemy Territory
P.O.W. The Escape
Report to the Commissioner
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
Johnny Firecloud (1975)
Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976) Satan's Sadists (1969)
The Hooked Generation (1968)

EDIT: Rewatches or movies watched for 1st time that were not part of the recommended list:

Street Law - Re-WATCHED 7/10
Detroit 9000 - WATCHED 6/10
The Big Racket - Re-WATCHED 8/10
Massacre Mafia Style - Re-WATCHED 7/10
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion - Re WATCHED 7.5/10
Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion: Beast Stable - Re-WATCHED 7/10
Revolver aka Blood in the Streets - WATCHED 7/10
Cop Killers - WATCHED 5.5/10
Red Scorpion - Re-WATCHED 6.5/10
Surf Nazis Must Die - WATCHED 6/10
Joshua Tree - Re-WATCHED 6.5/10
Caliber 9 - WATCHED 7.5/10
Savage Streets - Re-WATCHED 7.5/10
The Italian Connection - WATCHED 7.5/10
Rulers of the City - WATCHED 6/10
The Doll Squad - WATCHED 6/10
Rolling Thunder - WATCHED 7.5/10
Gone With the Pope - WATCHED 7/10
Mankillers (1987) - WATCHED 7/10
The Annihilators (1985) - WATCHED 6/10
Equalizer 2000 (1987) - WATCHED 5/10
Robo Vampire (1988) - WATCHED 5/10
Wheels of Fire (1985) - WATCHED 6/10
Naked Vengeance (1985) -WATCHED 6/10
Future Force (1989) - WATCHED 5.5/10
Future Zone (1990) - WATCHED 6/10
Savage Dawn (1985) - WATCHED 6/10
Raiders of the Sun (1992) - WATCHED 5.5/10
Night of the Running Man (1995) - WATCHED 7/10
Death Rage (1976) - WATCHED 6/10
Omega Syndrome (1986) - WATCHED 5.5/10
The Devastator (1986) - WATCHED 5.5/10
Blue Vengeance (1989) - WATCHED 6/10
LA Wars (1994) - WATCHED 7/10
Mad Foxes (1981) - WATCHED 7.5/10
Firecracker (1981) - WATCHED 7/10
Silk (1986) - WATCHED 5/10
Walking the Edge (1985) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Savage Justice (1988) - WATCHED 5/10
Nam Angels (1989) - WATCHED 6/10
Strike Commando (1987) - WATCHED 6/10
Strike Commando 2 (1988) - WATCHED 5/10
Deadliest Prey (2013) - WATCHED 5/10
Commando Ninja (2018) - WATCHED 6/10
Terminal Island (1973) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Red Mob (1992) - WATCHED 5.5/10
Whatever It Takes (1998) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Endgame (1983) - WATCHED 7.5/10
The Muthers (1976) - WATCHED 6/10
The Executioner Part II (1984) - WATCHED 5/10
Crackerjack (1994) - WATCHED 4/10
Game of Survival (1989) - WATCHED 6/10
They Call Me Macho Woman (1989) - WATCHED 6/10
Solomon King (1974) - WATCHED 5/10
China O’Brien 1 and 2 (1990) - WATCHED 6/10
Fair Game (1986) - WATCHED 6/10
Cyborg Cop (1993) - WATCHED 5/10
Lady Streetfighter (1977) - WATCHED 4.5/10
Revenge of Lady Steetfighter (1990) - WATCHED 2/10
Undefeatable (1993) - WATCHED 6/10
Southern Comfort (1981) - RE-WATCHED 8/10
Toy Soldiers (1984) - WATCHED 5/10
Treasure of the Ninja (1987) - WATCHED 6/10
Ninja in the Claws of the CIA (1981) - WATCHED 5/10
Day of the Panther (1988) - WATCHED 6/10
Strike of the Panther (1988) - WATCHED 6/10
Under Seige (1980) - WATCHED 6/10
Death Collector (1988) - WATCHED 6/10
Timebomb (1991) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Drive (1997) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Dead Fire (1997) - WATCHED 5.5/10
Driving Force (1989) -WATCHED 5/10
The Evil That Men Do (1984) - WATCHED 6/10
Lost Faith (1992) - WATCHED 5/10
Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) - WATCHED 5/10
Perdita Durango (1997) - WATCHED 7/10
Undeclared War (1990) - WATCHED 7/10
Sworn to Justice (1996) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Cold Steel (1987) - WATCHED 6/10
The Female Executioner (1986) - WATCHED 6/10
Mission: Killfast (1991) - WATCHED 5.5/10
To the Limit (1995) - WATCHED 7/10
Skyscraper (1996) - WATCHED 7/10
Red Sun Rising (1994) - WATCHED 6/10
Unmasking the Idol (1986) - WATCHED 6/10
Blue Tiger (1994) - WATCHED 7/10
Kill Slade (1989) - WATCHED 5/10
Out of Bounds (1986) - WATCHED 6/10
Cyber Vengeance (1995) - WATCHED 6/10
Red Surf (1989) - WATCHED 6/10
Expect No Mercy (1995) - WATCHED 5/10
Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight (1993) - WATCHED 5/10
Lethal Target (1999) - WATCHED 5.5/10
Steel and Lace (1990) - WATCHED 6/10
TC 2000 (1993) - WATCHED 6/10
Talons of the Eagle (1992) - WATCHED 6/10
Blood Games (1990) - WATCHED 7/10
Tiger Claws (1992) - WATCHED 7/10
Tiger Claws II (1996) - WATCHED 6/10
Tiger Claws III (1999) - WATCHED 5/10
Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975) - WATCHED 6/10
Ninja Vengeance (1993) - WATCHED 3/10
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988) - WATCHED 7/10
The Cut-Throats (1971) - WATCHED 7/10
Year of the Gun (1991) - WATCHED 6.5/10
Fortress of Amerikkka (1989) - WATCHED 7/10
New York Ninja (2021) - WATCHED 5.5/10
American Dragons (1998) - WATCHED 7/10
Champagne and Bullets (1993) - WATCHED 7/10
Avenging Force (1986) - WATCHED 6/10
Death Squad aka Brigade of Death (1985) - WATCHED 7/10
Dog Tags (1987) - WATCHED 6/10
Cop Game (1988) - WATCHED 6/10
Born to Fight (1989) - WATCHED 6/10
Stone (1974) - WATCHED 6/10

#Kickboxer (1989)

Van Damme seeks revenge against a kickboxer in Thailand who paralyzed his brother. He must train with a Mr. Miyagi type in a situation similar to Karate Kid and even his own movie Bloodsport from the previous year.

He trains in an Asian location and falls for a local girl, much like Karate Kid Part II. You know, these movies are all basically the same, but they work in the 80s.

Training montages are fun. Van Damme loved showing off his ability to do the splits, but it's taken its toll on him at his age, and he walks funny now. Still, these movies make me ashamed of how unathletic I am. If I took one hit to the shin, I'd be out for a week, but he's able to kick down a tree? I know it's just a movie, but still.

In the end fight, they put glass shards on their gloves to make things extra dangerous. The parody scene from Hot Shots! Part Deux instantly comes to mind. But after getting beaten mercilessly in the face with these punches, Van Damme barely has any wounds, which is kind of funny.

So once his brother is rescued and arrives to support him at the fight, all the stakes are gone. Van Damme simply beats the living tar out of this joker, despite being on the brink of a K.O. moments earlier. Don't you just love that second-wind logic?

What's the word on the sequels? I'll probably check 'em out some century.

Kenan Thompson & Kel Mitchell to Reunite for ‘Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein’
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’90s teen comedy duo Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are gearing up for a monstrous reunion. Mitchell joined Thompson on his Prime Video talk show “Good Sports” to break the news that they’re working on Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein. The former Nickelodeon stars will play delivery drivers whose routine drop-off takes a terrifying turn when […]
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Celeb Death Watch 2025 - We're coming for your grannies edition

Rules are simple:
Choose 10 celebs who you think will die in 2025 (must be alive at the time of posting)
scoring based on their age

10 = <20
9 = <30
8 = <40
7 = <50
6 = <60
5 = <70
4 = <80
3 = <90
2 = <100
1 = >= 100

CURRENT SCORES


Tromafreak 2 points

#RIP Bob Weir, singer and founding member of #GratefulDead.

This happened a few days ago, but I just heard about it. Some of their stuff was kinda weird, but American Beauty was a great album. He lasted 30 years longer than Jerry did.

2026 Viewings

2025: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=53f1e3ca
2024: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=b9a2bf0d
2023: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=a47619a5
2022: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=8627c953
2021: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=386def7c
2020: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=32754f0d
2019: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=b948111c
2018: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=0a46a23a
2017: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=922b1522

Iran is in the middle of a revolution. Their power and internet has been cut, but Musk gave them free starlink so they can show the world what's going on. They're rejecting Islam, destroying mosques, and taking back their country. It's pretty wild and I'm all for it.

Wow! @Tromafreak gives Pearl a 10 star rating?! Where do you stand on X? I was personally underwhelmed by MaXXXine.