Category: Dog Days of Summer

A Doggone Hollywood (2017)

General summary: A telepathic dog befriends a suspiciously familiar group of children while evading pursuers. Hilarity does not ensue.

Which Idea is Top Dog: Christmas Vs Hollywood?

Upon viewing A Doggone Christmas, I thought I had found something unexpected. Though the movie was only tangentially Christmas related, it allowed me to laugh with a silly B movie rather than at it. In this enchanted state I chose to watch another movie from Jim Wynorski’s filmography, A Doggone Hollywood. Only moments into this movie, I realized that any goodwill I felt from the first movie had  quickly been squandered.

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The Dog Days of Winter

On to the 2nd review for the Dog Days of Summer! After careful consideration of the myriad horrible looking dog films available, I settled on A Doggone Christmas, because it combines the two most wonderful schlock film genres:  Dogsploitation and Christmassploitation.

When you read the title A Doggone Christmas, what sort of plot does this bring to mind? Perhaps a play on ‘Doggone’ that involves a dognapping around christmastime? Maybe a tender family film about the pressures of christmas from the perspective of a dog? Well sit your ass down and get ready because here is the real plot!

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It’s hot out, it’s almost officially summer, so it is time to start the Dog Days of Summer collection to give you all your dog movie reviews that you didn’t know you needed!

TW: This review of Show Dogs contains discussions of sexual violence.

“Show Dogs”

Viewed in Theatre

I cannot believe this was released in theatres. That was my first thought, my last thought, and most of my middle thoughts during my viewing of this film.

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