While you might pride yourself on knowing all about the classics, and the various arthouse corners of the cinema world, a piece of history that's worth making an acquaintance with is the '80s and '90s output of rogue film studio Cannon Films. Built on a foundation of schlocky films and cheap action flicks, the studio has arguably a forerunner to kind of low-budget stuff (think "The Purge" or this past weekend's "Annabelle") that routinely gets major wide releases (and make plenty of box office bank). But don't fear if this is all new to you. The upcoming documentary "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films" will tell you all that you need to know.
Directed by Mark Hartley, and executive produced by Brett Ratner, the doc is an always involving and entertaining look behind-the-curtains of the studio, and the men who ran it: filmmaker/producer Menahem Golan and producer/businessman Yoram Globus. Simply put —...
