Bombs Away: Fifty Old, Often Bad, and Mostly Forgotten Films, in No Particular Order

To movie critics, a bomb is unequivocally bad—something that failed artistically, failed at the box office, or both. John Vetto, who describes himself as a cinephile but (most assuredly) NOT a professional movie critic, defines the term more broadly. To Vetto, a bomb may have bombed at the box office or become a cult classic. It may be genuinely terrible or merely silly. The one thing all bombs have in common? They're fun to watch.

In Bombs Away: Fifty Old, Often Bad, and Mostly Forgotten Fi...