The latest in a series of writers recommending under-appreciated films available to stream highlights a schlocky late 70s
Star Wars rip-off
When the Emperor of the First Circle of the Universe (that is, Christopher Plummer, in a patent leather suit beneath silver armor, a cape and oven mitt-like gloves) wants to calm his worried son (David Hasselhoff) during a climactic moment, he steps forward amid a room full of warriors and slain robots and bellows: “Imperial Battleship – stop the flow of time!!!”
It is an apogee of trash brilliance unrivaled anywhere else in the galaxy.