Ready For This $$$ True Tale Of Hollywood? Sometimes people just don’t realize how bonkers the entertainment industry is – although now we are seeing payback for its excesses. Several year ago there was a terrific “inside Hollywood” book about… Read More ›
70’s Cinema
“Star Wars”! “The Wizard Of Oz!” “Les Miz!” Hilarious Movie Plot Summaries! “2001: A Space Odyssey” Review!
The Great Sci-Fi Epic “Star Wars!” One of the most beloved series in film history came from the mind of George Lucas, and continues to entertain people around the world today…remember the plot? @RealCinemania on Twitter brought this “Star Wars”… Read More ›
“The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!” Why I Love 70’s Cinema! The Decade’s Biggest “Hellraisers!”
Question: As you see the late Karen Black in the cockpit, will there ever be a better line of dialogue from a film that this one: “The stewardess is flying the plane!” And she was! It’s just one reason I… Read More ›
RIP Margot Kidder…A Great Actress Dies…Superman’s Best Lois Lane…
RIP Margot Kidder… Sad news to share: Margot Kidder, the Actress who portrayed the best “Lois Lane” os all time, has died at the age of 69. The Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, MT, said she died Sunday but did… Read More ›
Producer Jack Woltz’s “Godfather” Mansion! The Real Beverly Hills Estate! Yes, The Horse’s Head Was Real!
Producer Jack Woltz Will See You Now! One of the great movie locations for “The Godfather” was movie mogul Jack Woltz’s Beverly Hills estate: it’s home to the most shocking scene in the movie! My wife Alex read that the… Read More ›
Legendary Hollywood Producer Allan Carr! His Academy Awards “Snow White” Debacle! “Party Animals” Book! The Worst Movie Musical Ever!
Meet The Legendary Producer Allan Carr! I just read a great book about one of Hollywood’s most flamboyant and entertaining Producers, the legendary Allan Carr! Here he is with Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell – in the 70’s,… Read More ›
RIP R. Lee Ermey! Brilliant “Full Metal Jacket!” From “Apocalypse Now” Military Advisor To Great Actor!
RIP R. Lee Ermey… Sad news: R. Lee Ermey, the former Marine who went from an off-camera Vietnam War Expert to stardom, has died…he will always be remembered as the foul-mouthed Marine Sergeant from Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “Full Metal Jacket”…… Read More ›
Meet The Empowered “Machete Maidens Unleashed!” Pam Grier Got Her Start Here! Terrific Documentary Celebrates The “Anything Goes” Films Of The Philippines!
Time To Celebrate These “Unleashed” Machete Maidens! You like cult cinema? Then do I have a terrific documentary for you – one that tells the story of the booming Philippine film industry in the 70’s and 80’s, when empowered women… Read More ›
Did The Oscars Have a “Blind Side?” The Worst Best Actress Winners!
“And The Oscar Goes To…” All movie fans are perched on the edge their seats when those words are spoken each year at The Academy Awards. It’s a cinephile’s Super Bowl, after all….so, do you ever grimace when the winning… Read More ›
Patton Oswalt Talks “I’ll Be Gone In The Dark.” UPDATE: THE KILLER CAUGHT! His Late Wife Michelle McNamara’s Real-Life Search For the “Golden State Killer”!
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer” One of California’s most notorious serial rapists and a serial killer as well – The Golden State Killer – is the subject of a fascinating… Read More ›