This is a celebration of the world’s best food, created by the world’s best Chefs! This week, S. Pellegrino released their fairly well-regarded annual list of the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants,” and for the third year in a row, René… Read More ›
Books / Media
“Dream Home” Horror! Female “Ninja Warriors”! “Helldriver!”
It has been awhile since I delved into the dark side of cinema…so let’s delve together by returning to a terrific sub-culture of movie that is over-the-top in all the best ways… Welcome to your new home…nice, isn’t it? If… Read More ›
The Mack! Shaft! Sweet Sweetback! Jim Kelly! Blacula! Blaxploitation Lives!
Celebrating a great era in exploitation film making – “BLAXPLOITATION!” “Blaxploitation” is a now somewhat overlooked style of film making from the early 70’s that were an ethnic sub-cuture of exploitation film, focused on the black community. Meet Blaxploitation Legend… Read More ›
Savages, Giant Tuna, Coffee Jelly And My Tokyo Cop Encounter!
Welcome To Tokyo! This is an image of night-time in Tokyo…a gorgeous scene in a wild place…which leads to a story about a Tokyo cop encounter…that’s just ahead, but first, enjoy this image below: This is what we think of… Read More ›
Forbidden Rolling Stones! Fighting Dandys! Janis Joplin Parties! Greatest Rock Docs!
Behold the “Summer Of Love” – when “flower power” met “free love” – and hordes of hippies boarded psychedelic buses that cross-crossed America looking for music festivals, so people could “drop out and turn on.” It was a golden, innocent… Read More ›
The “Phantom” Is Gone! An Appreciation of William Finley…
William Finley Has Died… Very sad news to post. William Finley, the star of Brian DePalma’s brilliant 1974 movie “Phantom Of The Paradise”, has died. Here is a bio I found online: “The lanky 6’4″ William Finley played the side… Read More ›
Norway’s “Dirty Harry!” Oslo’s Toughest Cop Harry Hole! Time For “Nordic Noir!”
Raise your hand if you love Dirty Harry! Now, imagine a series of crime thrillers set in Norway – starring Harry Hole, Norway’s version of “Dirty Harry!” BEHOLD BEAUTIFUL OSLO! What a gorgeous city – Oslo, Norway – the home… Read More ›
New York Orgies! Sex Down Under! Plato’s Retreat! “Dirty Docs!”
Hey! Watch It With The Camera! We’re Doing An Orgy Here! There are documentaries that enlighten – and inform. They are, in many ways, educational and thought-provoking. Yes, even when they are about orgies… And then there are documentaries that… Read More ›
Pink Floyd Fights! Rolling Stones Stories! Pam Des Barres and Groupies, Groupies, Groupies!
Hello, classic rockers and those who wish they were! It’s time to look back at a time when the world was young, music was anarchy, and groupies were everywhere! Life by Keith Richards and James Fox (Contributor) – published in… Read More ›
Sex-Crazed Stars, Tabloid Wars and Tough Guys! Auto Focus, The Paper and The Long Good Friday!
Hold The Phone! I love telling someone about a great movie they may have missed. Recently, I got someone hooked on “Barton Fink”, the classic Coen Brothers film – there are a ton of great, overlooked films to share –… Read More ›
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