Comfortable? Well, grab your masks and let’s have some fun! It’s time to go back in time – to the golden era of grindhouse – when movies were down ‘n dirty – The movies trailers pandered to the utmost purient… Read More ›
70’s movies
A Fistful of Yen, Sniffing Glue and Calling Me Shirley, Too! Classic Comedy Movies!
If you know the phrase “fat, drunk & stupid”, then you know one of the funniest movies of the 70’s…or perhaps this one: “looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue”… And if you ever thought there… Read More ›
Movie Taboos, Shocking Seductions, “Mr. Tibbs”, Raging Bulls and $7,000 Cinema!
YOU TALKING TO ME? Yes I am! Time to get back to talking movies! Let’s talk some CLASSIC FILMS, like “The Godfather”: The story of Hollywood is much more entertaining that just history. It is full of iconic images like… 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 ›
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 ›
Kingpins! Slimeballs! “The Dude”! Let’s Go Bowling In The Movies!
Let’s Go Bowling! With the recent political talk about how bowling speaks to what America stands for, I thought a look at some of the most popular – and interesting – movies about bowling were in order. KINGPINS, THE DUDE,… Read More ›
Hungry Cops, Working Girls and Martyrs! These Women Can ACT!
Great Acting is inspiring – and here are 4 award-winning performances that showcase great acting by four terrific Actresses! Working Girl – Directed by Mike Nichols. Released in 1988. Melanie Griffith was Oscar nominated for Best Actress – and held… Read More ›
RIP Karen Black, Flying Stewardess! ’70’s Movie Madness!
RIP Karen Black Sad news that Karen Black has died. She was a great character Actress, and it was her role that spawned the campy classic “The stewardess is flying the plane!” The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!: American Films… Read More ›
Scarface, Phantoms & Obsessions! A Celebration of DePalma!
Load Up For A Celebration of DePalma! Brian DePalma is one of America’s greatest living Directors. Yet he doesn’t win Oscars, he doesn’t get much attention lately, and it’s a shame, because he has made some of the best movies… Read More ›
Goodbye Uncle Monty! Richard Griffiths & Boozing Withnail! 5 GREAT Forgotten Cult Classics!
Goodbye Uncle Monty! The great character Actor Richard Griffiths has passed away – known for roles in “Harry Potter” and of course, as “Uncle Monty” in “Withnail & I!” 5 GREAT Cult Films! “Withnail & I” is just one of… Read More ›
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