Say Hello To The Face Of Exploitation Cinema! Someone asked me to explain the phenomenon of exploitation cinema – an era from the late 60’s to the mid-80’s when movies pushed boundaries and broke taboos…and resulted in some of the… Read More ›
80’s action movies
“Straight Time!” Dustin Hoffman’s Gritty Gem! 5 Great ’70’s Cult Crime Classics!
Dustin Hoffman Gets Gritty! You may know Dustin Hoffman for a lot of great movie roles, but I bet you don’t know him as a hardened ex-con trying to do his “Straight Time! “Straight Time” is a neglected gem –… Read More ›
RIP Alan Rickman! From “Die Hard” To “Love Actually”! A Great Career!
RIP Alan Rickman! More sad news: great Character Actor Alan Rickman has died. He achieved stardom for his first movie role: dastardly criminal Hans Gruber in the classic “Die Hard” – but Rickman’s career was varied, everything from period dramas… Read More ›
Cinema’s Strangest Movie Titles! Sex! Witches! Dustin Hoffman! Slimeballs Too!
One of the most difficult aspects of making a film is deciding what to call it – after all, lots of us go see a film based on the title! Sure, “Jaws” pretty much nailed it…big shark, “JAWS”…I’m in…and when… Read More ›
Best 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas! Food! Family! Travel! “IT” Girls! Runaways! Five Great Memoirs As Holiday Gifts!
Looking For A Great Book? It can be daunting to stare down stacks and stacks – er, I mean page after page of online choices…so here are five terrific books to give as holiday gifts! “Eve’s Hollywood!” In the swinging… Read More ›
Scream Queen Linnea Quigley! “Naked Graveyard Dancing” Horror! Demons Too!
“It’s too bad we had to kill her. I really liked the outfit she had on.” Time For Some Cult Camp Classics – With Cinema’s Reigning Cult “Scream Queen!” I love Linnea Quigley! Her movies are some of the most… Read More ›
The Sex Life Of A 70’s “IT” Girl! Wild Eve Babitz Memoir Of Hollywood Excess! The Beatles’ “Best Girl!”
“Eve Babitz is a little like Madame de Sevigne, that inveterate letter-writer of Louis XIV’s time, transposed to the Chateau Marmont in the late 20th-Century–lunching, chatting, dressing, loving and crying in Hollywood, that latter-day Versailles.” –Mollie Gregory, L.A. Times This… Read More ›
Jan-Michael Vincent! From 70’s Sexiest Man To A “True Hollywood” Tragedy!
This film is currently on the “Retro” cable channel – a great cult 70’s film that was poorly remade as most of them are: One of the stars of this great action film has become a shocking “True Hollywood Tragedy”… Read More ›
“Kick” Troma Into Movie Theaters! Sex! Violence! Editing! Support The “Return To Nuke ’em High”!
Let’s Make Some ART! Time to celebrate the wildest, most irreverent and VITAL film company alive today! Welcome to Troma, where THIS is considered ART! The wild and wacky crew of Tromaville, led by filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman, have entertained us… Read More ›
Education Of A Schwarzenegger! Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Book! First Movie!
“The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is… The Pump.” Arnold Schwarzenegger has spoken! And here is when he first burst onto the scene and “pumped up”… Read More ›
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