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 ›
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Gator Bait! “Country Lovin'”! Hillbilly Brides! “Hicksploitation” Lives!
Are You Missing Some Good Old Fashioned “Hillbilly” Cinema? I know what you are thinking: with award season upon us, this is certainly an Oscar contender! And it has a rich past – with other classic “hillbilly” movies like this!… Read More ›
Hollywood’s Coolest Movie Star Steve McQueen! Chicago’s Most Amazing Car Stunt!
Talk About A Wrong Turn! It was Steve McQueen’s last film, and it included the most incredible car stunt Chicago has ever seen! Time to celebrate “The Hunter!” Steve McQueen was one of the biggest stars of the 60’s and… 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 ›
Incredible Nightclub Movie Mashup “Hells Club”! Star Wars! Boogie Nights! Scarface!
Wait Until You See This Amazing Movie Nightclub Mashup! Yes, Darth Vader and Pilot Ted Striker go head to head in one of the most amazing movie mashups ever made! Imagine taking the most iconic nightclub scenes from film and… 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 ›
Shocking “Turkey Shoot”! Sex And Gore Down Under! “Wake In Fright!” New Exploitation Blu-Rays!
Looking For a Movie To Buy On Blu-Ray? Then it’s time for some fun down under! Let’s check out two “Ozploitatiion” classics from Australia! We begin with “The Blood And Thunder Shocker Of The Year!” Severin Films has done it… Read More ›
“Squeal Like A Pig!” Marlon Brando’s “Deliverance?” Cult Classic Casting Coup!
“Squeal Like A Pig!” It is one of cinema’s most iconic lines. And one of film’s most intense moments of all time. I just spoke to someone who didn’t know even know that “squeal like a pig!” was from a… Read More ›
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