Another Intrepid RocketNews24 Reporter Tackles The Tough Questions! I love the stories posted on RocketNews 24 – look at the picture above for a moment, because here is how they set up their latest hilarious food story: “We’re slowly coming… Read More ›
Grab Your Six Shooters! Time To Saddle Up For Some Western Action! I love the western genre. As a kid, these classic movies were all over TV at all hours of the day and night…starring some of America’s heroes, like… Read More ›
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 ›
RIP Chuck Barris! One of the wackiest but most imaginative minds in show business has died of natural causes at the age of 87. As Variety reports: His autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
“Hands” Off This Cinematic Masterpiece! If you LOVE bad movies as much as I do, then “Hands” down I have a winner for you! It’s a legendary film shot in 1966 that is now available on blu-ray – called the… Read More ›
“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 ›
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