Starring: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia Mc Broom, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian Director: Russ Meyer https://youtu.be/UOP1crM6vpE?si=9BAX5IxvmO6v-A9t This movie is what happens when a studio wants to cash in on an IP and they hand it over to Russ Meyers. With a script by none other than Roger Ebert, this film is a sort… Continue reading Classic Movie: Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Director: Carl Reiner Steve Martin stars as a private detective in this neo noir, film noir homage, comedy that's a love letter to the classic movies of the 40's. Shot in black and white, the movie makes fun of the plot lines and tropes of the hard boiled detective films… Continue reading Classic Movie: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)
Starring: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Roland Culver, Director: Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, Charles Chrichton In this Ealing Studios 1940's horror movie, a man goes to a country home and has a dark presentiment of impending doom. To ease his distress, members of the household tell him some stories of their own odd… Continue reading Classic Movie: Dead of Night (1945)
I love watching scary movies around this time of year and there's nothing I love quite like a horror franchise. Seeing how the film's plots and tropes evolve or devolve as the films go on is pretty fun. Robert Englund as Freddy burst onto our screens in 1984, with Wes Craven's Nightmare On Elm Street.… Continue reading Horror Franchise: Nightmare On Elm Street (1984 – 2010)
Starring: Shelley Long, Craig T Nelson, Carla Gugino, Kellie Martin, Ami Foster Director: Jeff Kanew Shelley Long stars as Phyllis Nefler, a pampered Beverly Hills wife, soon to be divorced, who takes on the role of den mother to her daughters failing girl scout troop. It's a funny, sweet film that's gained a cult following,… Continue reading Classic Movie: Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Jeff Donnell Director: Lew Landers Always check the basement for bodies when you buy a property! This dark comedy is an oft overlooked hour long B movie that worth a watch for it's leads and it's black humour. Watch below for my review of this old gem. https://youtu.be/JpGBCnYeYMs
Starring: Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde Director: Joseph Losey Modesty Blaise is the international woman of mystery, a master thief gone straight, tasked with protecting a shipment of diamonds, in this spoof of the spy genre and cult classic caper. The fashion and design of this whole film is pure 60's fun, and the… Continue reading Classic Movie: Modesty Blaise (1966)
Ginger Rogers and David Niven star in this hilarious and slightly odd screwball comedy about a woman mistaken to be the mother of an abandoned child and the lengths people go to to help her keep "her" baby. Watch the review below. https://youtu.be/RrduPyhYp6w
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jeniffer Beals Director: Robert Bierman Vampire's Kiss is a late 80's film starring Nicolas Cage as a publishing executive with issues who starts to lose his grip on reality after he thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. But that doesn't begin to really describe what this film is.… Continue reading Classic Movie: Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire Director: Brian Henson Jim Henson and his Muppets pals take on the classic Dickens tale of A Christmas Carol, with Michael Caine as Ebeneezer Scrooge. What Is It? An oddly accurate telling of the classic story, with most of the Muppets taking on a role somewhere. Michael Caine… Continue reading Christmas Favorites: A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
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