Tag: 1960s

‘True Grit’ (1969): John Wayne’s Oscar-winning performance is still fresh, funny & exciting

I was trying to think of a movie that reminded me of my old man (to celebrate this upcoming Father’s Day), and since I couldn’t find anything titled, Hilariously Funny/Psychopathically Maladapted Depressive with Sadistic Personality Disorder and Suicidal Tendencies, I turned to ‘ol John Wayne. My old man used to laugh at him…but he loved… Read More ‘True Grit’ (1969): John Wayne’s Oscar-winning performance is still fresh, funny & exciting

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‘Cash on Demand’ (1962): Trim little Hammer outing is almost-great

It’s still Christmas time around the Mavis household (passed-out relatives under the tree only disappear when the tree does), so in an effort to find different holiday-related movie fare (because I swear to god if I see the outrageously overrated A Christmas Story one more goddamn time…), I happened upon the tight, suspenseful chamber piece… Read More ‘Cash on Demand’ (1962): Trim little Hammer outing is almost-great

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‘A Stranger in Town’ (1968): Entertaining spaghetti Western kicks off successful trilogy

Reduced, these past few weeks, to basically laying flat on my back (they took out 37 feet of my guts—I’m basically a soda fountain now), there hasn’t been much I can do but watch TV and movies. And certainly patterns of comfort TV-watching manifested themselves fairly quickly, including hours and hours of 70s TV (Emergency!,… Read More ‘A Stranger in Town’ (1968): Entertaining spaghetti Western kicks off successful trilogy

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‘Beach Party’ (1963): Sun, music & surf for your summer blues

Considering it’s now official that we live in a Third World banana republic (when the illegitimate ruling junta doesn’t even bother to cover its tracks when trying to zap its chief political opponent, the “golden days” of the American republic are well and truly over), can you blame anyone who’s looking for a little escapism?… Read More ‘Beach Party’ (1963): Sun, music & surf for your summer blues

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‘The Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection’: Troy Donahue mingles with the ladies in four ’60s romances

So I see the media is back to predicting the demise of movies, now that new incarnations of Mad Max and Garfield are flopping, and Ken-doll dreamboat, Ryan “My Eyes are Set So Close Together I Can’t Use Binoculars” Gosling, can’t draw flies with his ludicrously unnecessary The Fall Guy reboot. One of the reasons… Read More ‘The Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection’: Troy Donahue mingles with the ladies in four ’60s romances

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‘The Sorcerers’ (1967): Grungy sci-fi/horror exploiter has a unique, unexpected tone

We’ve had a week of dark, cool, rainy fall weather here in the Great American Midwest, a seasonal siren call that compels me, on an irresistible genetic level, to watch a few dark, cool, rainy 60s British movies. Add in the Halloween spirit that gets an early start around these parts (quite simply: the Midwest… Read More ‘The Sorcerers’ (1967): Grungy sci-fi/horror exploiter has a unique, unexpected tone

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