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Tag: Paul Mavis

‘The Teacher’ (1974): It’s cheap grindhouse filler…but we miss it

Oh man…I miss BCI Eclipse releases like Welcome to the Grindhouse Double Feature, like I miss the drive-ins that showed cool trash like The Teacher and Pick-Up years and years ago.

September 5, 2021September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘Pick-Up’ (1975): Trash hippie hokum is good enough for the grindhouse

Oh man…I miss BCI Eclipse releases like Welcome to the Grindhouse Double Feature, like I miss the drive-ins that showed cool trash like The Teacher and Pick-Up years and years ago.

September 5, 2021September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘Queen Bee’ (1955): Does this lurid melodrama reflect Joan Crawford’s real-life persona?

“It makes me terribly cross when people oppose me.”Amen, Joan. Amen.

August 27, 2021September 26, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

‘Evel Knievel’ (1971): Whatever happened to fearless America?

“Because it is part of the tradition and heritage of this country that the words ‘fear’ and ‘impossible’ do not exist.”

July 26, 2021September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks7 Comments

‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1978): Paranoid horror remake a treat for any era

Yes, he’s a pod that didn’t correctly transform. Look, he has to be, right? See—what else could explain that stumbling gait, that vacant, blank stare, that mouth agape, those sudden fits of crankiness inbetween the rather startling incoherence. Of course he’s a damaged pod.

July 6, 2021July 5, 2021 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Hellfighters’ (1968): Simple, cartoon actioner looks impressive on Blu-ray

We need a big screen re-release of this, in Universal’s Sensurround, pronto.

June 28, 2021September 25, 2024 Movies & Drinks8 Comments

‘Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze’ (1975): Classic pulp hero finally hits the big screen

Summer’s almost here, right? Can you feel it?

May 29, 2021September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

It’s May, 1978. Do you know what’s on Showtime?

I read someone once who stated there comes a moment of decision in every man’s life where he chooses either to move forward or back. At the time it sounded faintly ominous, but after a few years paddling around in what suicidally-bored George Sanders correctly referred to as that “sweet cesspool,” I found it a… Read More It’s May, 1978. Do you know what’s on Showtime?

May 24, 2021September 27, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘Skateboard’ (1978): Cult-classic indie a perfect way to ride into summer

“Hey, if it’s smooth, we’ll skate anywhere, man.”

May 13, 2021September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘Twice Dead’ (1988): VHS-era cheapie has a good sense of humor

Round 2 for the obvious appeal to Shout! Factory to get wise and start sending us product…or we won’t be responsible for ourselves.

May 6, 2021September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

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