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‘Who Was That Lady?’ (1960): Dino sells us on overlong sexcapade

The King of Cool ditches The Kid and gets a new pallie for a black and white Cold War sex-capade!

April 10, 2018September 26, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw’ (1976): Lynda Carter – wonderful before Wonder Woman!

On April 3rd, 2018, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce awarded a “Walk of Fame” star to the real Wonder Woman—the only Wonder Woman—Lynda Carter.

April 2, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Star Time’ (1992): A visually unsettling indie shocker

Cult releasing company Vinegar Syndrome has just put out—on a crisp, flawless, extras-heavy, director’s cut Blu-ray/DVD combo—Star Time,

March 26, 2018June 27, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Saving Brinton’ (2017): Heartland doc unearths lost cinematic gold

Buried cinema treasure revealed in the nation’s heartland.

March 20, 2018June 24, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Night Terror’ (1977): Valerie Harper stars in tense suspenser

Remember Rhoda, Mary’s best friend and upstairs neighbor on The Mary Tyler Moore Show? Did you know that she, along with her costars, took a suspenseful detour into thriller-movie territory, to spice things up?

March 13, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

‘Die! Die! My Darling!’ (1965): Suspenseful Hammer ‘mini-Hitchcock’

Solid Hammer “mini-Hitchcock” outing, perfect for the rainy Saturday matinee crowd.

March 6, 2018September 25, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Never Take Candy From a Stranger’ (1960): Disturbing, unsettling Hammer white knuckler

Harrowing, sick suspense from Hammer…with a smack-down of small-town politics.

March 5, 2018September 25, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

‘How to Save a Marriage (And Ruin Your Life)’ (1968): Classier, wittier Dean Martin sex comedy

Cute, pallie. Mill Creek Entertainment has packaged together three separate releases into the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Collection boxed set.

March 2, 2018September 25, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘Benji’ (1974): Scrappy indie holds up just fine today

When I watch Benji, I feel love.

February 19, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

‘Dying Room Only’ (1973): Vacation ends badly in solid suspenser

Available through Warner Brothers’ Archive Collection (a real rarity, considering how few MTVs from this era have made it onto disc), ABC’s 1973 telemovie, Dying Room Only, directed by Philip Leacock, written by the master, Richard Matheson, and starring Cloris Leachman, Ned Beatty, Ross Martin, and Dabney Coleman, is a model of efficient, effective suspense.

February 14, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

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