‘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

‘The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case’ (1976): Deliciously awful Anthony Hopkins takes home the Emmy

So, wait: Lindbergh willingly sacrificed his kid to Nobel Prize-winning biologist Alexis Carrel in some Abrahamic gesture to provide Carrel a body for eugenics experimentation that went wrong…and then covered it up? That promotion for a new whack-job book conspiracy theory came over my news feed a while back, and sucker though I am for… Read More ‘The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case’ (1976): Deliciously awful Anthony Hopkins takes home the Emmy

‘The Oklahoma City Dolls’ (1981): Skip the Big Game. THIS is more fun!

Okay, now look: if you’re stupid enough to actually watch the Super Bowl this year believing that the fix isn’t in, now that the globalist Uni-Party has paid the curiously asexual PSYOP/singer to “hook up” (rrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiight) with the bone-headed “clot shot” shill, all in service of the eventual President Bumbles endorsement, well…I don’t know what… Read More ‘The Oklahoma City Dolls’ (1981): Skip the Big Game. THIS is more fun!

‘The Miami Story’ (1954): Sleazy potboiler isn’t great, but it’s very entertaining

“The murder syndicate, the vice ring, the fixed race, the shakedown, the paid gun—all made America’s winter playground the world’s capital of crime…till Miami blasted back and shoved the underworld into the sea—lock, stock, and B-Girl! The screen now dares to bring you the brutality, the excitement, the truth about the terrifying struggle between the… Read More ‘The Miami Story’ (1954): Sleazy potboiler isn’t great, but it’s very entertaining