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The Umbrella TV Series of the 1970s
Guest blogger Rick 29 presents this look at the saga of The Bold Ones, the NBC Mystery Movies, and Others: In 1955, U.S television launched one of its most interesting experiments: the umbrella series, in which different TV shows were…
Read more →Taking Out the Trash Humpers
In his three-and-a-half-star review of Crash—the 1996 David Cronenberg movie about the fetish that combines sexual arousal with car crashes, not the 2005 Best Picture about the fetish that combines racial disharmony with outrageous narrative coincidence—Roger Ebert claimed that Cronenberg’s film was all…
Read more →Going To Pot With The Makers Of Square Grouper
Twenty-eight years. That’s how long Robert Platshorn spent behind bars, a prisoner for smuggling marijuana in and out of South Florida. The length of time makes him a candidate for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records: Longest time…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 04.24.11
April 24, 1913: With The Bangville Police, the Keystone Kops arrive on scene. Though they’ll last only a few years, they’ll become synonymous with Mack Sennett‘s studio. April 27, 1930: From Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, Lewis Milestone films All Quiet…
Read more →Angels Over Broadway (1940): Classic Movie Review
Guest blogger Dave writes: This film is not what I expected… at all. From the title I expected Angels Over Broadway (1940) to be a light, fun, maybe even a heartwarming type of film (why did I have visions of a…
Read more →Craptastic Cinema: Tuff Turf (1985)
New kid in town James Spader falls for Kim Richards, girlfriend of a local gang leader, in the L.A.-set teen drama Tuff Turf. Join our resident expert in aromatic movies, Julian Andre, as he determines just how tuff a viewing experience it is.
Read more →Hope & Crosby: Bob + Bing = Bliss
Guest blogger Marsha Collock writes: There are some stars that earn the adjective “beloved.” Either for their professional or personal contributions, or both, they are adopted by the audience and become a part of the “family.” Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, separately,…
Read more →Movie Fanfare Presents The Morgan Spurlock Interview
He’s eaten nothing but McDonald’s food for a month (in Super Size Me), travelled to dangerous hot-spots in the Middle East to track down the most wanted man in the world (in Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?)…
Read more →Doctor Who Addicts: Doctor Who Collectables And More (UPDATED)
Even as they mourn the recent passing of Elisabeth Sladen, Doctor Who fans are happily gearing up to enjoy their beloved program in a way never before possible: On April 23, the 32nd season (or the sixth season, depending on…
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