March 08, 2009
I may just dislocate something trying to pat myself on the back for discovering this... and I was so excited that I started working on getting it online mere moments after I found it! Here is an uber-rare clip from the final episode of "The Brady Bunch Hour," which was only broadcast in the USA once...
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March 03, 2009
Frank Henenlotter and John Zacherle on the set of Frankenhooker. For lovers of sleazy cult cinema, writer-director Frank Henenlotter is a god... and not merely for the six whacked out films he's made in the past three decades. I can say without hesitation that there's a ton of movies that I never wo...
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February 26, 2009
By the late '60s, the Hollywood studio system was crumbling and independent filmmakers were invading drive-ins with a vengeance. Many actors found themselves without studio contracts, and they had to seek work elsewhere. That probably explains how Russ Tamblyn (WEST SIDE STORY, THE HAUNTING) wound u...
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February 24, 2009
Alfred Hitchcock was one of a kind. In an era when director's didn't have household names, Hitch shattered that rule by beaming into living rooms each week as host of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Although he'd already had a successful career up until that point, the TV series made a star of the man ...
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February 23, 2009
For those who've wondered where the hell the picture and slogan on my new site banner came from, here's your answer. It was 40 years ago today.... Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.... No wait, that's not right! (Sounds right though!) It was 40 years ago today when THE CUBE debuted on NBC's aptly ...
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January 05, 2009
Skeeter the evil lawn gnome has been complaining because I've been posting too much quasi-mainstream stuff, so he's demanded that I share his favorite movie with you! And Skeeter doesn't like it when I defy him... So you think you've seen it all? Well you haven't yet... cuz I guarantee* you haven't ...
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December 17, 2008
I feel the need to butch it up a bit after some recent shares... Gotta say, the GREATEST movie title ever is unquestionably OCTOPUSSY. I can't think of a single film (outside of porn) with a title that's anywhere near that salacious. One of the last films starring Roger Moore as James Bond, it's als...
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One of the most highly anticipated films of 1982 was ANNIE, a splashy, multi-million dollar film adaptation of the Broadway musical (based on the classic comic strip). It was speculated at the time that the movie would revive the classic Hollywood musical genre that had been so badly tainted by rock...
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December 16, 2008
And now for something completely different! In the mid-'70s, VCRs began being marketed to the public, which sent all of the movie studios into a frenzy. Film piracy instantly ran rampant, copyright laws were called into question, and the studios retaliated with pointless lawsuits against the VCR ind...
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December 15, 2008
1984 was a great year for movies... but one film was almost universally panned, and even singer Sting (who was at the top of his game at the time) couldn't save it. Adapted from the first novel in a series by Frank Herbert, David Lynch's DUNE confused moviegoers who hadn't read the book and, because...
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