January 24, 2013

The Oscar

    The Oscar Release Date: March 4, 1966 Runtime: 119 minutes Rating: N/A Studio: Paramount Director: Russell Rouse Cast: Stephen Boyd; Milton Berle; Elke Sommer; Jill St. John; Tony Bennett; a slew of other Oscar winners/nominees     While watching this train wreck of a film, a number of […]
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February 6, 2013

Lost Horizon (1973)

    Lost Horizon Release Date: March 17, 1973 Runtime: 150 minutes (feels like it!) Rating: G Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony) Director: Charles Jarrott Cast: Peter Finch; Liv Ullmann; John Gielgud; Sally Kellerman; George Kennedy; Michael York; Olivia Hussey; Bobby Van; James Shigeta; Charles Boyer     Hoo-boy!  Where to […]
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February 9, 2013

Soapdish

    Soapdish Release Date: May 31, 1991 Runtime: 97 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Michael Hoffman Cast: Sally Field; Kevin Kline; Cathy Moriarty; Robert Downey, Jr; Elisabeth Shue; Whoopi Goldberg; Teri Hatcher     A riotous farce set in the world of glamorous daytime soap operas, “Soapdish” […]
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February 9, 2013

Xanadu

    Xanadu Release Date: August 8, 1980 Runtime: 93 minutes Rating: PG Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Robert Greenwald Cast: Olivia Newton-John; Gene Kelly; Michael Beck     Something about this movie draws me to it.  I don’t know if it’s the fact that it was so viciously derided upon its […]
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March 14, 2013

Motel Hell

    Motel Hell Release Date: October 18, 1980 Runtime: 101 minutes Rating: R Studio: United Artists (MGM) Director: Kevin Connor Cast: Rory Calhoun; Nancy Parsons; Paul Linke; Nina Axelrod; Wolfman Jack     [POSSIBLE SPOILERS] This is one fun, albeit totally demented movie!! I love it when movies don’t […]
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April 5, 2013

Body of Evidence

    Body of Evidence Release Date: January 15, 1993 Runtime: 99 minutes Rating: R Studio: MGM Director: Uli Edel Cast: Willem Dafoe; Madonna; Joe Mantegna; Anne Archer; Julianne Moore; Frank Langella; Jurgen Prochnow     Hoo-boy!!! This one’s a doozy! No one in this train wreck could possibly have thought […]
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April 22, 2013

Showgirls

    Showgirls Release Date: September 22, 1995 Runtime: 131 minutes Rating: NC-17 Studio: United Artists (MGM) Director: Paul Verhoeven Cast: Elizabeth Berkley; Kyle MacLachlan; Gina Gershon; Gina Ravera; Glenn Plummer; Alan Rachins     Let’s not bullshit each other, folks. You know you love this boondoggle of a flick from 1995, […]
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August 5, 2013

The Canyons

    The Canyons Release Date: August 2, 2013 Runtime: 99 minutes Rating: Unrated Studio: IFC Films Director: Paul Schrader Cast: Lindsay Lohan; James Deen; Nolan Gerard Funk; Amanda Brooks; Gus Van Sant     You would think that a collaboration between the writer/director of “American Gigolo” and “Hardcore” and […]
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July 24, 2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

This movie is a love letter to the fans, plain and simple. While it is possible to enjoy the madness as an “Ab Fab” virgin, the experience will be greatly heightened if you have followed the misadventures of Patsy and Eddie for at least some of their (non-consecutive) seven-year run on television.
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August 22, 2017

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

This low-key quickie hearkens back to a sort of golden age for low-budget chillers. While not as gruesome as some of its contemporaries (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes), this film makes tremendous use of its spooky old house and outdoor locations. Despite a horrendous title, Let’s Scare Jessica To Death is an effective little creeper: high on atmosphere and long on style.
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