Happy Ever After
With Happy Ever After (1974) I continue to delve into the mammoth Indicator boxed set Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema Of Michael J. Murphy. Taking in all of… Read more »
Disconnected
There’s a lot to like and admire about Gorman Bechard’s first feature film Disconnected (1984). But the thing about Disconnected that really hooked me was the main character Alicia (Frances… Read more »
Undeclared War
Ringo Lam’s Undeclared War (1990) finds the action film auteur bidding for the international market. Throughout the eighties the popularity of Hong Kong genre films grew steadily in western markets… Read more »
What A Way To Go!
It’s Valentine’s Day and like every other critic and movie blogger my mind has turned to celebrating this holiday with a write up about a romantic comedy. But instead of… Read more »
Erotic Nightmare
Cheap, sleazy, and totally unhinged, Erotic Nightmare (1999) could only have come from producer Wong Jing. This erotic black magic thriller is one of three films in Vinegar Syndrome’s gorgeous… Read more »
Two-Minute Warning
Well, it’s Super Bowl Sunday, 2023, which means that it is time for me to revisit my favorite of all football related movies: Two-Minute Warning (1976). As is the case… Read more »
Ladies Night
There are few football themed films as relatable as Harry and Elliot Lewis’ porno picture Ladies Night (1980). The entire crux of this little adult film made in Detroit is… Read more »
The Replacements
Hoosiers (1986), with its sentimentality and saccharine characterizations, wrote the book on the contemporary sports drama. Every subsequent “feel-good” sports flick, from Remember The Titans (2000) to Friday Night Lights… Read more »
Futures vedettes
Futures vedettes (1955) is a relatively late film from the french auteur Marc Allégret. Allégret, best known today for his films Fanny (1932) and Zouzou (1934), co-scripted Futures vedettes with… Read more »
Blue Money
Written and directed by actor Alain Patrick, Bob Chinn’s production Blue Money (1972) is perhaps best enjoyed today as an anthropological curiosity. The film, which centers around a pornographer in… Read more »
