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Jul 27, 2021 - Front Page Woman is an entertaining 1930s Warner Bros. programmer, but Bette Davis, just off her turn in Of Human Bondage, deserved better.

Nov 13, 2015 - When people talk about The Last American Virgin, they talk about the ending, which is harsh and upsetting and cynical in a pretty creepy way.

Sep 12, 2015 - This is the SBBN entry for the 4th annual Italian Horror Blogathon hosted by our good friend Kevin at Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies. The ‘thon runs for a...

Aug 25, 2015 - Gummo (1997) is a difficult film that too often feels outrageous for the sake of outrageousness, though fans of the film seem to love it for just that reason....

Jul 12, 2021 - Cabin in the Cotton (1932) is the story of the struggle between landowners and their farming tenants in the rural South, and is most notable for Bette...

Nov 7, 2015 - Are You Here ★★☆☆☆ Director: Matthew Weiner Millennium Entertainment 113 Minutes In Theaters August 22, 2014 (Limited) and on DVD September 30, 2014...

Nov 1, 2025 - On first viewing, I was convinced that this was another example of lackluster shock film-making of the era. On a second and complete viewing, I now think...

May 31, 2015 - History is messy. The winds of cultural change seldom align neatly with our calendars; the things we think of as quintessentially 1950s, for example, like...

May 28, 2015 - Welcome to Day Five (five!) of the Camp & Cult Blogathon! Yesterday was a bit of a slow day, but Thursdays are a difficult day to get the hang of....

Apr 3, 2017 - Bette Davis gives a striking performance in Bordertown, just unsteady enough that you hardly notice it, but when she starts to go mad, you aren't...

Nov 7, 2015 - Bright Days Ahead (Les beaux jours) (2013) ★★★☆☆ Dir: Marion Vernoux Tribeca Film (Official Site) 92 minutes U.S. Release April 24, 2014 Caroline...

May 25, 2020 - It's one of the most iconic props in modern horror movie history, but where did the Halloween (1980) mask come from, anyway, and where is it now?

Nov 1, 2025 - Barry at Cinematic Catharsis and Gill at RealWeegieMidget Reviews are hosting the fifth annual Hammer-Amicus Blogathon, and yours truly will be posting about...

Aug 31, 2015 - This is Day Six of the Camp & Cult Blogathon, and boy are my arms tired. Don’t forget to check out all the submissions on the main page, found at the...

Mar 30, 2015 - If early Hollywood films are any indication, a good 47% of women by volume found themselves abandoned, unmarried and pregnant at some point in their lives....

Sep 18, 2015 - Are you a fan of crazy weird 1970s made-for-TV movies? Then have I got a doozy for you: The Girl in the Empty Grave. What you need to know about this film...

Nov 7, 2015 - Beginning in the late 1980s, the newly-launched TNT network, owned by Ted Turner, began to produce their own original programming. Early examples included...

Sep 19, 2015 - Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013) ★☆☆☆☆ Dir: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly Tribeca Film (Official Site) 116 minutes U.S. Theatrical Release May 2, 2014...

Nov 1, 2025 - Miss Diana Dors: Singer, actress, and professional sexpot. One of my favorites. The photo shoot with this silver swimsuit must have lasted for days,...

Sep 9, 2015 - Just under 16 minutes into The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), at Harry Pebbel’s office, the George Hurrell portrait of Marie Prevost can be seen above...

Aug 31, 2015 - Mild trigger warning for attempted rape/ravishment in the film which is discussed later in this summary. Also, spoilers for Where Love Has Gone. Big ones. ***...

Aug 31, 2015 - Welcome to Day Nine of the Camp & Cult Blogathon! Because of a lengthy power outage last night, yesterday’s submissions will be up later today. I...

Aug 8, 2023 - Starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame at their most intense, The Big Heat (1953) is the quintessential classic 1950s film noir.

Sep 14, 2015 - While The Tomb of Ligeia is unquestionably one of Roger Corman's best Poe adaptations, it also possesses one of the weakest endings of any of his films.

Aug 31, 2015 - Welcome to (technically) Day One of the Camp & Cult Blogathon! Don’t forget to check out all the great entries here at the main Camp & Cult Page....

Aug 31, 2015 - Welcome to Day Ten of the Camp & Cult Blogathon! Don’t forget to check out all the entries here on the main page! The ‘thon ends on Friday the...

Jan 7, 2015 - Oh, Terence Morgan, you look so good in tights. You know that’s the reason you got fan mail from teenage girls after playing Laertes in...

May 15, 2025 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a meditation on aging and mortality, a fine film that somehow both transcended the science fiction genre but also launched...

Nov 21, 2014 - Proxy ★★★☆☆ Dir: Zach Parker IFC Midnight 120 minutes Released in select theaters April 18, 2014 – Esther (Alexia Rasmussen), a heavily...

Jan 29, 2015 - Song One ★✫✫✫✫ Director: Kate Barker-Froyland Film Arcade (Official Site) 86 Minutes In Theaters Beginning January 23, 2015 (Limited) – When...

May 27, 2020 - Fitness guru and one-time talk show stalwart Richard Simmons was reportedly cast as an extra in the 1969 film Fellini Satyricon, but where does he appear?

May 27, 2020 - Band of Angels (1957): My first review from 1998 of an oversaturated, melodramatic mid-50s Warner Bros. mess.

Sep 12, 2015 - Why Phil Spector exists is entirely unclear, not because of any supposed complexity, but because of its steadfast refusal to say anything of import.

Sep 19, 2015 - Spunky, beautiful heiress Kay Bentley (Joan Crawford) decides to go ashore when her father’s yacht docks in the Greek Islands. While there, she meets...

Jan 3, 2024 - I skimmed my repos and counted 56 new Web Components in 2023 And I only blogged about one in 2023.... Tagged with webcomponents, javascript, webdev.

Jul 12, 2021 - Murder By Television is a mess of a whodunnit with a few sprinklings of science fiction nonsense, but at least it's only an hour long, so that's...

Jan 16, 2017 - Rope (1948) is the sordid tale of two young men, a pointless murder, and a corpse hidden in a buffet table from which friends and family unknowingly feast.

Sep 14, 2015 - Today’s Warner Archive film review is slightly NSFW! That means it’s even more fun than usual! But it’s probably not something you want your...

Oct 7, 2025 - It's the 20th anniversary of the invention of the Crazification Factor, a theory advanced by John and Tyrone of Kung Fu Monkey to explain political...

Scrolling back the blog in time, inspired by John Johnston to see all posts posted on today’s date in previous years. This is achieved via the WP Posted...

Sep 19, 2015 - We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst!) (2013) ★★★★★ Dir: Lucas Moodysson Magnolia Pictures (Official Site) 102 minutes U.S. Theatrical Release May 30, 2014...

Nov 7, 2015 - After his famous stint on Saturday Night Live and critically-acclaimed stand-up act, Steve Martin made his way into films in the late 1970s. Securing a solid...

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May 7, 2014 - As High as the Sky ★★★★☆ Dir: Nikki Braendlin Cinema Libre 90 minutes Released on DVD May 6, 2014 and On Demand June 6, 2014 – Margaret...

Nov 1, 2025 - Diana Dors was a child star, if you can call it that. She started modeling in swimsuits at age 12 and taking them off to pose for art classes by age 15. By the...

May 3, 2025 - The alleged comedy in The Boatniks has been mathematically calculated to contain a financially precise ratio of kiddie jokes to surreptitiously adult humor.

Aug 23, 2015 - A lot of people for a lot of years tried to make Johnny Mack Brown happen. The handsome All-American halfback-turned-actor cut his teeth on a few silent films...

Sep 14, 2015 - Much of what S#x Acts promises to be an exploration of teen mores in a culture obsessed with social media instead comes across as pure moralizing.

Jan 7, 2015 - “Fog Over Frisco” (1934) – Bette Davis is Arlene, hard-partying step-sister to Val (Margaret Livingston. Again. Sigh.) Arlene is also...

Sep 14, 2015 - Described as the first jock turned broadcaster in history, Marty Glickman began what would become an exceptional sports career while attending high school in...

Sep 20, 2013 - Front Page Woman (1935) Starring Bette Davis, George Brent and Roscoe Karns Credits: Bette portrait from Stirred, Straight Up, With a Twist; George, Bette and...

Nov 1, 2025 - Allow me to treat you to some fine poster art featuring Diana Dors and, inevitably, two of her most famous assets.

Dec 16, 2014 - Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Clara Bow and Richard Arlen in Wings (1927) Eighty years ago today the silent movie classic Wings premiered to general...

Sep 20, 2013 - Several years ago, when The SBBN Bette Davis Project was still in its infancy, I reviewed the early Bette programmer Front Page Woman (1935). In short, I...

Nov 1, 2025 - The Unholy Wife proves that Diana Dors could, in a pinch, act. It also proves she needed a strong director and a good story, both of which are sadly lacking in...

Sep 12, 2015 - In 1965, The Loved One was considered too offensive to film. Director Tony Richardson did it anyway, because in the 1960s, that's what Tony Richardson did.