B&S About Movies is all about, well, movies. It's owned and operated by Sam Panico. He is the sole proprietor and chief writer. All others are guest contributors.
Woodsboro always finds a way to bring people back. This time, Scream 7 brings back franchise architect Kevin Williamson, back in the director’s chair alongside co-writer Guy Busick. This seventh installment leans heavily into its rich history while building a brand-new chapter for our ultimate final girl, bringing back the genre icons we grew up […]
Week 7 (Aug 2 – 8) – Muscle Distribution Catalog Muscle Distribution is an exciting new venture that’s hard to sum up with words alone, but if you dig into the catalog, you find a shape that’s more well-defined than any mission statement. Liz is keeping it hot for us. From Muscle’s website: Muscle is a new film distribution […]
Andy Sidaris’ second non-documentary movie is all about what happens when seven gangsters take over Hawaii, leading the FBI to bring in ex-agent-turned-killer Drew Savano (William Smith, Invasion of the Bee Girls, Maniac Cop), who has hired seven of the world’s best killers to take out the trash. They become Sevano’s Seven – the Playmate, the Black […]
I had the awesome fortune of getting to see Charles Band’s new movie at Flashback Chicago, and what a way to watch it. I was two rows behind him, his wife, his brother Richard and several of their friends for this. Jeff (Ian Kramer) is having a rough time of it. He wants to get […]
It’s 1988, Jessica. Happy New Year. But will you make it to 1989? In this episode, Sheriff Amos’ sister and her in-laws descend upon Cabot Cove; Jessica hosts a dinner party with homicidal results, leaving the finger-pointing at the lawman’s sibling. Season 4, Episode 12: Who Threw the Barbitals In Mrs. Flecther’s Chowder? (January 3, […]
Week 7 (Aug 2 – 8) – Muscle Distribution Catalog Muscle Distribution is an exciting new venture that’s hard to sum up with words alone, but if you dig into the catalog you find a shape that’s more well defined than any mission statement. Liz is keeping it hot for us. From Muscle’s website: Muscle is a new film distribution […]
Poliziotteschi is but one of the many waves of Italian exploitation and one that takes American inspiration — Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Death Wish — and uses it to explore the Years of Lead, a time of social unrest, political upheaval, terrorism, rising crime and outfight mob warfare from the 1960s to 1980s. Much like the vigilante films […]
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina Princess Serena (Jennifer Hale) finds the mysterious sorcerer Baraka (Leonard Nimoy) washed up on the shore and offers him shelter within the palace walls. While he […]
Edward Dmytryk may be best known for his film noir efforts, such as Crossfire, Cornered and Murder, My Sweet. In 1947, he was named one of the Hollywood Ten, blacklisted professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and served time in prison for contempt of court. However, in 1951, to save his career, […]
All this month, I’ll be watching the 24 VHS tapes that make up the Sybil Danning Adventure Video releases. Some say 22, but there are also two compilations of the Roger Moore The Saint series that are part of this. Back in the golden era of home video, when mom-and-pop rental shops smelled of stale […]
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