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.
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 What the hell is this? Ten years after Filmation disbanded, Lou Scheimer was approached by Dutch investment company Dreamweavers, N.V. to produce an animated series for […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Return of the Beverly Hillbillies was on USA Up All Night on May 20 and October 21, 1994. Airing as the CBS Tuesday Night Movie on October 6, 1981, you better believe a nine-year-old Sam sat right in front of the TV and filled his Coke-bottle glasses with this movie. Following the passing of Granny, […]
Jessica and her nephew get more than they expect while staying at a posh New York hotel managed by Grady’s old fraternity buddy. Season 4, Episode 11: Doom With a View (December 13, 1987) While staying in an opulent hotel courtesy of Grady’s fraternity brother Gary, J.B. becomes embroiled in a fight to clear Grady […]
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 Deep in the heart of Transylvania, a very different breed of bloodsucker calls a spooky castle home. Led by a vegetarian vampire named Maurice, along with […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Porky’s III: The Revenge was on USA Up All Night on July 14, 1990; December 31, 1991; July 4 and December 21, 1992 and June 26, 1993. James Komack is best known for producing The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Chico and the Man and Welcome Back, Kotter. To be honest, his making the third […]
Lionheart follows the basic plot of all Van Damme films. Our hero loses a family member in some horrible way; he must go AWOL or leave behind some responsibility, and then fight—even though he doesn’t want to—before a big battle that redeems everything. My wife — having suffered through the makings of JCVD week where […]
Week 5 (July 19 – 25) – Sub Rosa Studio Ron Bonk’s SRS Cinema has been providing the underground with TOP QUALITY GRIME since the 90s. Not only does he release a deluge of Sharksploitation, Amityville ripoffs, and Cocaine-addicted critter flicks, he also distributes auteurist masterpieces like Tim Ritter’s Truth or Dare? – A Critical Madness, Hugh […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Children was on USA Up All Night on April 12, 1991 and August 22, 1992. The best thing I can say about this movie is that nearly everyone in it is a horrible person. There are cops that don’t do their jobs well, expectant mothers that smoke and other parents that couldn’t care less […]
Audrey Webster (Theresa Saldana, Raging Bull) is just a girl trying to get out of her mother’s trailer park. She’s set to marry her fiancé, Robert (Joe D’Angerio), but she has no idea that her mother, Mildred (Margaret O’Brien), is keeping a massive, hairy secret. On their wedding night, things go sideways. Audrey doesn’t just […]
I love Pia Zadora and will never be shy about it or hide this devotion. Let’s talk about Butterfly, The Lonely Lady and Voyage of the Rock Aliens. I will have no bad words about Pia ever. You can listen to the show on Spotify. The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Podcasts, Podchaser and […]
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