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.
If you find a spacious New York apartment for $285 a month — even in 1987 — you aren’t getting a bargain. You’re probably getting a ticket to hell, baby. Sandy Darhaus (Perry Lang) is a yuppie investment banker with the kind of high-strung, large-ham energy that makes you root for the ghosts from minute […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre, September 19 and 20, 2025. Two big nights with four feature films each night include: Here are the drinks I’m bringing! You can always watch and drink along at home! Night One Tall Tiki Man Prom Night Virgin (from Tipsy Bartender) Night Two Your […]
Week 14 (Sept. 20 – 26) – THE END! Post-Apocalyptic Cinema: Make sure to pull the ladder up on the way out At the end of the world, we will all have to be part of the high-stakes, white-knuckle world of aggressive corporate towing. Yes, it’s Driving Force, a bizarre sci-fi action hybrid directed by A.J. Prowse. […]
This week, all Harry Novak. Behind Locked Doors, Crazy Wild and Crazy, Country Hooker, Country Cuzzins, Kiss Me Quick, Mantis In Lace, Please Don’t Eat My Mother and Roseland. This is wallowing in filth. You can listen to the show on Spotify. The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Podcasts, Podchaser and […]
Check out this documentary from when Erik and Phillip came to Pittsburgh and explored some of our movie locations. AC Nicholas and I show up! I love when people come to my hometown and enjoy it.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bad Georgia Road was on the CBS Late Movie on January 23, 1981. Released around a month after Smokey and the Bandit to drive-ins across the American South by Dimension Pictures, this played double bills with The Great Smokey Roadblock or Hi-Riders. It follows city slicker Molly Golden (Carol Lynley), who learns she’s […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre, September 19 and 20, 2025. Two big nights with four feature films each night include: When I was a kid, I remember asking my dad what movies he thought were scary. He answered Night of the Living Dead and Gargoyles, so I was always nervous to […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deadly Blessing was on the CBS Late Movie on March 28 and July 14, 1988. Alright, I’ll admit it: I don’t like Wes Craven, but I liked this movie. The Hittites are a religious community who “make the Amish look like swingers,” and even when people like Jim Schmidt escape it, they keep […]
Week 14 (Sept. 20 – 26) – THE END! Post-Apocalyptic Cinema: Make sure to pull the ladder up on the way out God is Dead. Hell Still Exists. Well, that’s a great tagline and an even better poster. As for the movie, well…it tries. In the future, society is divided into a strict class structure with the […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid was on the CBS Late Movie on April 10, 1987. Where could Steve Martin and Carl Reiner go after The Jerk and The Man with Two Brains? How about to the world of film noir? At lunch with Reiner and screenwriter George Gip, Martin discussed using a clip from an […]
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