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 8 (Aug 9 – 15) – Trash-Mex picks Hey, Mario Almada was in over 300 movies, someone’s gotta help us find the good ones! Since 2010 Armando Hernandez has been one of the only people discussing Mexican genre pictures through his website trashmex dot com and the Trash-Mex podcast with co-host Joey Diaz. There’s ORO AUTÉNTICO on this list! […]
Fast Money is a fascinating slice of regional filmmaking, capturing the gritty, sun-baked textures of 1970s and early-80s Austin, Texas, long before it became the Austin of today. Directed and written by Douglas Holloway, the film tracks Dusty (Sammy Allred), a pot dealer who hires a couple of buddies—portrayed by J.D. (Sonny Carl Davis) and […]
While visiting her astronomer nephew-in-law, Jessica must prove that he and her niece did not murder a young politician. Season 4, Episode 13: Harbinger of Death (January 24, 1988) Jessica is invited by her niece, Carrie Palmer, to witness the reappearance of a comet. Carrie’s husband, Leonard — no relation to Leland — is an […]
Three teenage friends — Suzanne (Charlotte Walior), Annie (Zoé Chauveau), and Catherine (Anne Parillaud) — are ready to navigate the emotional turbulence of adolescence, love and self-discovery. This involves spending their nights in discos and cinemas chasing adventure and romance. Soon, they are joined by Suzanne’s younger sister, Betty (Isabelle Mejias), who eagerly imitates their […]
Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice in 1940 during World War II, The Key explores the intricate and transgressive psychological dynamics of an aging couple. Art professor Nino (Frank Finlay) realizes he can no longer satisfy his younger, passionate wife, Teresa (Stefania Sandrelli), the way she desires. Instead of letting jealousy take over, Nino […]
Week 8 (Aug 9 – 15) – Trash-Mex picks Hey, Mario Almada was in over 300 movies, someone’s gotta help us find the good ones! Since 2010 Armando Hernandez has been one of the only people discussing Mexican genre pictures through his website trashmex dot com and the Trash-Mex podcast with co-host Joey Diaz. There’s ORO AUTÉNTICO on this list! […]
Directed by Richard Lester and written by George MacDonald Fraser, this is a masterclass in swashbuckling cinema. Based on Alexandre Dumas’s novel, this isn’t some sanitized costume drama; it’s a bustling, brawling and brilliantly funny epic. The story kicks off when a young, hot-headed country bumpkin named d’Artagnan (Michael York) rolls into Paris packing plenty […]
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 […]
Tonino Ricci — often using the Americanized name Anthony Richmond — was an Italian exploitation director, and you know what that means. He jumped genres. From mob films (The Big Family), westerns (Bad Kids of the West) and a White Fang ripoff after doing second unit on the original (Zanna Bianca alla riscossa) to sharks […]
Renée Taylor brings her legendary comedic timing—honed across decades of stage, television, and film, later famously as Sylvia Fine on The Nanny—to the role of an overly persistent matriarch. Brett Marx (Jimmy Feldman from The Bad News Bears movies) is her son, Marc and JoAnn Willette is her daughter, Madlene. Meanwhile, young Jared Rushton, who […]
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