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.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Starman was on the CBS Late Movie on February 23, 1990. If you know director John Carpenter only as the undisputed king of synth-laden horror and gritty urban chaos, Starman proves just how versatile the man behind the camera really was. Steering away from pure terror to craft an intimate, cross-country romance, Carpenter delivered a […]
Week 12 (Sept 6 – 12) – Japanese V- Cinema: V-Cinema is shorthand for the Japanese direct-to-video wave of the 90s and 00s. These movies were often produced by major studios on very low budgets, but they gave filmmakers huge creative freedom as long as they could deliver the “exploitable elements.” This proved to be a great […]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joseph Perry writes for the film websites Gruesome Magazine, The Scariest Things, Horror Fuel, The Good, the Bad and the Verdict and Diabolique Magazine; for the film magazines Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope and Drive-In Asylum; and for the pop culture websites When It Was Cool and Uphill Both Ways. He is also one of the hosts of When It Was Cool’s exclusive Uphill Both […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Samson and Delilah was on the CBS Late Movie on March 24, 1989 and March 23, 1990. Based on Husband of Delilah by Eric Linklater, this made-for-television movie stays true to the original Biblical story of the legendary Israelite hero (Antony Hamilton) gifted with supernatural strength, but it isn’t just a straight rehash. It takes […]
The Summertime Killer (also known as Target Removed) starts hot. A young boy watches in horror as four ruthless mobsters brutally beat his father to death. Fast forward twenty years, and that little boy is Raymond Sullivan Castor (Christopher Mitchum), all grown up and running a cold, calculated campaign of retribution. He’s already systematically eliminated […]
The 1970s New York film scene was a magical, grimy sandbox. If you ever needed proof that the line between high art, avant-garde theater, and pure exploitation was completely non-existent back then, look no further than Theodore Gershuny’s Sugar Cookies (also known by the arguably sleazier title, Love Me My Way). Just look at the […]
When Roger Corman got New World Pictures running, he hired Stephanie Rothman — who had been working for him since 1964 as his assistant — to write and direct its second film. Rothman had no idea what an exploitation movie was until she saw a review that called her movie one. She said to Interview, “I […]
Issue 33 of THE PHYSICAL MEDIA ADVOCATE has hit the digital stands, so all fans of film, TV, and physical media, GO GO GO and buy your copy today because #HOOPTOBER is upon us! Currently available at Amazon and later this month at select retailers, the latest issue of your favorite magazine is jam packed […]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Randy Victor Ian helps cover the Japanese roman porno beat for B&S About Movies. If you haven’t yet learned about the true-life story of celebrity murderess Sada Abe, give director Noboru Tanaka’s roman porno A Woman Called Sada Abe a watch to start your journey down a bizarre rabbit hole. Junko Miyashita […]
Week 12 (Sept 6 – 12) – Japanese V- Cinema: V-Cinema is shorthand for the Japanese direct-to-video wave of the 90s and 00s. These movies were often produced by major studios on very low budgets, but they allowed the filmmakers a great deal of creative freedom as long as they could deliver the “exploitable elements.” This proved […]
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