Exploring: John Saxon
Born Carmine Orrico on August 5, 1936 and sadly departing this Earth just a few days ago, John Saxon is my favorite actor of all time. This isn’t hyperbole. This is fact, as Saxon unites nearly every one of my favorite film genres. You can always count on him to deliver the goods, no matter […]
Invasion Earth (2016)
Eight young addicts attend an experimental group therapy run by self-help guru Doctor Carson. This will keep them out of prison, which a TV reporter sees as a scam. She tries to expose the group but just as this UK movie sets itself up as a thriller, it shifts into science fiction as an alien […]
Straight Shooting (1917)
A landmark in the history of the Western, this was John Ford’s — here using the name Jack — first feature and the comeback for Harry Carey, who began playing the character of Cheyenne Harry a year before in A Knight of the Range and would portray the character until 1936’s Aces Wild. Cheyenne Harry […]
High School Hellcats (1958)
In October 1958, at an American-International Pictures luncheon for the Theaters Owners Association of America, producer Jerry Wald said that movies like High School Hellcats were “not the type of picture on which we can build the market of the future. While they may make a few dollars today, they will destroy us tomorrow.” Producer […]
Regreso a Moira (2006)
Known here as Spectre, this was directed by Mateo Gil, who wrote the 1997 movie Abre De Ojos that was remade here as Vanilla Sky. Tomás became a success as a writer but has never returned to Spain. But after the death of his wife, a tarot card lures him back to the town where he was born, […]
Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
Yes, Ivan Reitman, the same man who made Meatballs, made this movie. What can I say nice about it? Harrison Ford did all his own flying? That this was shot on the same island as the 1976 King Kong? Temuera Morrison and Ford are in this movie yet never meet in any of the Star Wars movies? Umm… Robin […]
The People Across The Lake (1988)
To get away from the city and all its crime — dudes are peeping in on Rhoda while she’s trying to pee! — Chuck Yoman (Gerald McRaney), his wife Rachel (Valerie Harper) and their family move to redneck country where he’s going to make windsurfing boards. Yes, this is the plot. Yes, I watched it. […]
This Saturday’s Drive-In Asylum Double Feature
This weekend, we’re going back to the 80’s for two slashers. We have the links and recipes below so you can join us on Facebook Live Saturday at 8 PM East Coast time. Up first is 1986’s Slaughter High, a movie that originally was called April Fool’s Day. It’s a revenge slasher with Caroline Munro and has […]
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