Vibes (1988)
For my money, Cyndi Lauper was way ahead of Madonna before she took some time off. But such is the fickle world of pop music. One day, you’re she bopping with The Goonies and a few months later, you’re struggling for relevance. That said, judging by the crowds on the last tour Cyndi did — remember tours […]
Cry-Baby (1990)
Somehow, John Waters made the career switch of being infamous to being famous without losing any of his devoted cult audience. And while this movie wasn’t the hit that Hairspray was, to me, it’s closer to the spirit of what I love from his films. Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker (Johnny Depp) leads a gang that includes his […]
(Young Hot ‘n Nasty) Teenage Cruisers (1977)
Did you know that adult movies—the surest celluloid thing in the ’70s—could actually bomb on the adult grindhouse circuit? And this Johnny Legend-fronted flick is the only one that did. Adult films in the ’70s were what slasher films were in the ’80s: a can’t miss investment for any pseudo-producer wanting to break into the […]
Roseland (1971)
Fredric Hobbs made some strange movies, that’s for sure. Only three are available — this one, Godmonster of Indian Flats and Alabama’s Ghost — and none of them are alike other than the fact that all three are movies made by either someone who was an artist, borderline insane or probably both. Adam (E. Kerrigan Prescott) […]
The Beatniks (1960)
Paul Frees really did it all. Actor, voice actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter and even writer and director, at least for this one movie. He’s even the “Ghost Host” in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and Disneyworld. Originally intended to be called Sideburns and Sympathy, this movie is all about Eddy Crane, a small-time crook who gets […]
Exploring: Movies Based on Songs
Growing up, I always loved story songs instead of ditties that were just verse/chorus/verse. Many of these songs ended up becoming so popular that they transcended just being something you heard on the radio and inspired movies that may or may not have been successful. Here are but a few of the many movies that […]
Monkey Grip (1982)
“Songs about sadomasochism and masturbation can’t be on the radio. The children! Protect the children!”— the battle cry of the PMRC’s membership Courtesy of the Divinyls’ MTV’s patronage—and the conservative right’s “outrage” over the songs “Pleasure and Pain” from their second album, What a Life! (1983), and “I Touch Myself” from their fourth album, Divinyls […]
Modern Girls (1986)
Cece (Cynthia Gibb, Jack’s Back) just lost her job. Margo (Daphne Zuniga, The Initiation) has a boring telemarketing job. Kelly (Virginia Madsen, Candyman) sells lots of pets because she’s so good looking. Over one wild night, they’re going to get dumped, meet a rock legend, face off with a criminal and maybe even fall in […]
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