Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
So I finally figured out why this movie is called Wonder Woman 1984. That’s because it takes its inspiration from the pre-Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero movies that are adaptions of the comics in name only. I’m looking at you, Supergirl, which came out in 1984*. Yes, before superhero movies took over the world, we got movies like Superman […]
Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction (1983)
Man, if I love one thing, it’s movies where Dennis Weaver fights with his son over college and life choices. Somehow, I watched two in the same week, but Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction is the kind of movie that transcends just one reason why I watch made for TV movies and moves into the magical world […]
Legacy of Fear (2006)
Detective Jeanne Joyce (Teri Polo) watched her mother get murdered by a serial killer thirty years ago. Now, she’s still obsessed by the BPS (Bound, Photographed, Strangled )Killer*, a case that drove her father insane and was the whole reason why she became a cop. Yet when the murders start again, she’s not convinced it’s […]
A Howling in the Woods (1971)
The November 5, 1971 NBC World Premiere Movie, this movie reunited Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden after their sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, which went off the air on May 26, 1970. It’s based on Velda Johnson’s novel of the same name. I’ve often said, when it comes to horror movies, that no one should ever […]
Killjoy (1981)
You may have also seen this movie under the name Who Murdered Joy Morgan? Either way, it’s a very early role for Kim Basinger, who plays Laury Medford, a woman caught between two men, pursued by a driven older detective (Robert Culp) and way more than she appears. Dr. Max Heller (Stephen Macht, The Monster Squad) and […]
Desperate for Love (1989)
Based on a true story? You know it. Alex Cutler (Brian Bloom, who would goon to write Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) and Cliff Petrie (Christian Slater, who would go on to skateboard, be a pirate DJ and blow up a high school) have been friends since, well, forever, but darn it if cheerleader Lily Becker […]
The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
Gary Nelson, who made this, also directed The Black Hole and Freaky Friday, which is an interesting set of films to have on your IMDB. He also made this TV noir, which is all about a man trying to find a woman who has faded away. The cast makes this, including Don Muray (Bus Stop), Van Johnson, […]
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990)
Do you have a hankering for a flick starring an ex-Angel helmed by a director who gave us a 1977 Dracula adaptation starring Louis Jordan (Swamp Thing (1982) as the Count? Oh, and you may remember him for Shadey (1985), an ’80s rental favorite about a clairvoyant wanted by the Feds as result of his […]
The Doomsday Flight (1966)
How can you pass up a TV Movie written by Rod Serling? You can’t. Not when Rod brings along Jack Lord, Edmond O’Brien, Van Johnson (The Concorde Affaire), Richard Carlson (Creature from the Black Lagoon), Ed Asner, and the always awesome John Saxon (which is why we posted our “Exploring: John Saxon” featurette) in his […]
Terror in the Sky (1971)
CBS-TV got its start in the airline disaster sweepstakes in September 1971 with this tale about transcontinental flight struck with food poisoning. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with enough flying experience so that he can be coached by an experience pilot on the ground. Doug McClure, it goes without saying, […]
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