CBS LATE MOVIE: Lovely But Deadly (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lovely But Deadly was on the CBS Late Movie on May 24 and December 6, 1985; May 29, 1986 and July 25, 1988. Mary Ann “Lovely” Lovitt (Lucinda Dooling, The Alchemist, Surf II) has gone back to school to get revenge for the drug overdose death of her brother. Yes, twentysomething teenagers, martial arts, bad drugs and […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Psycho II (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Psycho II was on the CBS Late Movie on April 14, 1989. Making Psycho II was a thankless task but there’s no reason why this movie is as good as it is. Author Robert Bloch had already written his sequel, which satirized Hollywood slasher films. Universal didn’t want to film, that, but they did want […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Outland (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Outland was on the CBS Late Movie on July 30, 1986 and December 16, 1988. Federal Marshal William O’Niel (Sean Connery) has been assigned to the titanium ore mining outpost Con-Am 27, operated by the company Con-Amalgamate on the Jovian moon of Io. It’s rough work in a place where gravity a sixth of Earth’s […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: God Forgives, I Don’t (2023)
This isn’t the Giuseppe Colizzi-directed, Terence Hill and Bud Spencer-starring Italian Western Dio perdona… io no! Nor is it the Rick Ross album. Instead, this is Janaya Black-directed and written film is the latest Tubi original. Black was behind Surprise, another Tubi film that I’ve received tons of comments on, one that really got under viewers’ […]
CBS LATE NIGHT MOVIE: Vultures (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Vultures was on the CBS Late Movie on March 19 and August 20, 1986. When Ramon (Jim Bailey) begins to get close to death, he summons his relatives to his bedside to discuss his will and testament. But then the killings begin, wiping out everyone in the will. Directed and written by Paul Leder (My […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Traveling Executioner (1970)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Traveling Executioner was on the CBS Late Movie on January 9, 1974 and April 9 and August 21, 1975. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A.C. Nicholas, who has a sketchy background and hails from parts unknown in Western Pennsylvania, was once a drive-in theater projectionist and disk jockey, Currently, in addition to being a writer, editor, […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Kolchak: The Night Stalker recap
After The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler, Carl Kolchak was so popular with TV viewers that a TV series had to follow. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been going through those episodes as part of CBS Late Movie Month. I can’t even explain the sheer excitement that would happen every time Kolchak would be part […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Sentry (1975)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was on the CBS Late Movie on November 23, 1979 and February 12, 1988. This episode of Kolchak is very special to me. As a kid — who am I kidding, as an adult — I have a tendency to read way too long in the bathroom. Once, while […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Devil’s Eight (1969)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Devil’s Eight was on the CBS Late Movie on June 19 and June 6, 1973; January 29, 1974 and May 13, 1975. Oh American International Pictures. You knew exactly what the kids wanted. In 1969, they wanted their own version of The Dirty Dozen. Who better to give it to them than you? Based on […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Poppy Is Also a Flower was on the CBS Late Movie on November 10, 1972; May 23 and December 6, 1973 and June 9, 1975. You know how I’ve discussed how Eurospy films often feel like the United Nations, what with so many countries working together to make these movies? This American/French/Austrian made-for-television spy […]
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