USA UP ALL NIGHT WEEK: The Van (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Van aired on USA Up All Night on July 7 and 8 and November 25, 1989; June 15, 1990 and October 4, 1991. The song in this movie, “Chevy Van” by Sammy Johns*, is a lie, because the protagonist of The Van, Bobby (Stuart Goetz), drives a 1976 Dodge B200 Tradesman customized by George Barris. As for […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Swinging Cheerleaders aired on USA Up All Night on November 10 and 11, 1989; May 4 and October 27, 1990 and April 11, 1991. The fact that a movie called The Swinging Cheerleaders (AKA Locker Room Girls and H.O.T.S. II) is so good rests on the fortune that this was co-written and directed by Jack Hill. It’s a […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Pretty Smart (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pretty Smart aired on USA Up All Night on March 25, 1989; February 9 and 10 and September 21, 1990 and March 30, 1991. Give director Dimitri Logothetis some credit. Not only did he make this movie, but he also directed Slaughterhouse Rock and Kickboxer: Retaliation. Daphne “Zigs” Ziegler (Tricia Leigh Fisher,* Stick, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D) has […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Abducted (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: State Park was on USA Up All Night on December 21, 1991; August 1, 1992; April 23 and October 16, 1993 and January 10, 1997. I love saying the name of the director of this movie. Boon Collins. He also directed Spirit of the Eagle, Abducted II: The Reunion, The Protector and Sleepover Nightmare. But he also wrote […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: What Happens In the Dark (2023)
Directed by James Ford, who also directed Hip Hop Youngstown, and co-written by Art Institute of Pittsburgh graduate Melanie Clarke-Penella, What Happens In the Dark is the story of Trevor Evans (Hakeem Sharif), a real estate businessman who has his fingers in many pies, including the drug game and some of his co-workers, all things unknown to […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Northern Kicks, Southern Fists (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Northern Kicks, Southern Fists aired on USA Up All Night on September 28, 1990. Xin nan quan bei tui was also released in the U.S. as The Secret Rivals 3 and Assignment to Kill. It has “Northern Kick” Shao Yi-Fei (John Liu) is looking for the murderer of his younger brother and his friend “Southern Fist” Shen Yin-Wai (Alexander Rei […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Vice Academy 3 (1991)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Vice Academy 3 aired on USA Up All Night on August 15, 1992; December 31, 1993; June 10, 1995; February 23, 1996 and November 28, 1997. The girls of Vice Academy are back again. Linnea Quigley’s Didi gets may be gone and Ginger Lynn’s Holly is in prison, but there’s a whole new environmental issue to deal with […]
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