The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Come with Me My Love (1976)
Doris Wishman week (July 21 – 27) Doris made the loopiest of movies. A self-proclaimed prude who made nudist camp movies, her filmography is filled with contradictions. When she tried to be mean spirited with something like Bad Girls Go To Hell there was always an undercurrent of silliness and fun, but when she tried […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Mr. Billion (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. Billion was on the CBS Late Movie on September 22, 1982 and July 1 1983. Jonathan Kaplan started his career by making movies like Night Call Nurses, The Student Teachers, The Slams, Truck Turner and White Line Fever. He’d eventually make acclaimed movies like Heart Like a Wheel and The Accused. On an episode of Trailers From Hell, he called […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Carny (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Carny was on the CBS Late Movie on May 19, 1986 and June 16 and August 5, 1987. Robert Kaylor made the documentaries Derby and Max-Out before this film, which he wrote with his wife Phoebe, Thomas Baum (The Sender) and Robbie Robertson. Yes, from The Band. He also plays Patch, the fixer for the […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Get Physical (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Getting Physical was on the CBS Late Movie on October 22, 1986. Kendall Gibley (Alexandra Paul) is trying to be an actress, but has a day job she dates, worries that she’s chubby and has self-esteem problems. And then one day, she finds herself at a gym and bonds with Nadine and Craig […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Alphabet Murders (1965)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Alphabet Murders was on the CBS Late Movie on April 5 and August 10, 1972. Directed by Frank Tashlin (The Girl Can’t Help It, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) and written by David Pursall and Jack Seddon, this film didn’t win the favor of Agatha Christie — who objected to bedroom scenes — […]
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