WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Daredevil (1972)
Daredevil — there’s the title! — Paul Tunney (George Montgomery) gets blamed for another stunt driver’s death and finds himself making a living by running drugs and dealing with some kind of bad mojo put on him by that driver’s sister, Carol (Gay Perkins). Oh yeah — he’s also making sweet love to his one-armed […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Daddy’s Deadly Darling (1973)
Marc Lawrence had a career filled with playing the heavies, mostly gangland types. In fact, his autobiography was entitled Long Time No See: Confessions of a Hollywood Gangster. Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings. He was the son of Polish and Russian parents and was married to Odessa-born novelist and screenwriter Fanya […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Cuba Crossing (1980)
I don’t trust the media. I mean, tonight, my YouTube was all about how bad Cuba is and I kind of distrust it now. Anyways, this is Kill Castro or Cuba Crossing, a 1980 movie in which Hud (Robert Vaughn) holds a grudge since the Bay of Pigs and wants to kill Castro. Using bar owner, boat […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Cry of a Prostitute (1974)
Henry Silva was so good as a student at the Actors’ Studio that when they did A Hatful of Rain, he made it to the Broadway play and the movie. Yet amongst folks like you and me, we know Silva from showing up as mobsters, killers and general scumbags in all manner of movies from […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Girl Most Likely (2012)
Aug 25-31 Natasha Lyonne Week: There’s a new season of her weirdo mystery of the week coming out (I can’t remember the name rn, you can look it up), and she’s been steadily delivering chuckles for decades now. Imogene Duncan (Kristen Wiig) was once a promising playwright, but now has a magazine writing job. She […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Crocodile (1979)
Originally made as Agowa gongpo (Crocodile Fangs), this is the story of Tony Akom (Nat Puvani) and John Stromm (Min Oo), two workaholic doctors always at odds with their wives, who are angry that they work so much. They decide to make up for it and take them on vacation, which is a major mistake, […]
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