Tales from the Darkside S3 E2: I Can’t Help Saying Goodbye (1986)
Directed by John Strysik (who also directed Darkside episodes like “Anniversary Dinner“) and written by Jule Selbo from a story by Ann MacKenzie, this feels like a standard, slightly muted 1980s kitchen-sink drama at first. We’ve got Flora (Helen Duffy), her oldest daughter, Libby (Loren Cedar), Libby’s fiancé, Max Smith (played by a pre-Dream On Brian […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: King of Black Goo (2026)
Andrew Zappin’s King of Black Goo follows Arthur, a man so profoundly lonely he’s practically translucent. He spends his days cataloging the mundane, only to find solace in the promise of a clandestine medical procedure known as the Black Goo treatment. It’s marketed as a personality-reconstruction therapy, a way to liquefy the jagged edges of […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: CFF SALUTES YOUR SHORTS: FUNSIZE EPICS VOL. 1
That Damned Thing (2026): This short by Christopher Lewis is exactly the kind of grim discovery that’ll keep you up. It’s a lean, mean creature-feature procedural that doesn’t bother with grand explanations, focusing instead on the cold, hard reality of an autopsy gone wrong. Set in a coroner’s inquest, what begins as a routine examination […]
B & S About Movies podcast Episode 143: Wrestling
Let’s get into I Like to Hurt People and Grunt! The Wrestling Movie. They may not be great films, but they contain some of the only footage of this era of pro wrestling that remains. You can listen to the show on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rFfmKWHszR8mgBhOgRYLi?si=g_P1yKknRWqMF67TR7a1Cw The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Podcasts, Podchaser and […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Drive Angry (2011)
Week 1 (June 21 – 27) – Welcome to HELL The summer’s here, so get ready to broil! I have a real soft spot for Nicholas Cage. Sure, he’s been in some shit movies, but he’s our generation’s John Carradine, taking role after role because he’s a working actor. Who else could give us the magic of “No, […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Superhero Movie (2008)
DAY 26: Heroes & Villains! Rick Riker (Drake Bell from Drake & Josh) is an unpopular, unlucky student living with his Uncle Ben…I mean, Uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen) and Aunt Lucille (Marion Ross). His only saving grace is his best friend, Trey (Kevin Hart, before he was famous). Naturally, Rick pines for Jill Johnson (Sara […]
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