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6 Rebel Trailers
Hi there and welcome to another edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film trailers! This week, the trailers are all about rebellion! 1) Rebel Rousers (1970) “Starring Academy...
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44 Days of Paranoia #25: Chinatown (dir by Roman Polanski)
Our latest entry into the 44 Days of Paranoia is a dark masterpiece. Based on a script by Robert Towne, directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Jack Nicholson, 1974’s Chinatown is one of the greatest...
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Shattered Politics #63: Primary Colors (dir by Mike Nichols)
Jack Stanton (John Travolta) is the charismatic governor of an unnamed Southern state. After spending his entire life in politics, Jack is finally ready to run for President. Even more ready is his...
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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #36: WUSA (dir by Stuart Rosenberg)
I recently saw the 1970 film WUSA on Movies TV. After I watched it, I looked Joanne Woodward up on Wikipedia specifically to see where she was born. I was surprised to discover that she was born and...
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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #66: Desperate Lives (dir by Robert Michael...
YouTube, my old friend, you have failed me. For the longest time, the 1982 anti-drug melodrama Desperate Lives has been available for viewing on YouTube. I first watched it two years ago, after I read...
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Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for September!
No, the predictions below were not made by cats! However, it might be nice if they had been. It would certainly put a lot less pressure on me. Here we are — it’s September and the Oscar race is still...
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Film Review: Joy (dir by David O. Russell)
Hi there and welcome to 2016! Today was the first day of a new year so, of course, I had to go down to the Alamo Drafthouse and see a movie. What was the title of the first movie that I saw in a...
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A Movie A Day #8: White Lightning (1973, directed by Joseph Sargent)
A year after co-starring in Deliverance, Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty reunited for another movie about life in the backwoods, White Lightning. White Lightning starts with two hippies, bound and gagged...
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Star Vehicle: Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTNING (United Artists 1973)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Burt Reynolds labored for years in the Hollywood mines, starring in some ill-fated TV series (his biggest success on the small screen was a three-year run in a...
View ArticleA Movie A Day #296: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983, directed by Jack...
Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of my favorite films. The place is Green Town, Illinois. The time is the 1920s. The carnival has come to town but this is no normal carnival. Led by the...
View ArticleGet Your Motor Runnin’ with THE WILD ANGELS (AIP 1966)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Roger Corman kicked off the outlaw biker film genre with THE WILD ANGELS, setting the template for all biker flicks to come. Sure, there had been motorcycle...
View ArticleLifetime Christmas Movie Review: Christmas Lost and Found (dir by Michael Scott)
It’s become a bit of a cliché that all Lifetime and Hallmark Christmas movies take place in a small town and feature someone returning to visit relatives for the holidays. Christmas Lost and Found,...
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