Monday, July 30, 2012

Charles Chaplin in MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947)



Charlie plays a serial killer?  65 years later, the idea is still shocking.  Yes, it's a comedy; a dark comedy for a postwar world that had seen horrible things.
Directed by Charles Chaplin, Written by Charles Chaplin from an idea by Orson Welles
Starring Charles Chaplin and Martha Raye.

LINKS:

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Homicide: Life on the Street, Season 1, Episode 1: "Gone For Goode"



The first episode of a classic cop show.  Originally broadcast after the Superbowl, January 31, 1993
Directed by Barry Levinson.  Written by Paul Attanasio
Starring Richard Belzer, Clark Johnson, Ned Beatty, Kyle Secor, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, Andre Braugher, Jon Polito, Daniel Baldwin.
 
LINKS:
WIKIPEDIA (SERIES)                WIKIPEDIA (EPISODE)              IMDB















Saturday, July 28, 2012

Batman: The Movie (1966)

Adapted from the TV show, and completely entertaining.
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson, Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. from characters created by Bob Kane
Starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Lee Meriwether, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin

Main Links:

 IMDB                               WIKIPEDIA                              TRAILER



More Links

BEHIND THE SCENES CAST INTERVIEWS
(video) at TexasArchives.org
Check this out!   Who knows what's "rare" in the age of the internet, but this is sure interesting!  See Cesar Romero in full Joker makeup, smoke a cigarette in his undershirt!

VIDEO: THE BATMOBILE REVEALED!
George Barris, the designer of the original car, tells some stories

VIDEO REVIEW
by annoying English kid in a blazer.  Correction:  EXTREMELY annoying Australian kid in a blazer.   You know the type: he makes fun of the jokes as if they were supposed to be serious, and seems to be continually mocking Batman: The Movie for its lack of realism.

THE BATMAN: THE MOVIE DRINKING GAME
at hoosierinanity.blogspot.com.  WARNING: DON'T ACTUALLY DO THIS!

















Friday, July 27, 2012

Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster (1965)

IMDB Page       Wikipedia       Trailer       Article (Zombo's Closet)


Mary Shelly had nothing to do with it.    Aliens come to earth to snatch women in bikinis for breeding stock.   

Directed by Robert Gaffney.  Starring James Karen and Marilyn Hanold





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Marilyn Hanold (Princess Marcuzan) as an earthling.  Playboy, June 1959


















































Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1965)

Ladies and gentlemen... welcome to violence!

Directed by Russ Meyer, with Tura Satana, Lori Williams, Stuart Lancaster



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