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A classic. I also like his first two Poe adaptations (House of Usher and Pit and the Pendulum). The chemistry between Corman, Vincent Price, photographer Floyd Crosby, set designer Daniel Haller and composer Lex Baxter was perfect.

I think Corman’s greatest contribution was challenging the concept of film “quality.” We’ve seen countless big-budget movies featuring incredible set design, editing, effects and top-tier acting talent that are forgotten before we leave the cineplex. Corman proved you can make unforgettable films with the most meager…

Adding to the irony is that Laura Dern was conceived on the set of another Corman classic - The Wild Angels featuring Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd.

Home Alone was released when I was a single twentysomething, so it wasn’t the type of movie I was interested in seeing at the time. Decades later, I finally watched it with my wife and daughter and was most disturbed by the emotional abuse hurled at Kevin by the freeloading uncle. It seemed genuinely darker than any…

It’s no coincidence that Mad and Carol Burnett were both known for their movie parodies. Stan Hart, Arnie Kogen and Larry Siegel, who were writers on The Carol Burnett Show, were also among Mad’s Usual Gang of Idiots. I see another comment made the same point. Oh well. 

Four favorites:

I do the same with Edward G. Robinson when someone tries to reduce him to his Little Caesar character. Just watch Double Indemnity, Woman In The Window, Scarlet Street, Soylent Green or even his turn as Dathan in Ten Commandments. Then again, those content to reduce iconic actors to schtick aren’t inclined to do their…

“As in Double Indemnity, Wilder casts Fred MacMurray against his wholesome leading-man type, channeling his confident charisma into a morally repugnant character.”

It was my weekend to program the family movies during our ongoing quarantine. With all that’s happened this past week, I tried to select movies from different eras and styles as a means of escape. But my choices still had downbeat or, at best, elliptical endings: Blow Up, Los Olvidados and Mean Streets. My daughter…

The Limey -Watched for the first time in 20 years. The movie is fine, but the plot ultimately offers no surprise and the characters lack dimension. It’s an all-too straightforward revenge tale pitting English ex-con Terrence Stamp against corrupt rich hippie Peter Fonda. The relationship between Stamp, Lesley Ann…

Truth. I worked many gym, pub and outdoor shows, as well as movies and lectures. One of the best times of my life. 

The movie also introduced Sam Kinison, right? Obnoxious, retrograde and yet really, really funny. I saw him perform at my college in 1987 (didn’t pay, “worked” security) and was lying on the floor convulsed with laughter while still appalled at everything he said. True cognitive dissonance.

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Lots of Mother’s Day viewing:

When the child turns 18 I hope he changes his name to Blue Origin.

This will always be my favorite use of 3D.

Remember when Caligula installing a horse in the Roman Senate seemed the ultimate act of a society that had descended into madness? Now I’m pretty sure Busey is holding equine auditions for a sidekick.

Somebody’s going to say the same about "Killing Eve" before you know it.

Gotta say that "an old BBC show called Prime Suspect..." makes me feel super old. That was appointment viewing only ... 26 years ago? Thought it was only last month.