Month: July 2020

I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “Hotter than the 4th of July”? Ice tea on standby: Coronavirus. Massive unemployment. Murder hornets. Saharan dust… How could 2020 get any worse, you might ask. With record-breaking scorching heat. That’s how. Meteorologists on Tuesday revealed that July could bring unusually hot temperatures for more than two-thirds of the […]… Continue reading The Big Heat: The 10 Sweatiest Film noirs (and Neo-noirs) — Digby’s Hullabaloo

The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American science fiction romantic thriller film written and directed by George Nolfi, based on the 1954 Philip K. Dick short story “Adjustment Team”.To make a practice of watching movies, I have managed to get three lessons from the movie. via Things I Learned From The Movie : The Adjustment Bureau… Continue reading Things I Learned From The Movie : The Adjustment Bureau — thegraysagewrites

Once again, I could not find a youtube video link of Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing director Edward Dmytryk’s 1962 screen adaptation of writer Nelson Algren’s 1956 novel Walk on the Wild Side, readers will have to rely on Cox’s intro transcript (read here). The episode’s original airdate was August 19, 1990 (read here). Not […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Walk on the Wild Side (1962) — cinematiccoffee

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7OHg4Ayewao%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Since I could not find a youtube video link of Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing indie director/writer Jim Jarmusch’s 1986 deadpan crime comedy Down by Law, readers will have to rely on a page in the book of an old Moviedrome guide (read here), since the link to that episode transcript is missing (read… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Down by Law (1986) — cinematiccoffee

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iFZMURbY6O8%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Series 4 of Moviedrome opened with director Don Siegel’s 1971 Southern Gothic Civil War drama The Beguiled. I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction of the aforementioned film. Readers can read his transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was May 19, 1991 (read here). The Beguiled was… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: The Beguiled (1971) — cinematiccoffee

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction to director Richard Wenk’s 1986 comedic horror film Vamp. Readers can also read Cox’s intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was May 26, 1991 (read here). Not unlike Night of the Comet and Trancers (two 1984 flicks that also aired […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Vamp (1986) — cinematiccoffee

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction of director Jonathan Demme’s 1986 quirky romantic comedy Something Wild. Readers can also read Cox’s intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was June 9, 1991 (read here). Lots of positive things can be said about Something Wild as Cox so […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Something Wild (1986) — cinematiccoffee

* * * * (Out of * * * *) 1. The Right Stuff (1983) 2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 3. The Wanderers (1979) via My Favorite Philip Kaufman Films — cinematiccoffee

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fbp84OU2o5w%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction of director Herk Harvey’s 1962 independent gem Carnival of Souls – the only film he ever made. Readers can also read Cox’s intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was June 23, 1991 (read here). Not much more I can… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Carnival of Souls (1962) — cinematiccoffee

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eITb-5R76TU%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent This Moviedrome Monday entry is going to be slightly different from the others. In this case, it marked the first time that the series showed two films instead of one. Badlands (1973) Since I could not find a youtube video link to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing legendary director Terrence Malick’s 1973 lovers-on-the-lam classic… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Badlands (1973) and The Prowler (1951) — cinematiccoffee