Our second dose of Shame! As usual, if anyone would like to know what a Shamedown is, the deets can be found on CinemaShame's website. All righty, then, here we go... The 1958 film, The Hidden Fortress is rather notorious because of its pedigree as a Kurosawa film and being one of George Lucas's inspirations for … Continue reading Shamedown #2: The Hidden Fortress
The Fifth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon: Wrapup
We have come to the end of the blogathon, friends, which is hard to believe. Feels like it just started, right? I'm working through your posts right now, and a cursory glance reveals an unplanned but not unwelcome theme for this year: We like our bad movies even if few others agree and that's OK. … Continue reading The Fifth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon: Wrapup
Supercilious Aliens From Alpha Centauri
Elvis has been getting a lot of well-deserved buzz lately, what with the Baz Luhrmann film being poised to win armloads of awards (see a complete list of nominations and wins here), not to mention the sad, untimely death of Lisa Marie Presley, so it's no shock that a lot of streaming services are running … Continue reading Supercilious Aliens From Alpha Centauri
So Bad It’s Good 2023: Day Three
It's Day Three, all, and we've been having a great time over the past couple of days. I hope I haven't overlooked anyone's posts (my comments section can be like a black hole sometimes), so if you've sent me your post link and it didn't get added I apologize. And if anyone's missed anything here … Continue reading So Bad It’s Good 2023: Day Three
So Bad It’s Good 2023: Day Two
Day Two has arrived! We sure hit the ground running yesterday, and I'm excited to see what's in store for Day Two. As usual, I'll add everyone's posts as soon as possible, and if anyone is just joining us, Day One's entries can be found here. Now without further ado (again, click on the images)... … Continue reading So Bad It’s Good 2023: Day Two
Are You Ready To Go Back To Titanic?
Time for more badness... Yep, we're going back to Titanic again, only this time she's not sinking. The 1980 film, Raise the Titanic, which is loosely based on the highly successful Clive Cussler novel of the same name, is a tale of Cold War-era derring-do, a guy named Dirk Pitt, and firm suspension of disbelief. The … Continue reading Are You Ready To Go Back To Titanic?
The Fifth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon Has Arrived
We're here, all...can you believe it? We've got some great stuff in store over the next three days and I don't know about you, but I'm raring to go. I had to change one my picks for this year and drop the third, but I have no regrets, as you'll see tomorrow. And if anyone … Continue reading The Fifth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon Has Arrived
During World War Two: George Stevens
For the next five months, we're going to do a series within a series, because one big aspect of Hollywood's response to the Second World War is all the major and not so major industry professionals who went into uniform. Four of Hollywood's top directors served in the Army and one in the Navy, and … Continue reading During World War Two: George Stevens
East Or West, Home Is Best
Lucy Maud Montgomery was no one-hit wonder, but she also had her share of under-the-radar characters, and one of these is Pat Gardiner of the 1933 novel, Pat of Silver Bush and its 1935 sequel, Mistress Pat. While they may not be as talked about nowadays as Montgomery's Anne and Emily series, these books were very personal … Continue reading East Or West, Home Is Best
One Week Until the Fifth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon
KISS wanted me to remind everyone that we only have seven more moons until the Fifth So Bad It's Good Blogathon drops, and I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm totally ready. It's hard to believe it's so close, right? It feels like I just announced this thing. Thanks heaps for all … Continue reading One Week Until the Fifth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon
What We Carry With Us
John Garfield was a method actor before method acting was cool in Hollywood, and like James Cagney he was often pigeonholed as a tough guy and rogueish anti-hero, only in Garfield's case his persona had more of a jailbird or prisoner-of-war slant. The 1943 film, The Fallen Sparrow neatly falls into that trope with a … Continue reading What We Carry With Us
The Great Muppet Guest Star Caper: Wrapup
We've come to the end of our blogathon, guys! Gill and I have enjoyed very much seeing everyone post about their favorite guest stars, and if we've missed anyone, we apologize and will add your articles as soon as possible. Of course, if anyone's missed anything, everyone's posts can be found here, as well as … Continue reading The Great Muppet Guest Star Caper: Wrapup
Taking Up Room 