Movie reviews mostly spot-on. Cagney in the 30's was awesome, represented that tightly wound energy of a fighting democratic spirit that Warner Bros. movies typified. Dark Passage w/Bogart unseen for one-third of movie as camera depicts third person, kind of meh, for me. Supporting cast great, especially Agnes Moorhead and Bruce Bennett, Cody in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Tom D'Andrea as cabdriver has to be inspiration for Lenny in The Simpsons! Housely Stevenson as the quack doctor who makes Bogart's character look like Bogart again. Third Man one of the greatest of all time! Great ending, she just walks away without a word to Joseph Cotten. Perfect and heartbreaking, like a lot of real life. Anton Karas zither score, Carol Reed's direction and editing, sublime. Welles is underrated as an actor, when he could be reigned in a little. Harry Lime might be his greatest role. Killing children for profit is what Lime did with watered down penicillin and that is what RFK Jr. has done w/anti-vax quackiness. That whole cabinet needs to be chased down through a sewer like in the movie. Adam Schiff as Holly Martins, I'd suggest.
Waiting up until 1am to see Tom Snyder? Bring on the VHS. These film capsules remind me of when New Zealand TV got its second channel, in 1975. For a few years a long series of quality B&W films was scheduled, and I was old enough to see them (not at 1am though). It was a great education in US film. One that kept me on edge I've never found again - it had a Yul Brunner lookalike as a villain on the run, and it ended up with him on a pitcher's mound in an empty baseball stadium. The title was something like The Extortionist or The Exploiter. One of your readers may remember. Thanks for the Dark Passage tip; I've never forgotten the chilling and gripping Bogart home invasion film Desperate Hours. So tense I couldn't leave the room to tell my mother to come watch - she would have seen it on its first run. The 1991 remake was a travesty.
Stacey Keach's partner in Caribe ("a black version of the Cisco Kid’s Pancho," says our reviewer) was played by Carl Franklin, the future director of One False Move, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Out of Time.
Since discussion of old TV shows from the past are being shared, my first band, The Dysfunctionells, had a monthly newsletter, we would include horoscopes authored by The Saternine Vernzo (aka Vernon Tonges). This was one with some TV listings
ASTRO•LOG '94 / YOUR DYSFUNCTIONELL HOROSCOPE BY THE SATURNINE VERNZO
CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY 22)
IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS IN CANCER: OUR IN-HOUSE CRITIC RECOMMENDS:
7:00 ON CHANNEL 7 "HAPPY DAYS" - LOVE APPEARS IN THE STRANGEST PLACES. RITCHIE'S BUDDY RALPH SCHMALPH JOINS THE MARINES AND FINDS HE SHARES A SPECIAL SECRET WITH THE COOK.
7:30 ON CHANNEL 11 "NATURE BOY" - OUR ROVING CAMERA TRAVELS "DOWN UNDER" TO INVESTIGATE THE DRUG HABITS OF THE WILD AUSTRALIAN DINGO. INCLUDES RARE TOAD-LICKING FOOTAGE.
8:00 ON CHANNEL 5 "NICOLE AND 'THE JUICE'"- MADE FOR T.V. MOVIE. A SPECIAL LOVE STORY. THEY SHARED MORE THAN LOVE. STARS SONNY BONO AND RUPAUL.
9:00 ON CHANNEL 2 "BADGE BULLIES" - THEY'RE POLICE PARTNERS. THEY'RE THE BEST OF PALS. TONIGHT, THEY DRINK ON DUTY, INSULT THEIR WIVES, BLOW OFF THIER KIDS, AND HARASS HELPLESS UNDERAGE STREET PUNKS.
10:00 ON CHANNEL 32 "SNOX NEWS" - GAWKING AT UNFORTUNATE CRIME VICTIMS; ALSO, INSTALLMENT TWO OF THE HARD HITTING EXPOSE ON HASSIDIC COIN COLLECTORS.
10:30 ON CHANNEL 50 "STAR SCHLEP: THE NEXT REBROADCAST" - RYKIRK CHEWS OUT A JUNIOR OFFICER AND GETS FRAGGED. DATA EXPERIENCES PRICKLY HEAT AND NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS.
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: IS THAT A NEW MOLE ON YOUR NECK? SORRY, NEVER MIND.
In retrospect I suppose it's not surprising the Tomlin special felt flat - she'd just filmed Nashville with Robert Altman and was transitioning from TV comedienne to SERIOUS ACTRESS.
"The Other" is great--the book and the movie. Thomas Tryon was fascinating...have you seen "I Married a Monster from Outer Space"? The young kid writing these reviews shows a lot of promise😊
It's funny to read TV previews where the writer has to guess what a programme might be like. The days before preview tapes and films on demand!
Movie reviews mostly spot-on. Cagney in the 30's was awesome, represented that tightly wound energy of a fighting democratic spirit that Warner Bros. movies typified. Dark Passage w/Bogart unseen for one-third of movie as camera depicts third person, kind of meh, for me. Supporting cast great, especially Agnes Moorhead and Bruce Bennett, Cody in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Tom D'Andrea as cabdriver has to be inspiration for Lenny in The Simpsons! Housely Stevenson as the quack doctor who makes Bogart's character look like Bogart again. Third Man one of the greatest of all time! Great ending, she just walks away without a word to Joseph Cotten. Perfect and heartbreaking, like a lot of real life. Anton Karas zither score, Carol Reed's direction and editing, sublime. Welles is underrated as an actor, when he could be reigned in a little. Harry Lime might be his greatest role. Killing children for profit is what Lime did with watered down penicillin and that is what RFK Jr. has done w/anti-vax quackiness. That whole cabinet needs to be chased down through a sewer like in the movie. Adam Schiff as Holly Martins, I'd suggest.
Spoiler alert re Dark Passage :)
Waiting up until 1am to see Tom Snyder? Bring on the VHS. These film capsules remind me of when New Zealand TV got its second channel, in 1975. For a few years a long series of quality B&W films was scheduled, and I was old enough to see them (not at 1am though). It was a great education in US film. One that kept me on edge I've never found again - it had a Yul Brunner lookalike as a villain on the run, and it ended up with him on a pitcher's mound in an empty baseball stadium. The title was something like The Extortionist or The Exploiter. One of your readers may remember. Thanks for the Dark Passage tip; I've never forgotten the chilling and gripping Bogart home invasion film Desperate Hours. So tense I couldn't leave the room to tell my mother to come watch - she would have seen it on its first run. The 1991 remake was a travesty.
"Although no one threw up when it was showing in theaters, several people died, so you might check it out."
I'll have to see my doctor first.
Stacey Keach's partner in Caribe ("a black version of the Cisco Kid’s Pancho," says our reviewer) was played by Carl Franklin, the future director of One False Move, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Out of Time.
Since discussion of old TV shows from the past are being shared, my first band, The Dysfunctionells, had a monthly newsletter, we would include horoscopes authored by The Saternine Vernzo (aka Vernon Tonges). This was one with some TV listings
ASTRO•LOG '94 / YOUR DYSFUNCTIONELL HOROSCOPE BY THE SATURNINE VERNZO
CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY 22)
IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS IN CANCER: OUR IN-HOUSE CRITIC RECOMMENDS:
7:00 ON CHANNEL 7 "HAPPY DAYS" - LOVE APPEARS IN THE STRANGEST PLACES. RITCHIE'S BUDDY RALPH SCHMALPH JOINS THE MARINES AND FINDS HE SHARES A SPECIAL SECRET WITH THE COOK.
7:30 ON CHANNEL 11 "NATURE BOY" - OUR ROVING CAMERA TRAVELS "DOWN UNDER" TO INVESTIGATE THE DRUG HABITS OF THE WILD AUSTRALIAN DINGO. INCLUDES RARE TOAD-LICKING FOOTAGE.
8:00 ON CHANNEL 5 "NICOLE AND 'THE JUICE'"- MADE FOR T.V. MOVIE. A SPECIAL LOVE STORY. THEY SHARED MORE THAN LOVE. STARS SONNY BONO AND RUPAUL.
9:00 ON CHANNEL 2 "BADGE BULLIES" - THEY'RE POLICE PARTNERS. THEY'RE THE BEST OF PALS. TONIGHT, THEY DRINK ON DUTY, INSULT THEIR WIVES, BLOW OFF THIER KIDS, AND HARASS HELPLESS UNDERAGE STREET PUNKS.
10:00 ON CHANNEL 32 "SNOX NEWS" - GAWKING AT UNFORTUNATE CRIME VICTIMS; ALSO, INSTALLMENT TWO OF THE HARD HITTING EXPOSE ON HASSIDIC COIN COLLECTORS.
10:30 ON CHANNEL 50 "STAR SCHLEP: THE NEXT REBROADCAST" - RYKIRK CHEWS OUT A JUNIOR OFFICER AND GETS FRAGGED. DATA EXPERIENCES PRICKLY HEAT AND NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS.
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: IS THAT A NEW MOLE ON YOUR NECK? SORRY, NEVER MIND.
In retrospect I suppose it's not surprising the Tomlin special felt flat - she'd just filmed Nashville with Robert Altman and was transitioning from TV comedienne to SERIOUS ACTRESS.
"The Other" is great--the book and the movie. Thomas Tryon was fascinating...have you seen "I Married a Monster from Outer Space"? The young kid writing these reviews shows a lot of promise😊