Tina

We recently lost one of the true pop culture icons, Ms. Anna Mae Bullock, better known to the world as Tina Turner. Her energetic, spirited performances onstage and onscreen will never be forgotten, though. Tina will forever be the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Acid Queen, your private dancer, and simply the best. Here’s … Continue reading Tina →

Bad Girls We Love: Jezebel Dezire in The Cheap Detective

This one’s a slam dunk. What do you get when you hire one of cinema’s most famous sex symbols to play a voluptuous trophy wife, pour her into a shimmering gold dress with a plunging neckline, and then let her loose to vamp all over the room? You get Ann-Margret having a ball in the … Continue reading Bad Girls We Love: Jezebel Dezire in The Cheap Detective →

Super Threads: Five Best Live-Action Super Costumes

When lifelong comic book fans get together they are prone to go down rabbit holes, like, “Name the best X-Men artists of all time” or, “Give me your best Batman stories ever.” I’m as guilty as any comics geek when it comes to this tendency to go list-crazy. Recently I was thinking about a comics … Continue reading Super Threads: Five Best Live-Action Super Costumes →

Stella

Born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, model, producer, director, and all-around star Stella Stevens died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in February of this year in Los Angeles, California. I’m a little late with this tribute but I wanted to do it nevertheless because Stevens was always a welcome presence in movies and … Continue reading Stella →

Lost and Found: Revolver

Few actors have ever commanded the screen with as much intensity as English actor Oliver Reed. For a long time growing up, I knew him mostly as “Uncle” Frank, from Ken Russell’s bonkers film adaptation of The Who’s Tommy (1975). Reed was mesmerizing in a performance that’s both menacing and hilarious. Over the years I’ve … Continue reading Lost and Found: Revolver →

The Art of the Ad: Sex, Lies, and Video Games, Part II

Last year we gazed back into the golden age of arcade and video game advertising, when ad agencies went all in on sexy (and often sexist) ad campaigns. It was a very different time. Well, there were more than enough examples to warrant a sequel post, so here it is. This time, with 100% more … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: Sex, Lies, and Video Games, Part II →

The Art of the Ad: The Playboy Club

At some point in the 1970s, probably just a couple of years before I was born, my parents and some of their friends visited the Playboy Club on East 59th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan. I know this because of the Playboy swizzle sticks stored in a kitchen cabinet during my childhood, which I … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: The Playboy Club →