Category: movies

Favorite Film Posters: Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls

The first of many posts celebrating my favorite film posters. As an artist and a cinephile, I’ve long been enamored with the art of the film poster. I was fortunate to grow up during a golden age for movie posters—the seventies, eighties, and into the nineties, when real, honest-to-goodness artists crafted 27x40 inch masterpieces to … Continue reading Favorite Film Posters: Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls →

Hot Shots of the Week: Christmas Unwrapping

Hope you all had a marvelous Christmas unwrapping gifts from Santa. On a related note, and to put the “Hot” in “Hot Shots,” here’s the total smoke show Paula Garcés unwrapping herself in a very memorable scene from a very forgettable movie, the lame A Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011). Thank you for your … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Christmas Unwrapping →

Returning to Batman Returns

My favorite Christmas movies are not ones that your standard normies would choose. No It’s a Wonderful Life in my top five or even ten. Instead, and to give you an idea of how I roll, my two favorite Christmas movies are Batman Returns (1992) and Black Christmas (1974). Clearly, I like my Yuletide cinema … Continue reading Returning to Batman Returns →

Late Night Memories: Sizzle Kisses

It’s another Friday night in 1991 where I’m home watching USA Up All Night with my favorite late night date, the bubbly and bodacious Rhonda Shear. Rhonda is never anything short of absolutely, positively scrumpdillyicious in every single episode she hosts, but some nights still stand out in my nostalgic memory banks as particularly tasty. … Continue reading Late Night Memories: Sizzle Kisses →

Barkin Up the Right Tree

In which we drool all over the smoking hot Ellen Barkin, as Helen Cruger, in Sea of Love. Ellen Barkin in Sea of Love is a mood, if ever there was one. The 1989 erotic-romantic thriller is a favorite of mine that’s always rewarding to revisit, and Barkin’s pure-sex-on-two-legs performance as a seductive femme fatale … Continue reading Barkin Up the Right Tree →

Miss Baltimore Crabs

In which we further sing the praises of Bad Girl Supreme, Miss Baltimore Crabs 1945 herself, Velma Von Tussle. Those poor runner-ups might still hold some grudges. They padded their cups,  but I screwed the judges. — Velma Von Tussle By all accounts, Hairspray’s resident villainess Velma Von Tussle is a reprehensible character. She’s snide, … Continue reading Miss Baltimore Crabs →