Bad Girls We Love: Regina “Reggie” Holland in Silk Stalkings

In which actress (and total smoke show) Carol Huston steals our hearts in a memorably sexy guest spot on a beloved nineties television series. If I could travel back in time to 1992, I'd tell my teenage self that he'd still be obsessing over this woman thirty-odd years later, and he'd reply, "Well, DUH! Of … Continue reading Bad Girls We Love: Regina “Reggie” Holland in Silk Stalkings →

Dangerous Minds at 30

Just over five years ago I wrote about Michelle Pfeiffer’s 1995 teacher drama Dangerous Minds, on the occasion of the movie’s twenty-fifth anniversary. In that post, I shared how, despite the movie’s many flaws, it has always been a comfort watch for me. I would say it’s a “guilty pleasure” but I don’t subscribe to … Continue reading Dangerous Minds at 30 →

Survivor: Dona Speir, Queen of Bullets, Bombs, and Babes

If you’re a certain type of B-movie lover, the name Andy Sidaris is synonymous with a series of sexy action films he made from 1985–1998, often referred to as a collective by the appropriately saucy sobriquet, “Bullets, Bombs, and Babes.” For years before his foray into making B-movies though, Sidaris was a legend in sports … Continue reading Survivor: Dona Speir, Queen of Bullets, Bombs, and Babes →

Late Night Memories: Go Dodgers

Okay, okay, so this latest edition of “Late Night Memories” is a cheat. These photos, of our favorite late night date Rhonda Shear and babelicious Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, are not from any late night broadcasts like USA Up All Night. These publicity shots were taken during Major League Baseball’s 1992 All Star Game festivities … Continue reading Late Night Memories: Go Dodgers →

Thrust It: Showgirls at 30

In which we thrust along with thrusting queen Nomi Malone on her thirtieth thrusting anniversary. Almost universally panned upon release, Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls (1995) opened thirty years ago this coming September 22nd. The wild story of a maniacally determined stripper, er, dancer, trying to make it big in Vegas, Showgirls was absolutely savaged by critics. … Continue reading Thrust It: Showgirls at 30 →

Lost and Found: Doppelganger

In which Drew Barrymore singlehandedly puts the “erotic” in this forgotten erotic thriller. A neglected erotic thriller that got lost in the glut of the 1990s erotic thriller boom, Doppelganger (1993) comes courtesy of writer-director Avi Nesher, of such acclaimed films as She (1982), Time Bomb (1991) and Raw Nerve (2000). Okay, none of those … Continue reading Lost and Found: Doppelganger →

The Devil Made Me Do It: Part I

Part one of recollections and remembrances of walking the skeptic’s path. Picture it: the early 1980s, somewhere deep in the leafy suburbs of the northeastern United States. I was a kid going to church semi-regularly with my Catholic parents. This also happened to be the peak years of what became known as the “Satanic Panic.” … Continue reading The Devil Made Me Do It: Part I →