Tag: movies

Hot Shots of the Week: Hello Nurse!

Actress Lee Meredith was born Judith Lee Sauls in River Edge, New Jersey, in 1947. After growing up in Fair Lawn, NJ, the statuesque and buxom beauty became a dancer, model, and studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her most famous role is the sexy Swedish secretary Ulla in Mel Brooks’ The … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Hello Nurse! →

Mangia con Monica Bellucci

On the list of affronts to Italian food culture, dumping ketchup on your spaghetti is a particularly egregious one for many of us of Italian descent. Sure, using a spoon to assist in your spaghetti twirling is up there too, but using a spoon at least has a purpose (one I don’t need, but still), … Continue reading Mangia con Monica Bellucci →

Random Image Dump #18

It’s time for the first random image post of 2024. Enjoy! Hope your new year gets off to a rockin’ start. So long, 2023. Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out. She’ll settle for nothing less than that Microsheen shine! A slow death in the giallo classic Bay of Blood (1971), directed … Continue reading Random Image Dump #18 →

Christmas Leftovers

I hope you all enjoyed a merry, and restful, Christmas this year. As a little post-Christmas gift, here’s an odds ‘n’ sods collection of leftover stuff I had accumulated but didn’t get to post before December 25th. This entire week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is still all about the Yuletide vibes anyway, so … Continue reading Christmas Leftovers →

Batman Returns is a Christmas Miracle

Spending Christmas in Gotham City is an annual tradition for diehard fans of Batman Returns (1992). I have to watch the movie sometime in December—and often several times this month—and nothing brings me more Yuletide spirit than the most gloriously bizarre and unapologetically kinky superhero movie ever made. Tim Burton and screenwriters Daniel Waters and … Continue reading Batman Returns is a Christmas Miracle →

Hot Shots of the Week: Gotham City’s Ice Princess

“The tree lights up, and then I push the button. No-no, wait, wait, wait, wait. I press the button and *then* the tree lights up...” It wouldn’t be the holidays without the delightfully ditzy Ice Princess from Batman Returns (1992)—played brilliantly by Cristi Conaway—lighting up Gotham City’s Christmas tree. As cinematic dumb blondes go, she’s … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Gotham City’s Ice Princess →