Michelle Monday: Wolf at 30

One of my favorite Michelle Pfeiffer pfilms, Wolf, opened thirty years ago today, June 17, 1994. Wow. I swear to you, it was yesterday. There I sat, in a crowded theater, gazing upward, spellbound by Michelle’s utterly luminous visage. I was transfixed, residing firmly under her spell for the entire two hours, while my buddy … Continue reading Michelle Monday: Wolf at 30 →

Bad Girls We Love: Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises

“It’s an ‘Ooops’ dripping in sexiness and insincerity, coming as it does after Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne interrupts her in the middle of a heist and before she dons her leather or rubber catsuit. The ‘Ooops’ and its Jean Harlow naughty-girl reading come early in the film and the rest of Hathaway’s performance seems to … Continue reading Bad Girls We Love: Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises →

Lost and Found: Angels of the City

Welcome back to the Lost and Found sweet spot, friends! You know what that means—we’re back on the gritty and glittering streets of Los Angeles, circa 1990, with hot prostitutes (or, in this case, hot college girls pretending to be hot prostitutes) and dangerous pimps in tow—meaning we have all the ingredients for primo late … Continue reading Lost and Found: Angels of the City →

Lost and Found: Vampire Ecstasy

“Please, make this throbbing stop!” A seemingly forgotten slice of 1970s Eurosleaze, Vampire Ecstasy (1973), aka The Devil’s Plaything, or Veil of Blood, is jam-packed with nudity, sex, lesbianism, masturbation, blood sacrifices, incest, and other perversions too lengthy to list here. A Swedish-Switzerland-West German co-production, helmed by American softcore director Joseph W. Sarno, the film … Continue reading Lost and Found: Vampire Ecstasy →