From Radiance Films, fans of the Italian crime cinema sub-genre will adore what this three disc box set has for fans, as “Cosa Nostra” features three key films from director Damiano Damiani and film icon Franco Nero. Included is “The Day of the Owl” with Franco Nero as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb). “The Day of the Owl” is adapted from the novel by Leonardo Sciascia; The Day of the Owl was the first book to openly deal with organized crime in Sicily.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Falling Hare (1943)
2023 marks the 85th Anniversary of Bug Bunny’s first animated appearance in 1938’s “Porky’s Hare Hunt.” Debuting originally as Happy Rabbit, Bugs eventually became one of the most iconic animated characters of all time. In honor of the landmark anniversary, we’re discussing every animated appearance by Bugs Bunny. We’re big fans of Bugsy and we hope that you are, too.
Follow us on this massive journey where we discover and re-discover Every Bugs Bunny Ever.
Falling Hare (1943)
Directed by Bob Clampett
Written by Warren Foster
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Rob Scribner
I do not like “Falling Hare.” I never have. Even as a kid I only really watched it as a means to stave off boredom. It’s loud. It’s obnoxious. And I could never quite get behind the Gremlin being one of Bugs’ nemeses. “Falling Hare” is one of the selections of public domain Bugs Bunny shorts put out there on VHS compilations throughout the years. It’s one of the many included on various cartoon cassette tapes and I spent a lot of my time re-watching this short for my Bugs Bunny fix, and pretty much as a last resort.
Six Films We’re Looking Forward to for Fantasia Fest 2023 [Fantasia Film Festival 2023]
Once again Cinema Crazed has the honor of covering Fantasia Film Festival, and we’re getting in our choices for movies we’re looking forward to seeing. Every year we try to cover as many films as possible, and every year we accumulate a list of movies that we’re anxious to seek out in the festival. Fantasia has already released a list of their first and second waves and we compiled a list of five movies that caught our attention the most.
This year Fantasia runs from July 20th to August 9th at Montreal!
Bad Girl Boogey (2023)
I give filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay a lot of credit for pressing forward with a slasher movie that’s based a lot around the LGBTQ community and a slasher that’s centered on murdering citizens of that community. There aren’t many horror movies that focus on the whole LGBTQ experience and on a slasher that’s centered on them and only them. While I do credit director and writer Alice Maio Mackay for trying to offer something different, “Bad Girl Boogey” excels in the directorial department but sorely needed work in the script department. The script is an aspect of “Bad Girl Boogey” that could have stood at least a few more rewrites and re-thinking.
Five More Great Minority Movie Heroes, Part VI
This week was a big one as we welcomed the arrival of Juneteenth as well as the premiere of the “The Blackening” the raucous horror comedy starring a cast of predominantly people of color. Since it’s the right time to tap in to our “Minority Movie Heroes” series, I thought it’d be a great time to feature five more great minority movie heroes.
Creepshow (1982): Collector’s Edition [4K UHD/Blu-Ray]
“Just tell him to call you Billy!”
The one, two, three punch of George A. Romero, Stephen King, and Tom Savini is one of best, if not the best example of the horror anthology to date. While many have come before it, “Creepshow” really set the bar high in 1982. “Creepshow” (and its sequel) were basically the Boomer generation snapping back at the censors and government that helped bring down EC Comics and destroy what was a pretty excellent institution that was almost obliterated by puritans and the like. Thankfully “Creepshow” celebrates the whole spirit of EC Comics with a series of stories that practice in the formula of EC with themes about karma, revenge, poetic justice, and crime.
The Bootleg Files: The Anita Bryant Florida Orange Juice Commercials
BOOTLEG FILES 833: “The Anita Bryant Florida Orange Juice Commercials” (1969-80 television advertising campaign).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: No one is going to touch this for an anthology.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Girl, are you kidding?
Here is a question for you: Which celebrity was the first victim of cancel culture? My choice for an answer will probably offend some people – especially since I am writing this during the month of June – but I will say it anyway: Anita Bryant.