Kim Garland is a film writer and director with a love for horror. Her latest short Body Image is poignant and very real. She is a talented woman who will make serious waves in the future.
An Interview with Eileen Dietz [Women in Horror Month 2018]
Eileen Dietz is known to most film fans as Pazuzu in the classic The Exorcist. To most horror fans, she has been mainstay on our screens since then.
Luba (2018) [Cinequest Film and VR Festival 2018]
As a mother attempts to keep her life together, her ex, the father of her child, falls back into drugs and becomes problematic.
Purdah (2018) [Cinequest Film and VR Festival 2018]
A young woman is given the ok to remove her burka to pursue her dream of becoming a professional cricket player. As she fights to get her dream in one way or another, her sisters also fight to get their lives to where they can be happy. As challenges and problems keep coming, they keep fighting to get the best lives they can, even against all odds at times.
The Marx Brothers in Love Happy
The Marx Brothers’ final feature film was the 1949 comedy “Love Happy,” and the story behind the creation of this cinematic swan song was more astonishing than the on-screen antics. In this episode of “The Online Movie Show,” Kevin Scott Collier, author of “The Marx Brothers Love Happy Confidential,” details the film’s tumultuous production and release history, while providing insight in how Marilyn Monroe landed her scene-stealing role.
The episode can be heard here.
“The Online Movie Show” is produced at the Platinum Wolfe Studios.
The Bootleg Files: Laverne & Shirley in the Army
BOOTLEG FILES 627: “Laverne & Shirley in the Army” (1981-82 animated series).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Never re-released after its initial broadcast.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Oh, I hope not.
In concept, making an animated series based on “Laverne & Shirley” made perfect sense because the beloved sitcom was the most cartoonish program in the 1970s prime-time schedule. With its propensity for slapstick comedy and a line-up of over-the-top characters, “Laverne & Shirley” was a living cartoon.
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Five Movies to Watch After Marvel’s “Black Panther”
With Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” storming the box office, I implore you to check out these five movies, all of which carry the same themes and ideas from the film. Marvel’s African American superhero is finally getting the love and adoration he deserves, the added icing on the cake is the wonderful film that brings him in to his own unique and fun action movie with Black Panther in his world.Without further ado, here are five great movies we suggest after “Black Panther.”
Feel free to post your own suggestions in the comments!