A troubled couple, Samara Weaving & Jason Segel, try to kill the other in a secluded cabin, but complications arise in Jorma Taccone’s very funny and bloody, but missing something, dark-comedy/horror film, Over Your Dead Body.
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The Bootleg Files: The Awful Truth
BOOTLEG FILES 936: “The Awful Truth” (1956 made-for-television production starring Bob Hope and Greer Garson).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It is probably a case of clearing the rights to the source material.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Maybe someday.
As a comedian, Bob Hope was always a case of extremes. Either he was laugh-out-loud hilarious or groan-out-load awful. To be honest, I approached this 1956 made-for-television version of “The Awful Truth” with Hope playing opposite Greer Garson expecting the groan-out-loud version of the funnyman. After all, “The Awful Truth” is a classic 1937 screwball comedy that helped secure Cary Grant’s stardom. Hope starred in a radio version of “The Awful Truth” in 1941, so he was clearly familiar with the material. But, hey, Bob Hope doing a Cary Grant role?
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Eyelashes (Short) (2025)
A man trying to survive in London after moving there recently finds himself in a position where he could change his life, but it requires something that makes him question if it’s worth it.
Romancing in Thin Air [2012] [Radiance Films LE Blu-Ray]
China’s biggest actor and a woman grieving a missing husband connect and help one another find closure in Johnnie To’s 2012 melodrama Romancing in Thin Air, now on Blu-ray via Radiance Films.
Mile End Kicks (2025)
A young writer decides to move to Montreal for the music scene and write a book about the impact of the album Jagged Little Pill.
BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival 2026: The Demonatrix [2026], Shorts, and More!
Bob looks at a selection of the shorts and features of Seattle’s yearly BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival.
Normal [2026] [Overlook Film Festival] [Action Packed April]
The new sheriff of the snowy, peaceful town of Normal isn’t normal in Normal, in the highly entertaining action flick directed by Ben Wheatley starring Bob Odenkirk and written by Derek Kostad. Normal is playing as part of the Overlook Film Festival and hits theatres next week. Normal.