A housewife and her housekeeper commit murder and escape to the fascist enclave of Mortville in John Waters’s 1977 trash epic Desperate Living, now on 4k UHD & Blu-Ray via Criterion.
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Jump Scare (2025)
The metal band Jump Scare goes to a remote cabin to write a new album following their reunion. Once there, they find out that what led to their falling out with each other is still there, but something much worse is lurking.
For Pete’s Sake (1974)
When Barbra Streisand began production on her 1974 film “For Pete’s Sake,” she stated that this was being conceived strictly as a fun film. In a way, she kept her word because it is a light, silly, uncomplicated bit of fluff that offers 90 minutes of mindless distraction.
Toy Story 5 [2026]
Jessie and the gang of Bonnie’s toys face a new challenge in a Lilypad tablet in Pixar’s Toy Story 5, written and directed by Andrew Stanton and McKenna Harris.
Power Ballad [2026]
A wedding singer’s song is stolen by a pop star, unraveling his life in John Carney’s charming Power Ballad.
Scary Movie [2026]
The Wayan Brothers, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall return for a merely okay latest Scary Movie, directed by Michael Tiddes, taking on the modern requel era.
The Bootleg Files: Pardon My Terror
BOOTLEG FILES 940: “Pardon My Terror” (1946 short comedy starring Gus Schilling and Richard Lane).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the cracks.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Maybe if someone does a DVD anthology of Schilling and Lane comedies.
Unless you are a truly dedicated scholar of the comedy films of the Golden Age of Hollywood, there is an excellent chance that you never heard of the team of Gus Schilling and Richard Lane. From 1945 to 1950, this pair of character actors were teamed for 11 short comedies produced at Columbia Pictures.
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