Monteleone. Of course.

Me three.

I take it you have not seen Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, which has Ferrell in the cast. I like it a lot, but very few other people do.

The Last Stand. Dumb as a rock, but I enjoyed it.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown. An exploitation classic. Not a great film, but pretty damn good and reasonably effective. A Blu-Ray/DVD combo because Shout! Factory hates its customers.

The ABC's of Death. Anthology movie gimmick with a short for every letter of the alphabet. I hear it blows.

Djane-Go Untamed!. Fred Olen Ray still cranking out the crap.

Cool Air. 2006 adaptation of the Lovecraft story. It got fair reviews.

Zambo. 1972 African adventure yarn brought to you by Full Moon Grindhouse. Might be worth a look.

SS Hell Camp. From 1972, more Full Moon Grindhouse sleaze.

Riot In A Woman's Prison. From '74, still more Full Moon Grindhouse. I wonder how these prints are?

Ooga Booga. Another doll movie from Full Moon. This one looks like it rips off the Zuni doll from Trilogy of Terror. Starring poor old Stacy Keach.

Castle Freak. Re-release of just about the only decent movie Full Moon ever did.

The Sinful Nuns of St. Valentine: Remastered Edition. From Redemption.

Cold Eyes of Fear: Remastered Edition. More Italian exploitation from Redemption.


The following are all from Paramount Catalogue, and cost a mere $5.97 each. There are a whole bunch more out too, but I found these to be the most interesting.

Nobody's Fool. Re-release of this underrated, overlooked Paul Newman movie.

That Was Then, This Was Now. Uneven, but worthwhile adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel.

Gallipole. Early Peter Weir film with a young Mel Gibson. An Australian WW 2 story. EXCELLENT.

Small Soldiers. re-release of this decent Joe Dante movie. For under six bucks it's worth owning.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. New edition of this relic from the 80's. This one caught a lot of crap when it came out, but I always liked it.

Prophecy. Mediocre monster movie from John Frankenheimer.

April Fool's Day. The original. The classic. The only.

Red Eye. I consider this taut thriller to be one of Wes Craven's better pictures.

Suspect Zero. From the director of Begotten and Shadow of the Vampire. I liked it.

I won't get it either, but I think it's kinda cool.

Scarlett Johansson isn't so bad either.

Bring Me Children tied in with Lie To Me and Cul-de-Sac?

I am not kidding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BTfFXrVJcNQ

What next, the Blood Beach documentary?

And as for the movie, what do I care if it is successful? India loved the first one and I was all too happy to buy her the DVD. She shortly grew too sophisticated to like Twilight, which was also cool by me.

I have no problem whatsoever with Twilight. It got a lot of young people excited about reading.

May 23rd.

Brian James Freeman, 1979. A terrific writer, editor, and all around great guy. Author of the novel, Black Fire, the novella, Blue November Storms, and a host of critically acclaimed short stories.

James Blish, 1921. Hugely influential SF writer who helped create the genre. Blish wrote classics like Cities in Flight, A Case of Conscience, and Black Easter. His short story, There Shall Be No Darkness was adapted into the movie, The Beast Must Die. Blish novelized Star Trek novels and sold a mint of books, and he also wrote the first original prose Star Trek novel, Spock Must Die.

Felissa Rose, 1969. She shocked audiences in Sleepaway Camp, and then made a bunch of bad movies.

Jewel Shepard, 1958. Beautiful and charming, Shepard was in The Return of the Living Dead, and also My Tutor, Hollywood Hot Tubs 2, and Caged Heat 2. Her book, If I'm So Famous, Why hasn't Anyone Heard of Me, is a delight.

Zalman King, 1942. Famous for directing soft erotica like Two Moon Junction, Red Shoe Diaries, and Wild Orchid, King also acted and was in Blue Sunshine, Trip with the Teacher, and Galaxy of Terror.

I haven't read the fine print, but it still seems a little shifty to me. But then I did not donate, so it does not affect me.

Wow, I loved Two Graves...

It's getting early raves, and Don Jon looks like the kind of movie I like the best.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/donjon/