Made-for-TV Movies are a fascinating and forgotten artifact of American mass culture. Basically B-Movies "not good enough for the theater," they still took time and money to produce, still required name actors, and still basically all have the potential to be quality work, if only the scripts were better... but they rarely are. Steven Spielberg's … Continue reading T-Bone N Weasel
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Two Lane Blacktop
Film director Monte Hellman has now passed on to the great beyond, but if you are one of the growing number of people without a dvd player, there's no way for you to enjoy his greatest achievement, Two Lane Blacktop, which only exists as a Criterion Collection DVD. Until now. Two Lane Blacktop is quintessential … Continue reading Two Lane Blacktop
Land of Plenty
Wim Wenders is an odd one. He's capable of some of the most beautiful, thoughtful, pensive films in cinema history (Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World) and he's capable of some of the most ponderous, plodding flicks you'll forget five minutes after they're over. Land of Plenty is neither- a quiet little … Continue reading Land of Plenty
Wild At Heart
It's a little strange to be writing about such a well-known movie as David Lynch's classic Wild at Heart, but for reasons unbeknownst, you can't stream this fun and twisted road trip, so here it is- perfect for an America boasting of killer viruses, murderous cops and a cartoon president that hasn't been funny for … Continue reading Wild At Heart