January 2010
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American Gigolo (1980): I wanna sex you up.
Man, if God could have only cryogenically frozen Richard Gere after he wrapped this film. Real talk, the guy is on FIRE! My computer nearly exploded while getting these stills but I did it for you, the people. Gere plays Julian Kaye (Julie to his clients) a polished and popular gigolo giving pleasure to older rich ladies and freaky housewives. He coos lines such as this: “Hello Judy....
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Pillow Talk (1959): Kiss Me Thru the Phone...
Another day, another romantic comedy. What the hell is happening to me?! Chalk it up to the fact that I am suffering from a cold, on lots of medication and had a bit of cabin fever this weekend. Starring heartthrob Rock Hudson (best movie star name ever.) and Doris Day.
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BONUS: Straw Dogs (1971)
I need to re-watch this film asap.
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SHORTS: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story...
There’s just something about Karen Carpenter’s voice. So lovely yet full of so much sadness (I prefer their slow jams). It’s hard to imagine that music as saccharine sweet as The Carpenters could be hiding a dark secret; But truth is always stranger than fiction. Behind the squeaky clean hit pop albums, magazine covers, and glitzy television appearances, Karen was loosing a battle with anorexia....
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BONUS: Trunk to Cairo (1966)
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Blue Velvet (1985): You know I want to, but I'm in...
Hey David Lynch, I like your movies! And Blue Velvet is one of my favorites. Lynch is so good at showcasing an American Gothic: turning seemingly simple small towns into places that brim with secrets, bizarre characters, and strange occurrences. I love the use of music and score to set the mood; and the title itself is a reference to Bobby Vinton’s 1963 song “Blue Velvet”: a...
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BONUS: The Hooked Generation (1968)
Drugs are scary! You could end up naked with dudes named Dum Dum (!!!), Acid or Daisey!
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“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.”
– Jean-Luc Godard
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Two for the Road (1967): The Way We Were...
I usually hate it when people (And TBS) try to get me to watch romantic comedies. I’m just not that kind of girl. “This one is different! I swear!” they all say and attempt to layout a convincing list of bullshit reasons I should suffer through another one of these films. I insist on my no rom-com (and Titanic) policy and they usually give up after a few eye rolls and passive...
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BONUS: Hell's Belles (1970)
Having a momentary obsession with old biker film posters, especially the color of this one…
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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978): Because I got...
I had the best writeup for this movie man… But I totally forgot it. Happy 4:20.
Factoid: According to IMDB, this film uses the word “man” 295 times!
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BONUS: Russ Meyer's Motor Psycho (1965)
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After Hours (1985): You don't have to go home but...
It starts out innocently enough. Paul (Griffin Dunne) sits alone at a coffee shop reading Tropic of Cancer when he meets Marcy, a fellow Miller fan (played perfectly by Rosanna Arquette). “I love that book” she says with a half smile and recites a few lines from memory. A little small talk, and somehow, even with Paul’s lack of game he gets her number. After returning to his...