Chuckstradamus

Turns out recent history is a ripoff of an eighties Chuck Norris movie!

This is the kind of movie that would play at the Eaton Centre Cineplex (in one of the tiniest theatres in the complex) for three months. When I would go there on $2.50 Tuesdays I wouldn't even check the listings first; I would just see the most out-of-control movie posted on the marquee.

The Nitty-Gritty of the "Live Now" Group

"But if you drink your school, stay in drugs, and don't do milk, you'll get work!" - Mr. T

Love the breakbeats on the soundtrack...

and still on the subject of

And this posting is lifted from a July entry on my Kung Fu Fridays blog...

Thanks to Paul McEvoy, beloved master of mayhem of London, UK's Fright Fest along with Alan Jones (read his great blog, a delight for true genre fans) and Ian Rattray (Ian - start a blog or something so I can link you!), for sending this link to the new video for Knights Of Cydonia by the band Muse. Oh they certainly don't mak'em like they used to (or did they ever?)

hooking the audience in far away places

From Kung Fu Fridays disciple Lars, comes this flickr gallery of Swedish edition posters. And they are for sale or trade, so if you are interestest, drop him a line!

Kill Him!

Trailer for a Psych-ghetti Western.

"I usually start the month with a postman" - Rémy Belvaux, 1967-2006

Belvaux dining with the serial killer subject of his doc, Ben (Benoît Poelvoorde)

Just re-discovered the obit for the director of MAN BITES DOG (C'est arrivé près de chez vous aka which tranlates as It Happened in Your Neighborhood), Rémy Belvaux, who passed away in Septemeber. Pity this film never made the grindhouse circuit. The Ontario Film Review Board totally change the message of the movie when the cut out the rape and the child murder from the film. I remember the charged screening at the Toronto International Film Festival with Tarantino in the audience who was there with the CDN premiere of his own canine flick. Belvaux's other claim to fame was assisting in the ambush of Bill Gates with a cream pie in 1999. (source)

Run, Man, Run

The Big Gundown

Again, amazing Morricone score...

hilton vs milan

While JH has revealed the George Hilton in his hand, I am going to throw down a Tomas Milan! You've probably seen him as the sadistic mexican general in TRAFFIC, but back in the late 60s and early 70s, this Cuban actor was the shit for Italian pulp cinema. He would flip from playing Mexican raggamuffin banditos to smart talking tough street cops. One of my favourite spaghetti westerns starring Milan is FACE TO FACE (1967) aka ''Faccia a faccia'' co-starring Gian Maria Volontè, who played "Indio" in FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (and who despite passing from a heart attack in 1994 has a wicked official website). Directed by Sergio Sollima, FACE TO FACE is part of a loose political trilogy which includes THE BIG GUNDOWN (1966) and RUN, MAN, RUN (1967), all rife with anti-capitalistic and anti-fascist themes.Behind the dusty shoot-outs in FACE TO FACE is a heavy political allegory about the rise of fascism in Europe, but you can ignore the morality and enjoy the kickass Morricone soundtrack!

yousuper8

see this on youtube before somebody with no life complains... these cool kids from sweden are transferring vintage smut from super 8 to dvd! and they even have a myspace page.

Heads You Die, Tails I Kill You

Le Parisien

The Imperial Six has a sister in Montreal. Le Parisien.

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I almost did a backflip when I rounded a corner heading to St. Catherine Street and came across this near clone of the Imperial Six's seventies sci-fi lobby, all white lighting and helvetica signage (The Imperial had a little something extra - TV screens behind glass, rolling previews...) I always thought the design was cool - no wonder Montreal's seen fit to keep theirs.

Le Parisien's programming is like the Carlton in Toronto - mostly francophone arthouse fare. The photo here was taken during the World Film Festival in the late eighties.

We need more Imperial Six memories, people.

70 mm in Mexico City

(source offers a look back at widescreen-equipped theatres south of the border, down Mexico way, once upon a time...)

Cairo Calrissian

(Source has tips on collecting Egyptian film posters!)

follow-up

These poster images just in from Michael over at Tint Archive. Nice additions to previous posts over here at the sticky floor cinema...

See JH's post: Coffee, Tea Or Me?

See JH's post: Moments With Tony

lenzi and popcorn

Oh you lucky people in Hollywood... do you even understand how privileged you are to see this? Saw this posted on 150 Days of Sodom where I also read a scathing review of the 3-D Night of the Living Dead (picked up for a supposed CDN theatrical by Alliance Atlantis).

friday trailer mash-up

Saw 3: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Saw vs. Wallace and Gromit trailer mash) on Transbuddha

a few words about KISS...

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From Variety, May 9, 1979:

There is a myth that KISS possess personal talismans which "transforms" them into their stage personae and endow them with "super-human" powers. They have developed unique Kabuki-like make-up "masks" which they wear on stage. They have never allowed themselves to be photographed "out of character" – this augmenting greatly their image of mystery and "otherworldiness."

KISS meets Phantom of the Park - go over to the awesome PCL LinkDump for their links to the complete movie which has been uploaded to YouTube!

And imagine the fun KISS could have with your little sisters Barbie collection..

Writ Large

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Coffee, Tea or Me?

Fasten your seat belt, and return your tray to the upright, locked position.

Broadway (Los Angeles)

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Does your airline pilot need one for the road?

From Variety October 17, 1979 - aka DANGER IN THE SKIES

Pulled from the trivia section of the IMDB:

Started shooting in Palm Beach, Florida in November 1978 according to articles in Boxoffice magazine. Articles said screenwriter Robert P. Davis was directing and that Robertson had co-written the script. "C. Gregory Earls of Cecil Prunier Productions is producing", said the Nov 20 1978 issue of Boxoffice. Apparently Robertson took over the directing chores.

And the comments from the IMDB seem very forgiving...

At a Specially Selected Theatre Near You!

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The Faint Tang of the Grindhouse

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they were never made #1

Going through two Variety market issues that are filled fill of ads pitching projects that often never made past pre-production. Lots of glorious images and concepts and then some that you could understand being a challenge to finance... From 1978:

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One Man's Trash...

The poster on the right of this photograph could be yours...for only £12,000. It was taken from the Circus Cinema, one of the last porn theatres on the Deuce to close.

Here are more needlessly stylish porno posters from the 60's and 70's. Posters weirder than this one.

magnigificent men of 70mm

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Naughty Naughty

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Imperial Six

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Searching For Sin in New York

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This is a truly sticky entry...

Robin Bougie, editor of the fabulous sleaze movie zine, Cinema Sewer, and contributer to Al Goldstien's legendary Screw Magazine, goes on a pilgrimage to 42nd street...

We came to Manhattan as younger generation classic porn fans, in search of the sleaze and depravity history has taught us about this place through word, verse, and cum-soaked porno house film stock. The Times Square and Deuce of yesteryear. We knew it was no longer, thanks to the crass, rancid Disneyfication of that section of the isle, but we came to hunt for even a lingering smell of jizz-coated ass…. just to say that we’d been there, and taken a loving whiff.

Read on to learn of their meeting with 70s porn legend Jamie Gillis and other icky things. The article is also available on The Cultural Gutter. And make sure you wash your hands after reading Robin's livejournal. Note: not safe for work... unless you work in an adult video store...


And to fulfill our monthly Public Service Announcement commitment, here is a helpful eassay called "The soul warping effects of masturbation... and how to live without it," from a website for those who want freedom from sex addiction and pornography. The opening paragraph:

One of the most fascinating characters in the Lord of the Rings movies is Gollum. Like Frodo, Gollum is a hobbit whose original name was Sméagol. Hobbits are stout people with elf-like faces who stand half the height of men; they enjoy good company with hearty beer in the local pubs, as did Sméagol… until he saw "the one ring to rule them all.”

Other highlights include:

Hey it's just a little porn and I'm no sex addict, what's the big deal?

What I wish I would have known about sex addiction 20 years ago...

now if I can just get the comment feature working again...