Directed by Jerry Lewis August 12, 1964 When a famous comedian perishes in a plane crash, members of his management team worrying that they will be unemployed find someone to take his place. The Patsy is quite possibly my first Jerry Lewis movie in decades-if ever. I remember Lewis more from his MDA marathons thanContinue reading “The Patsy”
Category Archives: Classic
The Wild One
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is arrested.
Kathie is a tease.
Thunder Bay
Two engineers drilling for oil in the Louisiana gulf deal with the hostility of the local shrimp fishermen fearing for their livelihood.
Hated Dan Duryea’s accent.
Vanishing Point
A disaffected ex-policeman and race car driver delivers a muscle car cross-country to California while high on drugs and being chased by the local police.
Certainly different.
The UFO Incident
In the early 60s a married couple undergo hypnosis to unlock memories only to come to believe they were abducted by aliens.
You will enjoy yourself.
The Eagle Has Landed
A plot is enacted by Nazi Germany to kidnap Winston Churchill in the middle of World War II.
An enjoyable bit of historical fiction.
The Full Monty
Six unemployed men decide to form a male striptease act to make some money by giving the audience ‘the full monty’.
Surprising depth for a comedy.
Superman
An alien foundling raised by a Kansas couple adopts a mild-mannered identity while working at a Metropolis newspaper and battling a villainous criminal maniac.
They rarely get better than this.
The Long, Long Trailer
A newlywed couple buy a new travel trailer and spend the year crossing the United States.
It is sweet and enjoyable.
Volcano
Directed by Mick Jackson April 25, 1997 Following the formation of a volcano at the La Brea Tar Pits, the people of Los Angeles struggle to divert the flow of lava. As a disaster film Volcano is much more in line with the old style of the genre than it is with the more modernContinue reading “Volcano”
