Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Life after people By Dennis Hartley Sadly, this is pretty close to how I visualize my retirement. You know what they say-“Misery loves company”. The dark shadow of apocalyptic doom looming over every other Hollywood release recently would seem to bear this out. “Hey, half my friends and relatives might be out of work, no one can afford health...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Stocking Stuffers: Vintage reels for your Xmas creel By Dennis Hartley It’s that time of year- for the obligatory Top 10 lists. This week, I thought I would share some of my favorite “back catalog” DVD reissues for 2009, and perhaps give you some gift ideas for the discerning cinema buff on your list (BTW if you do click a movie link from...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies The worst years of our lives By Dennis Hartley The bad news bearers: Harrelson and Foster in The Messenger Well, it took long enough. Someone has finally made a film that gets the harrowing national nightmare of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars right. Infused with sharp writing, smart and unobtrusive direction and compelling performances, The Messenger is one of...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Fissure and sun: 2012 opens wide By Dennis Hartley Prime beachfront property! Low, low prices! Going fast! Day after day, more people come to L.A. Ssh! Don't you tell anybody-the whole place is slipping away. Where can we go-when there's no San Francisco? Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho. -from Day After Day (It’s Slippin’ Away)...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Ay, cabron! The Men Who Stare at Goats By Dennis Hartley “These are not the droids you are looking for.” So what do you get when you cross Ishtar with Catch-22 ? Perhaps you would get something along the lines of The Men Who Stare at Goats, the first genuine goofball farce that anyone has managed to squeeze out utilizing the generally unfunny...
Beginning To Wonder (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... night horror shows and try to calm down my traumatized cats. And, speaking of Halloween films, Dennis Hartley over at Hullabaloo has a great post up, the second half of which is called Creepy Lodgers and Seedy Inns: The 10 Worst Places to Check In at the Movies .
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies A special midnight double feature for Halloween! By Dennis Hartley Part 1: Art is a strange hotel Bill and Andy’s excellent adventure: Chelsea on the Rocks Since 1883, the Hotel Chelsea in New York City has been considered to be the center of the universe by bohemian culture vultures. It has been the hostelry of choice for the holiest of hipster saints...
