The Sudden Curve

"Are you looking at me, Mr. Roat?"

Then there's "Wait Until Dark," with the scariest villain ever, Harry Roat, Jr.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who saw it as a kid...and everyone in the audience screamed when Roat came flying out of the shadows.

The Night of the Hunter

I had never in my life heard of "The Night of the Hunter" until about 20 years ago, when I happened to see it on TV. I thought, what the hell is this? Why has it only been on TV once? Why have I never heard of it?

Posted by Bob Wallace, who always remember Shelly Winters...her hair floating in the current.

How Many Five-Year-Olds Can You Take in a Fight?

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Posted by Bob Wallace, who can mess up 27 of the little bastids.

"You know what I do to squealers?"

Posted by Bob Wallace, who, ah, doesn't know what to say!

Richard Widmark, R.I.P.

So I hear yesterday that Richard Widmark died at 93.

The first movie I remember seeing him in was, of course, The Long Ships, featuring the infamous Mare of Steel.

The last movie he was in was True Colors, back in '91.

He got his start in another infamous movie, Kiss of Death, in which he played the giggling psychopathic killer, Tommy Udo.

I always liked him, because he wasn't your basic crazy Hollywood actor, just some regular guy. But then, he was from Princeton, a small town in Illinois, which I was in once.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who will never forgot that guy who rode the Mare of Steel.

Best Screen Cleaner Ever

CLICK HERE

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is snickering and snickering and snickering.

My Favorite Album Cover

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, the angels don't wanna wear my white boots.

Pan's Labyrinth

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, Essential Cool Film!

Sex, Drugs...and Techno

Posted by Bob Wallace, who, uh...I'm...uh...hypnotized.

VIKINGS!!!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, I think I'll have to buy this film.

A, Snicker, Joke

This reminds me of a joke I heard many years ago.

Why doesn't Mexico send anybody to the Olympics?

Because all the Mexicans who can run, jump and swim are here already!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is, snicker, snort, chortle, wheeze...can't talk anymore.

How they *&% You

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, textbooks are worthless and a picture is worth a thousand words

Cough, cough, cough

So I'm getting gas at this little family-owned gas station down the street when a clerk says, "That guys's putting candy in his pocket."

Some old guy, must have been 70, had put several candy bars in his pocket.

Then all heck breaks loose. He tries to walk out the door, one woman grabs him, another maces him, which made everyone in the place, including me, start coughing.

If he had gotten violent I would have gotten involved, and put him on the floor, but they were handling it just fine.

The old geezer, after being maced, sits down on the floor, the cops come and arrest him,, and I walk out coughing with my eyes watering.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, it was pretty cool, actually.

The Most Horrible Movie Scene in the History of the World!!!

I saw this as a kid and remember nothing about this movie except this scene, which has stayed with me all my life. Yuck, yech, blech, what a way to go.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is still going, AHHHHHH!!!!

Trailer is better than the movie!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who likes Bee Women.

Music Video Babe: Ann Wilson

Not that long ago I posted an MV Babe entry for Nancy Wilson. This time Sister Ann gets the treatment. If I had to pick between them (not a likely event), even though in the 70's Ann was one of the hottest "babes" of rock, I favor(ed) Nancy's looks. However, Ann has one of the best voices in rock and sang lead for Heart: one of my favorite groups.

I could pick any number of Heart videos, since Ann will grace them all, but I like their earliest work best. I used "Dreamboat Annie" for Sister Nancy. I could use "Magic Man," "Barracuda," "Little Queen" or others for Ann, and Nancy will decorate those videos too. However, for the best balance of video quality, performance and song, I like this cut of "Crazy On You."

Since Ann singing lead got a good portion of Nancy's video, turnabout is fair play. Nancy gives a great guitar solo intro to Ann's superlative voice on this classic -

Happy Birthday Ann Wilson.

Find out more about Ann and Nancy Wilson, Heart and their other projects at Heart Music.

Posted by Tom Ender, who has always enjoyed the sort of craziness mentioned in this song.

Re-posted by Tom Novak, because we lost the You Tube embed on this one just when he needed to listen to the Wilson sisters ... real bad, right now!

Re-reposted by Tom Novak, because he can ...

The Wasp Woman!!!

After having ATT for three years they finally wired my block for DSL. I got it for ten dollars a month for about a year and a half, since ATT picked up a bunch of little phone companies and the feds ordered the cheap DSL.

I downloaded "The Wasp Woman," which is a goofy Roger Corman film I've never seen. It's basically your Corman '50s B-movie.

What's notable about it is the Wasp Woman herself, Susan Cabot. She had this dwarf son whom she gave human growth hormone, and apparently had some weirdo sexual relationship with.

He ended up murdering her, and blaming it on ninjas. Because of the background of the whole case, he ended up getting three years probation.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, her life was weirder than the movie.

Bedtime for Pugs

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, rockabye.

The Greatest Satire Ever

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, essential film!

Devil Girl from Mars

This movie has everything you could possibly want: a Martian invasion, an S&M queen dressed in skin-tight black leather, a cardboard robot with a police light on top of his head, and a disintegrator ray.

The S&M queen comes to Earth to kidnap human men, since their weezers are still working, unlike Martian men, whose has apparently fallen off. Yet the men don't want to go, the dopes! Sex with millions of Martian women! This is a problem? Where?

This is an underrated classic, which should be seen by every sci-fi fan!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who can't wait to go.