Happy 91st Andy!
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Happy 91st Andy!

A quick post to honor Andy Milligan’s 91st birthday.  I’d intended to frame this as the one moment in Andy’s life that we could be certain he had been in a State of Grace (for what that’s worth).  But then on closer examination of the Baptismal Record we find that his baptism actually occured on…

A Few Ads – Alf and Monty – NY Daily News – August 16, 1972
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A Few Ads – Alf and Monty – NY Daily News – August 16, 1972

While researching something completely unrelated I ran across an ad for film that I’d never heard of called “Alf ‘n Family”, and then a bit later I ran across another ad for this mysterious film, this time with a lot more information.  It turns out I HAD heard of this film before, only under its…

Potential 2019 Film Reviews – Year of NYC Films
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Potential 2019 Film Reviews – Year of NYC Films

We’re going to try to do an entire slate of NYC focused, or at least NYC set, film reviews in 2019.   Most of these will be somewhat obscure to the general population, which is why I’m doing it.  I’ve only seen a small handful of these thus far, so that’s also why I’m doing (OK,…

Romero Back from the Dead
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Romero Back from the Dead

It should come as no surprise that the godfather of zombie films would have one of his “lost” films come back from the dead.  We find out from Bloody Disgusting that a “lost” Romero film from 1973, “Amusement Park”, has been “found” and hopefully will see the light of day soon.  This evidently isn’t a…

Video Movie Guide – 1990
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Video Movie Guide – 1990

When I was in high school I ran across something called “The Video Movie Guide” which was put out yearly by Mick Martin and Marsha Porter, and was in effect the IMDB of its time.  There were tons of movie guides out, but this one, to me, was the best, primarily because it put films…