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Tomboy, 1985

1 July 2008 – 3:38 pm +0800

Tomboy is, in its way, perfect. It’s not good. It’s intermittently entertaining in the usual sense. But it is perfectly what it sets out to be, and like The Pom Pom Girls, there isn’t a mean bone in its body.
This is the movie I referenced the other day as being precisely what [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Yesterday's movie | Also tagged bad movie, Betsy Russell, charming actress, comedy, dance number, daytona 500, DVD, Eric Douglas, exploitation flicks, film, movie, Movies, review, Reviews, rich jerk, School Dazed 8 Movie Collection, stock car race, stock car racing, synthesizer, teen comedy | Comments (2)

The Pom Pom Girls, 1976

30 June 2008 – 3:01 pm +0800

I am on record as despising the 1970s in general. There are any number of things from the 70s I like, but the period, the atmosphere of it, is not something I can imagine ever wanting to return to.
Well, there is now a small, partial exception.
The Pom Pom Girls is, in its own way, [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Yesterday's movie | Also tagged 1970s, atmosphere, bad movie, budget limitations, cardboard characters, cheerleaders, drive-in movies, exploitation flicks, film, having fun, movie, Movies, pom pom girls, School Dazed 8 Movie Collection | Comments (1)

Top Five Burt Lancaster Films

26 June 2008 – 6:14 am +0800

I’m trying to beat Dirty Harry to the punch, as one of his commenters requested this list. I loves me my Burt Lancaster, so I’m shooting out my own list first:

The Sweet Smell of Success, 1957. Lancaster’s J.J. Hunsecker, an intentional analogue of Walter Winchell, is one of the most vile characters ever [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies | Also tagged Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry, gary cooper, J.J. Hunsecker, movie, sweet smell of success, Vera Cruz, Walter Winchell | Comments (4)