Mark Ciavarella Jr, a 61-year old former judge in Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for literally selling young juveniles for … [Read more...]
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Life imitates 1950s Mamie van Doren B-movie
Catholic pro-life message in Mamie Van Doren 1959 b-movie ‘The Beat Generation’
A cop's wife was raped and is now pregnant. I won't spoil the ending for you -- it features bongo drums AND scuba diving! *** Thanks to TCM for putting on [Read more...]
TCM tonight: Mamie van Doren juvie extravaganza!
Trump’s comparison of the presidential debates to the ‘quiz show scandal’ isn’t getting enough attention
I watched his speech live yesterday and yes, was as amused as everyone (sane) by his double-down on the 'election results' stuff. But far more interesting to me, of course, was Trump's comparison of Hillary getting debate questions in … [Read more...]
‘High School Confidential!’ (1958): Based on a true story (!)
If Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is the Citizen Kane of crap, this movie is the Magnificent Ambersons. High School Confidential! is breathtakingly … [Read more...]
I’ve written about ‘Sex Kittens Go To College’ (1965) before…
Sex Kittens Go to College is a Marx Brothers movie without the Marx Brothers, which is like a Fast and Furious … [Read more...]
I’ve Seen Worse: A semi-regular recap up of recent (and upcoming) stuff on TCM (videos)
So I've been raving about the Mamie Van Doren stuff TCM marathoned, but Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) was a disappointment: One of … [Read more...]
Jonas: “Going to bat for Mark Steyn’s freedom of expression…”
"...is like going to bed with Gina Lollobrigida. Anybody can do it. The challenge to liberty's libido is going to bat … [Read more...]
Blogging resumes Monday morning…
The Incredibly Prolific Man: Richard Matheson dies, age 87 (videos)
Ed Driscoll reports. I just wrote about The Beat Generation [Read more...]