Monthly Archives: November 2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The real Grinch who stole Christmas Guest Review by Mike Flores The works of the late great Theodor Seuss Geisel translate well to animation. From the 1940s and 1950s cartoons, and the original The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with the … Continue reading

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Horrors of Spider Island DVD

Eight babes versus eight armed horror In 1960, sexuality had only begun to become more explicit on U.S. screens in imported art films, or cloaked in the nervous laughter of nudie-cutie pictures shown in downtown grindhouses. Horror films were still … Continue reading

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The Blob (1958) on DVD

Classic slimy monster It was an idea so simple, it was no wonder the major studios hadn’t touched it. When B-movie producer Robert LippertĀ  challenged local distributor Jack H. Harris to tell him what he thought would be a sure-fire … Continue reading

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Charlie’s Angels

Fox Force 3 Not long ago, the TVLand channel ran a ten day marathon, showing all 109 episodes of the fluffy 1970s series Charlie’s Angels at least once – two or three times if bikinis were involved. I didn’t think … Continue reading

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