The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Film and TV director made famous by his 'Gidget' surf movies Despite a long and varied career, in which he made several excellent films noirs, westerns, thrillers and war dramas, and a fair number of superior television movies, it was the wry fate of the film and television director Paul Wendkos, who has died of a lung infection aged 87, that his death was announced widely with the words "Gidget...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
After organising the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Chiswick flyover by Jayne Mansfield, the mayor of Hounslow, Paul Lynch, has now honoured Freddie Mercury's time in the borough.
Bright Lights After Dark (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I just learned, via Peter Nellhaus , of the passing of one of America's most obscure-but-talented directors, Paul Wendkos. Wendkos would be far better known today if his first film, the great low-budget noir, The Burglar (1956), were more readily available. The Burglar , an unabashedly arty film based on the David Goodis novel of the same name, starred Dan Duryea in the title role, and Jayne Mansfield...
I Thought I Told You To Wait In The Car (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Gamling : the dizzying high of being ‘on a role’; the success-drawn floozies; the booze; the soul-harrowing misery that is crawling about on your hands and knees for 2 ps to put into one of the 2p pusher-machines; the booze; the feeling that this time you really will 'turn over a new leaf' as you leave yet another dead hooker in a bin round the back of a motel. It’s undoubtedly a...
Travel (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By Diane Morton Check out some movie reviews below. If you want to download these movies do some searches to find what is out there. A good movie download search would use phrases such as "Download Movie Rental", "Movies Downloads", and "DVD Online Rental". The Fourth Man: Seductive blond hairdresser Soutendijk might not have murdered 3 of her husband's however absolutely...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What do the following dead people have in common: Albert Camus, Jackson Pollock, James Dean, Jayne Mansfield, General George Patton and Princesses Grace and Diana? Diana's inclusion in the list should be the killer clue that this is a roll call of celebrities who departed this life in a car crash, although road traffic accidents are a common-enough experience for us civilians, too – and not...
Something Old, Nothing New (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
This may be a bit of a pointless film-grammar question, but hear me out. For a long time, the rule in most films was that if one scene happened at a later time than the previous one, the passage of time needed to be indicated by a dissolve. Particularly long time gaps (like the passage of a day) would be indicated by fade-outs. Cutting directly from one scene to another was only used as a gimmick,...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
It's been a month since I did one of these Mad Men posts and I'm still on the first season. I mean that only in the sense of these posts. I'm right up to date on the actual Mad Men show, which wraps Season 3 up next weekend. I hate to see it go but at least I'll catch up on the blog with the movie references. (Find the silver lining!) 1.11 "Indian Summer" Rachel Menken ( Maggie Siff ) has...
The Classic Liberal Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Due to a mix up in The Official Rule 5 Post, I bring you Rule 5 Oktoberfest! Yes, I know Oktoberfest is over, but so what? If anyone else was missed in Chairman Mao’s Hips Don’t Lie, please send me an email. Thanks! The TCOTS Rule 5 Compliance Committee presents JAYNE MANSFIELD! RULE 5 REACHES & [...]
A Slip of a Girl (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
LAist (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
By Greg Thompson/Special to LAist Santa Monica’s Pourtal Wine Bar and Playboy.com ’s Imbiber Dan Dunn have teamed up to present The Imbiber’s Ultimate Playboy Fantasy Wine Tour. A flight of eight wines has been inspired by eight of Playboys classic Playmates. At the October 6th launch party, winosseurs sipped, swirled, and mingled with Dan and his Playboy ‘mates’. Pourtal...
Something Old, Nothing New (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
I could get a better-quality version of this picture if I bought it off Ebay, but I'm not a very good memorabilia-buyer. Still, this promotional still from Artists and Models appears to be the only one from the film that features the director, Frank Tashlin. He's talking to Anita Ekberg, in one of only three scenes she has in the movie. And the other two times she appears, I originally wasn't aware...
The Computers Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
By Alisa Murray The following paragraphs contain some nice movie reviews. To find movie downloads do a search. A good starting point might be "Burn DVDs", after that try "Hollywood Movie Rentals" or "Downloadable Movie". Day of Wrath: Remarkably well put together drama in regards to an old lady implicated of being a sorcerer and the hex that she sets on the minister who...
Earvolution (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
By: David SchultzLast weekend, Bon Iver played a sunrise concert at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles, the final resting place for Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Jayne Mansfield. From all reports, it seemed like the pacific alter ego to an all-night rave. Jambands.com has a very detailed account of the evening and NPR and Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein (via Live Music Blog
AumTrails Explore Deeper (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Mariska Hargitay Photos, Mariska Hargitay Pictures, Mariska Hargitay Images, Mariska Hargitay Stills Who are Mariska Hargitay’s Parents? Mariska (Ma-rish-ka) Magdolna Hargitay born on January 23, 1964, in Santa Monica, California. Her parents are Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. She is the youngest of their three children. In June 1967, Mariska and her brothers Zoltan and Mickey [...] Mariska...
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