‘The Lonely Lady’ with co-star Jared Martin

Film: The Lonely Lady (1983)
Rated: R
Written by:
Harold Robbins (novel)
Ellen Shepard (screenplay)
Directed by:
Peter Sasdy
Starring:
Pia Zadora as Jerilee Randal
Lloyd Bochner as Walter Thorton
Bibi Besch as Veronica Randal
Jared Martin as Goerge Ballantine
Ray Liotta as Joe Heron
 
By Rob R. (and Bo from Last Blog on the Left)
Rob’s Pre-screening Memories: The scrambler. It was the bane of existence for every young [...]

‘The Legend of Billie Jean’ with cinematographer Richard Walden

Film: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
Rated: PG-13
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
Written by:    
Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner
Starring:     
Helen Slater as Billie Jean
Christian Slater as Binx
Keith Gordon as Lloyd
Richard Bradford as Pyatt
 By Shelley Stillo
Pre-screening memories: I stayed home from school a lot when I was young. I don’t know if my parents were lazy (throw a big enough fit….), [...]

‘The Good Earth with Rodney Kageyama

Film: The Good Earth (1937)
Not Rated
Directed by:
Sidney Franklin
Written by:
Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger
(based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck)
Starring:
Paul Muni as Wang Lung
Luise Rainer as O-Lan
Walter Connelly as Uncle
Tilly Losch as Lotus
By Marilyn Ferdinand of Ferdy on Films
 
Pre-screening memories: Marilyn makes her return to Natsukashi after she recalled a particular scene in this Oscar-winning film [...]

‘Mischief’ with stars Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart

Film: Mischief
Rated: R
Directed by: Mel Damski
Written by: Noel Black
Starring: Doug McKeon as Jonathan
                   Kelly Prestonas Mailyn
                   Catherine Mary Stewart as Bunny
By Rob R.
Pre-screening memories: Every kid has a list of films they can recall that were placed near the top of their parents blacklist.
Mischief was one that was vaulted to the top upon its release.
Perhaps it was [...]

‘Vision Quest’ with its author Terry Davis

Film: Vision Quest
Rated: R
Directed by: Harold Becker
Written by: Terry Davis (novel), Daryll Ponicsan (screenplay)
Tagline: All he needed was a lucky break. Then one day she moved in.
Starring: Matthew Modineas Louden Swain
                   Linda Fiorentino as Carla
                   Michael Schoeffling as Kutch
                   Ronny Cox as Louden’s Dad
By Rob R.
Pre-screening memories: My genetic makeup ensured that wrestling was never [...]

‘Eddie and the Cruisers’

 

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

Directed by: Martin Davidson
Written by: Martin and Arlene Davidson
Based on the novel by P.F. Kluge
Starring: Michael Pare as Eddie Wilson
               Tom Berenger as Frank Ridgeway
               Ellen Barkin as Maggie Foley
               Joe Pantoliano as Doc Robbins
Tagline: Rebel. Rocker. Lover. Idol. Vanished
By Rob Rector
If you were a teen during the first few years [...]

A Very Special Episode: ‘Sex and the City’

By Rob Rector
I know this is breaking format a bit, but I think this merits a post. Two people viewing the same film: one has a 10-year history with its characters, one going into the theater cold. I coerced my editor Jen Ellingsworth to chat with me after we screened the new “Sex and the [...]