John Badham month

This is going to be an interesting month. John Badham is a very interesting director with a wide ranging filmography. The movie that put him on the map was Saturday Night Fever in 1977. From there he would direct films like Wargames, Short Circuit, Drop Zone, and Nick of Time. This is a cool director and he's still working today in TV. We've got a fun month ahead of us. So drop in and follow along as we explore the film career of John Badham.

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Brendan Fraser month

For the month of September we are celebrating an actor who has recently begun to have a resurgence. Brendan Fraser seemingly dropped out of the business around the late 2000s and it came out that it was due to some personal issues. He had a bad injury and faced abuse from a male celebrity. But with the release of Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move and Fraser's casting in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, we are taking the chance to explore Fraser's career. So let's dig up his filmography and enjoy a blast from the past celebration.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

A retrospective by Brooks Rich Let's kick off the spooky season with a bona fide classic. I love the horror genre, but not much really scares or creeps me out. Most horror films I just watch and enjoy. However, 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' is one of those that really gets under my skin, and not just because the Sawyer family are eating people. The way Tobe Hooper shoots the film gives it an almost documentary feel. If you have never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' you should probably fix that immediately. Do I need to explain what it's about? A group of '70s kids is driving across Texas in a van and runs afoul of the Sawyer family, including the man himself, Leatherface. It's a classic of the horror genre and one of the pioneers of the '70s and '80s horror boom. The film has a reputation for being sickeningly bloody and violent, but that is not true. It's essentially a bloodless film, which makes it even more horrifying. Most of the violence

Forgotten Film Friday: Absolute Power

Clint Eastwood stars as Luther Whitney, a jewel thief who works in the Washington DC area. One night while he is stealing from a mansion he is forced to hide in a secret compartment with a two way mirror. From there he observes a sexual rezendevous with the wife of a powerful man and the President of the United States Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman) Suddenly the president gets aggressive and while defending herself the woman is shot to death by two Secret Service agents. Luther manages to get away with a letter opener the woman stabbed the president with. At first Luther plans to flee the country. But when he is disgusted by a statement the president makes, Luther decides to expose the crime. I miss these kind of films. The nineties was a great time for thrillers exactly like this. They are not the flashiest films but they are also not obsessed with big action scenes. It's all plot and character with them. Sure this plot might be a little out there but Eastwood makes it work. He's

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