Thursday, August 30, 2018

Cult Movie Theatre: Race With the Devil

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I miss drive-in movies. Sure, you can still watch a movie at a drive-in, but no one shows drive-in movies anymore. I'm referring to the ...
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Monday, August 27, 2018

Movie-TV Connection Game (August 2018)

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Tanya Roberts and Cloris Leachman. Welcome to the August 2018 edition of our most popular regular feature! You will be given a pair or t...
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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Seven Things to Know About Tina Louise

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1. In his book Inside Gilligan's Island , series creator Sherwood Schwartz wrote: "Actually, we were fortunate to sign Tina Louise ...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Author Paula Finn Discusses Her Interviews with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Others

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In her new book, Sitcom Writers Talk Shop , Paula Finn provides a fascinating look behind the scenes of a beloved American TV genre: the sit...
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Richard Chamberlain as The Count of Monte-Cristo

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Chamberlain as Edmond Dantes. Between his TV heartthrob status as Dr. Kildare and his reign as "King of the Miniseries," Richa...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

A Song Is Born: Fabulous Music But a Waste of Danny Kaye

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Danny Kaye as Hobart Frisbee. A musical remake of Ball of Fire must have been one of the easiest pitches of all time. After all, the or...
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Thursday, August 9, 2018

The Monster Squad...That's Who You Oughta Call!

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Duncan Regehr as Dracula. When a resurrected Dracula decides to unleash an unspeakable evil on the world, he enlists the aid of the Fra...
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Monday, August 6, 2018

The Alternate Movie Title Game (Volume 1)

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We played this game last July with classic TV series and it turned out to be a lot of fun. This time around, we're opting for movie titl...
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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Robert Stevenson's Kidnapped

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James MacArthur as Stevenson's young hero. Isn't it Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped , you ask? Well, it is, of course, bu...
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Monday, July 30, 2018

Star Trek: Is Gary Seven a Hero or Villain?

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Robert Lansing as Gary Seven. While on a Federation time travel mission to conduct research about Earth in 1968, the Enterprise  crew in...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Greene Goes Red as Captain Scarlett

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He sports a long red cloak, a red vest, a red sash around his waist, and a red plume in his hat. If his name wasn't Carlos Scarlett, t...
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Monday, July 23, 2018

Movie-TV Connection Game (July 2018)

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Come in out of the heat...and play the latest edition of the Cafe's most popular game. As always, you will be given a pair or trio of fi...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

The Eagle Has Landed

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Michael Caine as Kurt Steiner. Toward the end of World War II, Hitler commissions a "feasibility study" to determine the plaus...
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Sunday, July 15, 2018

The Five Best Coronet Blue Episodes

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Series star Frank Converse. A former Cafe contributor wrote about Larry Cohen's cult TV series Coronet Blue  back in 2009 . The show...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The Doctor: A Tale of Transformation

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William Hurt as Dr. Jack McKee. Jack McKee (William Hurt) is a highly-skilled surgeon with a loving family, an expensive home, and a Mer...
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