The Astounding She Monster
In The Astounding She Monster, a beautiful, radioactive, space alien intersects with gangsters kidnapping a young woman. A schlocky, cheesy monster movie.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) starring Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison , Diane Cilento
Synopsis of The Agony and the Ecstasy
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison) contracts the influential artist Michelangelo (Charlton Heston). He wants him to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. However, the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope’s demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.
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Monster on the Campus
Monster on the Campus (1958) starring Arthur Franz
Synopsis of Monster on the Campus
An amazing scientific discovery turns deadly in Monster on the Campus, a classic sci-fi horror film set in the backdrop of a 1950’s college campus. Professor Donald Blake (Arthur Franz) has made an amazing discovery – a fossilized coelacanth, a rare, primitive fish. When the researching professor comes in contact with the fish’s irradiated blood, he transforms into a vicious, prehistoric creature, thirsty for blood. Suddenly, things get really scary when he starts raising havoc on the unsuspecting community of coeds!
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Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda (2008) starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie
In DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda, Jack Black is perfect as the voice of Po, a noodle-slurping dreamer who must embrace his true self — flaws and all — in order to become the Dragon Warrior. With an all-star cast and high-kicking humor, the Oscar -Nominated Kung Fu Panda is entertainment for the whole family.
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She Demons
She Demons (1958) starring Irish McCalla, Tod Griffin, Victor Sen Yung
She Demons – A hurricane, island castaways, beautiful girls, Nazis, a mad scientist, weird experiments, female monsters & a volcano! Prime ingredients for a horror exploitation film. Delightfully cheesy.
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Here Come the Munsters
Here Come the Munsters (1995) starring Edward Herrmann, Veronica Hamel, Robert Morse
Here Comes the Munsters was an attempt to reboot the classic TV series, The Munsters. It doesn’t quite succeed, but it has it’s own charms.
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Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou (1965) starring Jone Fonda, Lee Marvin,
Cat Ballou was declared an instant classic with its blend of Western parody and rapid-fire action. Lee Marvin won an Oscar® for Best Actor as Kid Shelleen, the woozy, boozy, has-been gunslinger. Jane Fonda, at the height of her sex-kitten period, stars as Catherine “Cat” Ballou, the schoolmarm-turned-outlaw. She hires Kid to protect her father’s ranch from a greedy railroad tycoon. Filmed in just 32 days, Cat Ballou went on to become one of the biggest box office hits of 1965. With singing minstrels Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye.
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Walk on the Wild Side [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side (1962), written by Mack David, music was by Elmer Bernstein.
Sinner, hear what I’m sayin’
Sinner, you’ve been swingin’, not prayin’
One day of prayin’ and six nights of fun
The odds against goin’ to heaven, six-to-one
Westworld (1973)
Westworld (1973) starring Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Yul Brynner
Westworld is a futuristic theme park for the wealthy. There are three theme parks, with four different themes. Westworld is a recreation of the American Old West. There, robots are programmed to fulfill guests’ every desire. Until something goes wrong …
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The Great Escape
The Great Escape (1963), starring Steve McQueen, Dickie Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, James Garner, Charles Bronson, David McCallum, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson
The Great Escape – a variety of Allied prisoners try to escape from a Nazi prisoner of war camp. But the entire camp needs to escape at the same time! Based on a true story.
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