Merry Black Christmas Minions!
(if you know, you know)
Black Christmas (1974) on Wikipedia -
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
And To All A Good Night...
Monday, December 23, 2024
Shelf Life
“Hilarious and horrifying.” – LA Weekly
Liberation Hall is proud to announce the long-awaited release of Paul Bartel’s Shelf Life, making its global debut
on Blu-ray and DVD on January 21st, 2025. The dark comedy starring O-Lan Jones (Edward Scissorhands), Andrea Stein (Hard to Kill), and Jim Turner (Arli$$, Randee of the Redwoods/MTV) was initially released in 1993.
In a strange bit of appropriateness, the movie about three children stuck in a bomb shelter for thirty years was lost for three decades. The film never received a theatrical release after playing a few festivals. This status changed when a 35mm print was discovered, and at long last, viewers can the experience the final feature film from director Paul Bartel.
In the aftermath of the shocking assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, a couple grabbed their three kids and moved into their nuclear fallout shelter, fearing the world would be ripped apart by World War III. While nothing of the sort happened, the family never resurfaced. The parents passed away early on, and the children raised each other deep underground without any outside contact beyond a stray TV signal. Pam (Andrea Stein, Trouble in Mind), Scotty (Jim Turner, Bewitched), and Tina (O-Lan Jones, The Right Stuff) have developed into strange child-like adults with a warped sense of play. They exist in a mutated version of 1963 even though the calendar reads 1993. The brother and his sisters entertain each other in their imprisoned life with twisted role-playing games. Will the siblings survive the fallout from each other’s imaginations?
Shelf Life was originally a play, directed by Maryedith Burrell (Fridays), that ran at the Lex Theatre in Hollywood. Paul Bartel saw the play and arranged to shoot it as a movie with the original cast (who jointly wrote the script). Bartel used the camera to go beyond capturing the play and dug deeper into the bonds between the subterranean siblings.
Paul Bartel was one of the great indie filmmakers. He directed Secret Cinema, Private Parts, Death Race 2000, Eating Raoul, Lust In the Dust and Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. He also acted in numerous films including Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Escape From L.A., Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Usual Suspects, and Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird. Shelf Life was his final directorial effort.
Jim Turner starred in St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, Joe’s Apartment, and the HBO series Arli$$. Turner played the spaced-out hippie Randee of the Redwoods in numerous MTV promos during the ‘80s. O-Lan Jones appeared in Married To the Mob, Edward Scissorhands, Natural Born Killers, Mars Attacks, and “The Bubble Boy” episode of Seinfeld.
Andrea Stein appeared in Hard to Kill and Trouble in Mind.
Andrea Stein appeared in Hard to Kill and Trouble in Mind.
The bonus features include an audio commentary with O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, Philip Holahan, and 2024 Oscar nominee Alex Mechanik, an American Cinematheque Q&A with O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, and Alex Mechanik, a Q&A with Tina, Pam, and Scotty (2023), trailers, and a 'Chain Reaction' clip. The soundtrack includes “In My Moondream,” performed by Andy Paley and Brian Wilson.
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Sunday, December 22, 2024
When Marilyn Met Maria
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| Happy Talk Maria Callas & Marilyn Monroe |
Marilyn Monroe and Opera Singer Maria Callas encountered each other in 1962 at President John F Kennedy's Birthday gala.
As is evident by the fact Marilyn is wearing the iconic Birthday Dress (it cost $12,000) she crooned the Birthday Song in at the event to the crowd for JFK's Birthday.
What I would truly be interested in is what these two icons spoke about. "Yes" I would love to have been the proverbial "fly on the wall" and eavesdrop, taking in every single word and sentence.
Wouldn't you?
Only three more days until Christmas Minions, time to bend it like Marilyn and break out your Sunday Best!
Marilyn Monroe on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/marilynmonroe/?hl=en
Maria Callas on IMDb -
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Winter Wonderland
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| Pamela Anderson as Hecate |
Today is the first day of Winter, the Winter Solstice as they say. In Los Angeles it's supposed to be sunny and seventy degrees. Suck on that winter!
So why did I include an image of Pamela Anderson eating grapes oh so elegantly draped? This photo brought the Goddesses of ancient Greece to mind when I saw it.
Pam is here to represent the Goddess Hecate for the kick-off of Winter on Entertain Me.
Here's all you need to know about Hecate:
Hecate: The Greek goddess who sometimes accompanies Persephone on her journey to the underworld during winter.
I'm going to join her on the journey to the underworld, so I must get going!
Happy Winter Minions!
Pamela Anderson on IG -
Friday, December 20, 2024
Bette Davis We Love You
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| Bette Davis |
Hit my favorite bar, Akbar last night with my friend Scott Jacobs for my Birthday. They had all these stars hanging from the ceiling with, well literally, stars on them.
Of course the one that caught my eye was the one with none other than Ms. Bette Davis.
Thus as I sat with Scott imbibing in my Amstel Light and a shot of whiskey I would gaze up at Bette from time to time.
It was like she was my Birthday guardian angel, or something like that...
That's all.
Bette on Wikipedia -
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Michael's Musings
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| Popular! I know about popular! Michael Shinafelt & Maresa Wickham |
Getting older does not mean you act your age necessarily, but it does mean you are more responsible. So let's boogie!
If you want religion in schools, I want the IRS in churches, that's all
Margaritas: a cold refreshing alternative to being annoyed by everyone
Everybody have fun tonight, everybody ______ the blank is yours to fill in
Binging Gossip Girl again (the original series) I can't get enough of it!
I had a grilled cheese sandwich on sour dough with garlic aioli and avocado with a side of fries for my Birthday lunch yesterday, delicious!!!
What do I do to get in the Holiday Spirit? Sit on a bearded man's lap & tell him what I want
This Christmas I'm giving people batteries with a note: Gift Not Included
I have reached the age where my brain says "you probably shouldn't say that" to "what the Hell, let's see what happens"
Woman Crush of the Week: Dorit Kemsley for her epic takedown of Camille Grammer calling her a C U Next Tuesday (several times) on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
The one thing I didn't get that I wanted for my Birthday? Tom Hardy naked
Anyone want to be my downward dog???
Don't judge someone because they sin differently than you
Tip: If you drink a bottle of wine before walking your dog. it feels like they are helping you solve a crime. The more you know.
Speaking of crime I'm off to do some dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Do them with me here -
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Happy Birthday To Me!
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| Michael Shinafelt Photo: https://www.instagram.com/jessemerrellphoto/?hl=en |
"Like hanky panky (hanky panky), Nothing like a good spanky (good spanky)" - Madonna, Hanky Panky
Yep, today's my Birthday! Yay! It's my 59th trip around the sun and being the Sagittarian that I am it's bound to be interesting like all my other journeys to say the least.
Now assume the position...
Celebrate with me here -
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