by Paul Rader
Artwork of the Day: The Unloved
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Movie Preview/Review BONEJANGLES
When BONES rattle, BLOOD will flow
Lets get the technicals out of the way:
Stars:
Reggie Bannister, Elissa Dowling, Kelly Misek, Jr., Julia Cavanaugh, Devin Toft, Jamie Scott Gordon, Lawrence Wayne Curry, and Hannah Richter
Directed by: Brett DeJager
Written by: Keith Melcher
But on to the plot:
While transporting the legendary killer Bonejangles, a group of police break down in a town cursed with monsters, and must release him to survive!
Review:
I loved this adaptation, actually it took me in from the start. I completely get where Brett Dejager was going!
Would I recommend this movie?
It scuured me enough: Yep, if you wanna be scarred, this is a movie for you!
You can see the trailer here! COVER YOUR EYES FIRST!
Film information:
Studio: Wild Eye Releasing
Director: Brett DeJager
Cast : Reggie Bannister, Elissa Dowling
Bonejangles will be available on VOD on July 18, 2017
Music Video of the Day: Fox On The Run by Sweet (1975, dir. ???)
Q: Didn’t you just feature a Sweet video yesterday?
A: No, Lisa did yesterday’s post.
Q: You know what I mean! The day before last-the last time you posted.
A: That’s true.
Q: Wait a second…did you and Lisa collude to do a Warren Fu video because you plan on doing…
A: I’ll stop you right there. Of course I will get to that video. How could I avoid it?
Q: So why are you doing this video? Because it was in the trailer for Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2? You want to point out that Marvel can also play the pick-a-song-that-ties-in-with-our-rival’s-movie game?
A: No, but since you mention it, that is a good tie-in.
Q: Then why are you doing this video? They all stand as stiff as Arthur Kane of New York Dolls. But at least that was something he was known for doing onstage.
A: Yes. That’s one of the reasons I am doing it. I want people to appreciate the difference between this, and the video for The Ballroom Blitz–made two years prior.
Q: Then what’s the other reason? Stop jerking me around.
A: The answer to that is easy.
Q: That’s not an answer.
A: Yes, it is. I just found out they’re gonna stick some tubes down my throat at the beginning of August. I’m so sorry it’s too cryptic for you.
Q: At least include those “Song Of The Month” things Andy Scott did about their songs. You forgot that when you did The Ballroom Blitz.
A: Good point. I did forget those. So, here they are for Fox On The Run and The Ballroom Blitz.
Q: Okay, I’m satisfied. Just say your stupid catchphrase, and end this conversation with yourself.
A: Enjoy!
A Movie A Day #187: The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (1997, directed by Sam Green)
Who was Rollen Stewart?
Briefly, he was a celebrity. In the 1970s, he was inspired to start appearing at every sporting event that he could, wearing a leisure suit and a rainbow afro wig. As the Rainbow Man, Rollen became a familiar face on television, even getting to appear in a beer commercial. What no one knew was that, before he became the Rainbow Man, Rollen was the child of an abusive alcoholic and that he never emotionally recovered from the murder of his sister.
Rollen Stewart was also an aficionado of marijuana, which perhaps led to the next stage in his odd career. While possibly high, Stewart became a born again Christian and he traded in his disco lifestyle for a hand-made signs and t-shirts reading John 3:16. When his new religious persona proved to be far less popular than his Rainbow Man persona, Rollen decided that it was a sign that the end of not just his celebrity but also world itself was near. He started to leave stink bombs in various churches and Christian bookstores. (Because, according to him, “God thinks this stinks!”) In 1992, Rollen entered a motel room, lit a joint, covered the windows with religious placards, and then took a hotel maid hostage. He is currently serving a life sentence.
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 is a documentary about the strange life and times of Rollen Stewart. Along with plenty of footage at Rollen at the height of his fame, the documentary also includes footage of a visibly unstable Rollen in prison. The documentary is 20 years old so I don’t know if Rollen still believes the world is about to end. He comes up for parole later this year.
The documentary is only 48 minutes long. I wish it had been longer because Rollen’s life was an interesting one. His greatest tragedy is that this attention-seeker became famous before the advent of reality TV. Today, he could have revived his career by appearing on Dancing With The Stars or I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. Instead, he is just another inmate at California’s Mule Creek Prison.
Familiar Faces #3: Esther Howard, Grand Dame of Film Noir
Esther Howard (1892-1965) graced the screen in over 100 appearances, but it’s her work in the shadowy world of film noir for which she’s best remembered. A deft comedienne, Esther was also a member in good standing of Preston Sturges’ stock company, cast in seven of his films. Her matronly looks and acting talent allowed her to play a rich, haughty dowager or drunken old floozy with equal aplomb. Esther may not have been a big star, but her presence gave a lift to any movie she was in, big or small.
Esther in 1931’s “The Vice Squad” (w/Judith Wood)
She was already an established stage actress when she entered movies in 1930. Talkies were all the rage, and Esther began her screen career appearing in Vitaphone shorts opposite the likes of Franklin Pangborn. Her first feature was 1931’s THE VICE SQUAD, a Pre-Code drama starring Kay Francis and Paul Lukas…
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Artwork of the Day: Street of Sin
by Bernard Safran
Music Video Of The Day: Instant Crush by Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas (2013, dir by Warren Fu)
Hi, everyone! Lisa here with today’s music video of the day!
July 14th is Bastille Day in France so it only seems appropriate to share a video from my two favorite French musical artistes, Daft Punk. That’s right — the robots are French!
Instant Crush was the fourth single to be released off of Daft Punk’s Grammy-winning fourth album, Random Access Memories. It’s a collaboration between the robots and Julian Casablancas. The video was directed by veteran music video director Warren Fu and it brings tears to my eyes every time.
Enjoy!
A Movie A Day #186: Joysticks (1983, directed by Greydon Clark)
It’s Porky’s in an arcade!
Every gamer knows how accurate this is.
Jeff Bailey (Scott McGinnis) is the manager of the hottest (and only) arcade in town. His grandfather owns the place and Jeff is everyone’s friend but he does not play any of the games. When he was younger, he was caught getting it on with his girlfriend in an arcade. She was sent out of town and Jeff was left so traumatized that he swore he would never touch another joystick. However, he may have to go back on his pledge because the local evil businessman (Joe Don Baker) is determined to take over the arcade and he has recruited King Vidiot (Jon Gries) to help him do it. In between Jeff getting laid and King Vidiot scheming, there are all the usual teen sex comedy hijinks. Just like in real life, the arcade is perpetually full of hot, single girls wearing bikinis. A hot dog gets stuck between a pair of breasts. Pacman is played by a topless video game groupie. Inevitably it all leads to a training montage and a showdown between Jeff and King Vidiot, with whoever gets the highest score at Super Pacman winning control of the arcade.
King Vidiot was the height of 80s fashion.
Joysticks is as dumb as it sounds but it is also a lot of fun, especially if you want to see what life was like before everyone had internet access and their own home gaming console. The movie is full of classic games, from Pac-Man to Satan’s Hollow. The best thing about the arcade is that the final video game duel is played with giant, floor-mounted joysticks. I’m not sure they would work well in real life but they look extremely cool.
Check out those joysticks!
For those wondering, at no point does Joe Don Baker play Pacman during Joysticks. If he had, the end result would have been a classic for all time.
Grab that joystick, Joe Don. You know you want to.
Joysticks? I wonder if that title was supposed to have a double meaning.
Arcade Life, 1983
Artwork of the Day: A Road Divided
By Bill Edwards
Music Video of the Day: The Ballroom Blitz by Sweet (1973, dir. ???)
I am a few years behind when it comes to recent films. I’m still working through 2015 at the moment. As a result, I only watched Suicide Squad (2016) recently. I don’t like to watch short films made with footage edited from a feature film–trailers. Therefore, when I watched the movie, I was expecting this song to be in it since I had at least heard of a connection between the two. No such luck. Instead I got what felt like random musical choices with the exception of Paranoid by Black Sabbath since it was on the same album as Iron Man. That’s something that I doubt many people picked up on or cared if they did.
Anyhow, I was guessing at the date for this video because while it did get a European release in 1973, it didn’t get a release in the US till 1975–according to Wikipedia. Then I found the video again, also on Sweet’s official channel, but as it was played on the German show Disco on October, 27th 1973. That’s why I went with 1973 for the video.
It’s a stage performance video. It is one of the better ones I’ve seen. I think they did a good job editing it to match the fast-pace of the song. That’s all I can say about the video itself.
As for the song, it was inspired by an incident in January of 1973 in Kilmarnock, Scotland at Grand Hall where the band had to flee the stage under a barrage of bottles being thrown at them by the audience.
As for where you know it from, it’s probably either the Suicide Squad trailer, Dancing With The Stars, or Wayne’s World (1992). Wayne’s World is what introduced me to this song. It wasn’t until around 2007 that I found out they did other songs too. I’ll get to some of those another day.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 