Monthly Archives: May 2018

Artist Profile: James Hill (1930 — 2004)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Hailing for Ontario, the illustrator James Hill was the first Canadian artist to be honored with membership in the American Illustrators Association.  Though he may be best remembered for his magazine work, he was also a prolific paperback cover artist.  His work, some of which is sampled below, adorned everything from pulp paperbacks to reprints of classic novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne.  When I looked at his work, I was surprised to see how many of his covers I’ve owned over the years.  Regardless of the book’s subject matter, Hill’s expressionistic work always makes an impression!

Here’s just a few examples:

Lisa’s Week In Review — 4/30/18 — 5/6/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Sorry, everyone.  This is an abbreviated week in review because I was sick the entire week, with allergies and asthma and stuff.  Last week was basically just an overmedicated blur.  Bleh!  Hopefully, I’ll be recovered by next Sunday!

Movies I Watched:

  1. 12 Angry Men (1997)
  2. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  3. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
  4. Hoodlum Priest (1961)
  5. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
  6. War of the Gargantuans (1966)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Americans
  2. Ash vs. Evil Dead
  3. Atlanta
  4. Barry
  5. Brooklyn 99
  6. Dead Silent
  7. Diabolical
  8. Evil Lives Here
  9. Evil Talks: Chilling Confessions
  10. Evil Twins
  11. Homeland
  12. Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda
  13. Howards End
  14. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  15. iZombie
  16. King of the Hill
  17. Legion
  18. Lucifer
  19. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
  20. Murder Calls
  21. New Girl
  22. Night Gallery
  23. Nightmare Next Door
  24. Roseanne
  25. See No Evil
  26. Silicon Valley
  27. Survivor 36
  28. The Terror
  29. Trust
  30. Westworld

Check out last week here!

 

4 Shots From 4 Films: Happy Birthday Orson Welles

Posted on by gary loggins

4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking. The cinematic genius Orson Welles was born on this date in 1915. Welles was also a noted magician, and used mirrors as a motif in many of his movies. Here are four reflective shots from The Films of Orson Welles:

Citizen Kane (RKO 194)

The Lady from Shanghai (Columbia 1947)

Touch of Evil (Universal 1958)

F For Fake (Janus Films 1975)

Drive-In Saturday Night: DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE (AIP 1965) & DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS (AIP 1966)

Posted on by gary loggins

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American-International Pictures, never ones to shy away from jumping on a trend, released a pair of secret agent spoofs starring the one and only Vincent Price as the evil supervillain Dr. Goldfoot. AIP president James H. Nicholson himself allegedly came up with the story, wanting to use the film as a showcase for wife Susan Hart, a beautiful woman of limited talent. The first was DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE, an endearingly goofy little movie co-starring SKI PARTY’s Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman. The two even use the same character names from that previous film, Tod Armstrong and Craig Gamble – only reversed, with Frankie as Craig and Dwayne as Tod!

Mad scientist Goldfoot, an obvious cross between James Bond nemeses Dr. No and Goldfinger, is Price at his campy best, carving up large slices of ham as the malevolent meanie. His fiendish plot is creating an army of…

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