When appraised in the cold light of day, The Wild Life (1984) stands as a fairly minor ’80s teen comedy, lacking the flash of broader, more risqué fare like Porky’s (1982) or the great characters that populated instant classics of the genre like 1982’s Fast Times At Ridgemont High (more on that in a second), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), or one of this critic’s personal favorites, Real Genius (1985). So why are we talking about the film’s recent Kino Lorber Blu-ray release at all?
In part, because of the rising talent behind and in front of the camera. The film’s cast includes Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Jenny Wright, Rick Moranis, Hart Bochner and Randy Quaid (and Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in a fun cameo). The film was penned by a young writer/producer named Cameron Crowe, hot off the success of penning Fast Times, and helmed...
In part, because of the rising talent behind and in front of the camera. The film’s cast includes Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Jenny Wright, Rick Moranis, Hart Bochner and Randy Quaid (and Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in a fun cameo). The film was penned by a young writer/producer named Cameron Crowe, hot off the success of penning Fast Times, and helmed...
- 8/19/2021
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
Louisa Mellor Jan 9, 2018
Inside No. 9 continues on excellent form with this bittersweet play about a lost showbusiness friendship. Spoilers ahead…
This review contains spoilers.
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4.2 Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room
In 2006, comedy double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball gave an interview to The Independent reminiscing about their stage and TV career. In their 1980s heyday, the pair had a serious falling-out, something “every double act goes through,” said Ball, “it’s like a marriage”. The piece concluded with Ball’s bittersweet line, “We've become really like brothers now. It's sad to say, but I'll bury him or he'll bury me.”
It probably wasn’t—Inside No.
Inside No. 9 continues on excellent form with this bittersweet play about a lost showbusiness friendship. Spoilers ahead…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Geeks Vs Loneliness: belonging Geeks Vs Loneliness: being lonely on purpose Geeks Vs Loneliness: don't give up Geeks Vs Loneliness: disabilities that you can’t see Geeks Vs Loneliness: how to ask for help Geeks Vs Loneliness: hiding in plain sight Geeks Vs Loneliness: keeping yourself going
4.2 Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room
In 2006, comedy double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball gave an interview to The Independent reminiscing about their stage and TV career. In their 1980s heyday, the pair had a serious falling-out, something “every double act goes through,” said Ball, “it’s like a marriage”. The piece concluded with Ball’s bittersweet line, “We've become really like brothers now. It's sad to say, but I'll bury him or he'll bury me.”
It probably wasn’t—Inside No.
- 1/8/2018
- Den of Geek
Nearly 5,400 people have signed an online petition on Change.org calling for the pardon of the Alabama father who killed the man convicted of sexually abusing his daughter when she was a child.
However, both the prosecutor and defense attorney who worked on the case don’t believe the petition will change Jay Maynor‘s conviction of first-degree murder or the 40-year sentence he received for killing Raymond Earl Brooks in 2014.
Maynor, who pleaded guilty on Nov. 14, decided to not face trial in an effort to protect his daughter Julia, now 24, from having to recount her abuse in a courtroom,...
However, both the prosecutor and defense attorney who worked on the case don’t believe the petition will change Jay Maynor‘s conviction of first-degree murder or the 40-year sentence he received for killing Raymond Earl Brooks in 2014.
Maynor, who pleaded guilty on Nov. 14, decided to not face trial in an effort to protect his daughter Julia, now 24, from having to recount her abuse in a courtroom,...
- 11/21/2016
- by johnnydodd
- PEOPLE.com
Stars: Becky Savage, Herschel Savage, John Colt, Rhonda Jo Petty, Gaylene Marie, Debbie Truelove, Tommy Drake, Jerry Davis, Rick Cassidy | Directed by Chris Warfield
After some rather wonderful library music over the opening sequences, we are introduced to Becky, a young and attractive coed played by Becky Savage (Sweets Cheeks, Foreplay) living in La. We find out that she is uninterested in her life, especially when it comes to her sex life. Although sexless, she sure does have an imagination as we find out when she makes love with Herschel Savage (Honeymoon Haven) who is playing as “Candle Light Lover” according to IMDb. After her rather prolonged (it will happen a lot in this one chaps) imaginary sex session, she wants something to change, so she does what every young girl like herself does… applies to be a prostitute at a Cathouse in Las Vegas!
Once uprooted, she’s put...
After some rather wonderful library music over the opening sequences, we are introduced to Becky, a young and attractive coed played by Becky Savage (Sweets Cheeks, Foreplay) living in La. We find out that she is uninterested in her life, especially when it comes to her sex life. Although sexless, she sure does have an imagination as we find out when she makes love with Herschel Savage (Honeymoon Haven) who is playing as “Candle Light Lover” according to IMDb. After her rather prolonged (it will happen a lot in this one chaps) imaginary sex session, she wants something to change, so she does what every young girl like herself does… applies to be a prostitute at a Cathouse in Las Vegas!
Once uprooted, she’s put...
- 8/11/2014
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
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