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Holy Crapatoli!

Apparently my instincts were right when I dumped cable. They not only removed TCM from my current package, but now to get it you have to move up not one but two or three packages. The 'deal' is fifty dollars a month, for only six months, and then up to $83 (!!!) a month…
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Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: High Desert Kill (1989)
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Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: High Desert Kill (1989)

"Something is hunting the hunters in the New Mexico badlands." This was a real treat. It reminds one that TV movies used to be just as good as theatrical films. During much of the 70's and 80's, in fact, they tended to be better than theatrical offerings. TV products, after all, still had to…
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Disaster (kinda) strikes!

In all things, follow Galaxy Jane. Who can be wiser? A few days ago GJ mentioned she didn't have cable TV anymore. I mentioned that I had the lowest tier of Comcast programming, because it gave me Discovery, Food Network and, most importantly, TCM. Well, this morning TCM and Food Network have been dropped…
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Thursday Sci-Fi day on TCM!
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Thursday Sci-Fi day on TCM!

Fire up those Tivos / burners. All times CST. 5:00 AM The Time Machine 7:00 Village of the Damned 8:30 The Manster 9:45 Snow Devils 11:30 War of the Planets 1:15 Wild Wild Planet 3:00 Five Million Years to Earth 4:45 Green Slime Of particular note is the inclusion of all four films set…
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Happy Birthday, Peter Lorre!
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Happy Birthday, Peter Lorre!

Our good friend Beckoning Chasm noticed that today, June 26th, is the 108th anniversary of the birth of László Löwenstein, aka Peter Lorre. Mr. Lorre was born in Rózsahegy, Hungary, on June 26th, 1904. Mr. Lorre's work has brought me much pleasure over the years, as indicated by my current Tuesdays with Lorre series.…
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Tuesdays with Lorre: The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
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Tuesdays with Lorre: The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

John Huston’s version of The Maltese Falcon is one the most perfectly cast films in movie history. To some extent or other, it permanently defined the image and career of each of its major players. This was especially true for the nearly 300 pound stage veteran Sidney Greenstreet, who in the picture made his…
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