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Derailed: “Midnight Express” (1978)
Season 2 Episode 11
In "Midnight Express" (Columbia, 1978) Brad Davis delivers a gut-wrenching performance as a young man whose brief moment of stupidity in a foreign co…
1 year, 2 months ago
“The Judy Garland Show” Part Two: Rainbow’s End
Season 2 Episode 11
Three producers. Four formats. One television season. “The Judy Garland Show” stands as a fascinating television tragedy that should have been a triu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Rainbow High: “The Judy Garland Show”, Part One
Season 2 Episode 10
In the fall of 1963, television audiences witnessed something extraordinary – the legendary Judy Garland starring in her very own weekly variety sho…
1 year, 2 months ago
Every Inch a Stephen King: "Misery" (1990)
Season 2 Episode 9
Listen, mister man! We don’t want to get all “oogly” about it, but Kathy Bates went from a relatively unknown, but respected, stage actress to an Aca…
1 year, 2 months ago
Solitary Man: “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962)
Season 2 Episode 8
In our final “Mother's May” episode, we explore what may be the most psychologically disturbing maternal figure in film history - Angela Lansbury as …
1 year, 3 months ago
A Sitcom Like "Alice" (1976-1985)
Season 2 Episode 7
Well, kiss our grits! Our "Mother's May" celebration continues with a TV Mom-- a widow with a young son who became one of television's most beloved …
1 year, 3 months ago
Selective Memories: “I Remember Mama” (1948)
Season 2 Episode 6
It’s an interesting Mother’s Day celebration today, as we discuss our two very different experiences with George Steven’s 1948 masterpiece, “I Rememb…
1 year, 3 months ago
Immaculate Mary: “Ordinary People” (1980)
Season 2 Episode 5
Happy Mother's May everyone! In our first episode for our special "Mother's May" celebration, we discuss one of the seminal dramas of the 1980s- Robe…
1 year, 3 months ago
“My Best Girl” (1927) : Mary Pickford and the Sound of Silents
Season 2 Episode 4
It's Tony's birthday and we commemorate the event by celebrating one of the greatest romantic comedies of the silent film era, Mary Pickford's final …
1 year, 4 months ago
Dames at Sea: Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” (1978)
Season 2 Episode 3
The butler didn't do it! Then again, Dame Agatha Christie never wrote that tired cliche. Join us as we embark on a glamorous, deadly journey down the…
1 year, 4 months ago