Friday, February 13, 2009

NOW SHOWING -- February 13th, 1981

Here are some of the movies that were in theatrical distribution twenty-eight years ago today (February 13th, 1981) and quite possibly were playing at a theatre near you!

ALTERED STATES
AMERICAN POP
ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN
THE ARISTOCATS (re-release)
BREAKER MORANT
CADDIE
CHARLIE CHAN AND THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON QUEEN
THE COMPETITION
THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN
THE DOGS OF WAR
THE EARTHLING
EXPOSED (x)
EYES OF A DREAMER
FEAR NO EVIL
FORT APACHE, THE BRONX
FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES
GOODBYE MY LOVE
HANGAR 18
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN
THE JAZZ SINGER
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES II
THE LAST METRO
MANIAC
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
9 TO 5
POPEYE
RAGING BULL
SCANNERS
SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
SPETTERS
SPHINX
STIR CRAZY
TELL ME A RIDDLE
TESS
WINDWALKER

Thursday, February 12, 2009

100+ No-Shows on Region 1 DVD

Jeremy Richey's Moon in the Gutter blog is dedicating the whole month of February to movies that have yet to get released on DVD, or at least here in what we at the Temple refer to as "Region 1." Instead of linking to my case files (which spotlight movies that have apparently fallen into a pit somewhere, never to be seen again), I decided to do a Top 10 list of films that maybe play on TV occasionally or perhaps received a VHS release twenty plus years ago but have yet to resurface on DVD. However, that Top 10 list grew into a Top 25 list, blew up into a Top 50, then a Top 100, and finally... I don't even know how many are here. 105? 110? I could've gone to 125 easily; there are at least four Jerry Lewis flicks that didn't make it. Anyway, after you drag yourself through this 100+ alphabetical list, make sure you swing by Moon in the Gutter to see some of Jeremy's picks. And in case I'm wrong and one or two of these slipped past me (that HICKEY AND BOGGS bootleg doesn't count!), send me an e-mail and I'll give you a shout-out.