Drama
Rod Lott
If I had to guess, I’d say Roger Corman put 1985’s “Streetwalkin’” into production after seeing the success New World Pictures had a year prior with the “Angel” franchise, the first chapter of which carried the infamous tagline of “High school Honor Student by Day. Hollywood Hooker by Night!”

Drama
Rod Lott
Hey, "Disturbia" It Girl Sarah Roemer, your career is in grave danger! Your latest two movies, "Waking Madison" and "The Con Artist," failed to get wide theatrical releases, and now I know why: They’re really not good.

Drama
Richard York
By the time director Radley Metzger made his masterpiece, “The Image,” in 1975, hardcore pornography had already achieved novelty mainstream status, thanks to the ridiculous but curiosity-inspiring anomaly of “Deep Throat” three years earlier.

Drama
Rod Lott
In the 1980s, Cannon Films primarily was frowned upon as a junk purveyor of low-rent actioners starring Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson and Caucasian ninjas.

Drama
Rod Lott
On the morning of April 29, when Prince William married Kate Middleton, NPR broadcast a story about a group of women who were having an all-day party, in which they dressed up, spoke in British accents and were watching the royal wedding on a TiVo loop.

Drama
Rod Lott
Here’s how to tell the two Koreas apart: North Korea’s the one run by the crazy-scary guy; South Korea’s the sane one that just makes movies about crazy-scary guys. And girls.

Drama
Rod Lott
The question with "happythankyoumoreplease" isn't “Why is it called that?”, but “Why isn't it called ‘pretentioushipsterdouche’?”

Drama
Rod Lott
One of the most lauded films of the 1970s didn't actually come out until 1980.

Drama
Rod Lott
Don't you dare read the back of the box of "In Her Skin" before watching it.

Drama
Rod Lott
When it comes to live-action role-playing — aka LARP — I’ve seen comedies mock it (“Role Models”) and documentaries delve into it (“Darkon”), but never an angst-ridden drama. That's new.

Drama
Rod Lott
“Kill the Irishman" begins with a bang, figuratively and literally, with a kinda-fake-looking exploding car just like the one that went kablooey in the opening moments of Martin Scorsese's "Casino."

Drama
Rod Lott
Here's a round of actor math: James Garner > Vin Diesel.

Drama
Rod Lott
In a rather promising pre-credits sequence that puts us in James Garner's POV, he wakes up in Central Park, not knowing who he is, or much of anything, really.

Drama
Rod Lott
"Daydream Nation" was and is the title of a seminal alt-rock album: Sonic Youth's 1988 LP.

Drama
Rod Lott
Erica (Amanda Fuller) is not the girl you bring home to meet Mom.