NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#270
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Streaming free at Internet Archive
Marlene Dietrich plays a haughty Russian immigrant to America named Countess Claire Ledoux, and she’s snagged a wealthy banker (Roland Young) as her soon-to-be husband. … [read more]
Often I’ve told you how and why I hate my flatmate Dean, but you must be as weary of reading about him as I’m weary of writing about him. … [read more]
The Five Deadly Venoms (1975)
a/k/a The Five Venoms
Streaming free at YouTube
The Venom martial arts school has had only five students, and each has renamed himself after a venomous reptile — Centipede has impossibly quick fists and feet; Snake has fingers trained to stab through almost anything; Lizard can climb walls; Scorpion has muscular super-kicks; and Toad has skin that’s virtually impenetrable. |
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Finally, Joe Lieberman has done something to help Americans who aren’t rich!♦ … [read more]
F.I.S.T. (1978)Johnny Kovak (Sylvester Stallone) is a feisty warehouse worker, and his workplace is hell, with a boss who demands unpaid labor, and subtracts any accidental breakage from employees’ pay. … [read more]
Without warning, I needed to use the toilet. It’s one of the symptoms of being old — two or three days might go by without a poop, but when it announces itself, it cannot be ignored.Unfortunately, … [read more]
First Man into Space (1958)
Streaming free at Internet Archive
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Sci-fi flicks from the ’50s are cool. … [read more]
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| CRANKY OLD FART’S BROWSER HISTORY #411 [archive] MAR. 26, 2024 |
When you were a kid maybe you believed in Santa, but most children figure out that lie by the time they’re ten years old. … [read more]
Figures in a Landscape (1970)
Streaming free at YouTube
Mac and Ansell (Robert Shaw, Malcolm MacDowell) are running on a beach, then through a forest. Their hands are tied behind their backs, which makes running dicey — if either man slips or trips, he’ll land on his face.These … [read more]
My flatmate Dean eats a lot of ice cream. Seriously, a lot. We share a fridge, and his half of the freezer is crammed with six to eight half-gallon containers of ice cream, always the same brand but in different flavors. … [read more]