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In the mid-60s, beach movies were all the rage. The super-specific subgenre was an early iteration of the coming-of-age movie, but in place of any real depth or story, its plots often focused on adolescent fun. They typically featured music, dancing, bright colors, and light romantic and comedic hijinks. At their most complex, the teen beach movies came across as a discordant mix of the sanitized family cinema of the '50s and the youth-in-revolt transgressiveness of '70s film -- slightly wholesome, but slightly countercultural.

The 1963 movie "Beach Party" is often credited with popularizing the mini-genre, and after its success, plenty of imitators were churned out in quick succession. Among them is "For Those Who Think Young," a relatively forgotten movie that's best-known as Nancy Sinatra's film debut. It wasn't just Sinatra who made waves on screen, though; the movie also starred Tina Louise and Bob Denver,...

How Elizabeth Montgomery & Her Special Blend Of Colleagues Cast Their TV Spell With ‘Bewitched Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of famed actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Bryan Allen, was actually Hollywood royalty decades before she was cast as beloved house-witch Samantha Stephens on Bewitched. Everett Collection A year before Bewitched began, Montgomery fell in love with and wed director/producer William Asher. They met on the set of the 1963 feature film Johnny Cool. They wanted to work together on a weekly series. Asher was a prolific director from the Beach Party franchise of the 1960s and produced the famed event at which Marilyn Monroe sang a breathy “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy. He was friends with CBS executive Harry Ackerman, to whom he and Montgomery proposed a series called The Fun Couple, about a garage mechanic who falls in love with a wealthy socialite. Ackerman liked the idea but had...

The summer horror movie subgenre spoils us all with an embarrassment of riches, but this also means that whenever people come up with a list of recommendations, the same players make an appearance again and again. At this point, you shouldn't need an online list to tell you that "Jaws" is the ultimate July 4th viewing experience. And considering that "Midsommar," "Summer of '84," and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" have the season in the title of the movie, these are also no-brainer suggestions for summer horror movies. Summer is also the season for summer camp movies, so "Sleepaway Camp," the entire "Friday the 13th" franchise, parodies like "The Final Girls," homages like "Fear Street: 1978," and the entire roster of Cabin in the Woods horror movies are all easy picks.

Then there are the countless folk horror films in the vein of "The Wicker Man" that all scream "summer,...

Late comedian Don Rickles is often branded as one of the best comedians, thanks to his quickest wits. He was also known for his sharp tongue among his peers. He was a true original, beloved by his audiences and by the comedy community. However, he became world-famous not by cracking jokes but by insulting his audience.

Don Rickles in Casino (1995)

For his comedic style, he was often regarded as the master insult comic. His sharp wit, sarcasm, and put-downs spared nobody, not even any celebrity. And, Pretty Woman actress Julia Roberts was one of them whom he insulted in a public place where hundreds of A-listers were also present.

Suggested“You are a lousy actor”: Don Rickles’ Grave Insult For Clint Eastwood Even Took Jim Carrey By Surprise Comedian Don Rickles Roasted Julia Roberts in a Hall Full of Celebrities

Don Rickles kept pouring insulting jokes on nightclub stages,...

Gary Kurtz in 1980 (left) and 2010. Photo: Fairfax Media Archives, Jim Steinfeldt Imagine Star Wars without merch. Or Ewoks. Or another Death Star, just two movies after the first. Imagine if Leia and Luke weren’t related, and might have become lovers. Imagine Han Solo dying in the third film rather than the seventh.

Mark Hamill, Gary Kurtz, and Billy D. Williams in 1980.Photo: Fairfax Media Archives (Getty Images)

Imagine Star Wars without merch. Or Ewoks. Or another Death Star, just two movies after the first. Imagine if Leia and Luke weren’t related, and might have become lovers. Imagine Han Solo dying in...

Hollywood stars and filmmakers joined for a weekend of celebrating film legacies and the impact they have had on cinema at the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival.

To kick off the festival at the Los Angeles’ Tcl Chinese Theatre, The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and Hollywood Legion Theater at Post 43, Angie Dickinson chatted with TCM host Ben Mankiewicz on opening night Thursday about Rio Bravo, her role as Feathers and starring opposite John Wayne and Dean Martin.

When talking about what it was like working with director Howard Hawks, Dickinson said, “He was a man of few words,” and while filming, he told her and the crew to “just relax, and he and I sat there, talking about nothing. It was just to relax me and get me to the point that he wanted me to be for the scene.”

Directors Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson also took part in a...

Bert I. Gordon’s career groove of shrinking and bloating various animals and people bottoms out in this trashy drive-in groaner: it’s colorful but nigh-unwatchable. The exploitation target is sci-fi and the teen musical, with incompatible helpings of pre-teen ‘cutes’ and girlie show jiggle for the raincoat crowd. The show apparently did well, but I heard mostly about resentful walkouts. Gordon’s early films have far more charm; this one mostly shows contempt for his audience. For fans that think there’s Camp value here, the Blu-ray transfer is sensationally good, as is the reproduction of Jack Nitzsche’s rock music score. The only thing to call this movie is Poor, but how can that be when I find so much to say about it?

Village of the Giants

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Kl Studio Classics

1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 81 min. / Street Date February 22, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

Starring: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford,...

"Life's A Beach"

By Lee Pfeiffer

When it comes to defining cinematic guilty pleasures, one need not look any further than the lame-brained beach movies that were marketed to teenagers in the mid-1960s. The formula started in 1963 with "Beach Party", teaming Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon for the first time as loved-starved teens who are addicted to fun and sun in the surf. The film was such a hit that it spawned numerous sequels, delighting producers Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson and American International, which was mining gold by making big profits from low-budget productions. The beach series didn't vary much in terms of content and many of the most popular actors were utilized in each successive film. There were also simlarly-themed films starring Avalon in different geographical settings. But if the beach series burned brightly, its flame was short-lived. By 1965, the young audiences that initially craved...

Michael Nader, an actor who appeared on “Dynasty” and “All My Children,” has died. He was 76.

Nader’s manager confirmed his passing to TheWrap. Nader died on Monday from an untreatable form of cancer.

Michael’s wife, Jodi Lister, released a statement to soap opera writer Michael Fairman: “With heavy heart, I’m sharing the news of the passing of my beloved, Michael. We had 18 wonderful years together with the many dogs we fostered and adopted. Recently, Michael was so thrilled to reconnect with his friends from the cast of ‘Dynasty’ during Emma Samms virtual event to help raise funds for Long-Covid research. Michael was working on a book about his life and addiction at the time of his death. He was a beautiful and fascinating man with many talents and skills. I will miss him forever.”

Nader was best known for playing Farnsworth “Dex” Dexter on the 1980s primetime soap opera “Dynasty.

If you're anywhere near Fort Lauderdale, make the trip over to the Mai-Kai restaurant on October 30th, where they'll have a drive-in screening of Beast of Blood and newly designed tiki mugs!

"What better way to celebrate Tiki Culture and Monster Mania this Halloween season then to attend the World-Famous Polynesian Pop Palace, The Mai-Kai Restaurant. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a Drive-In screening of the Tiki Jungle Creature Feature, Beast Of Blood.

True to its roots as a mid-century icon, the historic Mai-Kai restaurant will reanimate its parking lot as a drive-in theater, complete with a screening of Beast Of Blood, the fourth film in the "Blood Island" Monster franchise. Made in the Philippines in 1970 for the U.S. Drive-In market by Hemisphere Pictures, Beast Of Blood features a lush jungle-island setting with former Rockabilly singer and "Beach Party" star, John Ashley, alongside "Star Trek" alum and former Elvis Presley co-star,...

We’re still a couple of weeks out from The Boys returning with its second season, but based on the footage we’ve seen so far, it certainly looks as if we’re in for another wild ride. One that may even top the first run of the show, which was one of the best things that we’d seen on television in a long time.

Of course, trying to predict how something as crazy as The Boys is going to end up is a fool’s errand, but let’s not forget that it won’t be the only new thing arriving on Amazon Prime in September. Far from it, in fact.

Earlier today, the streaming service announced their entire line-up of new titles for next month and it’s a meaty list, comprising both films and television shows. And though The Boys may be the highlight for many...

An election season is fast-approaching in the U.S. So for its new releases in September 2020, Amazon Prime is bringing back one of its most political shows.

The Boys season 2 premieres its first three episodes on September 4. Though the show on its face is a superhero story, viewers of season 1 will know it’s really about America’s troubling embrace of entertainment with fascism. Sounds fun and not at all terrifying right before a presidential election!

That’s not the only bleak Amazon original on the schedule for September. British TV adaptation Utopia arrives on September 25. This Gillian Flynn-produced series follows fans of a comic book who believe it predicts…world-ending pandemics. Darn it. Amazon’s only original film this month is a…documentary about voter suppression from Liz Garbus called All In: The Fight for Democracy. Yikes.

For those of us who want to relax with some ‘member berries,...

Jack L. Gilardi, a longtime ICM Partners agent whose client roster over the years included Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, and Charlton Heston, died this morning at age 88.

His death was announced by ICM Partners. No cause of death was given, but the company notes that Gilardi passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family.

Gilardi would have celebrated his 65th anniversary at the company next month. Longstanding clients who remained with Gilardi until the end include Ann-Margret, Joe Mantegna, Walter Hill, Frankie Avalon, and Jaclyn Smith, among others.

Among his early clients was former Mouseketeer and star of American-International’s “Beach Party” film franchise Annette Funicello, who he would marry in 1965. The couple had three children before divorcing in 1983. (Funicello died at 70 in 2013 of complications due to multiple sclerosis).

Born on October 5th, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, Gilardi would go on to join the Us Army and,...

’90s nostalgia is in full swing and horror fans are loving it. Many people are revisiting movies they grew up with, while others are discovering those same titles for the first time. And it’s not only cinematic terror that has everyone talking.

Over the past couple of years, the interest in retro books has been on the rise. Combined with ’90s sentimentality, teen horror fiction from the decade has become a special niche for collectors, many of whom are part of Instagram’s enthusiastic community of “bookstagrammers.”

A large portion of the teen horror titles released during the ’90s are now available in e-book format, but the original editions with their colorful covers and witty taglines are the ones we look for while perusing the shelves of used bookstores.

Here at Daily Dead, during a series of seasonal posts, I’m going to be sharing books from my own collection,...

“The Mickey Mouse Club” first premiered in October 1955 under the leadership of the one and only Walt Disney. The long-lasting variety show served as incubator for more than a few major future stars throughout its run, and during its second iteration in the 1990s, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera all shared airtime as Mousketeers. Here’s a look back at the biggest stars who made appearances on the show.

Annette Funicello

Funicello joined the Mousketeers in 1955 at the age of 12 after being personally discovered at a ballet performance by none other than Walt Disney. She quickly became one of the show’s most popular performers, receiving 6,000 fan letters a week, along with wristwatches and a few engagement rings. Funicello went on to star in several Disney-produced serials and movies, including “The Shaggy Dog” and “Babes in Toyland,” and then switched gears to costar in a...

The Fassbenders are living their best lives!

Newlyweds Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were spotted honeymooning in Italy just weeks after the twosome tied the knot in a secret wedding.

One lucky fan snapped pics with the couple at the restaurant Osteria del Cappello in Bologna. The actors were casually dressed and appeared to be in good spirits while taking the photograph.

Related: Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander Are Married!

Another fan also posed with the Oscar winner and a very smiley Fassbender in Verona, and took to social media to share her encounter.

More: Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender Enjoy Beach Party Ahead of Rumored Wedding

The gorgeous couple got married in Ibiza earlier this month, according to multiple reports. They were then photographed wearing wedding rings and hanging out with family last weekend.

The Tomb Raider star began dating Fassbender in 2014 and they worked together in the 2016 drama The Light Between Oceans.

Last year, the lovebirds...

Michael Fassbender has a new title -- husband -- but before that, he was known as the Karaoke King!

Et's Carly Steel spoke with the actor about his new movie, The Snowman, earlier this month (before his wedding to Alicia Vikander), where he opened up about his love for the party activity. 

"I wouldn't say [I'm a Karaoke King]," Fassbender humbly confessed. "I mean, enthusiastic, I would say... [I do it] whenever I can." 

"It's just whatever's playing in my head," he described. "Like, if you say something, like a trigger word, that could make me sing a song. Like, the guy just came in and said we met in Vienna, and I was like... I started singing 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina.'"

Related: Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender Enjoy Beach Party Ahead of Rumored Wedding

"Which was just weird," Fassbender's Snowman co-star, Rebecca Ferguson, interjected, admitting that she's gotten "quite good at lip-syncing" by following Fassbender around. "We might [take our...

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander are married!

According to multiple reports, 40-year-old Fassbender and 29-year-old Vikander tied the knot in Ibiza over the weekend. On Sunday, the two were photographed wearing wedding rings.  

Et has reached out to their rep for comment.

More: Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender Enjoy Beach Party Ahead of Rumored Wedding

Congrats to the happy couple! 

The two geared up for their wedding weekend with a relaxing Friday in Ibiza, Vikander stepping out in an all-white ensemble, while Fassbender bared his abs in an unbuttoned beach-ready look.

More: Alicia Vikander Sizzles in Red Hot Polka Dot Bikini as Michael Fassbender Flaunts His Six Pack in Ibiza

Despite just talking their walk down the aisle, VIkander and Fassbender have been dating since 2014, and even played a married couple in 2016's The Light Between Oceans.

Last year, the couple reminisced about how they met to Et.

"We had met at Toronto Film Festival and just on...

Pity the poor exhibitors in 1953 that splurged on 3-D equipment, only to see the payroll soar and the profits fall. Nope, Anamorphic Widescreen was the innovation that swept the world. It proved perfect for stories with scenic grandeur, such as Fox’s very early mini-epic shot on Florida locations. Thanks to Bernard Herrmann’s impressive music score, this one’s not going away.

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

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Twilight Time

1953 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 102 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95

Starring: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Boone, Peter Graves, Jay Novello, Angela Clarke, Jacques Aubuchon, Harry Carey Jr., Gloria Gordon.

Cinematography: Edward Cronjager

Film Editor: William Reynolds

Original Music: Bernard Herrmann

Written by A.I. Bezzerides

Produced by Robert Bassler

Directed by Robert Webb

Four years have passed since the now dormant 20th Century Fox Cinema Archives DVD-r label stealth-released a surprise...

It’s finally here in all its glory, the Howard Hawks movie nobody loves. The epitome of clueless ’60s filmmaking by an auteur who left his thinking cap back with Bogie and Bacall, this show is a PC quagmire lacking the usual compensation of exploitative thrills. But hey, it has a hypnotic appeal all its own: we’ll not abandon any movie where Teri Garr dances.

Red Line 7000

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Kl Studio Classics

1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire, Charlene Holt, John Robert Crawford, Marianna Hill, James (Skip) Ward, Norman Alden, George Takei, Diane Strom, Anthony Rogers, Robert Donner, Teri Garr.

Cinematography: Milton Krasner

Film Editors: Bill Brame, Stuart Gilmore

Original Music: Nelson Riddle

Written by George Kirgo story by Howard Hawks

Produced and Directed by Howard Hawks

Critics have been raking Howard Hawks’ stock car racing epic...

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

The Los Angeles Comic Book And Science Fiction Convention presents Classic Movie Poster Artist Robert Tanenbaum, Jean Hale (In Like Flint), Sharyn Wynters (The Female Bunch), and Donna Loren (Bikini Beach) at the August 20, 2017 Show.

Robert Tanenbaum is a Movie Poster Artist with an over 50 year career illustrating every film genre such as Science Fiction, Horror, Comedy, War, Drama and Martial Arts. Robert has illustrated such Classic Movie Posters as A Christmas Story, Battle For The Planet Of The Apes, Cujo, Five Fingers Of Death, Black Christmas, Super Fly, The Color Of Money, My Bodyguard, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, The Iron Cross, The Eagle Has Landed, Ransom, Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold, Hot Potato, Mel Brooks High Anxiety and Silent Night, Evil Night. Robert’s art is featured on the first announcement that Jaws was being made into a Movie.

Heading for Spring Break somewhere? Long before Girls Gone Wild, kids of the Kennedy years found their own paths to the desired fun in the sun, and most of them came back alive. MGM’s comedic look at the Ft. Lauderdale exodus is a half-corny but fully endearing show, featuring the great Dolores Hart and the debuts of Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss and Jim Hutton.

Where the Boys Are

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Warner Archive Collection

1960 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99

Starring: Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, Jim Hutton

Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Barbara Nichols, Chill Wills.

Cinematography: Robert Bronner

Art Direction: Preston Ames, George W. Davis

Film Editor: Fredric Steinkamp

Original Music: Pete Rugolo, Neil Sedaka, George Stoll, Victor Young

Written by George Wells from a novel by Glendon Swarthout

Produced by Joe Pasternak

Directed by Henry Levin

Ah yes, in 1960 first-wave Rock...

Gothic horror found its way into the American mainstream in the early 1960s courtesy of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for American International Pictures. Movies with a tortured Vincent Price brooding around darkened castles, longing for the spirits of some long-lost love were reaching audiences on the same screens as Frankie and Annette and the Beach Party series—and from the same studio, no less. Over in Europe, though, it was a totally different story.

Mario Bava’s The Whip and the Body (La frusta e il corpo) is gothic horror of a very different sort. Yes, there are darkened castles and brooding characters and waves crashing against cliffs and possible madness, but it’s of a much, much more adult nature than its American counterparts. After an affair that led to the suicide of a servant’s daughter, Kurt Menliff (Christopher Lee) returns to his family castle...

For those who don't know, Rifftrax is the project Mystery Science Theater alumni Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett took on after the cancellation of their other movie-riffing show. Since then, they have had many live events, and their newest one is titled Summer Beach Party Shorts, where they take the piss out of bad educational shorts. The normal crew will be joined by TV's Frank... Read More...

Daniel Clowes’ comics creation receives an A-Plus film adaptation through the directorial filter of Terry Zwigoff. The show has more going for it than the bleak alienation of disaffected quasi- gen-Xers — the script offers a depth of character revealing the insecure, hopes and fears behind all the insulting attitudes and behaviors. It’s caustic, funny and also strongly affecting.

Ghost World

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The Criterion Collection 872

2001 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 111 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date May 30, 2017 / 39.95

Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Stacey Travis, Teri Garr.

Cinematography: Affonso Beato

Production Designer: Edward T. McAvoy

Art Direction: Alan E. Muraoka

Film Editors: Carole Kravetz, Michael R. Miller

Original Music: David Kitay

Writing credits: Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff from the comics by Daniel Clowes

Produced by Pippa Cross, Janette Day, Lianne Halfon, Barbara A. Hall,

John Malkovich, Russell Smith

Directed by Terry Zwigoff

Enid:...

Los Angeles – With the flourish of trumpets in “The Bullfighter’s Song,” a pugnacious man would strut on stage and launch a volley of hilarious insults on some unsuspecting targets. That act was Don Rickles, whose show business nicknames included “The King of Zing,” “The Merchant of Venom” and the magnificently ironic “Mr. Warmth.” Rickles died in Los Angeles on April 6th, 2017. He was 90.

In his early career, Rickles was a throwback to the cocktail and burlesque joints of the 1950s and ‘60s, where a burgeoning stand up comic would do anything to engage the audience and keep a gig. With a quick wit and rat-a-tat delivery, Rickles developed a persona that would keep him working virtually all the way to the end. He went from the “Rat Pack” era, through comedy roasts of the 1970s, to the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” series, and never...

A few years ago, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of influential film critic Pauline Kael, I wrote the following:

“I think (Kael) did a lot to expose the truth… that directors, writers and actors who often work awfully close to the surface may still have subterranean levels of achievement or purpose or commentary that they themselves may be least qualified to articulate. It’s what’s behind her disdain for Antonioni’s pontificating at the Cannes film festival; it’s what behind the high percentage of uselessness of proliferating DVD commentaries in which we get to hear every dull anecdote, redundant explication of plot development and any other inanity that strikes the director of the latest Jennifer Aniston rom-com to blurt out breathlessly; and it is what’s behind a director like Eli Roth, who tailors the subtext of something like Hostel Part II almost as...

An experimental film by an Irish playwright, shot in New York with a silent comedian at the twilight of his career? Samuel Beckett’s inquiry into the nature of movies (and existence?) befuddled viewers not versed in film theory; Ross Lipman’s retrospective documentary about its making asks all the questions and gets some good answers.

First there’s the film itself, called just Film from 1965. By that year our high school textbooks had already enshrined Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot as a key item for introducing kids to modern theater, existentialism, etc. … the California school system was pretty progressive in those days. But Beckett had a yen to say something in the film medium, and his publisher Barney Rosset helped him put a movie together. The Milestone Cinematheque presents the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s restoration of Film on its own disc, accompanied by a videotaped TV production...

Earlier this year, Mad Decent head honcho Diplo announced that his esteemed label would be adding a new addition to its established brand of festivals. Mad Decent Block Party and Mad Decent Boat Party have already been well received by the dance music community, so it was only natural when Mad Decent Beach Party was revealed as the newest festival on the label’s event lineup.

The first round of artists have been now announced for the event, giving us our first look at the talent secured. Heavy hitters such as Diplo, Major Lazer, Nghtmre, Alison Wonderland, Dillon Francis, A-Trak and Flosstradamus appear on the list, as well as several others. That’s only the first wave of the lineup, too, and there are still more artists to be announced in the future – so stay tuned.

Mad Decent Beach Party is scheduled to go down in Riviera Maya, Mexico from...

Star Wars Celebration is going on in London, England right now and ScreenAnarchy's Jason Gorber is over there endulging his share of crumpets, bangers and mash and enough Star Wars goodness to choke a Bantha.  And what goodness there is. They just released this Celebration reel for Gareth Edwards' Rogue One A Star Wars Story and it is nothing short of epic.  I got chills. I had to stop, sit down, and catch my breath.   See for yourself below!  *The trades are also sharing the first poster, which I have swapped in, and will say that I am not a fan of. What is this? Star Wars Beach Party '65? This seems almost cheery and contradictory to the tone and atmosphere that we have...

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Broadway Sessions Beach Party is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.This Monday night, June 6th, Broadway Sessions Beach Party continues it's new weekly summer residency at the TheIce Palace in Cherry Grove, Fire Island. The Broadway SessionsBeach Party will run every Monday through Labor Day at 9pm and features new Broadway guests each week. This week's guests are Teal Wicks and Hernando Umana.

Undisputed Fact: Roger Corman is the greatest B picture producer of all time. His ability to find (and exploit, if we’re being honest) amazing talent and pull together movie miracles on miniscule budgets is nothing short of astonishing. However, it’s often downplayed what a smart, succinct director he was on many a project. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) is a stellar example of his talent behind the lens.

Released by Aip in September, X turned a tidy profit on top of its $250,000 budget. Critics were generally kind, but dismissive, calling X well made hokum, essentially. And due to its meager fundage X certainly shows its pedigree through petty set design. But…there’s a kinetic buzz that permeates every frame of X, a swirling colorgasm that bleeds through with Corman’s gift for storytelling. X rises from pulp to a lucid perfection.

Dr. Xavier (Ray Milland...

This Monday Memorial Day night, May 30th, Broadway Sessions begins its new weekly summer residency at the The Ice Palace in Cherry Grove, Fire Island. The Broadway Sessions 'Beach Party' will run every Monday through Labor Day at 9pm and features new Broadway guests each week. Kicking off the season are special guests Daisy Eagan, Max Crumm, Travis Kent and special guest musical director Kyle Branzel.

Kendall and Scott take Cannes!

Kendall Jenner and Scott Disick enjoyed Cannes to the fullest on Sunday, hitting up Gotha nightclub to celebrate the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Jenner, 20, who touched down in the French city (via helicopter!) last week, sported a black, sheer top over a black bralette with a black skirt and a patterned, hooded jacket.

Disick, 32, wore a long-sleeved, button-down shirt and dark pants. He was seen in one of Jenner's Snapchats enjoying a drink (in what appeared to be a large wine glass) with rapper Rick Ross.

The trip marks Jenner's second time at the 11-day festival.

Kendall and Scott take Cannes! Kendall Jenner and Scott Disick enjoyed Cannes to the fullest on Sunday, hitting up Gotha nightclub to celebrate the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Jenner, 20, who touched down in the French city (via helicopter!) last week, sported a black, sheer top over a black bralette with a black skirt and a patterned, hooded jacket. Disick, 32, wore a long-sleeved, button-down shirt and dark pants. He was seen in one of Jenner's Snapchats enjoying a drink (in what appeared to be a large wine glass) with rapper Rick Ross. The trip marks Jenner's second time at the 11-day festival.

After giving us Mad Decent Boat Party and Mad Decent Block Party, the label’s head honcho is now ready to hit the beach. That’s right, Diplo took to Facebook recently to announce the inaugural edition of Mad Decent Beach Party.

Set to take place in the Riviera Maya on President’s Day Weekend 2017, the event will feature the Mad Decent crew throwing down at a beautiful beachfront location. While we don’t have any official lineup details just yet, or an on-sale date for tickets, you can bet that this is going to be a wild event.

Anyone’s who’s been to anything hosted by Mad Decent should know what to expect here, and for those that haven’t had the chance to attend Block Party or Boat Party, just know that you’re in for one hell of a good time should you choose to make...

With Miami gearing up to host one of dance music’s biggest festivals in the form of Ultra, the organizers have taken the chance to remind people of its European counterpart, aptly dubbed Ultra Europe.

Set to return to sunny Croatia this July, the official aftermovie from last year’s outing has now been released, and it serves as an excellent reminder of all the great memories that were made during Destination Ultra week, which consisted of the festival itself along with some killer yacht and beach parties.

Documenting what is officially the largest electronic music festival in Croatia’s history, this breath-taking piece of videography is certain to whet the appetites of the scores of Ultranauts preparing to make the annual pilgrimage to the Dalmatian coast later this year.

Created and directed by Charly Friedrich’s critically acclaimed Final Kid team, the nine-minute masterpiece showcases the wild array of...

Rko's final in-house production is a good end-of-an-era film, a spirited and well-made musical comedy. Bright-eyed Jane Powell can't stop accepting marriage proposals, from nerdy Tommy Noonan, dreamboat kisser Cliff Robertson and zillionare Keith Andes. She imagines her future with each man in musical terms, through production numbers staged by Gower Champion. The Girl Most Likely DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1956 / Color / 1:78 enhanced widescreen / 98 min. / Street Date November 17, 2015 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Jane Powell, Cliff Robertson, Keith Andes, Kaye Ballard, Tommy Noonan, Una Merkel, Kelly Brown, Judy Nugent, Frank Cady, Joseph Kearns, Marjorie Stapp, Robert Banas. Cinematography Robert H. Planck Film Editor Doane Harrison Original Music Nelson Riddle Choreographer Gower Champion Written by Devery Freeman, Paul Jarrico (uncredited) Produced by Stanley Rubin Directed by Mitchell Leisen

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

From roughly 1925 to 1957, the powerful men in charge of the big studios controlled most aspects of production. That...

When you think of a slasher film, images of summer camp and college campuses might dance in your head, but in her first feature film, B.C. Butcher, Kansas Bowling uniquely sets a slasher story in prehistoric times. With Troma set to release B.C. Butcher next year, we caught up with Kansas to discuss making her first movie at the age of seventeen, shooting on 16mm, and much more.

Thanks for taking the time to converse with us, Kansas. Your debut feature film, B.C. Butcher, is a slasher movie set in the prehistoric era. How did you come up with this unique plot?

Kansas Bowling: Thank you so much for showing interest in my film! My friend Kenzie Givens and I came up with the idea when we were in high school. I was 15. It seemed like something easy to do on a tiny budget and it was something that had never been done before!

This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of August 25th, 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.

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In the history of soggy underwater adventures, none have been been soggier than this A.I.P. Panavision curiosity from England. Four out of five insomniacs agree: it has the most awkwardly mis-matched cast of players in fantasy film history... starting with a chicken. Kl Studio Classics Savant Blu-ray Review 1965 / Color / 2:35 widescreen 1:37 flat Academy / 84 min. / City in the Sea / Street Date August ll, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95  Starring Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, Susan Hart, John Le Mesurier, Harry Oscar, Derek Newark, Roy Patrick, Herbert the Rooster. Cinematography Stephen Dade Film Editor Gordon Hales Original Music Stanley Black Written by Charles Bennett, Louis M. Heyward, David Whitaker based on City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe Produced by Daniel Haller Directed by Jacques Tourneur

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

By 1965 American-International Pictures was looking in all directions, trying to hit on new themes to replace the monsters...

You're invited... to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Summer Olympics-themed Hamptons birthday party! The twins, who famously spent their early years inviting fans to their Hawaiian Beach Party, Sleepover Party, and Mall Party, dusted off their invitations for an amazing shared 29th birthday party in the Hamptons this past weekend, complete with a theme.  The child actresses-turned-fashion designers, who turned 29 on Saturday, June 13, celebrated their birthday at the vacation destination with a day of fun and activities. Complete with an Instagram hashtag of #OlsenOlympics, the fête split [...]...

March is just around the corner now, which means that Miami Music Week is getting ready to kick off. Over the past several days, there’s been an influx of news regarding who will be playing which parties and today, it continues, with Dim Mak‘s announcement of the phase 1 lineup for their annual Nikki Beach party.

Headlining what will no doubt be one of the week’s hottest and biggest events will be 3 Are Legend, the goup made up of Steve Aoki, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike. Supporting them will be Benny Benassi, Borgore, Dirtyphonics and more. Plus, given the event’s history of bringing out special surprise guests, you can bet that there will be at least a few artists who will be making unannounced appearances throughout the day/night.

Taking place on the beach during the day, the festivities go all night long, as once the sun goes down,...

Et's Brooke Anderson was on set last month for the filming of Hawaii Five-0's 100th episode and today the cast repaid the favor, stopping by to talk about their much-anticipated milestone.

News: 'Hawaii Five-0' Kicks Off Season 5 With Sexy Beach Party

"There’s a big 'something' that we’ve been talking about for four and a half years that finally gets resolved," revealed series star Alex O’Loughlin.

It’s an emotionally charged episode, and O'Loughlin told Et that his character has to deal with much of the turmoil without the help of his Five-0 teammates.

"I was kind of separate from the rest of the crew for the episode," O’Loughlin dished. "When everybody sees it, you'll see that my character is out doing something else. I’m not around."

Since the show’s premiere in 2010, the cast has also undergone some major real-life changes. O'Loughlin married girlfriend Malia Jones earlier this year...

Do you like zombies and hate cancer? If so, then Zombie Apocalypse II “Cancer fears the D!” is an event you’d likely dig. Taking place in Detroit at the Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom on June 28th, this event benefits the American Cancer Society via The Walking Hope. In addition to an abundance of entertainment for a good cause, fans of AMC’s The Walking Dead should be really excited by one of the items up for auction at the fundraiser.

While enjoyers of the The Walking Dead have been able to get autographs from a good amount of the cast over the past year or so at conventions, even the most die-hard fans would be hard-pressed to get an item signed by 25 people affiliated with the hit AMC show. Perhaps the most prized possession at the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse II, The Walking Hope hoodie features the signatures of...

You know what they call a “20th anniversary” in France? Beach party. Miramax celebrated “Pulp Fiction” and its 1994 Palme d'Or win with a return to the Palais steps at Cannes and an official beach-front screening on the Croisette Friday night. Planets in the Miramax universe, past and present, including Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Lawrence Bender, Harvey Weinstein, and Michael Madsen, were amongst a delegation from the film company's team. While Miramax has not had anything in competition, they've nevertheless been in town all festival. Tarantino played the master of ceremonies on the beach, giving each person mentioned above their.

Review by Sam Moffitt

I love the silent era of movie making. I’ve written of this before and will again, many times I’m sure. Roger Ebert, on his website, made the observation (accurately I’d say) that silent films are not just movies without sound; they are a different medium altogether from the movies we are used to seeing now. Silent films are as different to sound films as radio is to television.

Hollywood Cavalcade was one of the first movies to look back at Hollywood history, and managed to involve several artists who were instrumental in making films that are still enjoyable today.

Hollywood Cavalcade tells the story of Mike Conners (Don Ameche) and his partner, ace cameraman Pete Tinney (Stu Erwin) and their trip to New York City to find a stage actress they can take back to Hollywood and make into a star of moving pictures.

Some of the international movie posters presented in Cinema Retro issue #28, which features in-depth coverage of the making of Zulu.

By Brian Hannan

The 50th anniversary showing of Zulu in Britain next month is unlikely to be repeated in the U.S. where the film flopped. But even the poorest box-office performer has an afterlife. So in 1965 Zulu was pushed out again anywhere that would have it. That meant it supported some odd, not to say ugly, bedfellows – exploitationer Taboos of the World in Kansas City, The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming in Phoenix, B western Stage To Thunder Rock in Long Beach, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini in Des Moines and Rhino in Abilene. They liked it in Long Beach where it supported both Circus World and That Man from Rio. It was the second feature to None But the Brave in Provo, Utah, and to two more successful Joe E.

Avicii is out of a Miami hospital after falling ill Thursday night (March 27), on the eve of the Ultra Music Festival. The superstar DJ’s rep has told Billboard that he is "doing better" and "going to be fine,” although the reason behind his hospital visit remains unclear. He's still scheduled to play the main stage at Ultra. The 24-year-old Swedish hitmaker (whose real name is Tim Bergling) was slated to perform the second of a five-night engagement at the Sls Hotel in Miami Beach. According to TMZ, who broke the story, the cancellation happened at the last minute. Avicii was in the hospital for a number of hours before being discharged. Separately, Afrojack also visited a Miami hospital after falling and hitting his head at the Dim Mak Beach Party, according to TMZ. The Dutch DJ announced on Twitter that he was going to "prevent an early end to this weekend,...