Madonna Does The Mad Hatter - Or Is It The Other Way Around?

In my book Madonna can do no wrong (except her outings in Ed Hardy - what was she thinking?) but I still could not resist this great image of Madge as Alice in Wonderland's The Mad Hatter. Totally separated at birth!! Genius, huh?

Hellraiser: Holiday Edition

Another Sex And The City - The Movie - Poster

Another Sex And The City movie poster has been unveiled and star Sarah Jessica Parker gets the prime spot - again. An earlier version had already shown Parker going solo on the streets of NYC and that could only add fuel to the fire to the many rumours of on-set feuds. The gossip trade claims that salaries, script and wardrobe choices have all been reasons for animosities among the four main stars, specially between Sarah Jessica and Kim Cattral.

If you can't wait another month for your SATC fix you can browse through some older posts about the movie (fashion, feuds, plot leaks) by clicking away.

Pornochanchada - Brazilian Sexploitation Movies Of The 70's - Round 3

Digging through my many unused saved folders I came across these great pornochanchada posters that I never got to post here. I had done two very cool posts last year ( Round 1 and Round 2 ) on these nostalgic soft-porn movies but for whatever reason failed to publish the rest of my "research". I think they are grand!

The Cook - The Movie

It s a long holiday weekend at the Lambda Epsilon Zeta sorority house, and a handful of girls stay behind to indulge in three days of partying, sex games and strangely delicious meals prepared by the weird new chef. But as the sisters begin to disappear one-by-one, the remaining coeds The Slut, The Stoner, The Bible Beater, The Dumb Hot Blonde, The Predatory Lesbian, The Tease, The Dominatrix and The Good Girl will find themselves trapped in a nightmare of graphic slaughter, involuntary cannibalism and heaping helpings of gourmet nudity. Mark Hengst, Makinna Ridgway and Kit Paquin star in this bloodspattered black comedy that cuts like a knife, tastes like chicken and serves up a scrumptious feast of carnage courtesy of THE COOK.

Available at Amazon.com

Kawaii-licious Vintage Postcards

These vintage postcards are just too much! I simply love this kind of "stop-motion" photography and the subject matter (cute little dolls!) is deliciously nostalgic. When I was a kid I was (still am) crazy for stop-motion films and I list 1969's "Mad Monster Party" as one of my all-time favorites. Tim Burton resurrected the genre with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" that I have watched a gazillion times and have been collected related memorabilia since it first came out in 1993. The 3-D version was actually amazing and gave me a chance to watch it again on the big screen a couple of years ago.

Jenna Jameson in Zombie Strippers

Retired porn actress Jenna Jameson (who turns 34 next week on April 9Th) starring in a new non-porn film called Zombie Strippers which will have a very limited theatrical engagement kicking off in April. I haven't even seen the movie but I can tell it will be a camp-fest begging to end and probably a cult film in the near future. The "plot" is pretty basic: "When a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo virus causing the reanimation of the dead, the first place to get hit is Rhino's, a hot underground strip club. As one of the strippers gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural, flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit of the club. Do the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be like the star stripper, even if there is no turning back?"
The poster is FAB!!







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Star Wars Original Limited-Edition Prints

From packaging to catalogs, the vintage Kenner Star Wars line is known for its bright images and graphics. For the most part photo art, or photographic prints that have been hand-altered in some way, were the master pieces of art used to create the images seen in boxes and catalogs around the world. However, photo art required the use of original photography, for Kenner almost never used illustrations or drawings for their images.
The task of taking the photos that would ultimately be used to produce photo art or that would perhaps remain unaltered was given to an outside design firm. While Kenner would ultimately provide guidance and have the final say on approval, it was up to the photographer at the studio to provide the photos, under the guidance of the design firm.
The photographer in charge of virtually all vintage Star Wars photography work at the outside design firm used by Kenner was Kim Simmons. He was ultimately responsible for images that would be used for packaging, comps (or mock-ups), some publicity images, and some of the slide presentations. Fortunately, for Star Wars collectors and enthusiasts alike, Kim meticulously kept nearly all of his work that was not given to Kenner as final art pieces.
Now you can own a piece of history by ordering from our exclusive selection of limited edition prints based on Kim’s work. Each print is hand-numbered and will never be offered for sale again once the allocated quantity of each individual print size has been distributed. These are no ordinary prints either. They are printed on the highest quality Fuji archival photography paper with metallic ink, and have been created from high resolution drum scans of each original negative or transparency and are unparalleled in quality. Don’t pass up this once in a lifetime chance to purchase your very own piece of Star Wars history!

There are nine different prints to choose from, in sizes of 8 x 10 to 20 x 24, including a Princess Leia wardrobe lay-out. Star Wars Action Figure Limited Edition Prints ($30-$80)

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10.000 BC - The Movie

So I went to the movies last night. The choices were somewhat limited because of their showing times so I ended up watching "10.000 BC". I already knew that it was going to be hokey and far-fetched but the next best option required another hour wait so I went for it anyway. I do love anything with a hint of extinct animal life and these "epic" type movies do draw me in, as any special on The History Channel, Animal Planet and Discovery on the subject. I watch all those dinosaur shows on how Earth was hit by a huge asteroid that killed most life on the planet many millions years ago. Love that stuff!

The "10.000 BC" previews looked quite good, full of huge mammoths and saber-tooth tigers, cavemen-like hunters in loin cloths running on the savanna, that type of stuff. This is one of those movies that are OK for a DVD rental but save your cash on theater tickets, because if you take away the CGI effects there is very little left to it. The scenery shots are gorgeous and the special effects are pretty amazing, specially the mammoth hunt and the giant turkeys scene in the tropical forest.

The plot is pretty basic and no big surprises on how it will end. This tribe of hunters, somewhere in North Africa (?) is attacked by Egyptian (?) slave traders and most taken captive, with the exception (of course) of our hero hunter that happens to be away having a personal moment of solitude and contemplation when they arrive. The would-be slaves, including his too-pretty love interest, are taken across snowy mountains, deep forests and sandy deserts until they reach their final destination. They are being tracked all along by our hero, who along the way gathers a small army of African tribes whose loved ones have also been kidnapped by the bad guys. The plot is full of historical holes and I won't bore you with all the details as the inaccuracies are too many to list here, but I don't think the director was aiming to make a documentary anyway.
If you have nothing better to watch this movie is OK entertainment and actually giggle-inducing on certain scenes that are meant to be deep and serious, so if you have a sarcastic side you might actually enjoy it. Otherwise, I say skip it.

Cary Grant In "To Catch A Thief"

A little old-school Hollywood leading man glamour from Little-Pumpkins this morning. Here you can see the undeniable movie star charisma and timeless style of Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief". The movie set in 1955's French Riviera, co-starring Grace Kelly, tells the story of a retired cat-burglar (Grant) trying to discover who is responsible for serial jewelry thefts at the posh resort so the crimes don't get unfairly pinned on him. Grant, 51 at the time, is on top of his game in this flick and looks better than ever, from the wet bathing trunk to a classic tuxedo, the George Clooney of his time. I hope I get to look this good when I get to that age!