The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Released in 1975 (24/54)

So, just like Memento then? To put Footprints on the Moon crudely, however, it's more than a complex Christopher Nolan psycho-thriller. For something that's been sold as a Giallo, Luigi Bazzoni's film is just creepy, lofty vibes. For a mystery telling the story of a young psychiatrist and her relationship with a black-and-white lunar mission movie that could be imaginary or real, it works wonders as the investigation unfolds.…

Random Blu-Ray Roulette: No. 107

This is an odd one. The Fortune has some sure-fire talent on board: Mike Nichols directing, Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty starring, Carole Eastman (Five Easy Pieces) writing, John A. Alonzo (Chinatown) behind the lens - all of them set on two swindlers trying to coax a young lady out of her wealth in the 1920's. Though the batting average on a joke landing in The Fortune is never. I have not seen a '70s…

Part of my 52 Films by Women Challenge! (27/52)

My only gripe with Strange Days is that it's such a missed opportunity to not use the song 'Strange Days' by The Doors. Bad luck Bigelow, I give your cult classic an A-. Minus that cruel factor, Strange Days is an utterly spotless piece of science-fiction. From the very first shot, told from the point-of-view of a bank robber where his heist goes badly wrong, the level of skill needed to…