I Saw A Film! Elvis is Mike, a working-class fellow who works winding ropes up on a yacht where he talks shit to a tween-ager and eventually finds himself between her and her daddy when she accuses him of buying her adult beverages at a night club. Just fine, as now Mike can pursue his…

I Saw A Film! Susan Sarandon is an owl-eyed hippy chick shacking up with a dope dealer who keeps promising to end his pushing days. But, in typical user style, he soon shoots up and not long after, he's selling junk to some kids in the street. He doesn't actually have any real drugs. He's…

I Saw A Film! What we have here is classic 70s sleuth and hard to accept romance junk with a paltry soundtrack. We get car and boat chases and a bit of rough stuff, but most of this film just doesn't bring the mustard by modern standards. Granted, these days if they don't spend about…

I Saw a Film! Man I wanted this to be real when I was a lad. I loved this Boorman fantasy epic which leaned heavily on some old Mallory Arthurian legend fun, and imagined it to be something like a documentary of the 14th or 13th or whatever century. I understand that most of the…

I Saw A Film! Between Beverly Hills Cop the third and The Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy dropped this little number in the mix, a kind of darkly comic Nosferatu romp set in the big city. The theme is similar to Coming To America, as our suavely grinning vampire is looking for his lady (one who…

I Saw A Film! A well-crafted parody of 70's black action films focused on the usual plot points of drug use, organized crime, the return of prodigal sons, and a desire to roll all the themes into one sweet disco-dancing, bad-joking, fake kung-fu package. Add to that the wonderful collection of star power the Wayan…

I Watched a Film! An exquisite piece of artwork, from revered Czech director Karel Zeman, fashioned of both live action and animation involving the titular character and his "Moonman" rival acquaintance, Tony, an absolutely ridiculous name, according to the baron. Zeman inspired everyone from Jan Svankmajer to Terry Gilliam, and I'm only just learning about…

I Saw A Film! Independence used to mean of mind. Intellectual pursuit, arts, and independence of mind, used to be tremendously valued. Steve Allen and even Buckley would have these writers and thinkers on panel shows, and while often enough the questions discussed were crap (or in Buckley's case pointedly leading), it was still far…

I Saw A Film! Love or hate the Monkees, the facts are that the music world is rife with stars performing other talented people's efforts. You can get upset that studio musicians produced most of The Monkees' music, but you better realize that that was true of Elvis and The Beach Boys as well as…

I Saw A Film! I keep saying things like, I'm a big boy, and I want to see more provocative adult sexual stuff, and give me a female Henry Miller! But then, when I get it, I find myself snickering like a school boy and being quite put off by all the crotch zooms and…