OHARA (1987-1988) – In this 1-hour detective show’s case “Ohara” is NOT O’Hara and is instead a Japanese-American cop played by the venerable Pat Morita, who also co-created the program. During its run Ohara went through THREE changes of format, starting out with a very innovative approach before poor ratings prompted desperate network scrambling for […]

THEY BURNED THEM ALIVE FOR WATCHING A FILM. On the evening of August 19, 1978, four men walked into Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran. They carried cans of fuel. They spread it across the floor while the audience sat watching a movie. Then they locked the doors from the outside…and set it on fire. At […]

Existen especímenes de solteros de oro chapados en oro que buscan mujeres que les sostengan la vida y —además— se abran de piernas. Mujeres que ordenen su caos, que les escuchen, que les cuiden sin hacer ruido… y que siempre estén disponibles e impecables. No quieren una mujer. Quieren un «házmelo todo» con cuerpo. No […]

INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS (1973) – Category: More weird than bad, but with a classic premise and execution   This little honey (sorry) is the perfect example of why I prefer bad movies from the 1980s and earlier: because back then they played them straight and weren’t constantly making self-aware jokes to the audience. If […]