Sweet Treats & Costumed Freaks

Some of you know that I also blog over at Mid-Century Living. During October I like to share things like vintage Halloween costume ideas & pumpkin carving tips there and I recently posted some old recipes for candy apples from a 1966 Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. If you're looking for some Halloween cooking ideas …

Spellbinding Songs

During the month of October I’ll be sharing Halloween inspired music mixes that you can stream online at 8tracks. My first offering was called “Frankenstein-A-Go-Go” and this time I'm sharing a 12 song mix called "Spellbinding Songs" featuring songs recorded between 1955-1968 about witches and that old black magic that they weave so well. Enjoy! …

Frankenstein-A-Go-Go

I recently joined 8track, which allows members to create their own internet radio or mixed tape so during the month of October I'll be sharing Halloween inspired music mixes that you can stream online. My first offering is called "Frankenstein-A-Go-Go" featuring 12 songs recorded by a variety of artists between 1958-1973 about the good doctor …

Mod Macabre October 1-31

The last few months have been pretty rough. I'm currently recuperating from a car accident and spending a lot of time at home so I thought it would be fun to participate in the Countdown to Halloween blogathon this year as an official "Cryptkeeper" with a special focus on Mod Macabre. So what is Mod …

A Joan Blondell Blogathon

The funny & fabulous Joan Blondell From my latest post at the Movie Morlocks: "During the month of August TCM highlights the work of a select group of talented performers as part of their annual Summer Under the Stars festival. The Movie Morlocks were asked to select one overlooked star from the Summer Under the …

Hooked to the Silver Screen

David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) I got knocked flat by a nasty flu bug that has kept me in bed all week. I'm still on the mend and not fully recovered but I wanted to post a quick update and compile some links to a few things of possible interest. …

‘Tis the Season

Happy Holidays from Cinebeats & Julie Christie! 'Tis the season. I've been preoccupied with home renovations, work and holiday plans lately so I haven't had a lot of free time to watch movies or blog and I don't think I'll be updating much in December. In an effort to keep things interesting here at Cinebeats …

Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

Frankenstenia is celebrating the life and career of one of my favorite actors with The Boris Karloff Blogathon taking place Nov. 23-29th. I didn't sign-up to participate because I couldn't commit to anything. My current blogging schedule is sporadic and a bit crazy because at the moment most of my attention is focused on trying …

Remembering Yasuharu Hasebe (1932-2009)

Akira Kobayashi in Yasuharu Hasebe's Black Tight Killers (1966) While I was trying to compile a post for the Japanese Cinema Blogathon currently happening at Wildgrounds I read the sad news that one of my favorite Japanese directors, Yasuharu Hasebe, has died after he contracted pneumonia on June 14th. Hasebe was 77 years old, but …

Summer Blogathons

The long hot lazy days of summer are upon us and the film blogosphere is turning up the heat with an interesting batch of blogathons. I really like the community spirit behind blogathons and they often encourage some great writing as well as an interesting exchange of ideas. If you enjoy writing about film and …

March Madness

Over at The Destructible Man blog an impromptu blogathon has started simply called Destructible Blog-a-thon.1. The gory details: We want everybody to bundle up, dig deep into the recesses of their consciousness, fiddle about a bit and then go over to your laptops by the fireplace and post about the cinematic ANIMAL dummy death that …

The Misadventures Of A Go-Go Girl

"It's all here! The happy fun times. And the crazy turned-on dangerous times." If the movies have taught me anything at all about life it is this: a lot of young women dream about becoming professional dancers. Some want to be celebrated ballet stars or high-kicking Rockettes. Others are eager to become trophy-winning ballroom dancers …

Zombies don’t like bad dancing!

Over at Ferdy on Film the Invitation to the Dance Movie Blogathon is in full swing and lots of people are sharing their thoughts about their favorite dance moments captured on film and debating the merits of individual dancers. I'm currently writing a longer piece about one of my favorite dance movies that I hope …

Bits & Pieces

Elke Sommer and her bunny want to wish everyone a happy holiday weekend! Real world responsibilities, job hunting and a bad cold have been interfering with my writing and blog updates lately. I'm also going on a brief vacation tomorrow and I won't return until Tuesday next week, but by then I should be feeling …

Celebrating Val Lewton & Dario Argento

Attention horror aficionados! At The Evening Class Michael Guillen has organized a Blogathon to celebrate the work of Val Lewton in conjunction with the new Val Lewton documentary produced by Martin Scorsese called The Man in the Shadows, which premieres on Turner Movie Classics (TCM) tonight. Lewton produced and wrote some of my favorite horror …