Sylva Koscina Casual (un)Dress Friday

She has been in Spys, Gialli and movies that feature lots of thigh (and other wonderful body bits!) Sylva Koscina is one of Italian Cinemas sexiest favorite faces...and she wants YOU to enjoy your weekend!!
Enjoy another Casual (un)Dress Friday!!

DC Horror Vs. European Trash Cinema

Just plain weird...but cool!

More Neck Snapping CineMoments- Al Bradley is a Brescian Master!

Time for a few additions to the CineMoments Meme on a Monday morning!  Check out this post for more details, or just enjoy the pics that make me go WHA WHA WHAAAAT?  Today is the AL BRADLEY edition-or to quote his film HOMICIDE IN A BLUE LIGHT, "It's ice cream, not shit! Lick it!!"

Cross Mission!!!  While it is hardly the most exciting film in the Al Bradley canon, it has the upside of the fantastic Nelson de la Rosa appearing as ASTAROTH the mystical man the size of a tootsee roll.  He shoots blasts of energy, he has a painted portrait and he takes this fairly simple action film in to the realm of the best of Brescia's spacers!!  I reviewed this one for Tough To Kill, and you can read it here.

The Beast In Space!!!  This entire film is nuts, a porned up Space Saga from the master of the 12 cent light saber.  With this guy stalking you, it gives a whole new meaning to that "svooosh" sound effect that gets lifted from Star Wars.  Review here.

Iron Warrior!  This baddie is pretty much exactly what I would have tried to draw when I was 11 years old.  Truly awesome, and while the film is really just OK, it is not only notable for a cool character design or two, but also that an HD version is shown on MGM HD!  Viva Brescia!!

And now..the greatest sequence involving a Football player, a hollow football, a grenade and a helicopter ever shot and presented to an eager audience that loves EXPLOSIONS.  THE LAST MATCH!!!

"Oh dag...our rescue mission is gonna go bad. Drop back and PUNT!!"

"Ah....this should do the trick-Power To The Pigskin!!!"

"Unleashing the ultimate PUNT!"

"HOLY SHIT...HOLY SHIT!!!!!"

I love Alfonso Brescia.

Eleonora Giorgi Casual (un)Dress Friday

I'm feeling Appassionata today, so lets go Beyond The Door and share our Casual (un)Dress Friday with the beautiful Eleonora Giorgi! 

Christina Lindberg Wall Posters

Once you get me started on Christina Lindberg and her...presence...well, I just can't stop. Check out these three WALL POSTERS!  Sadly, I never owned one of these on my door, but it would have been a great weight loss tool when I was sitting at home drinking chocolate shakes and watching movies as a younger man.  That first one...wow!!

They Call Her One...And MORE!! Christina Lindberg Day!

Yes indeed...just when you think you have seen it all, the Holecheck Archive arrives! Here are a few newspaper ads that are for re-issues of THEY CALL HER ONE EYE / THRILLER A CRUEL PICTURE. Click the link right there and it will open my archive on the film for you as well.  Incredible stuff, and be sure to thank Bruce by clicking through here and visiting his blog, CINEMA ARCANA!  You want to know what is coming on DVD and Blu Ray? This is where you go!

Ah, Swedish Vice-Girl. Now that is a title worthy of it's own series of pulp novels.  A One Eyed Schoolgirl out for kicks and one more hit! I'd have her battle THE SENSUOUS COP along the way!

Bo Arne Vibenius would LOVE this banned in Sweden tagline!  Also, keeping a knife tucked in the crack of your ass seems a bit unwieldy, but it is a great image. 

Ultimate and Awesome...You get Christina pitched at the top and a great tagline with the Hookers Revenge title!  Not so sure I get THE FLATBACKER GIRL so much, but sure...

All this really makes me want to see the film cut up under these titles!  The Synapse yellow stripe edition is just a cut version of the full film and not a restoration of the original US released version, which I've never seen.  Anyone know if these are available ANYWHERE in that edition?

Honey West #1 - Bikini Death!

I must admit to having a pretty limited knowledge of Honey West, but I really enjoy the comics that Moonstone produces, so I did a little research, watched a few episodes (hmmm....this was so much fun I'm thinking of getting the DVD Boxset) and got excited to check out Trina Robbins and Cynthia Martin's take on the character.  Hey, a beautiful P.I. in the swinging sixties?  How can it miss??

I'm happy to say that the book didn't just live up to my expectations, it surpassed them by a groovy mile and is a really great read from start to finish. When we first meet Honey West she is sitting at her desk in perfect form, literally, and waiting for that next client to stroll through the .  And the first line of their meeting is priceless... click the picture and enjoy.

Honey gets mixed up with a topless chanteuse, dons groovy go-go boots, cheats death by bikini and has time for a catfight and the chance to get her sleuth n' slink on.  Part 1 of Killer On The Keys: Bikini Death puts a lot of hep cats on the scene and kicks off a mystery I already want to see solved.  Death by Poisoned Bikini Bottoms??  Fah, I could read that all day! 

Honey West #1 pulls off something that I really don't see all that often. A great #1 that introduces the readers to the character and her world quickly and doesn't waste a lot of time on useless exposition and reads like you just watched the first part of a great television episode.  The commercial break is going to be too long for me, I can't wait to see what happens next.

 Trina Robbins has a long resume and brings her assured hand to Honey West, making our lead lady able to slip from Bikini Clad cat fights to a lone sane voice in a sea of hippy dippy do righters dropping dead with ease.  Not only does the reader get action, but Honey's voice is so well written you can't help but love her as she does what she has to do, even if that means a little extra cage dancing.  Deceptively simple to read, this Honey drips cool all the way through.  And speaking of deceptive, it would be easy to look at Cynthia Martin's artwork and see a lot of space, but she brings a great visual dimension, and even more personality, to the characters.  Every panel packs a charming nuance to the story and setting,  be it a sour faced Honey in leopard print pants or a flower shop that features as many flowers on the clothing and in hair as on the shelves.

A great debut for a property that has that "this can appeal beyond comics readers" vibe in every page...I loved Honey West #1.  If I have one criticism, it is omitting one detail that drove me a little nuts (hey, I had to find something!).  I know very little about Honey West, and I couldn't tell you what year this was supposed to be set in, though I could just say :Groove-A-Delico 60s Psychotropica" to some friends as I pass this along.  But even with my research in advance, it took me a few pages to catch exactly "when" we were.  A reader with no clue shouldn't be left hanging, so a little calender or desk accoutrement with a date would have been excellent.  I want EVERY ONE of you to read this book if possible and not let a little detail in this book trip you up.

I was so happy to find this book in a shop that I snapped a picture!  Honey West #1 is a great read...I hope you can find it and make the jump, this 22 pages should sell you on more.  Actually, you can order directly from Moonstone right AT THIS LINK.