Damn Good Movie Memories

Joan Crawford won her only Academy Award for her performance in this classic film noir about a single mother who starts her own business after her husband leaves her, which brings her financial success but further complications to her personal life.  Co-starring Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.  Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Charles Bronson stars as a mercenary hired to eliminate a sadistic British doctor residing in South America as a torturer of political adversaries.  Co-starring Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher and José Ferrer.  Directed by J. Lee Thompson.

The fourth film starring the Marx Brothers, best known for one of their most famous bits playing in a college football game.

A young fan of action films is given a magic ticket to be literally inside the latest film starring his favorite action star (Arnold Schwarzenegger).  Co-starring Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, Bridgette Wilson, Frank McRae, Anthony Quinn and F. Murray Abraham.

This is a cross-over episode with our friends from the Growin' Up Rock Podcast!  Check out their upcoming episode (Sunday, Nov. 3) where we discuss the Last Action Hero soundtrack track-by-track!

With the 1980s wrapping up, it time to squeeze in yet another body-swap movie!  This time it's Corey Feldman and Jason Robards experimenting with a metaphysical dream world.  Co-starring Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Harry Dean Stanton and Piper Laurie.

Part of the 1970s disaster-film craze, Timothy Bottoms plays a domestic terrorist targeting various amusement park roller coasters across the United States.  Co-starring George Segal, Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.

Based on true events, two bumbling thieves (Al Pacino & John Cazale) attempt to rob a bank, which quickly becomes a comedy of errors leading to a media and spectator frenzy outside the bank.  Co-starring Charles Durning and Chris Sarandon.  Directed by Sidney Lumet.

A paroled bank robber (Robert Duvall) seeks revenge on the mob who killed his brother. With help from his partner (Joe Don Baker), they decide to rob all of the mob-run fences as retribution.  Co-starring Karen Black and Robert Ryan.

Set in 1978, four Cleveland teenage KISS fans make it their mission to see their heroes live in concert in Detroit.  Starring Edward Furlong, Sam Huntington, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello and Lin Shaye.

The first of four films in the Nancy Drew series starring Bonita Granville as the young sleuth on the hunt for a missing wealthy woman who recently left a sizable donation to Nancy's high school.  Based on the 1933 Nancy Drew novel The Password to Larkspur Lane.