The strange cast of The Running Man

The Running Man (1987) has a really eclectic group of actors in it. Here’s a list from Wikipedia:

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Captain Benjamin Stuart “Ben” Richards
Richard Dawson as Damon Killian
María Conchita Alonso as Amber Mendez
Jesse Ventura as “Captain Freedom”
Yaphet Kotto as William Laughlin
Jim Brown as “Fireball”
Erland Van Lidth as “Dynamo”
Marvin J. McIntyre as Harold Weiss
Gus Rethwisch as Eddie “Buzzsaw” Vatowski
Professor Toru Tanaka as “Professor Subzero”
Mick Fleetwood as Mic
Dweezil Zappa as Stevie

And the award for world's most random casting in an action movie goes to The Running Man for Mick Fleetwood as a revolutionary leader #action #scifi #StephenKing @80sscifidoc pic.twitter.com/Ioui0y6Izg
— RamonWrites (@RamonWrites) March 5, 2023

Mexican horror films coming to Blu-ray

This is great news. I especially like The Brainiac. These films were on DVDs from Casa Negra.

Oh, I love Mexican horror films. (This can be attested to by the lengthy article I wrote about the golden age of Mexican horror for @thefilmagazine a couple of years ago: https://t.co/QMNPAw9Jjy.) 29th of May is my birthday too, so I know what I'll be buying myself as a pressie😁
— Paul A J Lewis (@Krycek_Facility) February 23, 2023

New Mondo Review: Four creepy classics make their global #Bluray debuts in MEXICO MACABRE: FOUR SINISTER TALES FROM THE ALAMEDA FILMS VAULTS, 1959-1963 featuring BLACK PIT OF DR. M, THE WITCH'S MIRROR, THE BRAINIAC, and THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN. 🇲🇽 https://t.co/oq3QGNnzaF pic.twitter.com/141uTdyWOD
— Mondo Digital (@mondodigital) May 13, 2023

More Mexican horror. I am watching this set now.

New York Times oral history of Bad Santa

I love Bad Santa. It’s so tasteless.

Bad Santa isn’t nearly as good.

Keaton’s “One Week” is on the Criterion Channel

It was his first short and I think it’s one of his best. Great surprise ending.

ONE WEEK (1920), Buster Keaton’s first short as an independent producer, displays his daredevil innovation as a pair of newlyweds struggle to assemble their prefab house. pic.twitter.com/Tkkg0aynWp
— Criterion Channel (@criterionchannl) March 5, 2023

pretty incredible moment of breaking the 4th wall in Buster Keaton’s ONE WEEK, superbly executed, oddly natural, and unexpected even 103 yrs on. a fascinating watch, not just for how fun it is, but also how much playful experimentation is going on. another fw for me. pic.twitter.com/VtwRGwet08
— Adam Piron (@adam_piron) March 5, 2023

Buster Keaton on set of One Week pic.twitter.com/pPxBOdeVDm
— alex 🎮🎞🖤 (@james_mcavoys) February 28, 2023

STARRING BUSTER KEATON 🎥 23 films 🎥 Now playing on the Criterion Channel!https://t.co/hsjMyYKdZ1

🎥 OUR HOSPITALITY
🎥 THE GENERAL
🎥 STEAMBOAT, JR.
and much more! pic.twitter.com/rerffAhliG
— Criterion Channel (@criterionchannl) March 1, 2023

Article on movie projection in theaters

This article, on the dire state of projection in many of America’s movie theater chains, needed to be written, and I’m so glad Lane Brown was the one to do it. https://t.co/qhPyQQY3VH
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) March 2, 2023

I’ve had about 4-5 instances at theaters within the last two years where there was an issue with the projection that impacted the viewing experience.

Most recently: WAKANDA, where the first 7 minutes of the movie played without sound. We had to hunt down an employee to fix it. https://t.co/ibhs6quYlz
— Aisha Harris (@craftingmystyle) March 2, 2023

Tweet on actress Michele Morgan

Michele Morgan was a French actress who also made films in the US. I think the first one I saw her in was Passage to Marseille with Humphrey Bogart. I have also seen Port of Shadows and Joan of Paris. She was excellent and I recommend these films. They are all on discs.

Gorgeous photo thread for one of my most favorite French actresses. https://t.co/sogS6XXMm2
— Farran Nehme (@selfstyledsiren) February 28, 2023

Excellent tweets on films with black directors and black actresses and the Nope screenplay

🎉The New Black Film Canon is here🎉@Slate’s @dankois and @NPR’s @craftingmystyle asked filmmakers, critics, and scholars for their favorite movies by filmmakers of color and used their picks to shape our list of the 75 greatest films by Black directors. https://t.co/lIxxpejoaT pic.twitter.com/YCMWwA7HvC
— Slate (@Slate) February 27, 2023

Terrific thread. Many unsung talents ripe for searching out. https://t.co/SQgoIlUTgr
— Farran Nehme (@selfstyledsiren) February 11, 2023

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Tweet on film director Michael Reeves

Reeves finished three films before he died at 25. They’re all horror films and worth seeing. Witchfinder General is the best known.

The She Beast (on Blu-ray as Revenge of the Blood Beast) 1966

The Sorcerers (on DVD) 1967

Witchfinder General (on Blu-ray in the Vincent Price Collection) 1968

Our special about a controversial horror classic. https://t.co/GuOrNRwtdi pic.twitter.com/80Brbms2M2
— Dark Corners (@DarkCorners3) April 14, 2024

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Tweet and videos on Sacheen Littlefeather

Sacheen Littlefeather rejected an Oscar for Marlon Brando in 1973. It turns out that she wasn’t really Native American.

An extremely thoughtful, carefully reported and well-written piece by @marthajross on the truth and lies surrounding Sacheen Littlefeather. https://t.co/lWDWQX0xtM
— Farran Nehme (@selfstyledsiren) February 11, 2023

View Renoir’s The River online through 2/14/23

The River is far from my favorite Jean Renoir film but it’s certainly worth a look. It’s also on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion collection.

THE RIVER is basically a perfect film, Renoir's first in color, & it's streaming for free for the next few days.

If you've got a second, consider registering & supporting @Film_Foundation's efforts to make their film restorations available to as many people as possible ❤️ 💐🎞️ https://t.co/W0QRKIv2po
— gina telaroli (@GinaTelaroli) February 12, 2023

Martin’s thoughts on Jean Renoir’s “The River” which will have a virtual screening tonight via Delphi in partnership with the @Film_Foundation – can’t wait. Free to sign up and watch. Do it to be cool and learn some film 🎥 history. https://t.co/uJ36ygqNKj
— Tony Frenzel (@tdfrenzel) February 11, 2023