“The Honeymoon Killers” (today and Saturday at the Ken Cinema) comes out of the past in more ways than one. Originally released in 1970 and unaccountably neglected since then, this pleasantly twisted low-life serenade harks back to several decades earlier, to the golden age of the B-pic...
AjayonAt the Devil’s Door: “Awesome movie!” AdamoonBurning Kentucky: “This was a flawed but powerful film. I want to talk about Augie Duke who has been mentioned several times…” JackonNAKED ZOMBIE GIRL TO WONDER WOMAN: An Interview with Meghan Chadeayne: “Good interview. But I not...
The Honeymoon Killers (1969) Based on the true story of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who met through a lonely-hearts correspondence club, Ray is weedy, feral, and untrustworthy; Martha is enormous, compulsive, and needy. Together, they play out a horrifying scheme in which he lures ...
The local police chief (Michel Beach) and a chijp-on-her-shoulder detective (Donna Lynne Champlin) have plenty of suspects to suss out, and each of the ensuing five episodes centers on one or two of the potential killers. The groom’s parents are the perfect couple of the title, thoug...
“Deep Crimson,” macabre and perverse, is based on a true story from the 1940s, about the “Lonely Hearts Killers”–a couple who posed as brother and sister, victimized lonely widows and then killed them. Their story was told in a 1970 American film, “The Honeymoon Killers,” but no...
Miracle Landing: Directed by Dick Lowry. With Connie Sellecca, Wayne Rogers, Ana Alicia, Nancy Kwan. A passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over Hawaii and is forced to make an emergency landing.
The local police chief (Michel Beach) and a chijp-on-her-shoulder detective (Donna Lynne Champlin) have plenty of suspects to suss out, and each of the ensuing five episodes centers on one or two of the potential killers. The groom’s parents are the perfect couple of the title, thoug...
Wish You Were Here (2025) | Film Review 2025 Movie Preview Extravaganza! The Honeymoon Killers and Lonely Hearts – Inspired by Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck The 2025 Hollywood Outsider Awards for Film and Television Buy Your Hollywood Outsider T-Shirt Now!Quick...
Dirty Teacher: Directed by Doug Campbell. With Josie Davis, Kelcie Stranahan, Cameron Deane Stewart, Darlene Vogel. A high school senior becomes the victim of an elaborate frame-up after learning that her boyfriend is sleeping with their teacher.
Most killers are first-timers. You wanna pull off a brilliant murder, you gotta act like it's an accident. Failed brakes, gas leaks, suicide. You do it right, you ain't even gotta be there when it goes down. Oh, boy. That's five grand worth, huh? - Pretty pedestrian....