Monday, March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Classic Movie Flashback 'Say Anything' 1989 with John Cusack
SAY ANYTHING distributed by 20th CENTURY FOX (1989). It starred John Cusack and Ione Sky. The director was Cameron Crowe in his directorial debut. The production budget climbed to $16 million and grossed $20 million at the box office.
The story is simple. Lloyd (John Cusack) is entering his senior year in high school. He doesn't know what he wants to do after graduation. Diane (Ione Sky) is the school's valedictorian who nabbed a prestigious fellowship in England which she will attend after the summer. Lloyd finally drums up the courage to ask Diane out on a date. They fall in love, but her dad Jim doesn't like Lloyd. The complications begin.
"Say Anything" wasn't a teen sex comedy like the ones Hollywood cranked-out each year. It dealt with a relationship between a single father, Jim (John Mahoney) and his daughter Diane. She was a smart student who had a bright future. He gave her everything she ever wanted. There was no 1980's movie that dealt with this kind of relationship. It was refreshing and the story reflected high school in the Pacific Northwest.
It was a huge smash with VHS Home Video rentals. In that decade, video cameras were the rage and it shows in this movie. There were no cell phones, iPhones nor the Internet back then. We had "pagers" in 1989. (Hah... Ancient - I know).
"Say Anything" is on BluRay. Check it out. You won't be disappointed.
Below is the 1989 original movie trailer from 20th Century Fox. It looks blurry and faded - but still good.
Top Box Office 'Mickey 17' in Number #1 with $19 Million
TOP BOX OFFICE / WEEK-ENDING / MARCH 9, 2025 / ESTIMATED
1. Mickey 17 Warner Bros. $19,100,000
2. Captain America: Brave Ne… Walt Disney $718 $176,584,423
3. Paddington in Peru Sony Pictures $405 $36,959,000
4. Last Breath Focus Features $375 $14,657,000
5. Dog Man Universal $410 $88,763,000
6. The Monkey Neon $362 $31,003,29
7. Mufasa: The Lion King Walt Disney $375 $250,487,739
8. Anora Neon $279 $18,448,401
9. Rule Breakers Angel Studios $218 $1,593,401
10. In the Lost Lands Vertical Ent… $188 $1,043,000
NOTE: Hello everyone. I posted total gross up to March 9, 2025. I used to post daily numbers and will fit in both of the numbers soon. Okay?
Saturday Night's '48 Hours' Double Episodes
48 HOURS on CBS. The first hour segment was called, "The Assassination of Jeff German" (3/8/2025). This was a repeat episode. Check it out if you missed it.
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48 HOURS on CBS. The second hour segment was called, "Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier's Wife" (3/8/2025).
This was a brand new episode. Check it out if you missed it.
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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Podcast '20/20' episode 'The Code Breakers' with David Muir
20/20 says, "David Muir investigates how cutting-edge forensic DNA technology has led to long-awaited justice in two murder cases that remained unsolved for decades."
Friday Night's 'Dateline' with Keith Morrison 'Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview'
DATELINE on NBC. Last night's episode was called, "Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse interview" (3/8/2025).
Note: I didn't watch it because this woman is a killer of her own kids. No interview her lying mouth will change that.
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Friday, March 7, 2025
This is how you do a Horror Trailer 'Clown in a Cornfield' in theaters May 9, 2025
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD from SHUDDER (2025). There are Horror Trailers that come out each week online. Some are good ones and some are bad ones. Many have been done before and several try to re-invent the Horror genre.
For me - it all comes down to the trailer and how much it gives away. It is so hard not to give it all away. Why? Because each studio releases at least 3 trailers before it hits movie theaters. The film-going audience then knows what it's all about before buying a ticket. True hardcore fans though will walk into a movie theater anyway. It's because they want to be scared.
"Clown in a Cornfield" has a lot going for it because they never give it all away. The teaser is nearly the same as the first official trailer. It is short, sweet, funny with shades of horror. A fictional clown has become real who enjoys killing teens. The chainsaw bit has been done in thousands of films. But, it's held by a clown who laughs with happy menace... I love it.!!
Podcast Binge 'Murder in the Moonlight' from 'Dateline' with Keith Morrison
DATELINE on NBC. The latest podcast is called, "Murder in the Moonlight" with Keith Morrison. If you missed it... Just click on the NBC logo below for all 6 episodes.
- In Clod Blood
- Keep Your Enemies Close
- The Ring
- About Face
- When it All Falls Apart
- The Final Dominoes Fall
Classic Podcast '48 Hours' episode 'A Toxic Relationship' 2008
48 Hours says, "On December 3, 1998, Wisconsin police were called to the home of Mark and Julie Jensen. Mark said he found his wife dead in her bed. Initially, police suspected Julie died by suicide, but a letter she had previously written expressed her suspicion that Mark might kill her. A series of toxicology tests revealed there was small amount of ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze, in Julie’s stomach."
“48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
This classic episode last aired on 9/6/2008.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Saturday Night '48 Hours' Back-To-back Episodes March 8, 2025
48 HOURS on CBS. The first hour segment is called, "The Assassination of Jeff German" that will air this Saturday at 9/8 p.m.
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