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Jenna Does Elvis #10 – Harum Scarum (1965) / Frankie & Johnny (1966)
“I don’t know how you can manage to watch all these movies,” a friend said to me the other day.
“As long as you keep your expectations low and your interest in looking at Elvis’ ass in tight pants high, they’re not too bad,” I said. “They’re mostly under an hour and a half, at least.”
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Tagged Aladdin, Anthony Eisley, arabic elvis, Donna Douglas, Elvis, Elvis Casino, Elvis Gambling, Elvis karate, Elvis movie review, Elvis movie reviews, Elvis musical, Elvis Presley, elvis presley movie review, Elvis riverboat, Fran Jeffries, frankie and johnny, Frankie and Johnny Elvis, Frankie and Johnny review, Gene Kelly, Ghidorah, Gotta Dance, Harry Morgan, Harum Scarum, Harum Scarum review, Jacques Demy, Jay Novello, Jenna Does Elvis, Jenna's Reviews, Mardi Gras Elvis, Mary Ann Mobley, Michael Ansara, middle eastern elvis, Mirage, Modesty Blaise, Nancy Kovack, Naomi Stevens, Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly amusement park, pee wee's big adventure, Philip Reed, ramadan, Sheik of Araby, Stanley Donen, star trek, Sue Ane Langdon, The Bechdel test, Theo Marcuse, Tickle Me, Vincent Canby
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Jenna Does Elvis #6 – Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) / It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963)
I think Stockholm syndrome is starting to set in. I’ve always sort-of liked Elvis, but now a real fever is taking hold. I find myself wanting to listen to Elvis on the regular, thinking about Elvis randomly, YouTube is recommending Elvis videos to me all the time, and heck, I even bought an Elvis t-shirt. In my defense, at this point in his career, Elvis owned a pet chimpanzee and was obsessed with karate, so look, we’re all going a little crazy here, alright?
Most of all, I love how they keep finding different ways to put Elvis in the same position of deciding between two girls and his life goals. You’ve got Singer Elvis, Western Elvis, Writer Elvis, Tourism Guide Elvis, Boxing Elvis—hell, if they made Elvis Barbie dolls, I would buy them all. So what’s next in the world of ___ Elvis? Check out the latest installment below to find out:
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Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, 63 world's fair, Elvis, elvis flying, elvis girls! girls! girls! review, Elvis movie reviews, elvis plane, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley movie reviews, Elvis review, elvis sailing, elvis suits, elvis tailored suits, gary lockwood, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Girls! Girls! Girls! review, It Happened At The World's Fair, It Happened At The World's Fair review, Jenna Does Elvis, jenna ipcar, Jenna's Reviews, Joan O'Brien, pilot elvis, sailor elvis, seattle world's fair, seattle world's fair movies, smug film, star trek, sy devore, Vicky Tiu, Wild In The Country
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There Is No Such Thing As A ‘Reboot’
I saw the new Godzilla yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot, but I’ve been weirded out for months over the fact that I’ve had to call it something I’ve never had to call a Godzilla film. Just like how I recently had to call a Bond film something that, in 50 years of recasting and returns to ground zero, I’ve never had to call a Bond film.
I’m all for specialized vocabulary. Film needs its own exclusive words to describe its own processes, but ‘reboot’ is not one such word. I’ve asked people time and again to define it, and I’ve read about it online—god help me, I’ve even read the Wikipedia page for it. It’s just not a real and distinct concept. It’s a cheap marketing buzzword, that’s all it is. And more than that, the very existence of the term is symptomatic of a rot at the core of contemporary filmmaking.
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Tagged abel ferrara, ant man ant-man, bad lieutenane, battlestar galactica, edgar wright, friday the 13th, godzilla, godzilla 2014, humphrey bogart, invasion of the body snatches, j.j. abrams, john carpenter, john d'amico. movie reboot, john damico, john huston, maltese falcon, matthe mcconaughey, movie reboots, movie remake, movie remakes, peter lorre, port of call new orleans, remakes, renee zellweger, smug film, smugfilm, spider-man, spiderman, star trek, star wars, texas chainsaw massacre 2, texas chainsaw massacre: the next generation, the hobbit, the maltese falcon, the maltese falcon 1931, the story of floating weeds, the texas chainsaw massacre, the thing, the thing from another world, werner herzog, yasujiro ozu
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Smug Film Podcast Episode #3 – Movies That Got Us Into Movies (4/21/14)
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On this episode, I am joined by fellow Smug Film contributors John D’Amico and Jenna Ipcar. We discuss the movies that got us into movies, and were our gateway into obsession. As always, we go on tangents along the way, take a quick break for a movie joke by comedian Anthony Kapfer, and then close the show with questions from our mailbag.
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An Interview with Brendan Mitchell, aka, WetMovie1
Brendan Mitchell, known on YouTube as WetMovie1, is a self-proclaimed movie hoarder—and quite proud of it. He has over 5,000 VHS, DVD’s and Blu-rays in his ever-growing personal collection, and posts weekly updates on his channel discussing his latest purchases. He also posts reviews of new movies, as well as ‘Hoarding Up’ videos, in which he films himself and his friends as they travel to big box stores to stock up on new releases and sale items. One could definitely say he’s certifiably obsessed with movies, and his attitude is infectious—he’s a very friendly and personable guy, and when you watch his videos, his completely unpretentious disposition towards cinema, and awe for all that it has to offer, rubs off on you.
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