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Babes of Yesteryear – Uschi Digard, Part X: 1977
Babes of Yesteryear: a wasted life's irregular and P.I. feature that takes a look at the filmographies of the underappreciated actresses cum sex bombs of low-culture cinema of the past. Some may still...
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Short Film: Very Lonely Cock (2015)
"It is a hard day for the very lonely cock." [Odense International Film Festival]Contrary to what the one-line blurb above, and even the (probably poorly translated) title might make the film sound...
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R.I.P.: Peter Thomas
(1 Dec 1925 – 17 May 2020)Were we in Berlin, where we live, instead of on Mallorca, where we've been on lockdown since March, we might have heard sooner, but we only learned the other day from the...
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Jusqu'au déclin / The Decline (Canada, 2020)
Not too far into this movie, one of the characters remarks that "In order to live, you have to survive." Perhaps that is a reason we here at a wasted life have never been all that survivalist-minded —...
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The Never Ending Horror Story...
Why grab them by the pussy when you can kneel on their necks?Thank you boing boing for the image.
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Short Film: Lupo the Butcher (Canada, 1987)
A possibly somewhat forgotten cult classic, Lupo the Butcher is short, profane, bloody and funny as hell. It's the first solo animated production of writer/director/animator Danny Antonucci (b. 27 Feb...
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Babes of Yesteryear – Uschi Digard, Part XI: 1978 to Addendum
Babes of Yesteryear:a wasted life's irregular and PI feature that takes a look at the filmographies of the underappreciated actresses cum sex bombs of low-culture cinema of the past. Some may still be...
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Death at a Funeral (Great Britain, 2007)
This British flick directed by the American director Frank Oz got a lot of positive press in its day, and was enough of a success outside the US that it got remade in Bollywood (as Daddy Cool [2009 /...
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Eli (USA, 2019)
While director Ciarán Foy didn't exactly make waves with Sinister II (2015), his sophomore feature film, that somewhat listless and predictable movie did reveal a possible talent for achieving an...
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Babes of Yesteryear – Marilyn Joi, Part I: 1972-73
Let's hear it for Marilyn Joi. Between 1972 and 1989, this Babe of Yesteryear made indelible as well as blink-and-you-miss-her appearances in a variety of fondly remembered, unjustly forgotten, or...
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Totem (USA, 2017)
Some years ago, director Marcel Sarmiento directed the disturbingly odd and transgressive, blackly humorous horror flick, Deadgirl (2008 / trailer), which, due to its decidedly exploitation-film...
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The Purge: Anarchy (Non-USA, 2014)
It is easy to see why the sequel to 2013's The Purge enjoys greater popularity than its predecessor. It's not because it's a better film — it's not, if you're looking for a movie with a message — but...
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Short Film: Dementia / Daughter of Horror (USA, 1955)
Dementia— is it art or is it exploitation? Or proof that a film can be both in one?At little less than an hour in length, this short movie is perhaps the longest "short film" we've ever presented — but...
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The Stepfather (USA, 2009)
What a poopsicle. In theory, we here at a wasted lifehave nothing against remakes, or "reboots" or "re-envsionments" or whatever they are wont to be called today. Admittedly, however, we also like them...
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Short Film: X-Ray Film (USA, 1968)
We stumbled upon this intriguing little exercise in arty filmmaking while preparing this month's Babes of Yesteryear feature, Marilyn Joi, Part II: 1974, which goes online next week. (For Part I:...
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Babe of Yesteryear – Marilyn Joi, Part II: 1974
Let's hear it for Marilyn Joi. Between 1972 and 1989, this Babe of Yesteryear made indelible as well as blink-and-you-miss-her appearances in a variety of fondly remembered, unjustly forgotten, or...
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