As a rule, the King's early films are rated higher than his later films. Not least because Elvis at that time was not yet disappointed with all the ins and outs of the processes that…
The Touch of Evil (1958): The Last Noir
If you are at least a bit of a movie buff, then most likely you know who George Orson Welles is. Even if you think you don't know. Two words: Citizen Kane. In fact, the…
George Barris – why is he the King…
I bet that a lot of people who have heard about George Barris and got acquainted with his creations were surprised by the fact that Barris is called the King of Customizers. And the thing…
The Blob (1958), or Don’t Let the Blobs…
Beware of the Blob, It creeps and leaps, And glides, and slides Across the floor Right through the door And all around the wall A splotch, a blotch. Be careful of the Blob! Unfortunately, the…
Cry-Baby: the most rock’n’roll movie of the 90s
The action of the movie Cry-Baby (Cry Baby, 1990) takes place in Baltimore, Maryland. The year is 1954. There are decent Clean boys-girls studying at the local high school (The Squares), but the drop of…
Le Perle: Ford Thunderbird with vinyl record player
The heroine of this article was casually mentioned by me in the material about the most significant of all Darryl Starbird's cars, the Predicta. In the process of writing that article, I found out that…
Patsy & Loretta (2019): An ode to the…
Patsy and Loretta (2019) is a biopic about the friendship of two women, country singers Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. The film was shot for the Lifetime TV channel by director Callie Khouri, who at…
WandaVision (2021) – Marvel spin-off in the spirit…
An 8-episode Marvel miniseries on the Disney Channel+ Wanda/Vision (WandaVision, 2021) launched on January 15th. Wanda Maximoff and Vision are heroes from the Marvel cinematic universe. The first 2 episodes of Vandavision are stylizations of…
Reform School Girl (1994) – a non-strict regime…
The film The Girl from the penal colony (1994) directed by Jonathan Kaplan was filmed for the TV series Rebel Highway. This is the eponymous remake of the 1957 film Reform School Girl. Pretty girl…
The Devil Is Always The Devil All The…
The Devil All The Time, 2020 (The Devil Is The Devil All The Time) is a film by Antonio Campos in the genre of American Gothic. The action begins in Ohio in 1957, then moves…
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: something is broken in…
Shhh... 1958. Now you know the PIN code of my bank card. What do Odessa of the Ukrainian SSR and New York of the USA have in common? The Jews. And, although Aunt Faya from…
The Big Town Blues (1987) – You Can’t…
The amazing thing is, this movie once passed me by, and I discovered it for myself only now. Ben Bolt completed the work of Harold Becker, having completed the 1987 film The Big Town (Big…
Motorcycle Gang (1994), a noir about violent bikers
The most violent film from the TV series about the Rebellious Highway is perhaps the Motorcycle Gang (Motorcycle Gang, 1994). Actually, director John Milius is known for filming military dramas, a bias towards right-wing extremism…
The Dragstrip Girl (1994): A grisly romance
Starting the Rebel Highway project, producer Lou Arkoff wondered: "What if Rebel Without Cause was filmed today? He would definitely be darker, sexier and more dangerous." So the movie Dragstrip Girl (Dragstrip Girl, 1994) is…
Project Blue Book: The X-Files before the X-Files
No, it's not the moon... Not a reflection of a light bulb in a dark window... Sometimes it resembles a saucer from my grandmother's tea set, sometimes it resembles Comrade Fidel's cigar. This Is An…
Hair High – Hair High (2004): School secrets…
Night is a great time to rummage in the dump of consciousness. Last year's delirious delirium, images of a three-day binge, unspoken idiotic jokes - there is a use for everything, you just have to…
Hey Good Lookin’ (1982) – if only Salvador…
The full moon is a time of strange, cozy nightmares, sometimes taking on cinematic forms. Animation is the freest and craziest of these forms. I would call Ralph Bakshi one of the craziest and most…
Purple Cannibals: The Story of Three Chevrolet Corvettes,…
The relatively simple song The Purple People Eater, written by Sheb Wooley, was released to the people at the end of May 1958 and gained such popularity that, perhaps, no other pop song has seen.…
Deuce of Spades: A dream movie that has…
The budget of the Avengers of 2012 was 220 million dollars, while the budget of Deuce Of Spades, released a year earlier, was only 250 thousand dollars. You can't help wondering: what could have been…
Going All The Way (1997) – Macho and…
The film Going All The Way (Going All The Way, 1997) is based on the 1970 book of the same name by Dan Wakefield; the writer also wrote the script for the picture. The 50s.…
Runaway Daughters (1994) – a film about real…
A remake of the eponymous old black-and-white film Runaway Daughters (Runaway Daughters, or Daughters on the Run) in 1994, directed by Joe Dante for the TV series Rebel Highway. Again, a small town in the…
Roadracers (1994) – the best film about greasers
It is Roadracers (Roadracers, 1994) - the most famous and best film of the Rebel Highway series and the third film by Robert Rodriguez. Before that, he shot El Mariachi, more arthouse than mainstream. There…
Jailbreakers (1994), a film from the Rebel Highway…
Jailbreakers (Jailbreakers, 1994) directed by William Friedkin is a good movie about very bad guys greasers. Jailbreakers is one of a series of films for television Rebel Highway. If you believe IMDB, then he is…
Charlie Ryan and His Hot Rod Lincoln: Car…
It all started in 1950. Automotive culture dominated over all others: cheap cars and equally cheap engines, coupled with a relatively simple arrangement of mechanical parts and an almost complete lack of electronics, made it…
1923 Dodge with Cadillac V16 engine
The V8 is definitely an incredible engine, but I've always been in awe of the V16. Because the V16 in my head is directly associated with a car brand like Cadillac. Yes, modern realities have…
Predicta: The Most famous Ford Thunderbird
Darryl Starbird's Predicta… You know, this car is seriously capable of driving you crazy. No kidding. The site from which I am translating most of this article belongs to a cat who is a fan…
Thunder Road is the Best Movie Elvis Could…
This time the focus is on a wonderful classic film - the Thunder Road of 1958. A cult black-and-white classic in the USA and something distant and unknown in our country. In America, Thunder Road…
The Wild One, bikers of the 50s
Perhaps the most famous among the first films about bikers and motorcycles can be called the iconic film Wild One (The Wild One) of 1953. The plot of the film is based on a short…
I Saw The Light, a worthy biopic about…
Several films have been made about Hank Williams until recently, including Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) and Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (1980). Was a new biopic really needed? I think biopic films of…
X-Sonic: 1956 Chevrolet Corvette, the world’s first lowrider
Today, comrades, a story from the world of lowriders is on the agenda. From the very beginning of their world. The X-Sonic is the most famous car of the Krankers auto club of San Bernardino,…
1955 Ford Mystere
The focus today is on Ford's 1955 concept car, the Mystere. Unfortunately, this is one of many concept cars that appeared and was abandoned by its creators immediately after several auto shows. Therefore, little is…