Tales of a Technogypsie

Monster Quest: Vampires in America* www.imdb.com * August 6, 2008 * NR/Documentary * The History Channel * Creator: Doug Hajicek * Writer: Joe Danisi * Starring: Stan Bernard and Konstantinos * 45 minutes * Monster Quest is a History Channel Documentary look into the strange and unknown creatures that are believed to be lurking in [...]

Fuel (NR: 2008)* Director: Joshua Tickell * Starring: Joshua Tickell … Himself / narrator; Barbara Boxer … Herself – Senator – California; Richard Branson … Himself – Founder, Virgin Group; George W. Bush … Himself – President of the United States (archive footage); Jimmy Carter … Himself – President of the United States (archive footage); [...]

The Runaways (R: 2010) Director: Floria Sigismondi. Starring: Kristen Stewart … Joan Jett; Dakota Fanning … Cherie Currie; Michael Shannon … Kim Fowley; Stella Maeve … Sandy West; Scout Taylor-Compton … Lita Ford; Alia Shawkat … Robin; and many others. Its the story about Joan Jett as a San Fernando Valley teen named Joan Larkin [...]

Youth in Revolt (R: 2009)Director: Miguel Arteta. Starring: Michael Cera … Nick Twisp / Francois Dillinger; Portia Doubleday … Sheeni Saunders; Jean Smart … Estelle Twisp; Zach Galifianakis … Jerry; Erik Knudsen … Lefty; Adhir Kalyan … Vijay Joshi; and more.Another new modern comedy starring Michael Cera as the young 16 year old virgin Nick [...]

Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven (Pippi in the South Seas) (G: 1975)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Beppe Wolgers … Captain Långstrump; Martin Ljung … Jocke med kniven; and many others. Continuing my childhood walk down memory lane – here goes Pippi Longstocking [...]

På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump (Pippi on the Run) (G: 1970)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Margot Trooger … Fröken Prysselius; Hans Clarin; and many others. Continuing my childhood walk down memory lane – here goes Pippi Longstocking running away with her two neighbor [...]

Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) (G: 1969)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Margot Trooger … Fröken Prysselius; Hans Clarin; and many others. I loved these films and television shows when I was a young kid. Not exactly the same experience re-watching them as an adult, [...]

Iron Man 2 (PG-13: 2010)Director: Jon Favreau. Starring: Robert Downey Jr. … Tony Stark; Don Cheadle … Lt. Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes / War Machine; Scarlett Johansson … Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff; Gwyneth Paltrow … Pepper Potts; Sam Rockwell … Justin Hammer; Mickey Rourke … Ivan Vanko; and many others. Its the sequel to [...]

Lo (R: 2009 ) Director: Travis Betz. Starring: Jeremiah Birkett … Lo, Sarah Lassez … April, Ward Roberts … Justin, Devin Barry … Jeez, Aaron Gaffey … Waiter, Sarah Larissa Deckert … The Demon Rat, and others. Presented here is a horror-comedy of a love-struck occult novice who stumbling upon the Book of the Dead [...]

Video Vixens(R/NR/X: 1975) * Director: Henri Pachard. Starring: Keith Luckett … Gordon Jr., James Walters … Newscaster, Harrison Phillips … Gordon Gordon, Norman Fields … Clifford Bradley, Cheryl ‘Rainbeaux’ Smith … ‘Twinkle Twat Girl’, and many more … Another film I wouldn’t have seen if I wasn’t on a movie marathon in watching films that [...]

Cinderella (R version / NR version: 1977)Director: Michael Pataki. Starring: Cheryl Smith … Cinderella; Yana Nirvana … Drucella; Marilyn Corwin … Marbella; Jennifer Doyle … Stepmother; Sy Richardson … Fairy Godmother; and many more. Another film I wouldn’t have stumbled upon had it not been for my cousin’s main role in the film (Cheryl Lynn [...]

Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (R: 1973)Director: Richard Blackburn. Starring: Lesley Gilb … Lemora; Cheryl Smith … Lila Lee; William Whitton … Alvin Lee; Hy Pyke … The Bus Driver; Maxine Ballantyne … The Old Woman; and many more. Another great film I discovered as I am slowly working through my cousin’s filmography [...]

Vice Squad (R:1982 ) Director: Gary Sherman. Starring: Season Hubley … Princess, Gary Swanson … Tom Walsh, Wings Hauser … Ramrod, Pepe Serna … Pete Mendez, Beverly Todd … Louise Williams, Joseph Di Giroloma … Kowalski (as Joseph DiGiroloma), Maurice Emanuel … Edwards, Cheryl Rainbeaux Smith … white hooker, and many others. A 1982 classic [...]

Fantasm Comes Again (NR: 1977) * Director: Colin Eggleston * Starring: Rick Cassidy … Mr. Bates (segment “Workout”); Con Covert … Mr. Clark (segment “The Good Old Gang at the Office”); Uschi Digard … Leslie (segment “Straw Dolls”; Dee Dee Levitt … Bianca (segment “Straw Dolls”); Angela Menzies-Wills … Libby; Candy Samples … Frances (segment [...]

Phantom of the Paradise (PG: 1974) * Director: Brian De Palma * Starring: William Finley … Winslow / The Phantom; Paul Williams … Swan; Jessica Harper … Phoenix; Gerrit Graham … Beef; George Memmoli … Philbin; Cheryl ‘Rainbeaux’ Smith … Groupie; and many more. * A Gothic Horror Story * A beautiful love story * [...]

Jericho: Season 1-2 (TV: 2006-2008) Creators:Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer, Jonathan E. Steinberg. Starring: Skeet Ulrich … Jake Green (29 episodes, 2006-2008), Lennie James … Robert Hawkins (29 episodes, 2006-2008), Ashley Scott … Emily Sullivan (28 episodes, 2006-2008), Kenneth Mitchell … Eric Green (26 episodes, 2006-2008), Brad Beyer … Stanley Richmond (25 episodes, 2006-2008), April Parker-Jones [...]

Revenge of the Cheerleaders (R: 1976) Director: Richard Lerner. Starring: Jerii Woods … Gail, Cheryl Smith … Heather (as Rainbeaux Smith), Helen Lang … Leslie, Patrice Rohmer … Sesame, Susie Elene … Tishi, Eddra Gale … Nurse Beam, William Bramley … Walter Hartlander, Norman Thomas Marshall … Hall Walker, and many more. Another film I [...]

The Swinging Cheerleaders (R: 1974) Director: Jack Hill. Starring: Jo Johnston … Kate, Cheryl Smith … Andrea (as Rainbeaux Smith), Colleen Camp … Mary Ann, Rosanne Katon … Lisa, Ron Hajek … Buck, and many others. Also known as “H.O.T.S. II” and “Locker Room Girls” this cult B-rate classic I probably would of never stumbled [...]

Twilight: New Moon (PG-13: 2009) Director: Chris Weitz. Starring: Kristen Stewart … Bella Swan, Taylor Lautner … Jacob Black, Robert Pattinson … Edward Cullen, Billy Burke … Charlie Swan, Ashley Greene … Alice Cullen, Anna Kendrick … Jessica, and many more. The long-awaited sequel to Twilight … we return to Forks, Washington where Bella is [...]

The Fourth Kind (R: 2009) Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi. Starring: Milla Jovovich … Abbey Tyler, Will Patton … Sheriff August, Hakeem Kae-Kazim … Awolowa Odusami, Corey Johnson … Tommy Fisher, Enzo Cilenti … Scott Stracinsky, and many others. A great story telling of a true tale of incidents that happened in Nome Alaska about a psychologist’s [...]

My Boyfriend’s Back (PG: 1993) Director: Bob Balaban. Starring: Andrew Lowery … Johnny; Traci Lind … Missy McCloud; Danny Zorn … Eddie; Edward Herrmann … Mr. Dingle; Mary Beth Hurt … Mrs. Dingle; Jay O. Sanders … Sheriff McCloud; and others. With the same late 80′s/early 90′s comedy flair, “My Boyfriend’s Back” is a classic [...]

Black Swarm (R: 2007) Director: David Winning. Starring: Sebastien Roberts … Devin Hall / Dan Hall; Sarah Allen … Jane Kozik; Jayne Heitmeyer … Katherine Randell; Rebecca Windheim … Kelsey Kozik; Robert Englund … Eli Giles; Michel Perron … Mayor Blatz; and others.The only thing this film has going for it is Robert Englund (Nightmare [...]

Trunk (R: 2009) Director: Straw Weisman. Starring: David Blanchard … George; Jennifer Day … Megan; and others.A sex and murder craved lunatic kidnaps a woman from a parking garage shoving her into his trunk that is equipt with microphone and speakers so he can torment her during the drive to his ‘date’ spot where he [...]

Severed: Forest of the Dead (R: 2005) Director: Carl Bessai. Starring: Paul Campbell … Tyler; Sarah Lind … Rita; Julian Christopher … Mac; JR Bourne … Carter; Michael Teigen … Luke; Leanne Adachi … Stacey; John Reardon … Greg; Patrick Gallagher … Anderson; Hrothgar Mathews … Eric; and others.An interesting eco-zombie flick about a multi-national [...]

United States of Tara (TV/Showtime: 2009) Director: Craig Gillespie (4 episodes, 2009); John Dahl (2 episodes, 2009); Brian Dannelly (2 episodes, 2009); Mark Mylod (2 episodes, 2009). Starring: Toni Collette … Tara / … (12 episodes, 2009); John Corbett … Max / … (12 episodes, 2009); Rosemarie DeWitt … Charmaine (12 episodes, 2009); Keir Gilchrist [...]

Retardead (NR: 2008) Director: Rick Popko, Dan West. Starring: Rick Popko … Deputy Rick / Porn Actress / Doctor / Ripper Detective; Tony Adams … Agent Russo; Michael Allen … Institute Director; Shamika Baker … Living Dead Girl; Jello Biafra … Mayor Anton Sinclaire; Scott Britton … F.B.I agent; and others.The film’s name defines the [...]

My Dead Girlfriend (R: 2006) Director: Brett Kelly. Starring: Ralph Gethings … Man in Woods; Brett Kelly … Steve; Caitlin Delaney … Amy; Jody Haucke … Garry; John Muggleton … Carl; Anastasia Kimmett … Vanessa; and others. With zombie movies you’ll either love it or hate it. This one has no class, no talent, and [...]

Carriers (R: 2009)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806203/ Directors: Àlex Pastor, David Pastor. Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci … Danny; Chris Pine … Brian; Piper Perabo … Bobby; Emily VanCamp … Kate; Christopher Meloni … Frank; Kiernan Shipka … Jodie; and many more. Here is the classic “Outbreak” meets “Cabin Fever” meets end of the world kind of movie. Starts out [...]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (PG-13: 2009). Director: David Yates. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe … Harry Potter; Rupert Grint … Ron Weasley; Emma Watson … Hermione Granger; Jim Broadbent … Professor Horace Slughorn; Elarica Gallacher … Waitress; Robbie Coltrane … Rubeus Hagrid; Michael Gambon … Professor Albus Dumbledore; and many more. Well the saga [...]

Dead Mary (R: 2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892047/ Director: Robert Wilson. Starring: Dominique Swain … Kim; Marie-Josée Colburn … Eve; Steven McCarthy … Baker (as Steve McCarthy); Maggie Castle … Lily; Michael Majeski … Dash; Reagan Pasternak … Amber; Jefferson Brown … Matt; and others. Its the classic telling of the urban legend of speaking Bloody Mary in [...]