In anticipation of reviewing the recent DVD release of the cult 70s TV courtroom mystery, Petrocelli, starring Vanishing Point’s Barry Newman, we thought we’d first look at the two movies that directly led to the creation of that fondly-remembered NBC series, beginning with director Sidney J. Furie’s big-screen The Lawyer, from 1970.
Continue reading ‘The Lawyer’ (1970): Petrocelli on the big screen
Anchors aweigh and get another bottle of bleach: they don’t call it “The Love Boat” for nothing!
Continue reading ‘The Love Boat’ (Season 3): Everything that’s great & terrible about escapist TV
Keep ‘em locked and loaded, ladies. Ballsy, unapologetic rape revenge meller, with that sick, patented Stephen King black humor.
Continue reading ‘Big Driver’ (2014): Stephen King TV movie drives critics nuts
Bionic babe captures reviewer’s heart…all over again.
Continue reading ‘The Bionic Woman’ (Season 1): 70s hit still enjoyable today
Strange, cold, perverse thriller from the golden age of disaster movies.
Continue reading ‘Two-Minute Warning’ (1976): Disaster film fumbles its way to TV
We like our 80s prime time soaps here at Drunk TV. Oh yes we do.
Continue reading ‘Falcon Crest’ (Season 1): Intrigue, drunk on wine
Oh, it’s the same alright. Nothing’s changed on The Love Boat this sophomore season except the guest passenger list and the ever-morphing rationalizations for the rampant sexual harassment plaguing the Pacific Princess. And ain’t you glad they left it alone?
Continue reading ‘The Love Boat’ (Season 2): Where A-to-Z listers flock to undock
