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Listen up kids, we’re doing something special today! This is a Ticklish Biz premiere! Have you watched Wired? Well, have you? Our Patreon exclusive podcast, Based on a True Podcast … Continue Reading Wired (1989)- Based on a True Podcast
This is a hard, hard post to write. If you’re like ‘moi’ you’ve grown up watching Betty White. I remember The Golden Girls being in my consciousness for ages. It … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Top 5: Remembering Betty White
Well, it’s the end of another year, so I wanted to take some time to talk about my favorite first-time-watches (mostly!) from the year that was 2021. These are the … Continue Reading Kim’s Top 20 Entertainment Discoveries
Well, well, well, it’s almost 2022 already. We blinked and somehow the year that was 2021 has passed like a shot. Do you know what that means? New picks, of … Continue Reading TCM Top 10: January 2022
Originally published October 13th, 2014 We’re pushing the blog’s boundaries time-wise, but with two studio era stars in the cast I can count it, right? Martin Scorsese and Alejandro Amenabar … Continue Reading Spooky Season 2021: The Changeling (1980)
Originally Published: October 8th 2019 What can be written about The Shining at this point? It’s a masterpiece directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick that tells a horror story both … Continue Reading Spooky Season 2021: The Shining (1980)
Okay, hear me out kids! I’m doing something a bit… out of the ordinary today. I’ve been having a bit of a wave of nostalgia (wistful sigh) in my personal … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Top 5: Movies Which Opened My Eyes to Classic Cinema
I’m going to be honest here… I have a complicated relationship with Grease 2. Heck, I might as well say it, I have a complicated relationship with Grease (1978). The … Continue Reading TCMFF 2021: Grease 2 (1982)
Looking for something a little quicker than a movie? Sometimes we all need the bite-sized morsel that is a good TV series. There’s no shame in that. It’s with that … Continue Reading Ticklish Business: Classic TV Guide (March 21st- March 28th)
Welcome! Join us! Sit down for a spell. It’s Monday and you know what time it is… the TCM Picks are upon us. It is another hefty week, so without … Continue Reading TCM Picks: March 15th- 21st
We’re back for our regularly scheduled TCM picks! Listen up everyone, I’m stupidly excited for this week of programming! There’s lots of fun, delightful goodness, and a dash of Rod … Continue Reading TCM Picks: January 11th- January 17th
Our second Haunted Honeymoon lives up to its title, though the “honeymoon” here is a pre-wedding trip. Directed and co-written by Gene Wilder, Haunted Honeymoon was a box-office bomb, a bittersweet … Continue Reading Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Ticklish Biz is taking the holidays off and sharing with you some special gifts as we prepare for our special Christmas show on Holiday Affair. In the meantime, I’m sharing with … Continue Reading Ticklish Business – Doubled Features: The Blob (1958 vs. 1988)
Samantha and I couldn’t stop at listing our three favorite Twilight Zone episodes so we devoted an additional bonus episode to looking at the 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie. Listen as we discuss ’80s … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Bonus Episode #5: Twilight Zone – The Movie (1983)
Hollywood is at its best when it’s writing about itself. Or, at least in the moment, more often they’re excoriated for how “inside” they play to mass audiences. In 1979 … Continue Reading S.O.B. (1981)
Originally published December 5th, 2012 Oh boy. I really have to control my anger and frustration for today’s review. In a nutshell, I hated this movie. Actually hate is a … Continue Reading 25 Days of Christmas: Annie (1982)
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