There are men and then there are myths. Jerry Lee Lewis is the latter. The rock pioneer first set the charts ablaze in 1957 with twin dynamos “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On,” and 60 years on he’s still pounding the keys before packed houses across the country. With the death of Chuck Berry in March—and Little Richard and Fats Domino largely retired—Lewis is the last of the great rock ‘n’ rollers still conjuring the sounds of long nights in long gone Delta juke joints. His colleagues at the seminal Memphis label Sun Records, including Elvis Presley,...
- 8/21/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Director and documentarian Mark Hartley scores both a film history and comedy success with this ‘wild, untold’ account of the 1980s film studio that was both revered and despised by everyone who had contact with it. The ‘cast list’ of interviewees is encyclopedic, everybody has a strong opinion, and some of them don’t need four-letter words to describe their experience!
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
On a double bill with
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Blu-ray
Umbrella Entertainment (Au, all-region
2014 / Color / 1:77 widescreen / 106 min. / Street Date April 4, 2017 / Available from Umbrella Entertainment / 34.99
Starring: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Al Ruban, Alain Jakubowicz, Albert Pyun, Alex Winter, Allen DeBevoise, Avi Lerner, Barbet Schroeder, Bo Derek, Boaz Davidson, Cassandra Peterson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Charles Matthau, Christopher C. Dewey, Christopher Pearce, Cynthia Hargrave, Dan Wolman, Daniel Loewenthal, David Del Valle, David Paulsen, David Sheehan, David Womark, Diane Franklin, Dolph Lundgren, Edward R. Pressman,...
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
On a double bill with
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Blu-ray
Umbrella Entertainment (Au, all-region
2014 / Color / 1:77 widescreen / 106 min. / Street Date April 4, 2017 / Available from Umbrella Entertainment / 34.99
Starring: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Al Ruban, Alain Jakubowicz, Albert Pyun, Alex Winter, Allen DeBevoise, Avi Lerner, Barbet Schroeder, Bo Derek, Boaz Davidson, Cassandra Peterson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Charles Matthau, Christopher C. Dewey, Christopher Pearce, Cynthia Hargrave, Dan Wolman, Daniel Loewenthal, David Del Valle, David Paulsen, David Sheehan, David Womark, Diane Franklin, Dolph Lundgren, Edward R. Pressman,...
- 4/8/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has a penchant for the term "kissing cousins."
Heading down the aisle for the seventh time, Lewis, 76, married Judith Brown, 62, who was previously married to Jerry Lee's cousin, Rusty Brown.
Here's the tricky part: Rusty is the brother of Myra Gale Brown, who wed Jerry Lee in 1957 when the "Great Balls of Fire" singer was 23 and Myra was only 13. That marriage (Lewis' third) lasted 13 years but the...
Heading down the aisle for the seventh time, Lewis, 76, married Judith Brown, 62, who was previously married to Jerry Lee's cousin, Rusty Brown.
Here's the tricky part: Rusty is the brother of Myra Gale Brown, who wed Jerry Lee in 1957 when the "Great Balls of Fire" singer was 23 and Myra was only 13. That marriage (Lewis' third) lasted 13 years but the...
- 3/31/2012
- Extra
If at first you don't succeed, try again and again and again and again and...well, you get the point.
Rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis just got married for the seventh time, CNN is reporting. True to his controversial marriage past, "The Killer" wed - now let's try to keep this straight - the ex-wife of his cousin, Rusty Brown. Rusty is the brother of Lewis' third wife/cousin Myra Gale Brown, a woman who Lewis married when she was just 13.
The publication is reporting Lewis, 76, and Judith Brown wed on March 9 in Natchez, Mississippi.
Lewis' most recent marriage, that to Kerrie McCarver, lasted for 20 years and they have one child together. They split in 2004.
Rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis just got married for the seventh time, CNN is reporting. True to his controversial marriage past, "The Killer" wed - now let's try to keep this straight - the ex-wife of his cousin, Rusty Brown. Rusty is the brother of Lewis' third wife/cousin Myra Gale Brown, a woman who Lewis married when she was just 13.
The publication is reporting Lewis, 76, and Judith Brown wed on March 9 in Natchez, Mississippi.
Lewis' most recent marriage, that to Kerrie McCarver, lasted for 20 years and they have one child together. They split in 2004.
- 3/30/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
For Jerry Lee Lewis's new (and seventh) marriage, he's reprising one of his greatest hits. CNN reports that the 76-year-old "Great Balls of Fire" singer wed Judith Brown this month, whom he had met through his cousin Rusty ... Judith's former husband. If that sounds like a familiar sort of scandal for Lewis, it should: He infamously married his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale back when he was 23, and yes, Myra was Rusty's sister. Boy, Jerry Lee has really got it out for that guy, huh?...
- 3/30/2012
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Goodness gracious, Jerry Lee Lewis has gotten married again! The rock 'n' roll legend, 76, tied the knot for the seventh time earlier this month, to a woman named Judith Brown, his rep tells CNN. Brown is the ex-wife of Lewis's second cousin Rusty Brown, whose sister, Myra Gale Brown, was Lewis's third wife. Their wedding in 1957 - Myra was just 13 at the time - caused a scandal that helped derail Lewis's then high-flying career. Lewis, best known for his rollicking 1957 hits "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," was divorced in 2004 from his sixth wife, Kerrie McCarver,...
- 3/30/2012
- PEOPLE.com
Jerry Lee Lewis has married for the seventh time. The 'Great Balls of Fire' hitmaker wed his caregiver Judith Brown in a ceremony in Mississippi on March 9. The wedding was reportedly so secret even the singer's daughter, Pheobe Lewis, was unaware he was getting married - even though she lives with him, according to People magazine. Judith, 62, was previously wed to Jerry's cousin, Rusty Brown, and - making the union even more closely entwined - Rusty is the brother of Jerry's third wife Myra Gale Brown. Jerry's 1957 marriage to Myra caused huge controversy at the time, as she was just 13 years old and also his cousin once removed. They ended their union 13 years...
- 3/30/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Jerry Lee Lewis has got married for the seventh time at the age of 76. The 'Great Balls of Fire' singer secretly tied the knot with his caregiver Judith Brown in Natchez, Mississippi on March 9. His plans to marry Brown were so secret that his live-in daughter Phoebe was unaware of the wedding, reports People. Brown is 14 years younger than Lewis, and was previously married to his cousin Rusty. Jerry Lee Lewis first married (more)...
- 3/28/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
As horror fans, we love a great exploitation movie. And as we all know, the Philippines were the backdrop for a number of these outrageous films throughout the '70s and '80s. Now, thanks to our friends at Dark Sky Films, we get a look into the behind-the-scenes world of those intense, trailblazing films.
From the Press Release: Buxom beauties. Bizarre creatures. Gratuitous violence. Gratuitous buxomness. To the exploitation filmmakers of the 1970s and ’80s who sought artistic freedom in the towns and jungles of the Philippines, there was no stunt too risky, no story too ridiculous, and no clothing that could not be removed in the name of mass entertainment. The story of these undaunted, occasionally uninoculated movie makers and stars is told in Machete Maidens Unleashed, an eye-popping examination of an often overlooked grindhouse subgenre. Genre masters Dark Sky Films will be release the DVD via Mpi...
From the Press Release: Buxom beauties. Bizarre creatures. Gratuitous violence. Gratuitous buxomness. To the exploitation filmmakers of the 1970s and ’80s who sought artistic freedom in the towns and jungles of the Philippines, there was no stunt too risky, no story too ridiculous, and no clothing that could not be removed in the name of mass entertainment. The story of these undaunted, occasionally uninoculated movie makers and stars is told in Machete Maidens Unleashed, an eye-popping examination of an often overlooked grindhouse subgenre. Genre masters Dark Sky Films will be release the DVD via Mpi...
- 6/14/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
There are so many books, articles, and documentaries available on the subject of American exploitation cinema that new revelations are increasingly scarce and unlikely. A new documentary called American Grindhouse from director Elijiah Drenner is an example of the difficulty in uncovering anything new in this area.
Although the subject is briefly discussed, American Grindhouse isn't about grindhouse theaters. It is about exploitation films. To this end, the film is split into multiple chapters that cover a wide array of exploitation sub-genres, including film noir, teen beach party films, nudie cuties, roughies, gore, bikers, porn, women in prison, nazi exploitation, and blaxploitation.
Robert Forster handles the narration. 21 interviewees are featured with a set of core interviewees like Joe Dante, Alison Anders, John Landis, and film noir expert Eddie Mueller garnering extended screen time. Interviews with prominent figures, including H.G. Lewis, Larry Cohen, Jack Hill, and Lewis Teague. Rare interviews with people like Judy Brown,...
Although the subject is briefly discussed, American Grindhouse isn't about grindhouse theaters. It is about exploitation films. To this end, the film is split into multiple chapters that cover a wide array of exploitation sub-genres, including film noir, teen beach party films, nudie cuties, roughies, gore, bikers, porn, women in prison, nazi exploitation, and blaxploitation.
Robert Forster handles the narration. 21 interviewees are featured with a set of core interviewees like Joe Dante, Alison Anders, John Landis, and film noir expert Eddie Mueller garnering extended screen time. Interviews with prominent figures, including H.G. Lewis, Larry Cohen, Jack Hill, and Lewis Teague. Rare interviews with people like Judy Brown,...
- 3/20/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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