I got the okay from Marty to do this and thought it would be fun. With over 200+ channels nowadays, it is hard to keep track of exciting stuff coming on TV (especially if you are Tivo-less like me). So, what I will be doing is a (roughly) weekly update of some stuff coming up that might be of interest to Mobians. In most cases, I am aiming for stuff that is hard-to-find or not on DVD (old movies, TV movies, and mini-series).

Right now the channels I am concentrating on are IFC, Sundance, the Encore stations, Lifetime Movie Network, and Turner Classic Movies. If you have more channel suggestions to watch, let me know. Anything that I thought would be of particular interest to Mobians, I highlighted in red. And if you can devise a better layout than below, let me know.

Of course, I invite everyone to participate as my list is - for the most part - entirely subjective. If you know of something great coming up, give it a shout out so we can all tune in (and hope it doesn't suck). :)

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Week of 1/28/08 - 2/2/08 (all EST)

1/28:

6:35am - JOE DANCER (Encore Mystery) - Private eye Joe Dancer (Robert Blake) ties a powerful Beverly Hills family to murder.

11:00am - PROJECT GRIZZLY (Sundance Channel) - Documentary about a guy who builds a suit that is "Grizzly Proof."

12:00pm - HEAVEN COME DOWN (Sundance Channel) - Documentary about Pentecostals who handle snakes.

4:30pm - THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND (Turner Classic Movies) - 1960 heist picture starring Aldo Ray.

8:30pm - THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO (Sundance Channel) - 2006 Oscar-nominated Animated Short

9:00pm - BROTHERHOOD OF DEATH (IFC) - A group of black Vietnam vets go up against the Ku Klux Klan.

10:30pm - BADASSSSS CINEMA (IFC) - Documentary about 70s blaxploitation cinema.

1/29:

1:00am - ADAM'S APPLES (Sundance Channel) - 2005 Danish comedy starring Mads (CASINO ROYALE) Mikkelsen; just hit US DVD this month.

1:15am - HELL RAIDERS (Encore Action) - 1958 Larry Buchanan directed WWII flick with John Agar.

6:05am - GAMBIT (Encore Drama) - 1966 heist film with Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine, and Herbert Lom.

6:05am - STILL OF THE NIGHT (Encore Mystery) - 1982 mystery starring Roy Schieder, Meryl Streep, and Jessica Tandy.

11:42pm - CYBER-SEDUCTION (Lifetime Movie Network) - 2005 cult classic in the making as Kelly Lynch battles her porn addicted son.

1/30:

1:05pm - K-9000 (Encore Action) - A policeman and a female scientist team up to recover her latest creation, a cybernetic, crime-fighting dog; 1991 made-for-TV.

6:15pm - EYE OF THE DEVIL (Turner Classic Movies) - 1966 J. Lee Thompson thriller starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, and Donald Pleasence.

10:50pm - NOSE, IRANIAN STYLE (Sundance Channel) - Documentary about the high level of rhinoplasty surgery in Iran.

1/31:

8:00am - DEFIANCE (Encore Action) - Jan-Michel Vincet takes on gang members in this 1980 actioner from director John Flynn.

11:45am - THE LEGACY (Sundance Channel) - 2006 psychological thriller from Géla Babluani (13 TZAMETI).

1:15pm - GREENDALE (Sundance Channel) - 2003 experimental rock opera directed by Neil Young.

2/1:

1:50am - GIVE ME YOUR SOUL... (Encore Drama) - Documentary from 2000 that examines the pornography industry.

5:00am - BOGIE (Encore Drama) - 1980 made-for-TV biopic of Humphrey Bogart starring Kevin O'Connor.

12:45pm - BURIED IN THE BACKYARD (Sundance Channel) - 2005 documentary about people building bomb shelters in their backyard in response to the War on Terror.

2/2:

2:30am - COPS AND ROBBERS (Encore Mystery) - 1973 crime thriller about two cops who pull off a heist.

6:25am - DARKON (IFC) - Documentary about a live-action role-playing (LARP) group that stages medieval battles; on DVD this month, re-airs at 1:30pm

A nice idea, thanks.

The second season of TORCHWOOD gets underway tonight on BBC-A at 9pm EST, with repeats later and tomorrow. I'm not really a fan but I like that it's hot on the heels of the first series, which ended its run in December.

I suggest adding Fox Movie Channel and Flix, two on my lineup that often have interesting stuff in the original aspect ratio. I also get IndiePlex, which I think is an Encore channel but it's sandwiched between IFC and Flix on my lineup instead of being grouped with the other Encore channels.

Edited to say thanks for doing this. I can't tell you the number of times I've browsed the schedule only to find I missed something I've been trying to see for years, usually on TCM, who don't repeat stuff as much as Flix, FMC, IFC and Sundance.

p.s. Any particular reason EYE OF THE DEVIL is in red above?

"p.s. Any particular reason EYE OF THE DEVIL is in red above?"

Because Sean LOVES J. Lee Thompson movies! Why come to think of it Thompson also helmed two TV movies with George Kennedy. One of them is titled THE BLUE KNIGHT.

And about eight Charles Bronson movies for Cannon, as well as HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

No particular reason other than I think some Mobians who enjoy the thrill of seeing David Niven and Donald Pleasance sharing the screen and being directed by J. Lee Thompson. Definitely some cult factor there and it has never been on video. I've never seen the film myself, so I pray it isn't a stinker. :)

Thanks for the two channel suggestions. I will add them to my list and hopefully find some cool stuff in there.

IMHO, EYE OF THE DEVIL isn't a bad film, but it's rather dull and quite predictable. The cast is good, including a young David Hemmings. I vaguely recall that the film may have been truncated in some way before release.

I have a weak subscription to Dish TV. I can’t afford many premiums as of now. So I’m digging one of the local UHF stations here in L.A. They have a slew of old time programs THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE WILD, WILD WEST, MAGNUM P.I., and my favorite ELLERY QUEEN. Unfortunately they are always reshuffling their schedule. Even the website is not always gospel. But if you get KDOC as part of your cable package, give the station a chance.

http://www.kdoctv.net/fnf.htm

And they show plenty of monster movies on Saturday night. This is the only program that is consistent. Alas there is no Horror Host. Hmmm…. I wonder if they’re hiring?

http://www.kdoctv.net/monster.htm

“And about eight Charles Bronson movies for Cannon, as well as HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!”

Don’t forget THE AMBASSADOR with Robert Mitchum, Rock Hudson, Ellen Burstyn, and Fabio Testi !


Some upcoming films on TCM.

THE LONG DARK HALL (1951) with Rex Harrison. 03/05/08 1:30 pt

THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES (1961) peplum directed by Sergio Leone. 03/07/08 9pm pt

X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967) Japanese Sci Fi. 03/09/2008 11p pt.

MANIAC (1963) Hammer suspense w/ Kerwin Mathews 03/11/08 1:15 am pt

CABIN ON THE SKY (1943) Black musical directed by Vincent Minnelli. You know you have to see it! 03/22/08 7:15 pt

Per Lisa's suggestion, I looked up Fox Movie Channel and found they are showing something cool tomorrow. I'm jealous as I can't watch it! Sadly, the don't have February's schedule up yet.

1/29:

2:00pm - THE SALZBURG CONNECTION (Fox Movie Channel) - Difficult-to-find, this espionage thriller stars Barry Newman, Anna Karina, and Klaus Maria Brandauer in his first English role.

Don't get too excited. It’s a tedious, talky and ridiculously complicated Helen MacInnes thriller that's nothing like the exciting spy thriller Newman did based on Alistair MacLean's FEAR IS THE KEY.

If you have DirecTV and the Hi-Def Extra package (which they split from their other HD package just to charge another $6 a month - don't get me started), the MGM HD channel has been showing a lot of great stuff in HD. Coming this week:

Tuesday:
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Wednesday:
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Zone Troopers

Thursday:
Soda Cracker (Fred Williamson, Maud Adams, Bo Svenson)

Friday:
Kansas City Confidential
The Lodger (silent Hitchcock - in HD!)

Saturday:
A whole buncha westerns, including Tomahawk Trail, Red River and Death Rides a Horse

Sunday:
Dance With Me Henry
The Adventures of Mark Twain (Will Vinton claymation)
Pauline at the Beach
It! The Terror From Beyond Space

Everything I've seen on MGM HD seems to be uncut and at the correct aspect ratio.

While it did just come out on DVD, THE NAKED PREY has been pretty hard to see recently and it's greatness cannot be ignored. It's on TCM this Friday at 4 pm and comes highly recommended.
I think this is a great idea, between flat out missing things or reading about them only to space out down the road when the time comes, I can use all the help I can get. There is good stuff out there it just gets buried in the endless glut of programming ( or lost in the cobwebs of my brain ).

To the best of my knowledge (and I've seen the film on TV many times), THE NAKED PREY has never been aired in its original aspect ratio. On the other hand, I don't think TCM has ever aired it either. TCM, as we know, is great about letterboxing movies, but sometimes a few slip through (THE OUTFIT, SKIDOO...).

Hmmm... considering that many of Dish Network's HD channels are now showing only two movies per day, AND they have seen fit to raise their prices (less for more -- what a great idea!), I may look into throwing them overboard in favor of this other service.

AMC, in the good old commercial-free days, sometimes used to air THE NAKED PREY letterboxed (usually after midnight, this would be in the mid/late 1990s), though the opening titles and end credits were strangely full-screen.

Circa 1994 , AMC ran THE NAKED PREY a couple times. One Sunday night they ran a full screen, cut print at 8 pm ( which I caught part of ) and then at 11 pm an uncut widescreen version. AMC used to do this frequently during this time, offering viewers a pan/ scan or origianl ratio flavored option and sometimes the widescreen versions were new unexpected transfers / treats.
I am hoping TCM's 4 pm ( EST ) broadcast goes out unaltered...

WilWil, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I spend a few minutes every day zipping through the grid to check IFC, TCM and Sundance!

Looks like Sundance is re-airing the delightful SLINGS AND ARROWS again, with the very first episode scheduled for 3:35pm tomorrow afternoon. I'll not rest till more Mobians see it. Hey, it's got a ghost. :)

Scanning skeds, ALICE, SWEET ALICE and BLIND BEAST are on SHO-B this month, VICE SQUAD on SHO-E, and NIGHT OF THE CREEPS on TMC. You'll find detailed listings for all these channels (and Sundance) on Showtime's Programs A-Z list, which I find very easy to use.

Can anyone recommend BLIND BEAST? The program listing makes it sound intriguing.

Mileage will vary on BLIND BEAST. More arty than tarty. But recommendable, and it seems to have taken up permanent residence on Showtime, along with the THREE NINJAS movies. :)

Once again, as I cruised the listings, few changes whatsoever on the IFC Channel. Such a waste. The schedule is set in stone with mid-90s indies, as if the programming staff had fossilized in 1997.

Well, I hope you don't hate me if I skip over something cool!

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Here is the listing for the week of 2/3 - 2/9/08. I will usually try to have these up by the Friday/Saturday before the week listed. I hope somebody was able to find/watch something cool off the posts above.

Sunday, 2/3:

7:00am - THE LODGER (Outer Max) - The dark streets of Victorian London are stalked by fear in this classic 1944 Jack the Ripper thriller.

7:20am - FUTUREWORLD (The Movie Channel) - In this sequel to Michael Crichton's "Westworld," scheming scientists use the robot clones that populate an exclusive resort to replace world leaders with mechanized clones; repeats @ 2:45pm

8:15am - THE HIRED HAND (Showtime Extreme) - Following the surprise success of "Easy Rider," Peter Fonda next chose to don a director's cap to create this unjustly neglected Western.

5:30pm - THE ODD COUPLE: TOGETHER AGAIN (HBO Family) - TV movie sequel that precedes the theatrical one; Felix and Oscar are reunited and brought back to screen life by the beloved stars of TV's The Odd Couple: Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.

11:50pm - A BUCKET OF BLOOD (Showtime Beyond) - Cable remake of Roger Corman's cult classic for those interested in seeing Anthony Michael Hall as Walter Paisley; repeats Thurdsday at 10pm.

Monday, 2/4:

5:00am - TOBRUK (Encore Action) - WWII mission movie with Rock Hudson & George Peppard.

7:15am - WHO ARE YOU POLLY MAGGOO? (Sundance Channel) - Satrie from Director William Klein who did MR. FREEDOM; repeats throughout the month.

10:00am - THE BEST OF SECTER & THE REST OF SECTER (Sundance Channel) - Documentary tells the story of David Secter, Canada's first acclaimed indie and gay themed filmmaker.

8:00Pm - WINGS (Turner Classic Movies) - First Academy Award winner for Best Picture.

Tuesday, 2/5:

2:00pm - THE RACERS (Fox Movie Channel) - Story about the Italian car racing circuit starring Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, and Lee J. Cobb

6:00pm - THE STERILE CUCKOO (Turner Classic Movies) - An innocent college boy gets mixed up with a needy, neurotic young woman. Cast: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire. Dir: Alan J. Pakula.

Wednesday, 2/6:

9:20am - DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE (Encore Drama) - Marc Singer & Tracy Scoggins star in this hard-boiled P.I. television thriller from 1990; supporting cast includes Nicholas Worth, Clu Gulager, Paul Bartel, and Eddie Deezen!

Thursday, 2/7:

7:15am - JOHNNY RYAN (Encore Mystery) - An honest, hard-working cop has to go up against the mob in 1949 New York City. Bruce Abbott, Jason Beghe, and Clancy Brown stars.

11:00am - DECISION BEFORE DAWN (Fox Movie Channel) - Richard Basehart stars in this 1951 WWII drama that was nominated for Best Picture.

1:00pm - DIPLOMATIC COURIER (Fox Movie Channel) - Tyrone Power stars in this 1952 WWII picture; "No. 1 target for 1,000 enemy agents... from Paris - to Salzburg - to Trieste!"

Friday, 2/8:

5:15am - THE WHISPERERS (Turner Classic Movies) - A very poor addled old lady (Dame Edith Evans) must deal with her paranoid fantasies; directed by Bryan (THE STEPFORD WIVES) Forbes with Evans nominated for Best Actress.

2:00pm - DEAR BRIGITTE (Fox Movie Channel) - 60's comedy featuring an ultra smart little boy who is used by swindlers for their own gain despite the over protectiveness of his father; stars Jimmy Stewart and Fabian.

Saturday, 2/9:

4:00am - JOE DANCER: THE MONKEY MISSION (Encore Drama) - Second installment in Robert Blake's TV detective series from 1981.

7:30am - JOHN FORD GOES TO WAR (Encore Drama) - Documentary about Ford's war films.

That FUTUREWORLD airing is a very nice letterboxed print, and it's not on DVD, so get those DVRs rolling, folks!

I take it back, sort of...IFC is airing THE HONEYMOON KILLERS tomorrow at 10am EST. A classic.

Just noticed that WISE BLOOD is on Flix Saturday Feb. 9, 6pm PT. I've never managed to see this film and it's not available on DVD.

WISE BLOOD has been acquired by the Janus Film Library, and Criterion has mentioned preparing to release it on DVD. It's one of my ten favorite films.

Here is the latest posting for 2/10 - 2/16/08. It makes me cry looking up stuff on the Fox Movie Channel because they are showing some good stuff, but I don't get it. Other than that, enjoy!

Also, a quick word of warning - the Encore stations are airing a movie called PHASE IV. This is not the Saul Bass sci-fi film from the 70s, but a Dean Cain action vehicle from the 90s.

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Sunday, 2/10:

6:50am - SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON (Encore Mystery) - Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) rescues the inventor of a bomb which the allies want to keep from the Nazis.

7:00am - CHILDREN OF BESLAN (HBO) - Documentary about the September 2004 hostage situation at a children's school in Beslan, Russia.

7:10am - EQUINOX (Showtime Beyond) - Four teenagers on a picnic are pursued by a demonic creature due to their possession of an evil book in this micro-budget cult classic by Dennis Muren; repeats @ 3:30pm

7:30am - RIKER'S HIGH (Showtime Extreme) - This documentary covers New York City's least-known high school: Austin MacCormack Island Academy, better known as the Rikers Island Prison school.

5:35pm - PHILIP AND HIS SEVEN WIVES (Sundance Channel) - Documentary about a rabbi who believes he communicated with God and was told he was a Hebrew King, so he can have seven wives.


Monday, 2/11:

6:40am - BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES (IFC) - Documentary about the homogenization of popular music and the effect on the music industry.

9:05am - I MARRIED A STRANGE PERSON (HBO Zone) - Bill Plympton's film about a newly married gentleman who, thanks to a boil on his neck, is suddenly given power over everything; once available on DVD, hard to find now.

9:50am - GIDEON (Encore Drama) - Unreleased in the US Christopher Lambert drama from 1999; Gideon Dobbs (Lambert) is young, simple-minded man who checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their lust for life.

10:00am - RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM (Sundance Channel) - Peter Bogdonavich's acclaimed documentary about Tom Petty; not available on DVD yet.

2:00pm - ACE ELI AND RODGER OF THE SKIES (Fox Movie Channel) - Cliff Robertson stars in this story of a 1920s stunt flyer and the son he takes on the road with him; not on video and letterboxed.

9:00pm - 37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP (Sundance Channel) - Documentary about the nomadic tribe the Pamir Kirghiz in Central Asia.

9:00pm - OVERNIGHT (IFC) - The megalomaniacal rise and fall of filmmaker Troy Duffy (BOONDOCK SAINTS); available on DVD but highly recommended viewing.

10:00pm - RODNEY DANGERFIELD: NOTHIN' GOES RIGHT (HBO Comedy) - Dangerfield's 1988 comedy special for HBO.


Tuesday, 2/12:

9:40am - DEAD MAN'S GUN: THE DESERTER (Showtime Beyond) - A cowardly cavalry lieutenant (Rick Schroder) is mistaken for a hero after deserting his unit during an Apache ambush; TV movie never released on video, repeats at 10pm.

1:00pm - BERNARD AND DORIS (HBO) - HBO Films drama that tells the hypothetical story of real-life tobacco heiress Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon), who left her entire forturne to her Irish butler (Ralph Fiennes); directed by Bob Balaban, repeats throughout the month.

2:00pm - KID BLUE (Fox Movie Channel) - Bandit films starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, and Ben Johnson; never released on legit video in the US.

6:00pm - A THOUSAND CLOWNS (Turner Classic Movies) - A free-living New Yorker fights to maintain custody of his nephew; Starring Jason Robards Jr., Martin Balsam, and Barry Gordon, never released on video.

9:35pm - OUR DAILY BREAD (Sundance Channel) - Stripped of voiceover, interviews or obvious editorial stance, questing helmer Nikolaus Geyrhalter's evocative docu "Our Daily Bread" looks at the agricultural industry across Europe through sound and images alone.


Wednesday, 2/13:

1:50am - THE LADY WITH THE TORCH (Encore Drama) - A chronological documentary overview of the history of Columbia Pictures.

4:50am - THE CHILDREN OF TIMES SQUARE (Encore Drama) - Curtis Hanson's tale of kids working as drug dealers and pickpockets; never released on US video.

4:50am - CONVOY (Encore Action) - Sam Peckinpah's trucker flick with Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Ernest Borgnine, and Burt Young; still not available on legit US video.

10:00am - HAMMER & TICKLE (Sundance Channel) - Documentary recounts a history of the Soviet Union and its satellite states through the jokes that flourished under the oppressive regimes in Russia and Eastern Europe.

2:35pm - TWELVE AND HOLDING (Encore Drama) - This is available on DVD but came highly recommended on the Arthouse board; A 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, hormones, and family dysfunction.

4:30pm - THE MARK OF ZORRO (Fox Movie Channel) - 1974 TV movie with Frank Langella as Zorro. Supporting cast includes Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, and Yvonne De Carlo.

8:30pm - CHOKING MAN (Sundance Channel) - Popular festival film by Steve Barron about a dishwasher whose spends time in reality and a fantasy world; not available on video.


Thursday, 2/14:

12:40am - ALIEN NATION: BODY AND SOUL (HBO ZONE) - In this second film sequel to the cult sci-fi TV series, detectives Sikes and Francisco investigate the case of a young girl whose half-human, half-alien appearance may be the result of a devious medical experiment; never released on video.

3:00pm - WISE BLOOD (Flix) - John Houston adapts Flannery O'Connor's novel about a young man (Brad Dourif) who decides to become a preacher and start up his own church.

9:45pm - NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (The Movie Channel) - Fraternity pledges manage to thaw out the corpse of a frat brother infected with alien parasites; perfect for Valentine's Day!

10:00pm - ROGER CORMAN PRESENTS: HELLFIRE (Showtime Beyond) - The descendant (Jennifer Burns) of a macabre 19th-century composer continues his murderous masterpieces. Ben Cross costars, not on DVD.

11:45pm - ROGER CORMAN PRESENTS: LAST EXIT TO EARTH (Showtime Beyond) - A dying race of female aliens comes to Earth looking for healthy human males; not on DVD.


Friday, 2/15:

6:00am - MAN HUNT (Fox Movie Channel) - Fritz Lang directed thriller about a British hunter (Walter Pidgeon) who is hunted by Nazis; Roddy McDowall in an early role; never on video.

8:20am - THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (IFC) - Based on the true story of killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, repeats @ 2:05pm.

10:15am - HOME FRONT (Showtime Extreme) - Documentary that follows a veteran of the war in Iraq who returns to his Pennsylvania home blinded and brain-damaged from combat injuries and struggles painfully to readjust to civilian life; not on video, repeats @ 4:55pm.

2:30pm - THE BIG SHOW (Fox Movie Channel) - Children of a circus owner struggle for control of the operation; starring Cliff Robertson and Robert Vaughn, never released on video.

4:50pm - CRY FOR THE STRANGERS (Encore Mystery) - Peter Medak TV thriller from 1982 about a couple (Patrick Duffey & Cindy Pickett) that move to a mysterious small town.


Saturday, 2/16:

4:00am - JOE DANCER: THE BIG TRADE (Encore Drama) - Third and final installment in Robert Blake's TV detective series from 1981.

10:00am - DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE (Sundance Channel) - Excellent documentary about the release of a predatory fish into a Tanzania river system destroyed the town's economic livelyhood.

12:25pm - THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES (Showtime Family Zone) - Steve Guttenberg stars in this raunchy teen comedy set in 1969 as a high school student who will go to any lengths to impress a pretty cheerleader and lose his virginity, while juggling his job at a chicken joint and trying not to get thrown out of Beverly Hills High - a fate that could get him sent to Vietnam. The legendary Phil Silvers costars in this lost classic with Lisa Reeves, Ed Lauter, Tracey Vogel and Branscombe Richmond; not on video.

12:35pm - THE LEGEND OF BILLY JEAN (Showtime Women) - Helen Slater stars in this 80s cult flick that still has no DVD release; A teenager from the wrong side of the tracks becomes a fugitive that gains national fame as an iconic heroine of the underclass. Repeats at 10:35pm.

4:05pm - LAND OF THE FREE (HBO Zone) - Jeff Speakman, William Shatner and Chris Lemmon star in this PM Entertainment production; still not on DVD and probably only appeals to me and Marty McKee. :)

9:30pm - SISTER STREET FIGHTER (Flix) - A spin-off of Sonny Chiba's "Street Fighter" series of martial arts films, this action drama stars Sue Shiomi as Tina Long, a kung-fu expert who goes undercover for the Hong Kong police to find her missing brother; repeats through the month.

11:00pm - SISTER STREET FIGHTER: RETURN OF THE SISTER STREET FIGHTER (Flix) - Sue Shiomi returns as kung-fu expert Tina Long in the third and final "Sister Street Fighter" action drama, this time investigating the disappearance of a little girl's mother; repeats through the month

Also, Steven Spielberg's first big screen, feature credit - 'Story by'.

Not just Dean Cain, but also Brian Bosworth! When's the last time you saw two NCAA recordholders toplining in the same movie? (It's also a pretty good movie)

Not to be too picky, but...

THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES did get a VHS release, which is how I saw it last year (can't remember the label). LAND OF THE FREE got a DVD release from Madacy, I believe. It's sitting on my shelf at home. It's also not very good, but give it credit for giving Shatner a real acting role and not just something where he spoofs himself (even BOSTON LEGAL mostly does this).

OVERNIGHT is the most amazing case of self-destruction I've ever seen. Troy Duffy is one of the world's biggest jackasses. For all you young filmmakers out there (I'm in Steve Stone mode now), do exactly the opposite of everything Duffy does.

I'm looking forward to RETURN OF SISTER STREET FIGHTER!

4:05pm - LAND OF THE FREE (HBO Zone) - Jeff Speakman, William Shatner and Chris Lemmon star in this PM Entertainment production; still not on DVD and probably only appeals to me and Marty McKee.

Oh, it was on DVD, courtesy of Madacy. I made the mistake of buying a copy, albeit at a dollar store, thank goodness.

This has been out on DVD for several months. It's a Best Buy exclusive.

Thanks for the info guys. I was using the highly unreliable IMDb as my main source so that is what I get, although I did search THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES on eBay as well.

I'm really looking forward to burning myself a copy of Roland West's 1929 Alibi, showing 5am Tuesday on TCM. There was a Kino Video vhs ten years ago but it's not yet available on DVD. Sarris has good things to say about it in You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet and if it's got the style of West's Bat movies I'm sure it'll be impressive.

ALIBI turned up on R1 DVD last year. You'll find it on Amazon.

Such a good sport, John, considering you Canadians don't get any of these channels, do you?

Thanks, I didn't see this. The IMDB page only links to the VHS.

A THOUSAND CLOWNS was out on MGM laserdisc, probably letterboxed. CHICKEN CHRONICLES was out on Columbia VHS. Despite my nitpicking, I really appreciate the list.

The FMC (Fox Movie Channel) is only available in a special package (at least, on my Comcast cable) that is otherwise comprised of sports channels only (which may explain why so few of us have it). Personally, I can't imagine why FMC is buried in a Fox sports package. I can't imagine that it specifically appeals to the sports freaks, and film people probably don't want to pay extra for a bunch of sports channels. I continue to scratch my head about that marketing decision.

Nope, we don't those channels here, though occasionally stations like Drive-In Classics, Scream. or Silver Screen Classics offer up some interesting titles (a lot of widescreen MGM transfers seem to turn up on Scream before playing on US channels).

Thanks for the ELI ACE...mention. I have been waitinng for FMC to run it again.
FMC does have some great programming but they are the WORST in adding new titles.
They run a very small selection over and over and over, year after year. Certain obscure ones like ELI ACE..or COVER ME BABE pop up less frequently and are easier to miss ( especially since they 'improved' their website schedule by making it less usefull ). :(

FYI: EQUINOX is also playing on Flix. Flix is part of the Showtime family so they sometimes play the same stuff and if your cable system is like mine, you might get it as part of your digital lineup.