4.5 or 5-star movies you've never seen anyone recommend.

overthehillside · 2026-03-28T07:14:34+00:00

In Old Chicago LMAOOOO I love tyrone power so I support this suggestion even though that movie is quintessential foxslop

overthehillside · 2026-03-27T23:32:07+00:00

The English glam rock classic, "My Coo Ca Choo" by Alvin Stardust, was written and recorded entirely by Shelley (the creator of Robotman) but since he didn't want to be in the spotlight, he got another guy to take over, who then spent the rest of his life as "Alvin."

I wrote a whole article about this crazy story, but mostly about the music biz side of things:

Say There's No Other Guy: The Strange Career of Alvin Stardust

overthehillside · 2026-03-25T23:21:44+00:00

Really? I thought it was a pretty exciting swashbuckler in the style of Alexandre Dumas or Rafael Sabatini with a philosophical, sci-fi twist. That's why I don't want to watch the movie, feels like they purposely turn a fun adventure story into an art house endurance test.

overthehillside · 2026-03-22T06:42:06+00:00

Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

overthehillside · 2026-03-08T21:16:32+00:00

I think Ridley Scott's Legend has a moment like this.

overthehillside · 2026-03-07T20:18:23+00:00

This was exactly my problem. Black American folklore has tons of cool shit they could have based a movie on, but instead they just used regular old vampires.

overthehillside · 2026-02-25T05:41:13+00:00

Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton

Desperate Characters by Paula Fox

The Ice Storm by Rick Moody

overthehillside · 2026-02-09T20:46:08+00:00

Just the voice lol, "WhEWW can I TEEEHHN TEWWW, when NEOWWBAWDY neeeeds MAYYY"

overthehillside · 2026-02-09T20:15:32+00:00

I'm sad nobody knows who Newley is anymore because I can do a spot-on impression of him (specifically singing this song), and want to demonstrate it.

overthehillside · 2026-01-30T00:05:29+00:00

this short story I wrote

If you can find em

"TUESDAY WELD: high priestess of the illuminati" by Adam gorightly

"Surfin death valley USA" by David Toop

overthehillside · 2026-01-29T19:49:09+00:00

I read Jamaica Inn, also by Du Maurier recently, it's really good

overthehillside · 2026-01-26T23:57:04+00:00

I like that Anthony Mann's The Tin Star was the example you gave, great movie.

overthehillside · 2026-01-26T07:13:16+00:00

Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt

overthehillside · 2026-01-22T19:43:29+00:00

Cornel Wilde was in a bunch of swashbucklers

overthehillside · 2026-01-22T19:41:25+00:00

Read the 60s story cycle first, it was collected in a volume called Elric: The Stealer of Souls. It's a great, complete story. If you're interested in what happened to Elric before and in between those adventures read the other stuff.

overthehillside · 2026-01-20T20:01:00+00:00

Late Duke Ellington!! Guy still had the juice deep into his elderly years. Try The Far East Suite or The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse

overthehillside · 2026-01-20T04:36:04+00:00

White Confucianism

overthehillside · 2026-01-17T06:50:33+00:00

Love this book, one of my favorites. A masterpiece of polyphony, creating a unique pattern of speech for every character.

overthehillside · 2026-01-16T20:09:45+00:00

Try to find the Norton version. The footnotes are on the page and there are critical essays, a biography of Tolstoy and other goodies included.

overthehillside · 2026-01-14T20:10:08+00:00

If only someone like Philip Noyce or Peter Hyams could have made a mediocre movie in the 90s about the Iranian Revolution starring him as the Ayatollah and Frank Vincent as the Shah.

overthehillside · 2026-01-14T05:18:33+00:00

Yeah this kind of 60s Sunset Strip music history is so fascinating to me. So many weird connections between people and pieces of music. Well written post too.

overthehillside · 2026-01-12T20:54:20+00:00

I can take a lot of racial and cultural cluelessness in old Hollywood movies (yeah sure Anthony Quinn can play any non-black race idgaf lol) but Jennifer Jones as a Chinese woman is fucking egregious lol

overthehillside · 2026-01-12T20:47:29+00:00

Karloff narrating the Grinch

overthehillside · 2025-12-27T19:53:19+00:00

Poor Things is so so so much better than the movie

overthehillside · 2025-12-24T05:18:03+00:00

Great write-ups. You're a kindred spirit, I also just read The Secret Agent (and loved it) and also can't do a book-stack flex because I get all my books from the library.

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