December 17, 2014

The Dog Farm's Best In Show 2014 - Obscurities From The Bargain Bin And The Best Thing Roger Ebert Ever Wrote That Wasn't A Movie Review

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) screen grab
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) - Cinematic history that will never repeat itself...

     Spring of 2014 saw the third iteration of the Movies At Dog Farm live event, a screening of movies programmed by yours truly hosted periodically at the real world Dog Farm in Timberville, VA.  This time we watched an assortment of flicks often deemed "guilty pleasures" - a term I absolutely loathe - that included The Sentinel (1977), Starship Troopers (1997), and Saturn 3 (1980).  The movie that served as this year's tentpole however was a groovy little number called Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970).

     The appeal of Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls is almost impossible to convey to anyone who hasn't already seen it, but I did the best I could with the post Movies At Dog Farm III - Guilty Pleasures, Now 100% Guilt Free - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970).  For the record, the screening of this Roger Ebert penned oddity directed by renowned boob man Russ Meyer was well received.

     Much earlier in 2014 I posted the year's only addition to the ongoing Dog Farm recurring feature Best Of The Big Lots Bargain Bin entitled It (1967) And The Shuttered Room (1967) - An Obscure Best Of The Big Lots Bargain Bin Double Feature.  It was the first time I ever captured my own screen grabs.  Apparently these two movies are indeed obscure enough that I simply couldn't come up with any pics that suited me otherwise.

It (1967) And The Shuttered Room (1967) - An Obscure Best Of The Big Lots Bargain Bin Double Feature

 Movies At Dog Farm III - Guilty Pleasures, Now 100% Guilt Free - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)

     Please join me again next week when The Dog Farm's Best In Show 2014 continues.


4 comments:

  1. Best thing (among many) that I garnered from your posts this year was the advice to watch The Sentinel. What a movie experience that was!

    Congrats on a great year, and I look forward to the 2015 Dog Farm contributions to my watch lists. Also, I hope you get some more screener copies of Indie Horror films for review. Those are great ways of finding films that I will eventually hunt down and enjoy over a big bowl of popcorn.

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    1. I've been thinking long and hard about topics for the new year, and thus far I've come up with...nothing. Of course, I've also only watched one movie in the last month (Extraterrestrial, which I enjoyed against my better judgement). I'm seeing a lot of titles on everyone's year end lists that I haven't seen yet, so maybe I'll just start watching all of those and then post whether or not I think the individuals listing are right. Everyone seemed to be high on You're Next last year, which I loathed.

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  2. THANK YOU for always giving us all solid reviews and all that you do. HAPPY HOLIDAYS and thank you again for all the help you have offered.

    My Cards:
    http://www.jmhdigital.com/2014/12/say-good-night-to-2014-good-morning-to.html
    http://www.beingretro.com/2014/12/winter-break-i-will-see-you-all-in-2015.html

    Peace!
    Jeremy [Retro]

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    1. ...and thank you, Jeremy, for all of your support from the very beginning. Best wishes for the holidays and beyond!

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