Cast a Deadly Spell

 

spaced99 turned me on to this earlier today on the news of Fred Ward's passing. I am big on private detectives. HBO movie from 1991 that is acclaimed. With Clancy Brown, Julianne Moore, David Warner, Charles Hallahan, Raymond O'Connor. H.P. Lovecraft private detective at that. Directed by Martin Campbell. Found on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_a_Deadly_Spell

https://spectrumculture.com/2019/04/10/criminally-underrated-cast-a-deadly-spell/

https://morbidlybeautiful.com/daily-dig-cast-a-deadly-spell-1991/

Fred Ward, RIP

 

Goddammit. Remo is dead. Long live Remo Williams. Fred Ward died on May 8th at 79. He will be missed.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/13/1098760992/actor-fred-ward-dies

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/remo-williams-adventure-begins.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/miami-blues-1990.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/vinegar-pie-by-charles-willeford.html

Vinegar pie recipe from Miami Blues.

Miami Blues (1990)

 

Directed by George Armitage. Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh. DVD coming up next. Charles Willeford book. Tak Fujimoto cinematography. Vinegar pie. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Blues

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/miami-blues-1990

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/vinegar-pie-by-charles-willeford.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/charles-willeford.html

https://thedissolve.com/reviews/1545-miami-blues/

https://www.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-miami-blues-1798213487

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

 

Free With Ads on Youtube. I was scrolling through something recently and saw a blurb for a bad movie podcast that railed against this as a legitimately terrible, rotten movie. How can you have a bad movie podcast and have no appreciation for Remo Williams? This is why I don't listen to bad movie podcasts. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Fred Ward. Joel Grey. Kate Mulgrew. The TV pilot had Roddy McDowall playing the Joel Grey Asian character. Recommended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remo_Williams:_The_Adventure_Begins

https://www.bulletproofaction.com/2016/11/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-remo-williams/

https://filmschoolrejects.com/remo-williams-the-adventure-begins-1985/

Vinegar Pie by Charles Willeford

Miami Blues. Fred Ward as Hoke Moseley. 

https://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2012/12/any-vinegar-pie-eaters-out-there.html

Vinegar Pie from Miami Blues by Charles Willeford:

Vinegar Pie:

Pastry for a nine-inch crust

1 cup seedless raisins, all chopped up

1/4 cup soft butter

2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon allspice

4 eggs, large, separated

3 tablespoons 5-percent vinegar

1 pinch of salt

Cream the butter well with sugar. Add spices and blend well. Beat in yolks with a beater till smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped raisins with a wooden spoon. Beat egg whites with a dash of salt until they are soft, then slide onto sugar mixture. Cut and fold lightly but well. Turn into pastry-lined pan. Bake fifteen minutes in pre-heated 425 degree oven. Reduce heat to 300 and bake for twenty minutes longer, or until top is browned and center of filling is jellylike. Cool before cutting.

 https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-03-29-9203271142-story.html