ANDY ROONEY and POLITICAL CORRECTSPEAK

9 Oct
Michael Cartel from the Valley Vantage 1992 CLICK TO...
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A KILLER STORM SAVES A SLOW DAY IN THE NEWS

4 Nov
By Michael Cartel   “What a wonderful picture! Blood all over him – and exclusive too!” the city editor of Joseph Pulitzer’s Evening World said when handed a photo of the assassinated New York City mayor at the moment of...
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‘FIRE IN THE SKY’ PUSHES THE LIMITS OF FICTION SCIENCE

14 Oct
by Mike Cartel “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
” – H. L. Mencken “Based on a true story,” the press kit for Fire in the Sky breathlessly declares “of the Arizona logger whose abduction by...
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WEIRD ON TOP AND WILD AT HEART

7 Oct
Wild At Heart by Mike Cartel (The Valley Vantage, 1990) In the bizarre world of David Lynch everyone is otherworldly-challenged while facing a damascascene moment to ponder. Without commercial restraints with Wild At Heart, Lynch has auteured a film emptying...
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WELCOME – DEATH VALLEY WORM RANCH

18 Jul
Mike Cartel at the Ritz (Alamo Draft House Cinema) in Austin, Texas for the Premiere of "Runaway Nightmare."

Mike Cartel at the Ritz (Alamo Draft House Cinema) in Austin, Texas
for the Premiere of Runaway Nightmare

 

RN Bev 3 The Grindhouse Film Festival presented, at the New Beverly Cinema, the Los Angeles theatrical premiere of Runaway Nightmare with Brian Quinn hosting, Mike Cartel introducing (with Q&A) and a SURPRISE REUNION! – MORE on the NEWS PAGE

 

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Mari and Mike '77

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The rest of the original Runaway Nightmare soundtrack on the MUSIC page.

MIKE CARTEL’s POSTS from SATIRE to SERIOUS to SAVAGE

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                  WATCH RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE, the Cult film by Mike Cartel on FANDOR 

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Now Watch Runaway Nightmare on MUBICLICK HERE: RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE at MUBI

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My father Eldon, seeing me off to Vietnam. My father Eldon, seeing me off to Vietnam in 1968.

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