TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

This week, we delve into the archives of the NBC Movie of the Week to highlight a chilling thriller that captivated audiences on October 26th, 1992 – In The Deep Woods . Before we plunge into the mysterious narrative of this gripping film, let's take a moment to reflect on the enduring legacy of the NBC Monday Movie and its midweek companions, Tuesday and Wednesday Night at the Movies. We do so in honor of the 97th anniversary of the launch NBC, which on November 15th, 1926, debuted with a four hour radio broadcast from the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. The NBC Monday Movie, a television series that graced screens every Monday night from 1963 to 1999, was originally introduced as "NBC Monday Night at the Movies." In 1965, a shift to Tuesdays led to a name change, rebranding the series as "The NBC Tuesday Night Movie." Movies of the week were HUGE on all of the major networks across the 80's and 90's. These shows weren't ju...

We've got the best of Pam, and the worst of Pam. But either way we're about to drop some wisdom on you but first we'll start with the foolishness. Are you ready for some Pam spam? If ever we’ve overreached to connect the dots of our content to what's up in the world, then we're about to outdo ourselves. This week we bring you two thesps. Well one. But two people nonetheless all up on our screens.  Renée Zellweger and Pamela Anderson.  We have been barraged lately with ads on  The Thing About Pam starring  two-time Academy-Award winner Renée Zellweger in the titular role. Speaking of titular, Pamela Anderson has been all over our screens lately as well. From the new year's kickoff of Hulu's Pam and Tommy to Pam's latest announcement that she's going to sell err tell her "real" story to Netflix. Big shout out to the Pams this week and in their honor, when you decide you want to get another taste of Renée, tune into sweeping romantic epic  T...

This post was originally published on (7/22/21) and updated on (2/15/22) . What better way to celebrate the 2022 Winter Olympic Games than with a deep cut absolutely worth every inappropriate, animated moment.  Allow us to introduce... Animalympics . In this "animalated" film, critters from all around the world gather to stage and compete in their own Olympic games, which feature a variety of summer and winter sporting events. It's super funny and totally bizarre - especially the Winter games. Snow doubt about it. The film also represents a piece of cinematic history. Animalympics was commissioned by NBC in 1978 as a couple of specials to run parallel to the 1980 Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics in Moscow. But following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics and NBC shelved the coverage and the Animalympics special which did not rear its head again until July 4, 1982. Now as we face down another "cold war" ...