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40 Years of Death Wish 3: A Celebration
The Summer of 1985. While I was spending six weeks in Indiana with my maniacal grandmother, learning that yes, a 12-year-old…
Great Cocksmen of the American Presidency (Who Are Not Bill Clinton)
Finally, a list without Jimmy Carter.
A Few Ruthless Movie Villains
Here are A Few Ruthless Movie Villains. Villains have been part of movies since their inception. We love them, we love…
Commando
Homoeroticism? More than you could possibly imagine. I mean all the crap about Arnold being Der Gropin’fuhrer was just a rightwing-ruse…
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Three Guesses as To Why the Most Successful Movie Franchise is the Least Culturally Impactful: -or- Why Avatar Fire and Ash will make a lot of money and leave no legacy.
Read more: Three Guesses as To Why the Most Successful Movie Franchise is the Least Culturally Impactful: -or- Why Avatar Fire and Ash will make a lot of money and leave no legacy.I spent 3 and a half hours, over an eighth of my day, in a theater watching this. And less than an hour later the details are already running like water out of my mind and memory
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Kesey & The Cuckoo’s
Read more: Kesey & The Cuckoo’sI’m not sure why I’m such a fan of the sixties, but I am. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived a past life there that keeps haunting some subconscious part of my current being
THE ABC’s
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Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Six): Aliens -or- The ABC’s of Alien Movies
Read more: Movies That Foment Primal Fear (Part Six): Aliens -or- The ABC’s of Alien MoviesJules Verne provided us with the technology and the initial curiosity: “I wonder what’s out there? Let’s build a spaceship and find out!”
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The ABC’s of Traveling: The Joys of Flying Edition
Read more: The ABC’s of Traveling: The Joys of Flying EditionEveryone has heard the old adage, “Even if you are traveling to Hell, you have to go through Atlanta first”. If you are flying in the Eastern part of The United States, this is an accurate assessment.
MOVIES
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The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume I: Loose Cannons (1990)
Read more: The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume I: Loose Cannons (1990)I would watch Gene Hackman read from a phone book. Or take a nap. Hell, I’d even stare intently while Gene took a shit. So it stands to reason that when presented with the opportunity to watch one of Hollywood’s finest actors turn his talents to comedy, I would welcome the chance as if being…
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The Poseidon Adventure
Read more: The Poseidon AdventureI’ve had it with this motherfuckin water on this motherfuckin boat.
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The Unsung: Jack, Husbands and Wives (1992)
Read more: The Unsung: Jack, Husbands and Wives (1992)Sydney Pollack is, for my money, the greatest actor who just happened to be a world class director. In addition to helming Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Three Days of the Condor, and Jeremiah Johnson, he also collected an Academy Award, even if it was for a film (Out of Africa) that didn’t quite…
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Exploring the Evolution of Horror Films Over Decades
Read more: Exploring the Evolution of Horror Films Over DecadesHorror films have a particular position in our shared imagination. They portray what frightens us at any moment in time. From silent, dark classics to contemporary supernatural pop thrillers.
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The 15 Minute Rule: Abandon Ship on the Following Movies
Read more: The 15 Minute Rule: Abandon Ship on the Following MoviesWatching some movies is like riding a submarine into the deep. The pressure of outright bad threatens to crush the soul of the innocent viewer. Surface before you get too deep.
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Monster From Green Hell (1957)
Read more: Monster From Green Hell (1957)As a right thinking American, you know the greatest threats to our way of life in the 1950s was the godless commies, and I state this with all the fear and loathing it engenders, Radiation.
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The Unsung: Joyce Lakeland, The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Read more: The Unsung: Joyce Lakeland, The Killer Inside Me (1976)I’ve only seen her twice, but I’ve never been more in love. I fell hard after seeing her in 1972’s Fat City, a film so unrelentingly perfect, I wanted to bottle the emotion and save it for an inevitable downturn in mood.
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Under the Burning Sun (2025)
Read more: Under the Burning Sun (2025)Under the Burning Sun is George Miller’s Furiosa meets Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge, with echoes of I Spit On Your Grave and Boys Don’t Cry, the (literal) water carried by a lead performance reminiscent of Jodie Foster’s Nell.
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All In: The Poker Movie (2012) Review: Exploring How Poker Got So Cool
Read more: All In: The Poker Movie (2012) Review: Exploring How Poker Got So CoolBelieve it or not, poker wasn’t always an attractive card game to play. Looking back at its portrayal in the mainstream media before the turn of the century, director Douglas Tirola notes that you’ll primarily run into movies like Risky Business (1983) and Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
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