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Film Review: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1995, John Carpenter)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 99 minutes.Tag-line: "Beware the children."Notable Cast or Crew: Christopher Reeve (SUPERMAN, SOMEWHERE IN TIME), Kirstie Alley (CHEERS, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN),...
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Film Review: BLACK ROSES (1988, John Fasano)
Stars: 3.5 of 5.Running Time: 90 minutes.Tag-line: "Turn up the volume, turn down the lights, but don't watch it alone!"Notable Cast or Crew: John Martin (DAYS OF OUR LIVES, THE YOUNG AND THE...
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Only now does it occur to me... BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, "HALLOWEEN" (2x06)
Only now does it occur to me... that the second season BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER episode "Halloween" is essentially an hour-long homage to underrated horror classic HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH!...
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Sean Gill's "Lunchboxing" in the Old Northwest Review
My latest short story "Lunchboxing" may be found in Volume II of the Old Northwest Review, a literary journal dedicated to the aesthetics and and culture of the greater Midwest. It is available for...
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Only now does it occur to me... ANGEL, "THE RING" (1x16)
Only now does it occur to me... that ANGEL, spin-off of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, once had an episode (entitled "The Ring") which depicted a Demon Kumite. Fans of BLOODSPORT rejoice–––this is the kind...
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Only now does it occur to me... CHILD'S PLAY 3
Only now does it occur to me... that just when I thought I couldn't talk about HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCHany morethanIalready do, it rears its beautiful head once more and they reference it in...
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Only now does it occur to me... NIGHTBREED
Only now does it occur to me... that in a dark, phantasmagorical carnival filled with wall-to-wall imaginative demons,creatures,and nightmarish concepts...that David Cronenberg would come out of left...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND
Only now does it occur to me... that as we prepare for the long holiday weekend, the question we must ask ourselves is, "Shall we make this weekend an OSTERMAN WEEKEND?" The answer is, indubitably,...
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Only now does it occur to me... FLATBED ANNIE AND SWEETIEPIE: LADY TRUCKERS
Only now does it occur to me... that a full five years before he played one in the seminal REPO MAN, Harry Dean Stanton was already repossessing vehicles across the American West in FLATBED ANNIE AND...
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Lesser Lester Week
You probably know the work of two-fisted action master Mark L. Lester from films like COMMANDO, CLASS OF 1984, FIRESTARTER, and SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO.Lester explains to Arnold that the proper...
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Only now does it occur to me... BETRAYAL (a.k.a. LADY JAYNE: KILLER)
To begin "Lesser Lester" week:Only now does it occur to me... that although it ended as hilariously and disastrously as a television series possibly can, and though it peaked near its halfway mark...
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Only now does it occur to me... HITMAN'S RUN
"Lesser Lester"Week Continues:Only now does it occur to me... that Richard Donner's ASSASSINS (1995, starring Stallone, Banderas, and Julianne Moore) was apparently enough of a 'thing' to inspire some...
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Only now does it occur to me... CROSSWORLDS
Only now does it occur to me... that you all needed to see Rutger Hauer repelling mystical, trans-dimensional, early CGI force energy with his bare hands.Keep up the good work!
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Film Review: DIE HARD (1988, John McTiernan)
Stars: 5 of 5. Running Time: 131 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Starring Bruce Willis (BLIND DATE, HUDSON HAWK), Bonnie Bedelia (SALEM'S LOT, THE BOY WHO COULD FLY), Reginald VelJohnson (GHOSTBUSTERS,...
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Only now does it occur to me... SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
Only now does it occur to me... that SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY tries to do for drinking fountains what PSYCHO did for showers!To illustrate my point, here are a few screen captures from two separate...
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Happy birthday, Carpy!
Well, it's been a hell of a rough week, with the losses of David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and Angus Scrimm. In lieu of depressing myself any further, I thought I'd pay tribute to something a little more...
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Film Review: THE BROOD (1979, David Cronenberg)
Stars: 5 of 5.Running Time: 92 minutes.Tag-line: "The Ultimate Experience Of Inner Terror."Notable Cast or Crew: Oliver Reed (THE DEVILS, WOMEN IN LOVE, SITTING TARGET), Samantha Eggar (DOCTOR...
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#3 MEN AND A BABY (1987, Leonard Nimoy)THE 3 MUSKETEERS (1973, Richard Lester)3 WOMEN (1977, Robert Altman) THE 5TH ELEMENT (1997, Luc Besson)7 DAYS IN MAY (1964, John Frankenheimer)THE 10TH KINGDOM...
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Only now does it occur to me... BONE TOMAHAWK
Only now does it occur to me... that Sid Haig and David Arquette ought to co-star in a full-fledged buddy comedy. Their dynamic here––as a couple of bumbling, cutthroat highwaymen––only lasts for a few...
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Only now does it occur to me... VINYL
Only now does it occur to me... that the "Long-Haired Rocker"––on the left-hand side, in the orange and brown faux-silk shirt––bears a certain resemblance to the proprietor of this blog:And indeed it...
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