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Music Review: JOHN CARPENTER––LIVE RETROSPECTIVE, IN CONCERT (2016,...
Last Friday, it was my pleasure to see John Carpenter––horror master, composer of electronic music, and one of my cinematic heroes––live in concert at the PlayStation Theater in Times Square.Carpenter...
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Film Review: BOB ROBERTS (1992, Tim Robbins)
Stars: 5 of 5.Running Time: 102 minutes.Tag-line: "Vote first. Ask questions later."Notable Cast or Crew: Tim Robbins (THE PLAYER, TAPEHEADS), Giancarlo Esposito (DO THE RIGHT THING, THE USUAL...
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Film Review: THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953, Roy Rowland)
Fingers: 5,000.Running Time: 92 minutes.Tag-line: "The Wonder Musical of the Future!"Notable Cast or Crew: Tommy Rettig (LASSIE, RIVER OF NO RETURN), Hans Conried ("Captain Hook" in Disney's PETER PAN,...
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Only now does it occur to me... HAIL, CAESAR!
Only now does it occur to me... that the Coen Brothers must be closet HIGHLANDER fans. Why else would they cast Clancy "The Kurgan" Brown:and Christopher "Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod" Lambert:in...
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Television Review: ROADRACERS (1994, Robert Rodriguez)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 95 minutes.Tag-line: "Rent all the action!"Notable Cast or Crew: David Arquette (EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS, SCREAM), John Hawkes (DEADWOOD, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN), Salma Hayek...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE LONG HOT SUMMER
Only now does it occur to me... that when weather this stifling comes around, the only solution is to watch some Southern Fried Sleaze-O-Rama! (As previously documented in my reviews of THE BIG EASY,...
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Only now does it occur to me... POUND OF FLESH
Only now does it occur to me... that we may now fulfill our lifelong dream of seeing Jean-Claude Van Damme once again waking from a near-death experience in a bathtub full of ice, since UNIVERSAL...
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"Fanny the Frugal Foodie" at Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival
"Fanny the Frugal Foodie," a short film I wrote and directed (starring Jillaine Gill, and with original music by Jesse Carlson), is set to screen at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival on October 7,...
View ArticleOnly now does it occur to me... A WOMAN'S FACE
Only now does it occur to me... oh, just watch this––it's a little ditty I call "Joan Crawford is Having None of Your Unflattering Light Sources."
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Sean Gill's "Have a Lappie with Linda" in failbetter
I have a new short story called "Have a Lappie with Linda," available online at failbetter, one of the web's oldest and best literary publications, and one I've admired for many years. You may read the...
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Only now does it occur to me... AMERICAN PSYCHO (The Novel)
Only now does it occur to me... that infamous Bret Easton Ellis alter ego "Patrick Bateman"––a Jason Voorhees/Gordon Gekko-hybrid and misogynistic serial murderer who probably attends underground...
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Sean Gill's "Danger Nut" in Spartan
I have a new (very) short story called "Danger Nut" in the Fall 2016 issue of Spartan, a Seattle-based literary journal with a focus on minimalist prose. You may read it online here.
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"The Summoners" on The Monster Channel
In association with the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (PUFF), my short horror film "The Summoners" will be streaming online on The Monster Channel, an online television network whose goal is to...
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"Forthcoming '80s Remakes That Haunt the Nightmares of the Alt-Right" in...
I have a new piece published today at McSweeney's Internet Tendency called "Forthcoming '80s Remakes That Haunt the Nightmares of the Alt-Right," and you can read it online here. (Another humor piece I...
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Only now does it occur to me... BLUE THUNDER
Only now does it occur to me... that I waited way too long to watch BLUE THUNDER.Directed by John Badham (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, WARGAMES), and written by Dan O'Bannon (ALIEN, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING...
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Sean Gill's "Consider the Duckling (A Poem for Lucio Fulci)" in Sein und Werden
My latest poem, "Consider the Duckling (A Poem for Lucio Fulci),"may be read online in the Fall, "Giallo"-themed issue of the British literary magazine Sein und Werden. It is likely the first-ever poem...
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Only now does it occur to me... HELLRAISER IV: BLOODLINE
Only now does it occur to me... that HELLRAISER IV: BLOODLINE wants to have its cake and eat it, too. Particularly, it wants to have its "Let them eat cake"-cake, with extended 18th Century flashbacks...
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Welcome to "Prophecy" Week!
Dear Readers, we'll be getting into the Halloween spirit this week by watching two horror films with "Prophecy" in the title. Namely John Frankenheimer's PROPHECY (1978) and Gregory Widen's THE...
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Only now does it occur to me... PROPHECY
Only now does it occur to me... that PROPHECY constructs a perfect visual metaphor for itself in its opening scene.To first put this in perspective, PROPHECY is a clumsy (but lovably nutty) 1970s...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE PROPHECY
Only now does it occur to me... how in the hell did they succeed in making THE PROPHECY so boring?Let's begin at the beginning: this is an apocalyptic, supernatural horror movie (from the writer of...
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