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Only now does it occur to me... BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III
Only now does it occur to me... that Robert Zemeckis, in his infinite wisdom, decided to include an oddly specific homage to the comedy BLIND DATE (1987) in his BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990)....
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Only now does it occur to me... GETTING STRAIGHT
Only now does it occur to me... to say a few words in praise of Harrison Ford's "schmacting"...but mostly to extol the bountiful virtues of not giving a shit.In 1970, Harrison Ford's credited screen...
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R.I.P., Billy Drago
I was very sorry to hear that Billy Drago died today––prolific character actor, cheekbone wonder, menacing Kansan, and portrayer of exquisite madmen. He was one of my favorite eccentric performers in...
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Film Review: THE OUTSIDE MAN (1972, Jacques Doray)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 105 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Jean Louis Trintignant (THE CONFORMIST, AMOUR, Z, MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S, THE GREAT SILENCE), Ann-Margret (TOMMY, BYE BYE BIRDIE, GRUMPY OLD...
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Film Review: DREAMSCAPE (1984, Joseph Ruben)
Stars: 4 of 5. Running Time: 99 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Dennis Quaid (ENEMY MINE, INNERSPACE), Kate Capshaw (INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, SPACECAMP), Max von Sydow (THE SEVENTH SEAL,...
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Interview with Sean Gill in Pleiades
Pleiades, the literary journal at the University of Central Missouri (that recently published my prize-winning short story "The Statement of [REDACTED], Revised") has interviewed me for their website,...
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R.I.P., Rutger Hauer
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." Oh, man. What can I say about Rutger Hauer's death at 75? One of the greatest actors of his––or any––generation, he brought operatic...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE BLACK WINDMILL
Only now does it occur to me... that while THE BLACK WINDMILL is known for being a much-maligned Don Siegel flick featuring a bored Michael Caine as a British secret service agent who is (supposedly)...
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Only now does it occur to me... BRASS TARGET
Only now does it occur to me... that when it comes to speculative historical revisionism, you can hardly get nuttier than the gloriously banal BRASS TARGET (based on the novel, THE ALGONQUIN PROJECT)....
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Theater Review: JIM STEINMAN'S BAT OUT OF HELL––THE MUSICAL (2019, New York...
Bats: 5 of 5. Running Time: 165 minutes, including intermission and curtain call.I don't usually write theater reviews, but I think you'll see why I made an exception for BAT OUT OF HELL––THE...
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Only now does it occur to me... DEATH WATCH
Only now does it occur to me... that I would ever see Harvey Keitel trying to strangle Harry Dean Stanton while Max von Sydow tries to stop the violence.The circumstances of this assault involve a...
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"Imaginos" in Hobart
I have a new essay about Blue Öyster Cult's 1988 album Imaginosonline at Hobart, as a part of their Jukebox Happy Hour series.(Last year, I wrote an essay, also in Hobart, entitled, "The Mysterious...
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"The Abyss Munches Back: On Martin Amis' INVASION OF THE SPACE INVADERS" in...
I have a new essay about Martin Amis' INVASION OF THE SPACE INVADERS (a bizarre arcade "how-to" volume with a cult following) online at Epiphany: A Literary Journal.
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Only now does it occur to me... THE NEW KIDS
Only now does it occur to me... that Sean S. Cunningham has more up his sleeve than merely dead camp counselors, rip-offs of THE ABYSS, or haunted house movies with CHEERS cast members. No, he's an,...
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Only now does it occur to me... DR. MABUSE––THE GAMBLER
Only now does it occur to me... a few thoughts about DR. MABUSE––THE GAMBLER, a criminally underrated work in the Fritz Lang oeuvre. While, like some epics of the era, it doesn't quite have enough plot...
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Sean Gill's "16 More Auteurs Weigh In On Whether 'Marvel Is Cinema'" in Slackjaw
My latest humor piece, "16 More Auteurs Weigh In On Whether 'Marvel Is Cinema'"––in response to the recent dust-ups between Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Marvel––has been published online...
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Sean Gill's "An Inhospitable Place" in Fiction International
My latest short story––an encounter between a man and a mosquito called "An Inhospitable Place"––has been published in the "Body" issue of Fiction International (#52). Fiction International is the...
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Only now does it occur to me... CARLITO'S WAY
Only now does it occur to me... that CARLITO'S WAY is probably one of De Palma's best. It has all the ridiculous vintage spectacle of SCARFACE (i.e., a life of crime occasionally depicted as a sleazy...
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Only now does it occur to me... DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
Only now does it occur to me... that DREAM A LITTLE DREAM is a weapons-grade '80s oddity, a repository of batshit craziness, and one of the strangest, most uneven films to emerge from the decade.The...
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"Rejected Alternatives to Roy Batty's 'Tears in Rain'" in Queen Mob's Teahouse
Since it's 2019, the year in which BLADE RUNNER takes place, my latest humor piece––"Rejected Alternatives to Roy Batty's 'Tears in Rain'"––pays homage to Rutger Hauer's famous monologue and is...
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