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THE EVERLASTING VINTAGE at the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
My time-travel horror film, The Everlasting Vintage, will be screening this year as an official selection at the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival, in association with ValleyCon. It will screen on...
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Book Review: THE FOG: THE NOVELIZATION (1980, Dennis Etchison)
Stars: 3.7 of 5.Length: 180 pages.Publisher: Bantam Books, NY.Tag-line: "The terror filled novel– based on a motion picture written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill."Back cover blurb: "Before the...
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Sean Gill Films on display at Purdue University Galleries
Two of my short films– "Makin' a Martini" and "Do You Want to Go to the Circus? Do You Want to Go to the Circus" will be screening on loop as a part of a horror-art exhibition called "Big Fat Scary...
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Film Review: HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (2002, Rick Rosenthal)
Stars: 1 of 5.Running Time: 94 minutes.Notable Cast and Crew: Jamie Lee Curtis (HALLOWEEN, PERFECT, PROM NIGHT, TERROR TRAIN), Busta Rhymes (SHAFT '00, NARC), Tyra Banks (THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR,...
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Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: 5 Year Anniversary!
Only now does it occur to me... that today is actually the five year anniversary of this blog! JCVD was similarly taken by surprise.I wish I had a better review for you today than HALLOWEEN:...
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Television Review: SILENT PREDATORS (1999, Noel Nosseck)
Stars: 2.5 of 5.Running Time: 91 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Directed by Noel Nosseck (TORNADO!, FRENCH SILK). Written by five people (count 'em!): John Carpenter, Matt Dorff (CAMPUS MAN),...
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Book Review: HALLOWEEN III SEASON OF THE WITCH: THE NOVELIZATION (1982,...
Stars: 3 of 5.Length: 228 pages.Publisher: Jove Publications, NY.Tag-line: "The night no one comes home. The new screen shocker by Jack Martin based on a screenplay by Tommy Lee Wallace– a John...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE FLY II
Only now does it occur to me... that Eric Stolz may have been fired as Marty McFly, but eventually he did get to be "Martin the Fly." It seems too weirdly specific to be mere coincidence.By the sound...
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Only now does it occur to me... BULLET TO THE HEAD
Only now does it occur to me... that I would ever witness the following tableau: A drugged-out, minor henchman played by Christian Slater (in a fox mask), partying at a low-rent version of EYES WIDE...
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Film Review: THE SANDPIPER (1965, Vincent Minnelli)
Stars: 2 of 5.Running Time: 117 minutes.Tag-line: "She gave men a taste of life that made them hunger for more!"Notable Cast or Crew: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles...
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Film Review: MOONRAKER (1979, Lewis Gilbert)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 126 minutes.Tag-line: "From the most exotic locations on Earth, MOONRAKER will take you out of this world!"Notable Cast or Crew: Roger Moore (THE QUEST, LIVE AND LET DIE),...
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Only now does it occur to me... MERCURY RISING
Only now does it occur to me... well, a few things.From the writers of Burton's PLANET OF THE APES and Cannon's SUPERMAN IV comes an inspiring tale in the slick/big budget/all-star cast/conspiracy...
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Only now does it occur to me... in the wake of similar salutes to Ed Harris, James Remar, and Jean-Claude Van Damme– my tribute to Christopher Walken dance mania!
View ArticleComing in January 2014: 10 Years of Junta Juleil Productions
Most of my longtime readers will know that Junta Juleil's Culture Shock is not my only creative outlet. Though this blog celebrated its five-year anniversary this fall, my film and theater production...
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MAKIN' A MARTINI and Sean Gill live at the PIT, December 19th
As a part of Amie Amis and Zahra Hashemian's Le Petit Autobus, I will be presenting my celebrated short film Makin' a Martini and doing a live, "twisted astrological reading" on December 19th at 7:00...
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Film Review: VAMPIRES: LOS MUERTOS (2002, Tommy Lee Wallace)
Stars: 2.5 of 5.Running Time: 93 minutes.Tag-line: "John Carpenter's VAMPIRES took you to the edge of terror... now get ready to cross the border."Notable Cast or Crew: Jon Bon Jovi of "Bon Jovi",...
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Film Review: JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996, Brian Levant)
Stars: 2.9 of 5.Running Time: 94 minutes.Tag-line: "Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners."Notable Cast or Crew: Arnold Schwarzenegger (COMMANDO, PREDATOR), Sinbad (FIRST KID, GOOD BURGER), Phil Hartman...
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Only now does it occur to me... BLUE CHIPS
Only now does it occur to me... that BLUE CHIPS is all about setting new standards. One is the O'Neal/O'Neill standard: never before or since have Shaquille and Ed put aside their spelling...
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Only now does it occur to me... MARKED FOR DEATH
Only now does it occur to me... that prior to Danny Trejo hunting Steven Seagal in MACHETE, Steven Seagal chased Danny Trejo: and all the way to a showdown at the Club 'Tecate!'In a more general sense,...
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Only now does it occur to me... MOTEL HELL
Only now does it occur to me... that John Ratzenberger (a.k.a. "Cliff Clavin" from CHEERS) was once in a quasi-folk-punk band called "Ivan and the Terribles."Ratzenberger's on the far right, madly...
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