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- Created: 04 October 2019
- Published: 04 October 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Joker was frightening proposition for this reviewer, who has been a lifelong Batman fanatic. Firstly because it presumed to make the focus of its narrative on one of the greatest antagonists in storytelling history, without the hero; secondly because it wasn’t going to stick with ...
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- Created: 03 May 2020
- Published: 03 May 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
"What happened to us? How did we all get here...?" With those questions, Captain Lansen (Eric Porter) watches as a coffin is slid into the orange-tinted sea. Standing next to the captain of the Corita, a tramp steamer, are priests, pirates, conquistadors, and his crew and, as the camera ...
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- Created: 13 January 2020
- Published: 13 January 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Tenacious is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Sylvester Stallone. He was once one of the highest-paid and most successful actors in cinema’s history, and, like most, has had his fair share of career highlights and—lets be kind—lulls. ...
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- Created: 03 May 2020
- Published: 03 May 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
The Beachwood and Franklin community in Hollywood will never be the same once Mom moves in! Over-the-top and mad as hell, Mom is a late-night gem that hounds of horror will definitely dig. ...
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- Created: 05 September 2019
- Published: 05 September 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
When Stephen King’s doorstop novel was adapted for TV in the 90’s, it accomplished what shouldn’t have been possible. King’s novel is a behemoth tome, with dozens of characters, and was one of his truly graphic forays into the horror genre for ...
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- Created: 28 April 2020
- Published: 28 April 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Psychological thrillers don't get any more disturbing than what goes down in the four walls of The Mafu Cage! Ellen (Lee Grant) just can’t escape her sister, Cissy, but, boy, would she love to be rid of her. It might just take a tribal ceremony to get it done, too! ...
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- Created: 20 December 2019
- Published: 20 December 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
There are touchstone pictures that transcend any generation, no matter when they were born, that fall under the MUST WATCH category. They are masterpieces. Films like Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre, (I know! Bogart nut) it doesn’t matter. If you are a film aficionado, a general viewer, a ...
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- Created: 25 April 2020
- Published: 25 April 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
It’s the fuzz tones, man. It’s all about the fuzz! What would you do if a producer came up to you and your cousin and said he’d give you $100,000 to make a movie, but it had to be a biker flick and it had to be R-rated? You’d make that damn movie, of course. Thus ...
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- Created: 20 September 2019
- Published: 20 September 2019
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Polish the silver, set out the good china, and put a kettle on. The Crawleys are back! Fans of the popular PBS television series that aired for six seasons can once again spend a little time at the sprawling English countryside estate as the film version of Downton Abbey finally hits theaters. And even ...
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- Created: 22 April 2020
- Published: 22 April 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
“Look, You got a limp and I got tits; these aren't great things to have in the military. So, why don't we pair up and get through the course as best as we can?” ...
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- Created: 18 December 2019
- Published: 18 December 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
The Bourne series is currently five films in (as of the writing of this article) and had definitively made its mark in the action/spy genre. In a perfect storm of confluences, it hit its mark with an audience desperate to break with convention and be given something unseen in the ...
Read more: Bourne: The Ultimate Collection - 4K Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 21 April 2020
- Published: 21 April 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Musical? Who needs a musical? We only need the music and a floor to dance upon! The 1960s are alive and well in the capable hands of John Waters. Hairspray hasn’t aged a day since its initial release in 1988 and that ...
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- Created: 02 December 2019
- Published: 02 December 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Misery is just about this reviewer’s favorite Stephen King adaptation. Its director, Rob Reiner, was the only one entrusted with that adaptation because the author knew the director would adapt it well. The reason that King knew he would adapt it well ...
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- Created: 20 April 2020
- Published: 20 April 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Vampires! Swordfights! Making whoopee with Caroline Munro in a stable! It’s all here in Hammer’s classic Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, easily my favorite Hammer film ...
Read more: Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 20 November 2019
- Published: 24 November 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
I don’t cry in movies. It’s just not my way. But I have to confess that twenty years ago, upon sitting down to watch Steven Speilberg’s World War II magnum opus, the recreation of the Normandy invasion put a lump in my throat and fogged my eyes with tears for its ...
