For someone like me that was practically breastfed in a movie theater, it surprised me how strange it was to first step into one after the pandemic. And to see this massive movie palace filled with only three ticket holders…
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My idea of hell is being ball-gagged and strapped to a chair while a gaggle of obnoxious children in choir robes scream The 12 Days of Christmas in my face. Even my mother would bristle with fury when that tune came on…
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Director Sean Baker’s exhilarating dark comedy is about an unlovable loser and washed-up porn star Mikey Saber (Simon Rex), who shows up broke and beaten-up back in his Texas hometown looking for a place to crash with his ex-wife (excellent…
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It must be Christmas if there are new Blu-rays of many of my all-time favorite films. From the brutal and amazing Lady in a Cage, to Nicholas Ray’s fascinating Party Girl, to a restoration of Robert Altman’s brilliant neo-noir The…
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When I think “Thanksgiving,” I think “pancreas.” It was on that celebratory November day back in the early 70s when, after partaking of a memorably delicious Thanksgiving with friends, my pancreas literally exploded and I was rushed to a hospital…
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For as long as I can remember I’ve ached to see a bizarre Japanese horror film called Moju (Blind Beast) and now it’s here in Blu-ray thanks to Arrow Video in a beautiful widescreen uncut version. I remember salivating over…
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A veritable Thanksgiving feast for Blu-ray fanatics including Paul Morrissey’s Flesh for Frankenstein, and some very rare 40s thrillers from Kino that I never dreamed I would own like Among the Living and The Mad Doctor. Also, 4k Blu-rays of…
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“Everything’s weird underwater,” says Ben (James Jagger) to comfort his skittish girlfriend Tina (Camille Rowe) as they plan to dive down in a remote lake in Southwest France to explore (on camera) an entire house buried underwater. In directors Alexandre…
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What’s the scariest film of all time? Some say Psycho, some The Texas Chainsaw Masacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street. For many there was nothing to equal the first time they saw Night of the Living Dead. But for me,…
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To be honest, MHz Choice kept me sane during the pandemic. This superior streaming service has riveting TV series from around the globe- mystery series from Denmark, thrillers from Germany, procedurals from Sweden, first-rate dramas from Italy. I found myself…
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