Lately, not surprisingly, I’ve been thinking a lot about paranoia. But in movies, not in crackpot political conspiracy theories. It takes me back to a batch of movies that were permeated with a dark strain of pessimistic dread. I mentioned…
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Keegan Allen (King Cobra) plays Cole, a good-looking, arrogant, internet vlogger, who has built a 10-year international fan base watching his goofy antics traveling the globe, taking crazy risks, and always looking for the next thrill. The original title…
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More insanity on Blu-ray this month- from early body-horror from director David Cronenberg; sublime Bob Hope horror comedies; a little known black comedy starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld; an exquisite indie film from Bette Gordon; a new feature from…
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I was quite young when I saw The Incredible Shrinking Man in a movie theater but the film had a profound effect on me. It was the story of Robert Scott Carey, on vacation with his wife on a boat…
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A beautiful stately manor house in England, located far from anyone, amid green, rolling hills. This is the setting for a home invasion tale that goes spectacularly, violently, wrong in director Julius Berg’s tense thriller. Mary (Maisie Williams, Arya Stark…
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Alright, I admit it. I do miss theater. There is something about the experience you can have in a theater that is like nothing else. I still remember reeling out of theaters still shaking from what I just saw. Seeing…
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A horror/western hybrid with a good cast, that you wish was better and scarier than it is. After a botched train robbery, the Dalton gang heads for a nearby town to get medical attention for their wounded leader Duncan (Zachary…
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Most kids love dinosaurs. I remember when I was very young being dazzled by an ad on the back of a comic book that offered a 6 ft. Tyrannosaurus Rex. I sent in my money and weeks later a thin…
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Another fabulous month of eclectic, crackpot Blu-rays. From gorgeous restorations of pre-Code shockers; a 4K “steelbook” of a zombie classic; an exploitation gem about the dangers of weed; a film based on a controversial Jean Genet play; some classic Universal…
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A while back I wrote an article about a series of movies I call WTF Cinema– films that are so whacked-out and weird they defy quick characterization. But since then, I realized there were plenty of titles I forgot. Movies…
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