“Turn the key, see what happens,” are the instructions for an oversized, sardonically grinning toy monkey that two young twins, Hal & Bill (both played by Christian Convery) discover among their errant father’s possessions. But when they do turn the…
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It’s hard for me to remember the many years during the 70s that I used to hitchhike from Provincetown to NYC in the fall with my backpack filled with tickets for the NY Film Festival. It was always one of…
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Gregg Araki is one of the truly great queer maverick directors. His brilliant, thrillingly transgressive, teen apocalypse trilogy is given the classy Criterion treatment this month on Blu-ray. But don’t be fooled- each film is like having an incendiary device…
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So many rare treats on Blu-ray this month- from dazzling MGM musicals to rare Warner Oland Fu Manchu thrillers, to a great new horror film from director Ti West, a memorably creepy film about alien abduction, Paul Verhoeven’s racy tale…
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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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Befuddled about what to stuff in those stockings hanging over the fireplace? Try any of these Blu-ray gems to add joy and fear for the holidays. Horror Of Dracula (Warner Archive) Hammer Studios’ 1958 masterpiece starring Christopher Lee as…
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