When people crave action movies it’s easy to head for the James Bond films or the Jason Bourne, Mission Impossible or Die Hard franchises. Or any John Woo film. But there are a few kick-ass, action-packed, cinematic excesses that I…
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So many brain-melting cult films are out on Blu-ray this month. Not to mention a great box set of films by Luis Bunuel; a restored Nick & Nora Charles mystery; an exploitation movie about a gorilla-worshiping tribe in the Congo;…
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For me the best thing about the new year is that I finally get to watch the final season of one of the truly great TV series- Spiral, streaming on MHz Choice. When people talk about some of the best…
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Now, we don’t watch cheesy horror and sci-fi movies for the witty, sparkling repartee. But occasionally one of these low budget wonders lets loose with dialogue that makes you laugh out loud. Over the years, I keep a notepad ready…
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During the depths of the pandemic I found myself re-watching a wacky Warner Brothers musical from the 1930s- Ready, Willing and Able– the one where Ruby Keeler dances atop a giant typewriter at the end of the film. This time…
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Sometimes I can get in a wormhole on YouTube, especially when I’m in the mood for an “old dark house” movie from the 30s and the 40s. I just get a hankering for cantankerous families gathered at crumbling mansions for…
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It’s bad enough being trapped in your apartment for a year, but self-imprisoned watching a bad movie really reminds you how horrible life can be. Now, to be honest, I saw a lot of terrific things through my television this…
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Well, I’m sure glad to see this year in the rear-view mirror. But I admit movies saved me through all this. Granted, none of them were seen in movie theaters, but if a movie is good it will grab and…
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True, this is not your ordinary holiday season. But thank Christ for these crackpot Blu-rays, released just in time to ease the sting of a Covid-Christmas. From David Cronenberg’s furiously fucked-up- Crash, to the jazz-infused melodrama of Young Man with…
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If ever a movie was in need of rediscovery it’s Deadly Games, a deliriously deranged 1989 French film about a little boy and his elderly grandfather on Christmas Eve battling a fearsome home invader- a psycho dressed in a Santa…
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