Why is it that some of the key movies I frequently rewatch involve girls with bad attitudes, criminal tendencies and questionable morals? Is there anything sweeter than sitting with a group of drunken friends howling through Switchblade Sisters or Shanty…
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To be honest, it sucked in theaters this year. Sure there were some terrific movies, but they were dwarfed by Marvel super heroes or Jurassic sequels or more Impossible Missions. Not that I don’t need a fix of that once…
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When you’re a teenager, you lie to your parents. About sneaking off to a party. Getting drunk with friends. Hooking up with a girlfriend/boyfriend/teacher. What I did was much more mortifying. I would tell my parents I was going over…
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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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Let me set the scene. We’re in Morocco, way out in a remote mountainous region where they are shooting The Last Temptation Of Christ. I’m with 6-year-old Jack, the son of the star of the movie, and we’re watching his…
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There are character actors in movies that pop up occasionally and you’re overcome by a warm wave of recognition and delight. One unforgettable gal that used to drive me crazy was the mannish-looking Madame Spivy who appeared in such movies…
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We are all people on the go. Every morning on the subway I see people juggling coffee, newspapers, scrolling their iPhones- all the while careful not to make eye contact with the homeless man wandering down the aisle asking for…
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Is it just me, or does Thanksgiving make you think of Italian cannibal movies, too? Ah. November; bowls of stuffing and mashed potatoes, peas and carrots slathered with butter, steaming ladles of dark rich gravy, a golden-brown turkey carved on…
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The film Outlaw King, now showing on Netflix, has received a lot of press concerning the sight of actor Chris Pine’s penis. It still amazes me that the phallus still has the power to overshadow anything else about the movie.…
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This is a great month for home media- from vintage Orson Welles, rare Jean Cocteau, Robert Aldrich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Lucio Fulci, not to mention Dennis Hopper’s controversial (never-before-on-home-video) The Last Movie and a tribute to peroxide screen vixen…
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