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Category: Film Review

‘Seasons of the Heart’ (1994): Awful people attempt good deeds in TV movie

Sometimes you just need some soap-opera suds to kick off the holidays.

December 19, 2019June 27, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘White Line Fever’ (1975): Action-packed, politically confused exploiter

Crashing 70s trucker action, with handsome knothead Jan-Michael Vincent gear-jammin’ it down the road of exploitation thrills and thoroughly confused politics.

November 22, 2019September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Hack-O-Lantern’ (1988): Small-town, Southern Satanic panic on Halloween

And you thought your family had problems.

October 31, 2019September 22, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Burn, Witch, Burn!’ (1962): A classic witchcraft shocker you must see!

Superlative British shocker: expertly directed, beautifully constructed, and scintillatingly shot.

October 30, 2019September 25, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Play Dead’ (1982): Cute dog & rich old dame + black magic = death

Greta, you’re no Cujo. But you’re pretty cute. It’s the best you can do when your film is produced by…a construction company?

October 29, 2019September 22, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘The Ghost and Mr. Chicken’ (1965): Perfect for Halloween, Don Knotts comedy gets better with age

“Atta boy, Luther!”

October 28, 2019September 25, 2024 Movies & Drinks7 Comments

‘Dark Angel’ (1990): Dark buddy-coppery rings in new decade

I come in peace. And you go in pieces, assh*le.

October 27, 2019June 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

‘The Net’ (1995): Sandra Bullock finds danger & intrigue online

Her driver’s license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identity. DELETED.

October 26, 2019June 24, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘The Terminal Man’ (1974): Bleak foreshadowing of today’s cold, tech-obsessed world

Cold, impersonal, distant Frankenstein re-imagining―and a fairly perverse jab at its horror/suspense genre conventions.

October 25, 2019September 24, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Targets’ (1968): Nightmarish, disturbing take on guns & violence

“What you hunting this time?” “Going to shoot some pigs.”

October 24, 2019September 26, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

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