So I guess there’s a new Saw movie out there in those theatres that I hear young people go to on occasion. Jesus…if I “want to play a game,” Jigsaw, it’ll be the one where I try to make it through another hopeless night without jumping off a building. It’s remarkable what people will pay… Read More ‘The Mad Magician’ (1954): Vincent Price chews the scenery in 3D thriller
It’s Halloween, so…you ever been in a psycho-sexual fugue state? It’s fun.
Sedate, languid early ’80s horror…and far better than its unearned poor reputation.
We’ve had a week of dark, cool, rainy fall weather here in the Great American Midwest, a seasonal siren call that compels me, on an irresistible genetic level, to watch a few dark, cool, rainy 60s British movies. Add in the Halloween spirit that gets an early start around these parts (quite simply: the Midwest… Read More ‘The Sorcerers’ (1967): Grungy sci-fi/horror exploiter has a unique, unexpected tone
Brilliant, surreal physical comedy, where torture and pain are elevated to breathtaking grace.
After seeing what’s been the number one movie in America for the past few weeks (suffice to say: if you have young sons—you should be very, very worried about their future), absolute shit like Jacqueline Susann’s Once is Not Enough start to look half-way decent by comparison.
Wasn’t our Tommy boy supposed to be in another Top Gun fest this summer? What’s that? Not a Top Gun? Another Mission: Impossible? They’re not pumping out TP (yes, it can mean “toilet paper,” too) sequels like pancakes after that last one saved Hollyweird?
A buddy of mine gave me a heads up this week that our last local drive-in closed for good a few weeks ago. When I was a kid, there were nine drive-ins spread out in the sticks, and on the fringes of the rapidly-expanding suburbs. Not surprisingly, I kept waiting to feel bad about what… Read More ‘Macon County Line’ (1974): Classic exploiter should be seen at the drive-in!
So whatever happened to Luke after Uncle Jesse booted them Duke boys outta the farm? He became Roscoe P. Coltrane.
A Film About Love and her Victims. Obsession and betrayal on the cheap makes grown men weep. Okay, okay…Jessica Biel makes them weep.
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