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‘Shadows in an Empty Room’ (1976): You ready for this un-PC craziness? We don’t think you are

Dirty Harry goes giallo…in The Great White North, no less!

February 4, 2020September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin’ (1971): Notorious giallo classic by Lucio Fulci

A dreamy, sensuous, and deliciously “off” Italian giallo classic.

January 11, 2020September 23, 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

‘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

‘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 & Drinks6 Comments

‘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

‘Kansas City Bomber’ (1972): Misunderstood action-drama an effective, evocative melodrama

Grimy, relentlessly downbeat actioner/drama, incisive and intriguingly hazy—and far better than its rep indicates—with Raquel Welch’s first really accomplished performance.

October 23, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Corky’ (1972): A dour nightmare about an irredeemable loser

One long, downbeat descent into the void.

October 22, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘The Loved One’ (1965): Uneven Hollywood satire still has plenty of yoks

What better way to celebrate the most macabre month of the year than to watch a grotesque comedy about Hollywood and the funeral business (guess which one is worse…)?

October 21, 2019September 25, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

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