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MR. JONES (2013) Blu-ray Review
Mr. Jones (2013) d. Karl Mueller (USA) A young couple decide to drop out of society for a spell, retreating to a, wait for it, remote cabin in the woods where Scott (Jon Foster) plans to shoot the...
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SCANNERS (1981) movie review
Scanners (1981) d. David Cronenberg (Canada) Convoluted yet compelling sci-fi tale from the unique imagination of writer/director David Cronenberg. Through an experimental drug given to pregnant...
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Fool's Views (4/21 – 5/4)
Howdy folks, This period represents the relative calm before the storm that was the Chicago Critics Film Festival and the avalanche of DVD/BR screeners that came my way in early May. A mixed bag with...
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SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983) Blu-ray Review
Sleepaway Camp (1983) d. Robert Hiltzik (USA) The phrase “You can never watch the same movie twice” is one that I’ve used many a time to describe my shifting cinematic perceptions from one viewing to...
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HOUSE IN THE ALLEY (2012) DVD review
House in the Alley (2012) Le-Van Kiet (Vietnam) Following very messy, very bloody miscarriage, the lives of Thao (Thanh Van Ngo) and her well-meaning husband Thanh (Son Bao Tran) are shattered. Wracked...
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COUNTESS DRACULA (1971) Blu-ray Review
Countess Dracula (1971) d. Peter Sasdy (UK) Despite the slightly misleading title (no actual bloodsuckers ever show up), there is one very good reason to check out Synapse’s latest DVD/BR release of...
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RAVENOUS (1999) Blu-ray Review
Ravenous (1999) d. Antonia Bird (UK) “It’s lonely being a cannibal. Tough making friends.” Heaping helpings of black comedy and gory carnage are served up in this hilarious and edgy slice of...
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Interview with HUMAN RACE director Paul Hough!!!
It’s a premise resembling a hybrid of Battle Royale and Stephen King’s The Long Walk: a broad racial/cultural cross-section of an unnamed metropolitan populace are spontaneously abducted, reappearing...
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HOUSEBOUND (2014) movie review
Housebound (2014) d. Gerard Johnstone (New Zealand) Sentenced to eight months house arrest at her mother’s home, troubled wild child Kylie (Morgana O’Reilly) is saddled with an ankle bracelet, trying...
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DEAD SNOW: RED VS. DEAD (2014) movie review
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (aka Dead Snow 2) (2014) d. Tommy Wirkola (Norway) I was a huge fan of Wirkola’s silly but enjoyable 2009 Nazi zombie epic, so as increasingly resistant as I’ve become to the...
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A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959) movie review
Bucket of Blood, A (1959) d. Roger Corman (USA) Step right in, Daddy-O, for the coolest combo of comedy and horror to make the scene. At once parody and time capsule, director/producer Corman and...
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Fool's Views (5/5 – 5/18)
Ah, the joys of summertime...Howdy folks! Yeah, yeah, it’s been a while (again) and the reviews below are sporadic (again) and while I’m not entirely okay with it, I kinda gotta be okay with it because...
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WILLOW CREEK (2013) movie review
Willow Creek (2013) d. Bobcat Goldthwait (USA) I’ll admit from the outset, it might seem odd to the casual observer that, after my lambasting of the Drew Barrymore-produced Happy Camp a few months...
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CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL 2014 review round-up!!!
The AC and the BC (Bobcat, rocking an amazing Bigfoot sweater)Having traveled over hill, dale, oceans, and international borders over the past couple years, I've become a very big fan of the film...
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Fool's Views (5/15 – 6/15)
He's on a roll, folks! Dig in!Howdy, friends, This period does cover a calendar month, but the final two weeks were spent off the grid marching around the Colorado Plateau with my best girl, and the...
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GOJIRA (1954) / GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (1956) DVD Review
Gojira (1954) d. Ishiro Honda (Japan) Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) d. Ishiro Honda / Terry O. Morse (Japan/USA) It’s nearly impossible to approach the subject of Godzilla with any...
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THE SACRAMENT (2013) movie review
Sacrament, The (2013) d. Ti West (USA) Utterly pedestrian, nonsensical, and cinematically frustrating retelling of the Jim Jones/People’s Temple massacre where over 900 American civilians lost their...
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THE LIVING SKELETON (1968) movie review
Living Skeleton, The (1968) d. Hiroshi Matsuno (Japan) After robbing and murdering the passengers and crew of the Dragon King, a gang of crooks disappear with the loot, abandoning the ship to the...
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KURONEKO (1968) movie review
Kuroneko (aka Black Cat) (1968) d. Kaneto Shindo (Japan)The writer/director of Onibaba delivers a companion tale of horror set in feudal Japan, but whereas that 1964 classic focused on a...
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THE BEAST IN HEAT (1977) movie review
Beast in Heat, The (aka SS Hell Camp) (1977) d. Luigi Batzella (as Ivan Kathansky) (Italy) Clearly inspired by Don Edmonds’ Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, writer/director Batzella (with help from...
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