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Film Review – Starbuck
I’ll admit it. I’ve been known to shed a tear or two during a particularly moving film. I complain a lot about false sentimentality, but that doesn’t stop me from welling up when the occasion warrants it. (Or sometimes when it doesn’t. I HATE it…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard
I’m a middle-aged person, so not only do I know nothing about file sharing, I can usually afford to buy what I want. Turns out, though, I don’t actually pay for tons of stuff; I use the library, subscription services, and YouTube. I like digital…
READ MOREDouble Feature Showdown – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) vs. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Alien invaders replace earthlings with pod people? Hell yes, sign me up to watch that movie; in fact, sign me up to watch two of them. I present to you this episode’s Double Feature Showdown challengers: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) versus Invasion of…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – I Am Divine
I remember the first time I saw Divine. (I imagine most people remember their first time with her.) It was in the late 1980s at a midnight screening of Pink Flamingos. The minute she came on screen, my jaw dropped, and I knew I was…
READ MOREFilm Review – Stoker
In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt, young Charlie Newton is longing for something to happen and shake up her boring existence. That something turns out to be a visit from her Uncle Charlie—a man we learn is wanted by the police for…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Gatekeepers
I’m not going to pretend I know a lot about the Israeli/Palestinian situation, nor am I going to claim that I have a ton of knowledge regarding the history of the Middle East. I usually know who is in charge of Israel at any given…
READ MOREFilm Review – Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Chances are, when you finally get to see that cult movie you’ve heard about for years, it’s going to suck. There are three main reasons for this.
READ MOREFilm Review – Vamps
My friend Violet loves teenage sex comedies. Which would be completely unremarkable except for the fact that she is 60. But whatever: different strokes for different folks, etc. One of her favorite movies is Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and if you get her just…
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