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Giveaway – Pacific Rim Blu-ray
The folks at Warner Home Video have given us a blu-ray copy of Pacific Rim to give away. To be eligible please fill out the form below.
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Giveaway – Bounty Killer DVD
The folks at ARC Entertainment have given us a DVD copy of Bounty Killer to give away. To be eligible please fill out the form below.
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An Analysis – So Bad It’s Awesome
Upon the premiere of the SyFy network’s made-for-television movie Sharknado (2013), one had to wonder how it is that a film like that built up so much buzz. To some extent, social media and the internet would be the answer to that question, and like…
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Service Review – Warner Archive Instant
I hate cable. I hate paying a premium for sports channels that no one in my house ever watches. HATE IT. I’d cut the cord and find alternate sources for the few things I watch, if it wasn’t for one channel that I cannot live…
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Giveaway – In A World… Autographed Poster
Our friends at Roadside Attractions have been kind enough to give a us a poster from In A World… autographed by Lake Bell to give away. To be eligible please fill out the form below.
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Concert Review – An Evening with Randy Newman
Randy Newman brought his piano and his caustic wit to the Summer ZooTunes concert series at the Woodland Park Zoo. On a beautifully balmy Wednesday night, the mostly white-haired crowd gathered to witness the great songwriter alone on stage as he played songs from his…
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An Appreciation – Metropolis
In 2008, one of the great discoveries in cinema lore took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hidden in a stack of canisters was a 16mm duplicate copy of Fritz Lang’s science fiction masterpiece, Metropolis (1927). Horribly scratched and weathered through time, it contained possibly the…
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An Appreciation – Gosford Park
The beauty of Robert Altman’s Gosford Park (2001) is how it delicately balances the numerous storylines to create a wonderful mosaic of characters. We’re not so much concerned with what happens, but with how everything unfolds. We’re familiar with the set-up—from Jean Renoir’s The Rules…
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