Arguably the biggest cult classic in recent memory, Donnie Darko stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled ’80s high school student whose adolescent horrors take on new dimensions, as he starts to see “shifts in time” and is visited…
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Yesterday, songwriting great Jim Steinman — known for his hugely successful collaborations with everyone from Meatloaf to Celine Dion — died at the age of 73. Steinman’s career often brushed up against motion pictures, providing songs for Footloose (“Holding out…
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This week’s new releases include everything from classics from the Warner Archive Collection making their Blu-ray debut to recent films, be it critically acclaimed releases of flicks that seem destined for cult status. Here’s a look at the titles that…
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What you are about to see is pure video gold. As you are probably already aware, when The Rocky Horror Picture Show was originally released in August of 1975 by 20th Century Fox, it was a box office failure. Then…
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“When it flies, someone dies!” Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead) has just rented a secluded country estate known as “the Oaks” and finds herself involved in a real-life mystery when she learns that one million dollars has been…
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Chh-chh-chh! Ahh-ahh-ahh! It just wouldn’t be the Halloween season without Jason Voorhees. The hockey-masked, murder-crazed antagonist of the Friday the 13th franchise has been terrifying audiences since he first popped up out of Crystal Lake forty years ago. (Yes, we…
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Today’s guest post has Jim Brymer sharing his thoughts on the Bill and Ted franchise. Take it away, Jim: Before the meteoric rise of one of the most recognizable actors of the 90’s and beyond, a virtually unknown actor was…
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On July 25th, veteran character actor John Saxon died of pneumonia at the age of 83. With a career spanning over six decades, Saxon shines with roles in films like Enter the Dragon, Black Christmas, A Nightmare on Elm Street,…
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Celebrating its 35th anniversary this month is Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox‘s other 1985 summer blockbuster (after Back to the Future). In the film Fox portrays a high-school basketball player who discovers that his puberty has unexpected consequences — namely…
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John Carpenter is my favorite director, and by extension, I guess you could say Kurt Russell is my second favorite actor (John Wayne is still #1). The reason I say Carpenter is my favorite director and Russell is #2 on…
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