In our post-Game of Thrones world, there’s a dragon void in pop culture. Fortunately, the family-friendly firebreathers of How to Train Your Dragon are here to step in with the final film in that franchise. Other worthwhile new titles include…
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Rumble…rumble. That’s the sound of Earthquake (1974), one of several big budget, all-star disaster movies made in the 1970s. Airport (1970) perfected the formula, but it was The Poseidon Adventure (1972) that inspired a dozen or so imitations (not counting the spoofs…
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Cecil B. DeMille‘s final film was The Ten Commandments, a grand-scale religious epic starring Charlton Heston as Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince chosen by God to abandon a life of luxury and lead his fellow Israelites out of slavery. The…
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“The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.” – The shortest horror story ever written This is the story of a man and his (arguably) masterpiece of speculative fiction. Richard Matheson…
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My young friends Joel and Jonah recently completed a Planet of the Apes marathon with their father, so this seemed like an appropriate time to reflect on the five films comprising the original Apes series. It’s impossible to discuss these…
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Are you ready to play? Well, press play, actually, because you’re going to want to watch this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases ASAP! This week’s offerings include Steven Spielberg’s latest blockbuster, a John Carpenter cult classic, an assortment of 1990s…
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It’s not even summer yet and already the new DVD and Blu-ray releases are heating up. This time around, we’ve got a restored edition of a Stanley Kubrick/Kirk Douglas favorite, a reboot of a popular videogame film series, a smart…
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“The story of a flame named Ruby who took a whole town apart…step by step, sin by sin!” – original tagline. 1952’s Ruby Gentry is an outstanding Southern melodrama from director King Vidor (Stella Dallas) that chronicled the exploits of…
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There’s nothing more unbearable than a week without any decent new releases. Fortunately that isn’t a problem for film lovers right now! The latest offerings showcase stars old and new, with features that span from the latest live-action adaptation of…
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With War for the Planet of the Apes hitting theaters today, we wanted to get your thoughts on what entry in the long-running Planet of the Apes franchise was your favorite. Vote below, and share your thoughts on what Apes…
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