1996. The President was Bill Clinton, who would be seeking his second term that same year. Coincidentally enough, two astoundingly different alien invasion movies, which also featured their own POTUS’s premiered then too. Independence Day was a blockbuster released on…
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Making its eagerly awaited Blu-ray debut this week is Boom! Adapted from the Tennessee Williams play The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, the 1968 release was a notorious box office dud, bringing in only $2,000,000 on a budget estimated…
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It’s been 40 years since Ridley Scott‘s Alien redefined the moviegoing experience by combining an enthralling blend of science fiction and horror. It also featured a female protagonist (Siguourney Weaver as the trailblazing space trucker Ellen Ripley), something that was…
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This week’s Create-A-Caption pays tribute to Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz‘s 1986 musical version of the Off-Broadway hit that was itself based on the Roger Corman cult classic from 1960. Thanks to its great songs and winning performances from…
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From The Cinematic Bartender by Winthrop J Quiggy: Bronx Warrior (aka “Italian Rip-off”) Take one jigger of Escape from New York. Add two shots of The Warriors. Sprinkle with a liberal dose of Mad Max. Shake vigorously. Serve over ice…
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The magnificent Tim Curry turns 73 today. Since bursting onto the scene in the early 1970s, Curry has enjoyed a successful career on stage, as a would-be pop star, in films and TV shows, as an in-demand voiceover actor. Although…
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For a film that hardly made a splash during its truncated theatrical run in 1995, Empire Records has gone on to be quite the success. The comedy (with elements of melodrama) chronicles the lives and loves of a group of…
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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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The great label Vinegar Syndrome has just released four new offerings that lovers of cult and Psychotronic cinema will want to add to their personal movie collecions ASAP. Take a look at these oddball offerings that will send lovers of…
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For this week’s Create-A-Caption, we are honoring the life of Katherine Helmond, who died last week at the age of 89. Best known for her work in the sitcoms Soap and Who’s the Boss?, Helmond had a distinguished career on…
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