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Slumber Party Massacre: In 7 Scenes

by Jay Hood October 1, 2014

We begin our month long Halloween celebration with this gem from 1982, Slumber Party Massacre, starring the lovely Michelle Michaels as Trish. Spoiler alert: This is a slasher film so blood will be spilled and towels will be dropped.

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Tarantino – Ranked Worst to First

by Tony Shea August 23, 2014

image via By now, Torrance, California’s own Quentin Tarantino has etched his name onto the wall of great American filmmakers. Along the way QT has won a slew of awards, both here at home and abroad, become wildly rich, and established a trademark style that is as visceral as it is distinctive. The teaser for […]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TMNT – Review

by Nate "Chops" Johnson August 5, 2014

I know what you’re thinking. Yet another TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES reboot? How desperate is Nickelodeon to make this property the cash cow they want it to be? How many more lame incarnations of this franchise can there be before they finally put it to bed? Well ladies and gentlemen, trust me, I had very […]

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Apollo 11 – One Giant Leap – Did Kubrick Fake the Moon Landings?

by Tony Shea July 20, 2014

Today marks the 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the moon. After winning a coin toss with co-pilot Buzz Aldrin to see who would take the historic first step, Armstrong opened the hatch of Apollo 11 and slowly descending a small step-ladder to the moon’s surface, literally setting foot where no man had gone […]

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Under the Skin Goes Deep – PPV Roundup Review (Warning Spoliers)

by Tony Shea July 19, 2014

Jonathan Glazer’s (Sexy Beast, Birth) most recent film Under the Skin is wildly different from any mainstream film you’ve seen in the last year, a darkly hypnotic work of almost pure cinema that seduces you with its mystery–and one that you should absolutely check out now on PPV.

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Franchise Player – Harrison Ford Turns 72

by Tony Shea July 13, 2014

image via Harrison Ford celebrates his 72nd birthday today. Beginning his career in 1966 with an uncredited role as a bellhop, Ford has gone on to become one of the biggest box office stars in film history with a worldwide gross approximately $6 Billion. Along the way, he has worked with many of the best […]

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DVR Roundup – The Canyons Is the Worst Film You Will Ever See

by Tony Shea March 26, 2014

Beginning this week I’ll be starting a new column where I review films that have been clogging up my DVR, some old, some new. Today I’ll be reviewing Paul Schrader’s 2013 film, “The Canyons,” which is so unrelentingly terrible that it makes “Grown Ups 2” seem like “Citizen Kane” by comparison. If you’re in a […]

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My Oscar Picks 2014

by Tony Shea March 2, 2014

The Oscars are once again upon us. Below are my picks. BEST PICTURE “12 Years a Slave” WINNER “American Hustle” “Captain Phillips” “Dallas Buyers Club” “Gravity” “Her” “Nebraska” “Philomena” “The Wolf of Wall Street”

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Oscar Nominated Short Films Part 2: Live Action

by Jay Hood March 1, 2014

I find it hard to rank the Oscar Nominated Short films in the live action category. Between each short, a parade of talking heads ranging from Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) to Matthew Modine expounded upon how it is the job of the short film to serve a story by getting to the root […]

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Why Gravity Should Win Best Picture – But Probably Won’t

by Tony Shea February 28, 2014

A friend of mine whose opinion on matters of taste in films and books very closely mirrors my own told me, before I had seen the film, that Gravity would blow my mind.

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THE BEST OF PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – RIP

by Tony Shea February 2, 2014

Sometimes I’m working on a film and someone will ask me if I’m having fun. And I’m tempted to tell them the truth: No, absolutely not. Having no fun here at all. You know what’s going to be fun? When it’s done, and I’ve done a fuckin’ good job, and I know people are getting […]

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Chronicles of the Underrated: James Bond Film

by Mike Monroe January 31, 2014

So you want to make the best James Bond movie ever made.  You start with the book which most Bond book fans believe to be Ian Fleming’s best.  You need to find the perfect Bond villain.  Who better than Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE?  Find the perfect actor to play him.  He’s a […]

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Zero Theorem – Terry Gilliam Closes the Loop of his Dystopian Trilogy (Trailer)

by Tony Shea January 29, 2014

The Zero Theorem is Terry Gilliam’s  final chapter in the trilogy of satirically dystopian films that began with 1985’s Brazil and continued ten years later with 12 Monkeys. Now, nearly twenty after that film, comes The Zero Theorem, which is the story of  a computer genius, played by Christophe Waltz, who seeks to unravel a […]

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