Category: Movies
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Alien (1979)
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Read more: Alien (1979)This movie was made on a shoestring budget and the old-fashioned way, with imagination and talent. The end result is the absolute epitome of a horror movie that only gets better with age.
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The Unsung: Pete Seltzer in Pete ‘n’ Tillie
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Read more: The Unsung: Pete Seltzer in Pete ‘n’ TillieIt took nearly a half-century of cinematic devotion, but it’s finally come to pass. “It” being the sight – in full color Cinemascope, mind you – of Walter Matthau sitting naked at a piano, banging out the liveliest Ragtime ditty you’re ever likely to hear.
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The Pawnbroker
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Read more: The PawnbrokerAh, what better way to start than the Holocaust? Now, as Schindler’s List showed, Amon Göth leisurely shooting inmates from his balcony was fun, but I’m afraid Hollywood’s first attempt at dealing with this cheeriest of subjects
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space. (1958)
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Read more: I Married a Monster from Outer Space. (1958)The story is predicated on the idea that an alien race from the Andromeda constellation has the technology for intergalactic space travel but has little or no understanding of genetics.
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MacBeth
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Read more: MacBethLady Macbeth (Annis) starts off as the leading force in Polanski’s visceral, demon-confronting box-office bomb.
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Big Shark (2023)
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Read more: Big Shark (2023)The Main Cinema in Minneapolis, which hosted the long-awaited Minnesota premiere of Tommy Wiseau’s Big Shark last weekend, serves strong whiskey cocktails in cans at the concession stand. Ordering one, I thought twice and said, “Better make it two; it’s a Tommy Wiseau movie.”
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Meru
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Read more: MeruMore than 4,000 people have conquered the summit of Mt. Everest since Sir Edmund Hillary first did it in 1953. Only 3 men have summited Meru, and this was in 2011. No one has done it since.
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Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
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Read more: Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil SheiksAs you know, I’m a fan of Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, a prime example of tongue-in-cheek Nazisploitation immeasurably helped by Thorne’s vampish outing
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Unearthly Stranger (1963)
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Read more: Unearthly Stranger (1963)A British scientist had just made a breakthrough with the “formula” for the program when, lo and behold, his brain exploded the night before he could share it with his fellow scientists
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A Deep Dive into Dustin Hoffman’s Performance in 1988’s Rain Man
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Read more: A Deep Dive into Dustin Hoffman’s Performance in 1988’s Rain ManRain Man is quite possibly Dustin Hoffman’s best performance of the 80s. His character, Raymond, has autism, which comes with its own challenges.