Category: Movies
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Hearts of the West (1975)
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Read more: Hearts of the West (1975)The mythology of the frontier plays a large role in American life. Whereas ancient civilizations had to dream-up the appearance of Zeus, Thor, Moses or Jesus, we have photographs.
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American Werewolf in London (1981)
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Read more: American Werewolf in London (1981)1969. John Landis is a kid on his first movie set, just out of school and bushy-tailed for adventure. The studio sends him to be Ninth Asst. Director Once Removed on a war film in Serbia, or Albania, or Montenegro—one of those gray, superstitious countries
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M30 OXY (2024)
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Read more: M30 OXY (2024)M30 Oxy is yet another Indie movie, directed by Wesley Mullins,and starring the great Leanne Johnson. The film is set in Kentucky, rural Appalachia, which is a sad area that is saddled with multiple epidemics.
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The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)
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Read more: The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)Few things in life excite me quite like a person out of time. Even better, a woman out of time. A dame of sass and unusual import; a broad who gives far better than she’s ever going to get
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The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)
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Read more: The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)If reincarnation is our lot after breathing our last, I can only hope I come back as Gar. Never did catch a last name, but I’m doubting one was necessary. Say it out loud – always in hushed tones – and even the uninitiated have some idea. Hell, the name itself seems to conjure the…
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The Unsung: Easy Andy, Taxi Driver
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Read more: The Unsung: Easy Andy, Taxi DriverHe is unquestionably the most cold-hearted character in the history of the cinema. Impeccably dressed, as if he’d think little of attending the opera after delivering a weapon of war to a client, he is suave, charming, and without a trace of sentiment.
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Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)
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Read more: Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)It is not uncommon for creators of all sorts to become disgusted with their own most successful works. Joker: Folie à Deux, the utterly joyless follow-up to Todd Phillips’s 2019 smash hit Joker, is the most egregious example I’ve ever seen of this phenomenon
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Hellraiser (1987)
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Read more: Hellraiser (1987)Internet porn and plastic in our water supply is creating more and more men like Frank Cotton. A besotted hedonist, a flesh-worshiper of the most bent and twisted caste possible.
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Screen Gambling: Top 5 exciting movies about casinos and gambling
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Read more: Screen Gambling: Top 5 exciting movies about casinos and gamblingThe world of gambling has always attracted the attention of filmmakers. Movies about casinos and gambling often tell fascinating stories about passionate players, masters of bluffing and people willing to risk everything for a big win.
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The Ninth Gate (1999)
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Read more: The Ninth Gate (1999)In the grand universe of horror/mystery tropes, the most hoary and venerable must be: Start it with an old dude hanging himself. The viewer is instantly gripped: why-oh-why did this dignified gentleman find it necessary to end himself?