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King Rat (1965)
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Read more: King Rat (1965)In wartime, it is not always the highest ranked individuals that run the show. Oftentimes, like with Ex-PFC Wintergreen and Corporal Milo Minderbinder in Heller’s masterpiece Catch-22, it is the most cunning and resourceful who are in charge. George Segal stars in his best performance ever in writer/director Bryan Forbes’s 1965 adaptation of James Clavell’s…
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
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Read more: Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)Hobo with a Shotgun was hardly an 80’s Action Movie since it was produced in 2011, but there was no reason that the 80’s format could not be used on this totally over the top bloodbath. If you don’t approve, take it up with Rutger Hauer. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Hobo with a Shotgun…
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Grizzly Man
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Read more: Grizzly ManI have a deal with God. I leave him alone, and he leaves me alone. The same goes for bears.
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Road to the Well (2016)
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Read more: Road to the Well (2016)I was pleasantly surprised when I was contacted by multi-talented director and writer Jon Cvack, inviting me to screen, review and analyze his new film, Road To The Well. Road to the Well (2016) is an Indie film that is the first full-length movie for Jon Cvack and was made on a budget of only…
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Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)
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Read more: Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)Oh boy, this is it. For decades I have fantasized about a movie that could be half as bad as some of Coleman Francis’s stinkers like The Beast Of Yucca Flats. Only for all the acting to be as spectacular as that of Tor Johnson, and a monster as convincing of the one in The…
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The Wicker Man (1973)
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Read more: The Wicker Man (1973)Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) is a good chap. A good cop, if you must know, and one of the realm’s most dedicated men of principle. He’s the sort who will cite chapter and verse of the legal code, but only after bringing a congregation to its feet in what amounts to the isle’s most piously…
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Gone Girl
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Read more: Gone Girl“Love: a temporary insanity curable by marriage.” – Ambrose Bierce
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Interstellar
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Read more: InterstellarFull disclosure: Christopher Nolan is my favorite director. I’m the kind of fan who has to see his films on opening day, at the earliest possible showing, like a huge nerd. I also obsessively check his imdb.com profile to see what projects he’s working on. But don’t worry, I won’t let my fangirl tendencies cloud…
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Confession Of A Cat Murderer
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Read more: Confession Of A Cat MurdererCall the cops or Sarah McLachlan or whomever is in charge of keeping the heads on stray cats; this is happening
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Americana
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Read more: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of AmericanaGoat at House on the Rock As many of you know, a few years ago I took a nice road trip, a 2,000 mile journey through Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska. According to the world of Matt Cale there is no bad Americana, but I beg to differ. I present, the Good,…