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Movies Till Dawn: The Normal New

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Slay the Dragon” (2019, Magnolia Home Entertainment) The current national/global climate may have exhausted your personal bandwith for social and political anxiety, but if able, you should consider this documentary on the insidous practice and impact of gerrymandering, or reshaping … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: More Spookshows for Shut-Ins

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Tigers are Not Afraid” (2017, RLJE Films) For young Estrella (Paola Lara), orphaned in her unnamed Mexican hometown after her mother’s disappearance, death is not only a constant but tangible presence that takes many forms, from gun-toting cartel members to … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Other Realities

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Valerie and her Week of Wonders” (1970, Second Run DVD) With the onset of her first period, certain notions (or hallucinations) are revealed to young Czech Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerova), including the possibility that the young man she fancies may be … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Comfort Cinema for Close Quarters

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Sixteen Candles” (1984, Arrow Video) Her family’s failure to remember her 16th birthday is the first in a string of indignities endured by Molly Ringwald, who must also contend with her sister’s wedding, the attention of manic nerd Anthony Michael … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Stays Home

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“RoboCop” (1987, Arrow Video) In a future that bears alarming similarities to our present (though pandemic-free, it should be noted), a mega-corporation enlists a criminal gang to take over Detroit for re-development while also manufacturing a robotic super-cop – created … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Quarantine Queens

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952, Warner Archives Collection) When producer Kirk Douglas calls on star Lana Turner, Pulitzer-winning screenwriter Dick Powell and director Barry Sullivan to join his comeback picture, each recalls to studio chief Walter Pidgeon how his … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Spookshows for Shut-Ins

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Come to Daddy” (2019, Lionsgate Home Entertainment) Neurotic LA hipster Elijah Wood travels to Oregon at the behest of his long-absent father (the great Canadian character actor Stephen McHattie), but the visit quickly turns from awkward to terrifying when various … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: A Case of the Creeps

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” (1974, Shout! Factory) It’s true that Jessica (Zohra Lampert) has just left an asylum, but surely, her fragile mental state can’t account for all the strange things that have happened after she, her husband (Barton … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What’s New for 2020? (Part 2)

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Parasite” (2019, Universal Home Entertainment) Impoverished and terminally downtrodden, the Kim family appears to strike upon a foolproof (if ruthless) plan to alleviate their financial woes: they charm, beguile and lie their way into jobs as domestics for a wealthier … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Hell Comes to the Saturday Morning Strange

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“House By the Cemetery” (Blue Underground, 1981) Despite constant admonitions from a young girl that only he can see, towheaded Bob (Giovanni Frezza) and his parents (Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco) not only remain in the Creepy Old New England … Continue reading →

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