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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage Guilty Pleasures and Nostalgic Nonsense
“Code of Silence” (1985, Kino Lorber) Chuck Norris keeps the karate to a minimum in this crime drama, which pits his taciturn Chicago cop against drug lord Henry Silva and a corrupt faction of fellow police. Intended as a vehicle … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray, DVD, Kino Lorber, shout factory, Shout Select, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (24 Hour Vampire Mission Edition)
“subUrbia” (1996, Warner Archives Collection) Richard Linklater and Eric Bogosian transpose the setting of Bogosian’s play from a convenience store parking lot in Massachusetts to one in Texas, but keep its core premise, with a cross-section of disaffected high school … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray, Cinedigm, DVD, First Run Features, Lionsgate, Second Run DVD, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies ‘Till Dawn: Reagan-Era Nightmares
12 a.m. – “Scarecrows” – Horror (1988, Scream Factory) This supernatural thriller opens on an energetic note, with a gang of soldiers turned thieves, fresh from a big payroll heist, forced to land a stolen getaway plane (and its kidnapped … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray, Class of 1984, DVD, Ghosthouse, Jaws of Satan, Scarecrows, Scream Factory, shout factory, Warner Archives, Wolfen
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Movies Till Dawn: Programming Notes – Summer Bummers
Everything you need to know about Artsploitation Films is summed up in the company’s moniker: the new North American film distribution label offers international titles that explore the link between arthouse and grindhouse features. The subgenres share more than a … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: In Glorious Black and White
12 a.m. – “The House of Mystery” – Adventure/Drama/Serial (1921-1923, Flicker Alley) Think of this ten-episode, six-and-a-half-hour silent French melodrama as an arthouse thriller in serial form, with the best qualities of each of those styles and genres. Produced and … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Stooges, Space Garbage, Wrestling with Satan – and Captain Scarlet!
12 a.m. “Wrestling with Satan” – Documentary (2009, Wild Eye Releasing) This modest documentary attempts to examine the inner workings of the Christian Wrestling Federation (CWF) which uses farm-league wrestling bouts to preach evangelical beliefs. Those watching for the purely … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Griffith, Captain Scarlet, DVD, Supermarionation, Three Stooges, Wrestling with Satan
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