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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Gets Mean
Upgrade Dept: Blue Underground has provided new and/or improved editions of three previously released Blu-ray titles from their vast library of rare horror and cult films. The truly bizarre but entertaining 1975 Italian-US Western “Get Mean,” which pits Tony Anthony’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 88 Films, Arrow Video, Blue Underground, Code Red, Kino Lorber, Lightyear Entertainment
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Movies Till Dawn: Future Shock
“Neptune Frost” (2021, Kino Lorber) Adventurous U.S.-Rwanda production taps deeply into an appealing Afrofuturist vibe to explore the perils and opportunities created by technology through striking visuals and music. A joint effort between Saul Williams and Rwandan filmmaker Anisia Uzeyman, … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Otherworldly Encounters
“The UFO Incident” (1975, Kino Lorber) Unnerving TV-movie take on Betty and Barney Hill’s alleged abduction by aliens, which is revealed through hypnosis by psychiatrist Barnard Hughes. Though directed with considerable atmosphere by TV vet Richard Colla (whose judicious use … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement Classics, Kino Lorber, Second Run DVD, shout factory
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Movies Till Dawn: The Bad Guy Variations
“The Northman” (2021, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) Human juggernaut Alexander Skarsgaard seeks to avenge the murder of his father (Ethan Hawke) by his uncle (Claes Bang) by single-handedly slaughtering much of medieval Scandinavia. Co-writer/director Robert Eggers (“The Witch,” “The Lighthouse“) … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Flicker Alley, Kino Lorber, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange vs. Strangler
“Stunt Rock” (1978, Kino Lorber) Australian stuntman Grant Page (playing himself) lands a TV gig in Los Angeles, where he parties with cousin Curtis Hyde and his bandmates in Sorcery while courting starry-eyed reporter Margaret Gerard. Brian Trenchard-Smith‘s oddball actioner … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Cracked
“Straight to VHS” (2021, Indiepix) Willfully odd but often compelling documentary about an obscure 1988 Uruguayan film, “Act of Violence in a Young Journalist,” and its hold on filmmaker Emilio Silva Torres, who attempts to not only root out information … Continue reading
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Tagged Code Red, IndiePix, Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, The Film Detective
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Movies Till Dawn: Classics
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (2021, Film Movement) Three stories, told plainly and with the most subtle camerawork, detail the complexities in the axis of dreams, reality, and how we exist in or pursue each as part of our daily … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement, Kino Lorber, Undercrank Productions, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Appealing to Base Instincts
“Jackass Forever” (2020, Paramount Home Video) Third and apparently final go-round with Johnny Knoxville and the original cast (minus Bam Margera and the late Ryan Dunn) of the comedy/stunt/endurance franchise, who gamely carry on the tradition of abusing themselves in … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Velour
“The Naked Ape” (1973, Code Red) Vintage curiosity produced by Playboy Enterprises attempts to deliver a “now” interpretation of anthropologist Desmond Morris’s 1967 book on human evolution but instead offers up a fragmented mix of psychedelic animation, tame sex comedy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Code Red, Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, Shaw Brothers
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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage
“Touch of Evil” (1958, Kino Lorber) Get past the idea of Charlton Heston as a Mexican cop and you’ll find an extraordinary American movie – ostensibly a crime thriller, but really director/star Orson Welles last go-round with his electric trains … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Academy, Cohen Film Collection, Flicker Alley, Kino Lorber, Warner Archives Collection
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