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Movies Till Dawn: Revenge of (Mostly) New Movies
“Tyrel” (2018, Magnolia Home Entertainment) Tyler (Jason Mitchell, “Straight Outta Compton”) is the only African-American guest invited to a birthday celebration that grows more chaotic as the weekend wears on. Comparisons to “Get Out” are obvious, but don’t quite fit … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: New Year (Mostly) New Movies Part 3
“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (2018, Sony Home Entertainment) Hard-boiled hacker Lisbeth Salander – here played by “The Crown’s” Claire Foy – is tasked with destroying software that can access to the world’s nuclear arsenal; when the sinister Spider … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: New Year, (Mostly) New Movies Part 2
“Suspiria” (2018, Lionsgate Home Entertainment) Timid American dancer Dakota Johnson enrolls at a prestigious dance school in Germany, where her training by a formidable Tilda Swinton gradually reveals a more sinister intent. Like last year’s “Hereditary” and “Mandy,” this audacious … Continue reading
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Tagged Flicker Alley, Greenwich Entertainment, Kino Lorber, Lionsgate, Lobster Films, MVD Visual, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Movies Till Dawn: Short and Sweet and (Mostly) Brand New, Part 2
“Skate Kitchen” (2018, Magnolia Home Entertainment) Shy New York tomboy Rachelle Vinberg finds acceptance and confidence – and considerable drama – when she joins an all-female skateboard crew. Dramatic feature debut of Crystal Moselle (“The Wolfpack“) benefits greatly from her … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Post-Thanksgiving Small Plates of Reality
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” (2017, Kino Lorber) Delirious, gossip-laden portrait of nonagenarian Scotty Bowers, who from a gas station at 5777 Hollywood Blvd., is alleged to have provided discreet sexual favors to a galaxy of Golden Age … Continue reading
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Tagged FIlmRise, First Run Features, Kino Lorber, La-La Land Entertainment, MVD Visual
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Movies Till Dawn: Arthouse Confidential
“Art School Confidential” (2006, MVD Visual) Naïve student Max Minghella is dismayed to find that his dream of becoming the next Picasso is regularly trampled at an East Coast art college by a parade of egos, both dampened and unfettered, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbelos Films, Kino Lorber, MVD Marquee Collection, MVD Visual
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Movies Till Dawn: Mad Monster Party I
“The Evil Dead” (1981, Lionsgate) A quintet of Michigan college students makes the unfortunate decision to read from a book of incantations, which unleashes demonic forces determined to turn them, as the great drive-in critic Joe Bob Briggs rightly put … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Arrow Video, Lionsgate, MVD Visual, Scream Factory, shout factory
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Movies Till Dawn: Special Beast Rubbish Edition
“Beast” (2018, Lionsgate) Smothered under the emotional rubble of her dysfunctional family and troubled past, Moll (Jessie Buckley) finds what seems like salvation in rough-hewn but ruggedly handsome Pascal (Johnny Flynn); so great is her need to escape that she … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, Lionsgate, MVD Visual, Second Run DVD, shout factory, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: TV Archaelogy (Part 2 – Martian Sentai Octopus Edition)
“The Martian Chronicles” (1980, Kino Lorber) Six-hour, three-part miniseries attempts to translate Ray Bradbury‘s collection of short stories and prose poems about the fallout of an attempted colonization of Mars by Earth astronauts. Screenwriter Richard Matheson uses mission commander Rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Kino Lorber, MHz Networks, MVD Visual, shout factory, Van Dyke Parks
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Movies Till Dawn: TV Archaeology (Part 1 – Ash, Sid and Joan Edition)
“Ash vs. Evil Dead: The Complete Series” (2016-2018, Anchor Bay) Five-disc Blu-ray set packages the gore-soaked TV adventures of Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), the bloviating, abuse magnet hero of Sam Raimi‘s “Evil Dead” trilogy. Here, as in the films, it’s … Continue reading
