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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: THE WICKER MAN
An agricultural community brings back that really old-time religion in THE WICKER MAN. The film that Cinefantastique founder Fred Clarke called, “The CITIZEN KANE of horror,” is back, newly remastered...
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Temple of Bad: CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
Fashion Crimes and Musical Misdemeanors: Steve Guttenberg (right), Valerie Perrine (center) and Felipe Rose derail the disco revolution in CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC. What if they declared a cultural...
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David V. Picker on MUSTS, MAYBES, AND NEVERS: A BOOK ABOUT THE MOVIES
To list the films and filmmakers David V. Picker has been involved with in his careers as president of United Artists, Paramount, and Columbia borders on giving a comprehensive history of the medium in...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: CARRIE
Chloë Grace Moretz goes from awkward to deadly in CARRIE. Poor, unfortunate 2013 CARRIE. Under other circumstances, we’d be able to look kindly on this new adaptation of the Stephen King novel,...
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The CFQ Interview: CHINA IL’s Brad Neely & Daniel Weidenfeld
Ronald Reagan is alive and disturbingly lucid in CHINA, IL. Continuing its mission of lowering the standards of higher education, Adult Swim’s CHINA, IL is presently offering up its second season every...
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Cinefantastique Capsule Review: PLUS ONE
Rhys Wakefield is beside himself in PLUS ONE. PLUS ONE (aka +1). Directed by Dennis Iliadis. IFC Midnight, 9/13, 97 mins. With: Ashley Hinshaw, Rhys Wakefield, Logan Miller. At the kind of teen party...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP...
Science! Peter Sellers plays an ex-Nazi witnessing his dreams coming true in DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB. It would be hard to overstate the excellence of DOCTOR...
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Temple of Bad: KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR
It’s crime-fighting robot versus diarrhea monster in KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR. Which one will win? And, more importantly, do you really want to know? Well, here’s a ticklish situation: Is KARATE-ROBO...
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Hour of the Wolf Movie Review: UNDER THE SKIN
Not even Scarlett Johansson is sure of what she sees in UNDER THE SKIN. “I reeeeeally want you to review UNDER THE SKIN for HOUR OF THE WOLF,” Jim Freund said to me a couple of weeks ago. That was...
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A TALKING CAT!?! – Temple of Bad
An all-star cast (we’re sure there are some stars in there somewhere) pretend to be impressed with a commonplace feline who couldn’t care less in A TALKING CAT!?! We have to be clear about this: There...
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Director Alexandre Aja on HORNS: The CFQ Interview
Daniel Radcliffe moves past his wizardly ways in HORNS. A break from the standard Halloween fare of mad slashers and paranormal infestations, the new film HORNS brings a decidedly hometown slant to an...
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Hour of the Wolf Movie Review: LFO
Patrik Karlson gets a taste of unbounded power in LFO. Not all megalomaniacs are preening, medal-bedecked-uniform-wearing, sociopathic assholes. Sometimes they’re mousy, tatty, middle-class husbands...
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Hour of the Wolf Movie Review: THE BEAST & IMMORAL TALES
No! Bad dog! Very, VERY bad dog! Heel! Heel! He… Uhhhn… Ohhhh… G-good… doggy? Kirk Cameron can kid himself, but these are the films that will truly save Christmas. Just in time to provide a respite for...
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INVASION OF THE STAR CREATURES – Temple of Bad
The good often travels along with the bad. The good in this case: Yours truly has made the move to the lovely city of Philadelphia, a process that led to the extended delay of this episode. The bad:...
View ArticleHour of the Wolf Catch-Up: CHEATIN’
CATCH-UP TUESDAY! Bringing you the Hour of the Wolf review segments that were not posted on their air dates. From 4/9/15: The course of true love never runs smooth. When cartoonist Bill Plympton is...
View ArticleScott Eastwood Cools Down While Heating Things Up for Davidoff [Paid Video]
“What makes the ocean makes the man,” says Scott Eastwood in this paid video for Davidoff Cool Water (I could be wrong, but the product’s probably not a beverage). And judging by the visuals here, it...
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JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET – Temple of Bad
You know, we’ve always considered as our prime mission an elevation of the level of discourse in movie podcasts. Much like Cahiers du Cinema, we seek to enshrine the world of film as a true art form,...
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Hour of the Wolf Movie Review: THE MACHINE
“The Machine, Dan? The Machine? Surely you must mean Ex Machina, the dark, sensual drama about a young programmer falling into the thrall of an eerily human-like android, the film that grabbed so much...
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THE BRAINIAC – Temple of Bad
(Sung to the tune of Maniac): A Satanist who can zip out of chains. He is suave, and he’s smart, and clumsy. He gropes all the chicks, and eats his victim’s brains, Everybody says he’s eeeee-vil. He...
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