Fear of the Velvet Curtain
EXITS: HANNIBAL LECTER AND WES CRAVEN
The three-year run of Hannibal, one of the most visually and narratively innovative series ever to air on television, broadcast or cable,…
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado
Viewers expecting to see a lighthearted 'Cisco Kid' swashbuckler got a surprise with William Wellman's movie: it's a tragedy about a genuine…
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Daniel
How does one make a movie about a hot-button political topic that's divided the nation for sixty years? And if the facts of…
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Murder, My Sweet
As far as Hollywood was concerned, hardboiled pulp author Raymond Chandler was big news in 1944 and 1945, working with Billy Wilder on…
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I, Madman
We've all wished we could change our appearance to attract some desired object of our affections. Demented Malcolm Brand takes the notion…
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Innerspace
In the 1980s, bored film critics sometimes claimed to see homoerotic themes in any 'buddy picture' about guys being friends with guys.…
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THE RETURN OF RENE CLEMENT’S FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952)
It’s 1940, and the Nazi invasion of France is fully under way. A mother, father, a five-year-old girl and her tiny dog…
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War-Gods of the Deep
In the history of soggy underwater adventures, none have been been soggier than this A.I.P. Panavision curiosity from England. Four out of five…
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Mad Max Fury Road
We want to take a moment and welcome the DVD Savant himself, Glenn Erickson, to our guest blog. Glenn's critical and technical…
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Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule
Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule. Ever since I came up with the quizzical, whimsical (quizzimsical?) name for my blog way…
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HONESTY (NO LIE!) ABOUT THE MOVIES OF 2015… SO FAR!
So here we are, smack dab in the middle of the dog days of summer (and if you don’t get that little…
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PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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MOVIE HISTORY CATALINA ISLAND STYLE
A long time ago, sometime around 1912, a director by the name of D.W. Griffith packed up his filmmaking wares and took…
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GOOD-BYE, ALEX AND MARY
It’s definitely been a week for good-byes. My daughters and I spent the weekend in the beautiful, still somewhat quaint small town…
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Irrational Man and VIVE LE DISCOUNT MOVIE HOUSE!
Early on in Irrational Man, Woody Allen’s latest half-narcotized attempt to dramatically grapple with a philosophically tinged moral crisis, a fellow academic…
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VERTIGO: A PERSONAL VIEW
Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece VERTIGO, restored and presented in 70mm, will be shown at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland on July 17, 18,…
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STRAW DOGS
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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WILD, DANGEROUS, IMPERFECT GRANDEUR: 11 DOUBLE FEATURES ABOUT AMERICA
The United States is “my country, right or wrong,” of course, and I consider myself a patriotic person, but I’ve never felt…
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DUCK! YOU SUCKER
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Joe Dante Meets the Press
In anticipation of his new film, Burying the Ex, hitting theaters and VOD, Joe Dante has been talking with reporters from all…
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Christopher Lee – A TFH Playlist
Like the majority of movie fans, Christopher Lee meant a great deal to us here at Trailers From Hell. In fact, two…
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THE BEATING UNDEAD HEART OF BURYING THE EX
Burying the Ex, director Joe Dante’s feature-length expansion of screenwriter Alan Trezza’s 2008 short, doesn’t have much use for the zombie apocalypse,…
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Joe Dante Buries the Ex at The Egyptian… and more!
Joe Dante’s new film, Burying the Ex, hits theaters and VOD on June 19th and the blackly comic “zom-com” had its advance…
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Burying the Ex – Theater Line-up
Here’s a rundown of the theaters first in line to present Joe Dante’s new film, Burying the Ex. Atlanta Plaza Atlanta Tampa…
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Bondarchuk’s Waterloo
The 18th of June marks the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. The defeat of Napoleon by the Duke of Wellington…
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PAST AND FUTURE AT THE DRIVE-IN
Ten years ago this summer five nerds and some members of their very patient families answered an ad listing on Drive-ins.com and gathered…