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In the Mouth of Madness
Director John Carpenter applies himself to this solid attempt to (finally) nail down the H.P. Lovecraft ethos on film. The project and…
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Watching the Dark
Keeper
The old saying, “Strike while the iron is hot” is never more meaningful than in the movie industry, where financing is hard…
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Trekkin’ With The Stars
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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Nightmare Alley – 4K
Guillermo del Toro makes a living finding the humanity in monsters and the monsters in men. A boy who grew up identifying…
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The Master of Ballantrae
Errol Flynn is back in harness as an 18th century Scottish patriot who survives the Battle of Culloden only to fall in…
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Apex Action Cinema: Dwight Little Unpacks His Legendary ’90s Run
Action cinema, that most kinetic of genres, arguably reached its absolute U.S. cultural apex in the 1990s. While muscle-bound strongmen in the…
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Hell’s Angels
A 4K remaster puts a high polish on Howard Hughes' WW1 air war epic -- an enormous personal project that allowed the…
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The Racket
The irreplaceable WAC brings forth another sterling HD remaster of a vintage crime thriller. Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan go head-to-head in…
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Fortunate Sons
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all And…
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Neo Noir
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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Dead of Night
One of the creepiest and most elegant fright films ever made gets a much needed audiovisual overhaul in 4K: Ealing Studios assembles…
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Intruder in the Dust
Don't congratulate Hollywood too quickly -- would this honest and accurate story of American racism have been filmed if the author of…
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Alraune + The Student of Prague
Macabre fantasy! Diving into these 100 year-old silent films is like being back in film school again, excited by 'new' film ideas.…
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The Last Reel: Transcendent Rock and Roll
This week’s The Last Reel looks back at the otherworldly power of 60s rock and roll bands and how the media—films, videos,…
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The Cat and the Canary
Beware of hidden panels above your bed! The best of the silent 'old dark house' thrillers comes to 4K in a new…
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Sketch Comedy
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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Wicked Games
Gaumont's restoration brings back a trio of French-language thrillers by the under-appreciated actor-director Robert Hossein. Two are Euro-noir takes on steamy pulp…
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I Died a Thousand Times
This remake of a gangster classic barely 15 years old adds CinemaScope, Warnercolor and a selection of method-y actors -- and it…
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Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection
Need help with your Halloween hangover? Here’s a cure for what ails you, a compilation of some of the finest horror films…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Nominated for 9 Academy Awards, Paramount's blockbuster adaptation of the 'hot' Ernest Hemingway novel was given a grand Road Show release, then…
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‘I Made It As A Cop Thriller:’ A Conversation with Halloween 4 Director Dwight Little
The Halloween franchise found itself in a moment of transition circa 1988. The two figures driving the series’ creative direction to that…
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Halloween Haunts
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. …
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Altered States
Science fiction goes psychedelic, with an audiovisual light show that far outstrips 1960s efforts with oil smears and surreal imagery. Maverick director…
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The Beast of the City
Is this the most violent crime film of the pre-Code era? It takes an extreme Law 'n' Order position, one that downplays…
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Whoa -- this Halloween, horror fans are up to their severed necks in fancy restorations of Hammer's first Gothic horror film, the…