Blood of the Vines
CROOKS AND LAWYERS WITH BTS
Crooks and lawyers this week on Trailers From Hell. What’s the difference, you may ask? Lawyers drink better wine. Let’s see if…
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Murder, He Says
The Snopes family were a collection of Southern-fried scoundrels introduced by William Faulkner in 1940’s The Hamlet—over the course of three novels…
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The Day of the Dolphin
They swim, they play, and they talk. They love George C. Scott and call him 'pa.' Mike Nichols' paranoid sci-fi classic combines…
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Beau Geste
It's a classic from the Golden Year of 1939, directed in fine style by Wild Bill Wellman and well cast with Paramount…
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3-D Rarities II
3-D Blu-ray isn’t going away, even as the equipment to show it becomes hard to find — and the 3-D Film Archive…
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Show Boat (1936)
One of the best and most melodic of filmic transpositions from Broadway, James Whale's beautifully directed movie showcases all-time great performances by…
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The Bolshevik Trilogy 3 Films by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Ready for some good old-fashioned artistic propaganda, Soviet-style Russian filmmakers tried to make film grammar into an emotional-intellectual science, and these pro-Revolution…
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The Mad Magician
For Vincent Price, revenge was a dish served cold and in 3-D. In 1954, just a year after his three-dimensional rampage in…
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Low Budget Slashers
Aah, low-budget slashers this week on Trailers From Hell. There is nothing like pairing wine with a film that drips with Burgundy-red…
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Hammer Volume Five – Death and Deceit
Indicator delivers another in their long line of fan-friendly box sets with Hammer Volume Five - Death and Deceit (a subhead that could be…
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Dodsworth
It's 'Marriage Story' circa 1936. Talk about older shows that still pack a dramatic wallop... William Wyler's most celebrated '30s film is…
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Supernatural
Wow! That glorious original poster jumped out at us, making us ask why we couldn't see this classic-era Paramount horror picture starring…
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Leave Her to Heaven
Freddie Mercury sang that Love Kills, and that's apparently where Gene Tierney's coming from in this bizarre domestic noir. Dream wife Tierney…
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Trail of the Screaming Forehead + The Lost Skeleton Returns Again
Cult nonsense filmmaking finds its Ultimate in Larry Blamire's pair of monster-rally comedies, that parody classic cheapo sci-fi thrillers. The spot-on spoofery…
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Happy Friday the 13th, Campers! It’s time to talk about the high water mark of the Friday the 13th saga, Friday the…
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Manon
We can depend on H.G. Clouzot to find people at their most desperate, at their worst. His updated adaptation of Manon Lescaut…
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Whisky Galore!/The Maggie
Film Movement, a self-described “film service” that traffics in esoteric theatrical and home video product has released two notable examples of post-war…
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BOTV – More Movies You Never Heard Of
Trailers From Hell is featuring more movies you never heard of this week, so my wine selections should be easy pairings –…
Fear of the Velvet Curtain
THE 2019 MURIEL AWARDS: BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR AND THE PAST DECADE
The Oscars were announced on February 9, almost a month ago, and yet awards season didn’t end until just this last week,…
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The Cranes are Flying
Some classic Russian films are impressive, others are interesting -- and this one takes our heads off, as if we were seeing…
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Beau Brummell
This remake of Warners' 1924 John Barrymore feature gives us Elizabeth Taylor in the Mary Astor role, Stewart Granger as the fashion…
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Beau Brummell
This remake of Warners' 1924 John Barrymore feature gives us Elizabeth Taylor in the Mary Astor role, Stewart Granger as the fashion…
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Inside Moves
Richard Donner's first feature post- Superman is a complete switcheroo -- a small-scale character piece that delivers an impressive lineup of engaging…
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My Gun Is Quick
Mike Hammer is in action again! Well, not exactly. Producer Victor Saville's third go-round with Mickey Spillane's famed character doesn't do the…
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Carquake
This week’s Trailers From Hell movies are about cars, in one fashion or another. We do not recommend drinking and driving –…