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Review: Luke Cage (Season 1, Episode 1)
Let me start off by saying the quasi-blaxploitation theme of Luke Cage is glorious (Isaac Hayes is sorely missed for the baritone vocals) and the landmarks of the Apollo Theater and Malcolm X Boulevard add to the African-American heritage of … Continue reading
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days: Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Italian uber-Producer Dino De Laurentiis basically wrote a blank check to author Stephen King when he requisitioned him to be the director of this kitschy, submental miscarriage. King is not Wolfgang Petersen and therefore, the technocratic rampage with machines, car … Continue reading
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days: Graveyard Shift (1990)
Subterranean horror doesn’t get much more Augean or sordid than Graveyard Shift which endeavors to make the audience feel like they need a tetanus shot after the last frame. In that respect of sweatshop atmosphere, the film is a humdinger. … Continue reading
Review: Crisis in Six Scenes
The Jimi Hendrix-esque guitar licks over the patented Woody Allen font is a bit jarring change from his typical jazz music. Then we cut to protest footage about the 60’s for context in the subsequent scenes. It also explains why … Continue reading
The Reviewinator: Cabin Fever (2016)
Horror remakes have become so common that they’ve begun separating (or in this movie’s case, “quarantining”) into sub-categories. The “shot-by-shot” remake, for example, is pretty self-explanatory. 1998’s Psycho is still the best example of this, but now we have a … Continue reading
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Wildly Obscure (Part 2)
This article is the second part of castordurden’s tribute to Gene Wilder. Click here for part one! The Frisco Kid (1979)- A pattern has started to emerge from this litany of under-the-radar Gene Wilder films. Almost consistently each one begins … Continue reading
Wildly Obscure
At the ripe age of 83, our intrepid chocolatier and curly-haired jester Gene Wilder passed through the factory gates. In his wake, he left us a trove of classics to cherish for years to come. From his Mel Brooks collaborations … Continue reading
Review: Jean-Claude Van Johnson (Season 1, Episode 1)
It’s the annual pilot season for Amazon Studios again and during this period, they present a litany of pilots which their customers vote on to be promoted to full series. Perusing through the list, I felt ambivalent about whether The … Continue reading
Castor’s Underrated Gems: Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
At the witching hour in NYC, the opening title sequence for the fiendishly pell-mell, daft cult classic Vampire’s Kiss is drenched in atmospheric ghoulishness. When a bat flutters around his apartment, it’s a toss-up as to who is frothing more … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: Jason Bourne (2016)
The fifth (or is it fourth?) entry in the Bourne franchise brings back its titular character for another round of hyper-kinetic chase sequences and black-ops conspiracy. Now with all of his memories intact, Jason Bourne has new secrets to learn about himself, … Continue reading
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