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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

50 Horror Movies for Halloween (Part 5)

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Tomorrow is October, so here's the grand finale.
Sunday, September 28, 2014

50 Horror Movies for Halloween (Part 4)

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One of the challenges involved with creating a project like a list is writing from distant memories rather than from fresh impressions. I r...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

50 Horror Movies for Halloween (Part 3)

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October is coming up fast, so here's the next installment of this series. I've been trying to cast a wide net across the history of...
Friday, September 26, 2014

50 Horror Movies for Halloween (part 2)

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Here's part two of this series. These are not in any kind of order. They are unranked. These are all films I've enjoyed to one degr...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Everybody Dance Now

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Longtime readers probably realize that my movie writing usually follows a formula: introductory paragraph, synopsis, bulk of the review. I...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

50 Films For Halloween (part 1)

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I got into an argument over the weekend over the usefulness of all those top whatever lists of horror movies you see show up every year. Yo...
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Monday, September 22, 2014

Mothers and Sons

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Club Sandwich (2013, directed by Fernando Eimbcke) is a coming of age story with an unusual point of view. Its young protagonist is a bund...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Shameless Self-promotion: Kickstarter Edition

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I normally keep my art projects off my movie blog, but I have a financial stake in this, so here we go: I have a Kickstarter . I'm tryi...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Shameless Self-Promotion: Hidden Horror

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Because I'm lousy at self-promotion, I don't think I've touted this book I was in at the start of the year. It's Hidden Ho...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

The October Challenge--2014 Edition

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There's a snap of autumn in the air this week and here at Stately Krell Laboratories, that can only mean one thing: it's horror mov...
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Flowers in the Wreckage

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My local arthouse runs a series of recent international cinema every fall. They call it "The Passport Series" and the conceit is ...
Monday, September 08, 2014

Begin the Beguine

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John Carney's Begin Again (2014) is an indie version of a musical romantic drama. In truth, I didn't know I had an itch for such a...
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Saturday, September 06, 2014

The Mundane Spider-Man

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As I was watching The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014, directed by Marc Webb), I was imagining Shailene Woodley sitting in a theater somewhere ...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Star Time

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In spite of its similarity to other recent musical biopics, Get On Up (2014, directed by Tate Taylor), a biography of James Brown, stands ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

You Know How To Whistle, Don't You?

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According to legend, To Have and Have Not (1944, directed by Howard Hawks) was made on a bet. Howard Hawks and Ernest Hemingway were hunti...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Dancing Among the Stars

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After I saw the film, I had a conversation with a friend of mine about Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, directed by James Gunn) that went so...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Endangered Species

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, directed by Matt Reeves) is probably the best film in the franchise since the original item back in 1...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Beyond Human Ken

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The truth of the matter is this: I didn't particularly want to go see Lucy (2014, directed by Luc Besson). I'm not fond of Luc Bes...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Mere Anarchy

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I was in the wrong headspace for The Rover (2014, directed by David Michôd), a bleak, more naturalistic version of a Mad Max movie. The m...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Mystery Train

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When I first heard the premise of Snowpiercer (2014, directed by Bong Joon-ho), I thought it sounded ridiculous. I thought, actually, that...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Death on the Installment Plan

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It would be a mistake to think of Edge of Tomorrow (2014, directed by Doug Liman) as a mere rip-off of Groundhog Day filtered through Sta...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A Death in the Family

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I'm at something of a disadvantage when it comes to writing about the British crime film, Honour (2014, directed by Shan Khan), because...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 7

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And we're almost to the end. There's been a lot of fabulous writing this week. The blogathon will be open for business for a while,...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon: How Green Was My Valley

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This is my principle entry into The John Ford Blogathon. I sometimes spill out my entire head when writing about my favorite films. I hope ...
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The John Ford Blogathon Day 6

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The air conditioning here at Stately Krell Laboratories had crapped out for the weekend, so your humble bloginatrix is going to be spending...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 5

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We're entering the home stretch now. Hopefully the weekend will bring the fireworks. We start off again with Lee Price at 21 Essays, ...
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Thursday, July 10, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 4

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We're rounding the bend today. I hope you've been reading along, because the quality of work being posted by everyone is outstandin...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 3

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Day three of the blogathon sees your humble bloginatrix procrastinating her own entries, but fear not! I'll get a couple of somethings ...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon Day 2

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A quiet morning here at Stately Krell Labs, but we're just getting warmed up. We start off with another piece by the inestimable Lee ...
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Sunday, July 06, 2014

The John Ford Blogathon: Day 1

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Annnnd....we're off. Welcome to the John Ford Blogathon, in which folks from around the movie-o-sphere write about the great, the bad, ...
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