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Lisa Marie Reflects on Soul Surfer (dir. by Sean McNamara)

As I was writing up my review of Shark Night 3D, I found myself thinking about Soul Surfer, another film that came out earlier this year and also featured a character losing an arm to a shark.  Oddly...

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Lisa Marie’s Grindhouse Trailers: The Supersized Richard Lynch Edition!

On June 20th, it was announced that the body of veteran character actor Richard Lynch had been found at his home.  Richard Lynch was never a household name but, if you’re a fan of exploitation and...

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2 Trailers: The Sessions and Alex Cross

A frequently asked question: When is John Hawkes going to win an Oscar? Ever since I first saw Winter’s Bone back in 2010, I’ve wondered just when exactly John Hawkes is going to finally win an Oscar....

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And here are The Independent Spirit Nominations

The Gotham Awards aren’t the only awards regularly given to films that the majority of filmgoers will never get to see.  The Independent Spirit Nominations are also dedicated to recognizing the best of...

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By the way, here are the Satellite Award Nominations…

In even more Oscar season news, the International Press Association announced their nominations for the Satellite Awards yesterday.  Les Miserables led with 10 nominations. If you’re like most people...

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A Death-Defying Quickie With Lisa Marie: Rollercoaster (dir by James Goldstone)

Recently, despite my longstanding fear of heights and my refusal to ever ride one in real life, I watched a film called Rollercoaster.  First released in 1977, Rollercoaster recently made its debut on...

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Shattered Politics #80: Bobby (dir by Emilio Estevez)

A few years ago, I was on twitter when I came across someone who had just watched The Breakfast Club.   “Whatever happened to Emilio Estevez?” she asked. Being the know-it-all, obsessive film fan that...

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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #66: Desperate Lives (dir by Robert Michael...

YouTube, my old friend, you have failed me. For the longest time, the 1982 anti-drug melodrama Desperate Lives has been available for viewing on YouTube.  I first watched it two years ago, after I read...

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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #99: Pay It Forward (dir by Mimi Leder)

Speaking of crappy films… Listen, I’m not going to say too much about the 2000 film Pay It Forward because it’s such a terrible movie that I feel like writing too much about it would be like the...

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Film Review: Trancers (1984, dir. Charles Band)

Back in the 1990’s there was a show on TNT that would play cult films. I don’t remember the name of it, but it was like what TCM Underground is today. I’m pretty sure that’s where I first saw The...

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Film Review: Trancers II (1991, dir. Charles Band)

Well, it sure took them a long time to get back to this series. Actually, they did shoot a sequel before this, but I’ll get to that one after I finish the main releases. This one picks up six years...

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Film Review: Trancers III (1993, dir. C. Courtney Joyner)

This was a little sad to watch. At least it didn’t make me feel even more depressed than I did after the scene in the transploitation “documentary” Let Me Die A Woman (1977) where a trans woman cuts...

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Sci-Fi Review: Trancers: City of Lost Angels (2013, dir. Charles Band)

It took me since September 5th of 2015 to finally reach the very last film in this retrospective of the Trancers series, but I’m finally here. This is the lost sequel that was made…why am I explaining...

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Back to School Part II #19: Girls Just Want To Have Fun (dir by Alan Metter)

For our next film in this series of Back to School reviews, we take a look at 1985’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun! And you know what? It’s true — we do just want to have fun! The fun in Girls Just Want...

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A Movie A Day #25: Next of Kin (1989, directed by John Irvin)

Truman Gates (Patrick Swayze) may have been raised in Appalachia but, now that he lives in Chicago, he’s left the old ways behind.  He has a job working as a cop and his wife (Helen Hunt) is pregnant...

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The Films of 2020: The Night Clerk (dir by Michael Cristofer)

“Tye Sheridan Is …. THE NIGHT CLERK!” That’s not how The Night Clerk was advertised, though perhaps it should have been.  This is one of those overheated melodramas that’s so sure that it’s making a...

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Retro Television Review: Quarterback Princess (dir by Noel Black)

Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Sundays, I will be reviewing the made-for-television movies that used to be...

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Retro Television Reviews: Murder In New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story...

Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Sundays, I will be reviewing the made-for-television movies that used to be...

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Horror on TV: The Hitchhiker 4.4 “Why Are You Here?” (dir by Chris Thomson)

Tonight’s episode of The Hitchhiker is an early example of found footage horror. Jerry Rulack (played by the star of Midnight Express, Brad Davis, in one of his final performances) is a smarmy TV host...

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