Category Archives: movies

Trilogy of Terror

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Reverend

 For some reason Chucky’s far more frightening predecessor, the African Zuni Fetish Warrior Doll from the 1975 telemovie Trilogy of Terror, was on my mind earlier this evening. So, I promptly searched for Trilogy of Terror on YouTube and, as … Continue reading →

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Harry Dean Stanton’s Repo Code

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Reverend

Harry Dean Stanton is without question one of my favorite character actors, if not my favorite. He has been in a number of great movies with some amazing roles—I’m thinking Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Escape from New York, Pretty in … Continue reading →

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Viva Knievel! Instantly

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Reverend

Andy Rush has already blogged about Netflix Instant Video (what a man, what a man!), but I haven’t used it because I didn’t have Windows XP installed on my Mac Book Pro (it’s not Mac OS friendly). My two-cents to … Continue reading →

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Raiding the Internet Archive

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Reverend

Figured I’d start the week off right and play with some public domain video from the Internet Archive. I set a couple of clips (Babies on Parade and Television Commercials: Telephone) to the mellifluous sounds of one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Two Must-See Melodramas by Douglas Sirk

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Reverend

if you’re not yet a Douglas Sirk fan, you really should be. All that Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956)–both starring the beautiful and extremely talented Rock Hudson–are two of his best 1950s melodramas and would make … Continue reading →

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Miracle Mile

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Reverend

Given the state of the world that Brian Lamb describes with such profound eloquence in this post, I think it’s time to reach into the movie vault and pull out Miracle Mile, a surreal, end-of-the-world love story the whole family … Continue reading →

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People like us…

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Reverend

“We don’t want freedom! We don’t want justice! We just want someone to love.” This musical interlude featuring the inimitable John Goodman in a scene from David Bryne’s True Stories brought to you with very special thanks to Carole Garmon’s … Continue reading →

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Planet Terror: “Just like your video games”

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Reverend

After all the fun we had in our discussion about Death Proof, I broke down and watched Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. If I was tepid on Tarantino’s films before Death Proof, my feelings towards Rodriguez’s work was bordering on hostile. … Continue reading →

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Klaus Kinski Rocks

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Reverend

I happened upon Andreas Krennmair’s post that talks about the possessed German actor and internationally recognized eccentric Klaus Kinski. I’ve been a fan of Kinski ever since 1986 when I stumbled upon his first US film (I think I am … Continue reading →

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Do you need to see the Star Wars films to actually enjoy them?

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Reverend

Thirty years ago I would have laughed at this question. Silly rabbit, of course you have to see the movies to enjoy them. How else would you know what to do with all those awesome Kenner action figures you wanted … Continue reading →

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