Tag Archives: film

Death of Hollywood: the re-installment plan

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Reverend

Hollywood continues down the road of cannibalizing its own archive, this time with a brand new Friday the 13th and My Bloody Valentine —both due out in early 2009. I won’t lie, I desperately want to see both films. Knowing … Continue reading →

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Formative 10: The Thing (1982)

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Reverend

Back to the lost formative ten. John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) has consistently been in my top three movies of all time since I first saw it. A masterpiece on many levels, and in fact there are two Carpenter films … Continue reading →

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Filmfax, my connection to another world

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Reverend

As much as I love the internet, I have to be frank, it has never really come close to the magic that is reading the b-movie rag that is Filmfax. I may be wrong here (but I’m not), there is … Continue reading →

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Kienholz on Exhibit

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Reverend

Once again the Internet Archive delivers the goods. Check out this amazing documentary by June Steel about Edward Kienholz’s retrospective exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 1966. I first discovered Kienholz thirty years later in … Continue reading →

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YouTube experimenting with copyright?

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Reverend

After uploading the final speech from First Blood to YouTube, I was immediately delivered a copyright notice from Google and Lionsgate. Here is what it looks like: Click for larger version you can view in its entirety. To quote: Lionsgate … Continue reading →

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Mildred Pierce Double Feature

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Reverend
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Bad Boys (1983)

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Reverend

I liked Sean Penn in Fast Times a Ridgemont High, Jeff Spicoli was possibly one of the single most beloved and influential film characters of the 80s. But it wasn’t until seeing him in Bad Boys that I became a … Continue reading →

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The New Bava Beverly

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Reverend

Image courtesy of Robjtak Los Angeles is a fine town. I lived in its tepid embrace for over seven years, and I have to say it was probably seven of the best film years of my life. I think I … Continue reading →

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I ain’t no preacher no more

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Reverend

I watched John Ford’s Grapes of Wrath (1940) last night and I have to say it is a masterpiece of the highest order. The film both blew my mind and deeply touched me on so many levels I just can’t … Continue reading →

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A Monstrous Education

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Reverend

On a recent post about Clash of the Titans, Andy Best made a comment I’ve been coming back to over and over again since. The comment was the following: And by the way, Jim, keep on plugging D&D, that game … Continue reading →

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