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Face The Thing That Should Not Be
One of these Things is not like the other...although it really wants to be
Film, it is said, imitates film (and if that has never been said, well...it should have been). The Thing (2011), like the shape-shifting alien creature for which it is named, tries to duplicate its host down to the cellular level. In this case, its host is John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing, itself a remake. But the discerning human, as in the movies, can find ways to differentiate the assimilated spawn from the host.
Posted by Todd Monkeypants on 10/25 • (0) Comments • Permalink
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Sons of Perdition Offer Up Hymns for the World-Weary
Or maybe canticles for the cursed?
“I would kill the devil — I hate him, and I would kill him, but I see there are several clergymen present, and they have their families to support!”
– Eli Perkins (Melville De Lancey Landon)
...don't waste time with your tears, because it’s worse than you fear...
– Zebulon Whatley
Posted by Todd Monkeypants on 10/14 • (0) Comments • Permalink
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Head Out on the Lost Highway
Pomade, noir, and a drum machine engage in an illicit tryst on
Dirty Beaches' Badlands
Nothing necessarily groundbreaking here, but it’s all pretty solid for a one-man show.
Posted by Todd Monkeypants on 10/14 • (0) Comments • Permalink
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The Origins of Postmodern Cinema Can Be Traced to Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss
This film also screens Monday in your local student union with Blue Velvet and Cry-Baby
I want to watch it again to see if I missed the joke, but I don’t think there is a joke.
Posted by Davey B. Creative on 09/23 • (0) Comments • Permalink
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Meet the Hardest-Working Serial Killer in Cinema History
Bonus: Learn the techniques of sneaking into hospitals that all the pro killers use
Visiting Hours is short on plot and gets to the point right away. No boring exposition or character development.
Posted by Davey B. Creative on 09/06 • (0) Comments • Permalink
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