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In Theaters: KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (2015)
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE(US/UK - 2015)Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Written by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn. Cast: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Sofia...
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Cult Classics Revisited: COUNT DRACULA (1970)
COUNT DRACULA(Italy/Spain/West Germany - 1970)Directed by Jess Franco. Written by Augusto Finocchi. Cast: Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski, Herbert Lom, Maria Rohm, Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Jack...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE HOMESMAN (2014); V/H/S: VIRAL (2014); and BAD TURN WORSE...
THE HOMESMAN(France/US - 2014)In the small frontier town of Loup in the Nebraska Territory in the 1850s, three women have gone insane: Gro Svendsen (Sonja Richter) suffers a breakdown after being...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: WHIPLASH (2014); GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS: UNDERGROUND (2014);...
WHIPLASH(US - 2014)It's almost impossible to watch WHIPLASH and focus on anything other than the Oscar-winning work of J.K. Simmons. The veteran character actor gets the role of his career here and...
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In Theaters/On VOD: MAPS TO THE STARS (2015)
MAPS TO THE STARS(Canada/Germany - 2014; US release 2015)Directed by David Cronenberg. Written by Bruce Wagner. Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: FOXCATCHER (2014) and THE CAPTIVE (2014)
FOXCATCHER(US - 2014)It couldn't have been that difficult to put together a riveting true crime drama about the events leading up to the 1996 murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz at the hand of...
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In Theaters: CHAPPIE (2015)
CHAPPIE(US - 2015)Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell. Cast: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, Jose Pablo Cantillo,...
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Cult Classics Revisited: THE EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOW (1974)
THE EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOWaka THE TORMENTEDaka THE SEXORCISTaka L'OSSESSA(Italy - 1974; US releases 1977 and 1981)Directed by Mario Gariazzo. Written by Ambrogio Molteni and Ted Rusoff. Cast:...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: ROSEWATER (2014); PIONEER (2014); and BLACK NOVEMBER (2015)
ROSEWATER(US - 2014)ROSEWATER, a chronicle of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari's 118 days of interrogation and torture at Tehran's Evin Prison, is the big-screen writing and directing debut of...
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In Theaters: RUN ALL NIGHT (2015)
RUN ALL NIGHT(US - 2015)Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Written by Brad Inglesby. Cast: Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Common, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nick Nolte, Bruce McGill, Genesis Rodriguez,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: VICE (2015); SON OF A GUN (2014); and MALL (2014)
VICE(US/Germany - 2015)If you fused WESTWORLD with HOSTEL--and why would you?--you'd get something that looks a lot like VICE, a thoroughly crummy sci-fi shoot 'em up boasting what might be Bruce...
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Ripoffs of the Wasteland: EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000 (1983)
EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000(Italy/Spain - 1983; US release 1985)Directed by Jules Harrison (Giuliano Carnimeo). Written by Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti and Jose Truchado Reyes. Cast: Robert...
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In Theaters: THE GUNMAN (2015)
THE GUNMAN(France/Spain/UK/US - 2015)Directed by Pierre Morel. Written by Don Macpherson, Pete Travis and Sean Penn. Cast: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Jasmine...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE HUMBLING (2015) and FEAR CLINIC (2015)
THE HUMBLING(US/Italy - 2015)Even though nobody really liked literary lion Philip Roth's universally-panned 2009 novel The Humbling, it's easy to see what appealed to Al Pacino when he bought the movie...
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In Theaters: IT FOLLOWS (2015)
IT FOLLOWS(US - 2015)Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe, Bailey Spry, Debbie Williams, Leisa...
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On HBO: GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF (2015)
GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF(US/UK - 2015)Written and directed by Alex Gibney. (Unrated, 120 mins)"All Scientologists are full of shit" - actor Jason Beghe, who left the Church of...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: OUTCAST (2015); OUT OF THE DARK (2015); and DEATH SQUAD (2015)
OUTCAST(China/Canada/France - 2015)Veteran stuntman, stunt coordinator, and second-unit director Nicholas Powell makes his directing debut with this completely generic historical epic that might've...
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Ripoffs of the Wasteland: 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK (1983)
2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK(Italy/France - 1983; US release 1984)Directed by Martin Dolman (Sergio Martino). Written by Julian Berry (Ernesto Gastaldi), Martin Dolman (Sergio Martino) and Gabriel...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE VOICES (2015); PRESERVATION (2015); and LATE PHASES (2014)
THE VOICES(US/Germany - 2015)A hired-gun gig for PERSEPOLIS graphic novelist and director Marjane Satrapi, THE VOICES is a dark splatter comedy with Ryan Reynolds as Jerry, a socially-awkward but...
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In Theaters/On VOD: LOST RIVER (2015)
LOST RIVER(US - 2015)Written and directed by Ryan Gosling. Cast: Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Ben Mendelsohn, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Barbara Steele, Reda Kateb, Rob...
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