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Cult Classics Revisited: CHAINED HEAT (1983)
CHAINED HEAT(US/Germany - 1983)Directed by Paul Nicolas. Written by Vincent Mongol and Paul Nicolas. Cast: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning, Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Henry Silva, Sharon...
View ArticleOn HBO: BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (2013)
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA(US - 2013)Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Written by Richard LaGravenese. Cast: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Reiser,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: GENERATION UM... (2013) and LORE (2013)
GENERATION UM...(US/Luxembourg - 2013)If you stumble upon the largely-improvised GENERATION UM... in its last ten minutes, you might think you're catching the tail end of a very good movie. Until...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: THE NUMBERS STATION (2013) and DARK SKIES (2013)
THE NUMBERS STATION(UK/US/Belgium - 2013)John Cusack's career is in a strange place that his fans never would've expected a decade ago. At 47, he's obviously outgrown the boyish romantic roles that...
View ArticleIn Theaters: NOW YOU SEE ME (2013)
NOW YOU SEE ME(US - 2013)Directed by Louis Leterrier. Written by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: AFTER EARTH (2013)
AFTER EARTH(US - 2013)Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Written by Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan. Cast: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Zoe Isabella Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo, Glenn Morshower, Kristofer...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: IT'S A DISASTER (2013); CHARLIE ZONE (2013); and THE BIG BAD...
IT'S A DISASTER(US - 2013)Beating the all-star THIS IS THE END to theaters by a couple of months, this indie apocalypse comedy continues the end-of-the-world depictions of recent films like...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE PURGE (2013)
THE PURGE(US/France - 2013)Written and directed by James DeMonaco. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield, Tony Oller, Arija Bareikis, Chris Mulkey,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: ABSOLUTE DECEPTION (2013); HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS...
ABSOLUTE DECEPTION(Australia/Canada - 2013)Midway through Cuba Gooding Jr.'s latest straight-to-DVD thriller, the Oscar-winning actor, playing FBI agent Nelson, confronts smug villain Osterberg (Chris...
View ArticleIn Theaters: MAN OF STEEL (2013)
MAN OF STEEL(US - 2013)Directed by Zack Snyder. Written by David S. Goyer. Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THIS IS THE END (2013)
THIS IS THE END(US - 2013)Written and directed by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. Cast: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: STOKER (2013); AMERICAN MARY (2013); and THE LAST EXORCISM...
STOKER(US/UK - 2013)Despite plenty of pre-release hype, STOKER, the English-language debut of famed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook (OLDBOY) only got a limited US release, topping out at 275...
View ArticleIn Theaters: WORLD WAR Z (2013)
WORLD WAR Z(US - 2013)Directed by Marc Forster. Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof. Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale,...
View ArticleThe Cannon Files: NINJA III: THE DOMINATION (1984)
NINJA III: THE DOMINATION(US - 1984)Directed by Sam Firstenberg. Written by James R. Silke. Cast: Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, David Chung, James Hong, Dale Ishimoto, Roy Padilla, John...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: UPSIDE DOWN (2013); PUSHER (2012); and HANSEL & GRETEL GET...
UPSIDE DOWN(Canada/France - 2013)This $60 million sci-fi epic sat on the shelf for over two years before getting a 39-screen US release, grossing just over $100,000. Sporting the kind of concept that...
View ArticleIn Theaters: WHITE HOUSE DOWN (2013)
WHITE HOUSE DOWN(US - 2013)Directed by Roland Emmerich. Written by James Vanderbilt. Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King,...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On VOD: REDEMPTION (2013)
REDEMPTION(US/UK - 2013)Written and directed by Steven Knight. Cast: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Benedict Wong, Vicky McClure, Christian Brassington, Victoria Bewick, Michelle Lee, Siobhan Hewlett,...
View ArticleThe Cannon Files: LIFEFORCE (1985)
LIFEFORCE(UK - 1985)Directed by Tobe Hooper. Written by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. Cast: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball,...
View ArticleCult Classics Revisited: THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY (1969)
THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY(US - 1969)Directed by Hubert Cornfield. Written by Hubert Cornfield and Robert Phippeny. Cast: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno, Pamela Franklin, Jess Hahn,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: 6 SOULS (2013); INESCAPABLE (2013); and THE RAMBLER (2013)
6 SOULS(US - 2013)Shot in 2008 under the title SHELTER, it took five years for the newly-christened 6 SOULS to get a 54-screen US release courtesy of Radius TWC, the B-movie arm of The Weinstein...
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