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On DVD/Blu-ray: MACBETH (2015); VICTORIA (2015); and THE TRIBE (2015)
MACBETH(France/UK - 2015)What would seem like holiday Oscar bait was only given a limited run by the perpetually cash-strapped Weinstein Company, who put all their awards season focus on THE HATEFUL...
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Retro Review, Special Fongsploitation Edition: KILLPOINT (1984) and LOW BLOW...
KILLPOINT(US - 1984)Born in 1928, Chinese-born American actor Leo Fong was a late bloomer when he joined the post-Bruce Lee martial-arts parade, already in the vicinity of 50 when he starred in the...
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In Theaters: THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY (2016)
THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY(US/UK - 2016)Directed by Louis Leterrier. Written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston and Peter Baynham. Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Penelope Cruz, Isla Fisher, Rebel...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: STEVE JOBS (2015); TRUMBO (2015); and FORSAKEN (2016)
STEVE JOBS(US - 2015)Just two years after the already forgotten Ashton Kutcher-starring biopic JOBS, Danny Boyle's STEVE JOBS arrived to tell the Steve Jobs story once again. Based on the book by...
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Retro Review: COP (1988)
COP(US - 1988)COP disappeared from theaters pretty quickly in the spring of 1988, but it's acquired a moderate cult following in the years since. Coming nearly a decade before Curtis Hanson's 1997...
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Retro Review: AT CLOSE RANGE (1986)
AT CLOSE RANGE(US - 1986)Despite significant critical acclaim and spawning a huge radio and MTV hit with Madonna's "Live to Tell," AT CLOSE RANGE only made it to 83 screens at its widest release in the...
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Retro Review: LOOSE CANNONS (1990)
LOOSE CANNONS(US - 1990)From its initial pitch meeting all the way to its tragic February 9. 1990 release in theaters, there had to be hundreds of opportunities for someone in a position of authority...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: MOONWALKERS (2016) and THE BENEFACTOR (2016)
MOONWALKERS(France/Belgium - 2016)There's undoubtedly a smart and funny satirical comedy to be made based on the conspiracy theory that a post-2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Stanley Kubrick helped NASA fake the...
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Retro Review: A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (1968)
A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY(Italy/France - 1968; US release 1970)A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY is a strange and impenetrable supernatural art/horror hybrid from Italian filmmaker Elio Petri that came...
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Retro Review: R.O.T.O.R. (1988)
R.O.T. O.R.(US - 1988)The GETEVEN of ROBOCOP ripoffs, the deliriously awful R.O.T.O.R. was a video store staple back in the '80s and '90s and if physical media is dead, somebody forgot to tell Shout!...
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In Theaters: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE(US - 2016)Directed by Zack Snyder. Written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer. Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence...
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Retro Review: MILLENNIUM (1989)
MILLENNIUM(US - 1989)One of the chintziest-looking major-studio sci-fi movies of the 1980s, MILLENNIUM spent over a decade in development before it was finally made as sloppily and ambivalently as...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: EXPOSED (2016); YOUTH (2015); and LEGEND (2015)
EXPOSED(US - 2016)So are some movies.EXPOSED is one of those films with two parallel storylines that finally converge in the closing minutes. In a predominantly Latino neighborhood in NYC,...
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Retro Review: CRAZY JOE (1974)
CRAZY JOE(Italy/US - 1974)Made during the post-GODFATHER days when theaters were flooded with mob movies, the obscure Italian-U.S. co-production CRAZY JOE is a sufficiently entertaining but simplistic...
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Retro Review: SILK (1986)
SILK(US/Philippines - 1986)This late 1980s video store fixture from Filipino exploitation icon Cirio H. Santiago is pretty crummy overall, but it's got plenty to entertain fans of bad movies. The...
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In Theaters: EYE IN THE SKY (2016)
EYE IN THE SKY (UK/Canada - 2016)Directed by Gavin Hood. Written by Guy Hibbert. Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Richard McCabe,...
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Retro Review: THE SICILIAN CONNECTION (1972)
THE SICILIAN CONNECTION(Italy/France - 1972; US release 1975)This obscure European drug trafficking thriller stars Ben Gazzara as Joe Coppola, an ambitious New York mobster trying to set up an...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (2015) and MOJAVE (2015)
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA(US/Spain - 2015)Based on Nathanial Philbrick's 2000 book chronicling the whaleship Essex and its crew's 1820 ordeal that inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Ron Howard's $100...
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Retro Review: KILLER COP (1975)
KILLER COP(Italy - 1975; US release 1976)At times looking like what might happen if Costa-Gavras made a Eurocrime movie, Luciano Ercoli's KILLER COP is one of the more politically-charged...
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On Netflix: HUSH (2016)
HUSH(US - 2016)Directed by Mike Flanagan. Written by Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel. Cast: John Gallagher Jr, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, Emma Graves. (R, 82 mins) In an era when...
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