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Retro Review: WHAT? (1972)
WHAT?aka DIARY OF FORBIDDEN DREAMSaka FORBIDDEN DREAMS(Italy/France/West Germany - 1972; US releases 1973, 1976, 1979)Directed by Roman Polanski. Written by Gerard Brach and Roman Polanski. Cast:...
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Retro Review: STEELE JUSTICE (1987)
STEELE JUSTICE (US - 1987)Written and directed by Robert Boris. Cast: Martin Kove, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey, Joseph Campanella, Jan Gan Boyd, Soon-Teck Oh, Sarah Douglas, Shannon Tweed,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: REGRESSION (2016); SYNCHRONICITY (2016); and SUBMERGED (2015)
REGRESSION(Spain/Canada - 2015; 2016 US release)There's a good movie to be made of the so-called "Satanic Panic" of the mid-to-late 1980s. It was a time when horror movies and heavy metal were blamed...
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In Theaters/On VOD: THE TRUST (2016)
THE TRUST(US/UK - 2016)Directed by Alex Brewer & Benjamin Brewer. Written by Adam Hirsch and Benjamin Brewer. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira, Jerry Lewis, Ethan Suplee, Steven...
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In Theaters: MONEY MONSTER (2016)
MONEY MONSTER(US - 2016)Directed by Jodie Foster. Written by Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore and Jim Kouf. Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo...
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In Theaters/On VOD: HIGH-RISE (2016)
HIGH-RISE(UK/Ireland/Belgium - 2016)Directed by Ben Wheatley. Written by Amy Jump. Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Bill...
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Retro Review: THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND (1983)
THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND(US - 1983)Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Written by Alan Sharp and Ian Masters. Cast: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Burt Lancaster, Chris Sarandon, Meg...
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Retro Review: CLAY PIGEON (1971)
CLAY PIGEON(US - 1971)Directed by Tom Stern and Lane Slate. Written by Ronald Buck, Buddy Ruskin and Jack Gross Jr. Cast: Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, John Marley, Burgess Meredith, Ivan Dixon, Tom...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: KINDERGARTEN COP 2 (2016); SOUTHBOUND (2016); and DEMENTIA...
KINDERGARTEN COP 2(US - 2016)Here to present its case as the most unnecessary sequel of 2016, KINDERGARTEN COP 2 would more accurately be termed a remake, and not a very funny one at that. No returning...
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In Theaters: THE NICE GUYS (2016)
THE NICE GUYS(US - 2016)Directed by Shane Black. Written by Shane Black and Anthony Bagorazzi. Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Yaya...
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Retro Review: CANDY (1968)
CANDY(Italy/France - 1968)Directed by Christian Marquand. Written by Buck Henry. Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, Ewa...
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Retro Review: LOLLY-MADONNA XXX (1973)
LOLLY-MADONNA XXXaka THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR(US - 1973)Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. Written by Rodney Carr-Smith and Sue Grafton. Cast: Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Scott Wilson, Season...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: ZOOLANDER 2 (2016); RISEN (2016); and THE PROGRAM (2016)
ZOOLANDER 2(US - 2016)You could probably count the number of good comedy sequels on one hand and it should come as no surprise that ZOOLANDER 2 wouldn't be one of them. Arriving 15 long years after the...
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Retro Review: JUNGLE WARRIORS (1984)
JUNGLE WARRIORS(West Germany/Mexico - 1984)Directed by Ernst R. von Theumer. Written by Robert Collector and Ernst R. von Theumer. Cast: Nina Van Pallandt, Paul L. Smith, John Vernon, Alex Cord, Sybil...
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Retro Review: CUT AND RUN (1985)
CUT AND RUN(Italy - 1985; US release 1986)Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Written by Cesare Frugoni and Dardano Sacchetti. Cast: Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch, Richard Bright,...
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Retro Review: BLOOD BATH (1966)
OPERATION TITIAN(Yugoslavia - 1963)Directed by Rados Novakovic. Written by Vlasta Radavanovic. Cast: William Campbell, Rade Markovic, Patrick Magee, Miha Baloh, Vjekoslav Afric, Irena Prosen, Manja...
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Retro Review: THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976)
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE(US - 1976/1978)Written and directed by John Cassavetes. Cast: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips, Morgan Woodward, John Red Kullers, Al Ruban,...
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In Theaters: POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING (2016)
POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING(US - 2016)Directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Written by Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Cast: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: GODS OF EGYPT (2016); THE ASIAN CONNECTION (2016); and...
GODS OF EGYPT(US/China - 2016)A mega-budget franchise non-starter that arrived on a wave of bad publicity due to casting controversies--a ridiculous grievance, really, considering that it's not a...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: EVERY THING WILL BE FINE (2015) and THE CONFIRMATION (2016)
EVERY THING WILL BE FINE(Germany/Canada/France/Sweden/Norway - 2015)One of the major voices of the 1970s New German Cinema who reached his pinnacle in the next decade with the classics PARIS, TEXAS...
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