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Cult Classics Revisited: GYMKATA (1985)
GYMKATA(US - 1985)Directed by Robert Clouse. Written by Charles Robert Carner. Cast: Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton, Edward Bell, John Barrett, Conan Lee, Bob Schott, Buck Kartalian,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: WOULD YOU RATHER (2013); THE POWER OF FEW (2013); and...
WOULD YOU RATHER(US - 2013)If you enjoyed Jeffrey Combs' iconic turns in 1985's RE-ANIMATOR and 1986's FROM BEYOND, then you'll definitely want to take a look at his inspired performance in WOULD YOU...
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Cult Classics Revisited: NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980)
NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER(US - 1980)Directed by Robert Butler. Written by Bill Norton, Sr. and Rick Natkin. Cast: James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard Castellano, Julie Carmen, Abby Bluestone, Linda G....
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In Theaters: PACIFIC RIM (2013)
PACIFIC RIM(US - 2013)Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Written by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro. Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Clifton Collins,...
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In Theaters/On VOD: KILLING SEASON (2013)
KILLING SEASON(US/Belgium - 2013)Directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Written by Evan Daugherty. Cast: John Travolta, Robert De Niro, Milo Ventimiglia, Elizabeth Olin. (R, 87 mins)It's hard to believe...
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Cult Classics Revisited: COHEN AND TATE (1989)
COHEN AND TATE(US - 1989)Written and directed by Eric Red. Cast: Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Cooper Huckabee, Suzanne Savoy, Frank Bates. (R, 86 mins)With a title that sounds like a late...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: ERASED (2013) and WRONG (2013)
ERASED(Belgium/Canada - 2012; 2013 US release)Another entry in the post-TAKEN sweepstakes, the by-the-numbers ERASED allows Aaron Eckhart to channel his inner Liam Neeson as Ben Logan, an ex-CIA agent...
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In Theaters: THE CONJURING (2013)
THE CONJURING(US - 2013)Directed by James Wan. Written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Joey King, Hayley McFarland,...
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New from Shout! Factory: SCI-FI MOVIE MARATHON
The venerable Shout! Factory has released another four-film, budget-priced "Movie Marathon" package on the heels of their excellent "Action-Packed Movie Marathon" from a few months back. This time,...
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In Theaters: RED 2 (2013)
RED 2(US - 2013)Directed by Dean Parisot. Written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. Cast: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun...
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In Theaters/On VOD: ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013)
ONLY GOD FORGIVES(Denmark/France - 2013)Written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Rhatha Phongam, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke, Byron...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: TWIXT (2012) and TRANCE (2013)
TWIXT(US - 2012)Since taking a decade-long sabbatical from directing and returning with 2007's YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH and 2009's TETRO, the legendary Francis Ford Coppola has essentially abandoned...
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In Theaters: THE WOLVERINE (2013)
THE WOLVERINE(US/UK - 2013)Directed by James Mangold. Written by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Famke Janssen, Svetlana Khodchenkova,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE SILENCE (2013); VEHICLE 19 (2013); and THE JEFFREY DAHMER...
THE SILENCE(Germany - 2010; 2013 US release)It took three years to find a US distributor, but the German import THE SILENCE was worth the wait. In a chilling prologue set in 1986, two...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: ASSAULT ON WALL STREET (2013) and BLACK ROCK (2013)
ASSAULT ON WALL STREET(Canada - 2013)When he isn't helming crummy video-game adaptations, Uwe Boll has made a habit of belatedly jumping on bandwagons that have already passed through long ago, be it...
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In Theaters/On VOD: THE CANYONS (2013)
THE CANYONS(US - 2013)Directed by Paul Schrader. Written by Bret Easton Ellis. Cast: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Funk, Amanda Brooks, Tenille Houston, Gus Van Sant, Jim Boeven, Victor of...
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New from Kino/Redemption: Three Films by Jess Franco
Jess Franco (1930-2013)When Jess Franco died in April 2013 at the age of 82, cult cinema lost one of its most beloved icons, a legendarily prolific writer/director with over 200 films to his credit,...
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In Theaters: 2 GUNS (2013)
2 GUNS(US - 2013)Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Written by Blake Masters. Cast: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Robert John...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: GALLOWWALKERS (2013) and AFTERSHOCK (2013)
GALLOWWALKERS (US/UK - 2013)This long-shelved horror/western hybrid is best known as the movie Wesley Snipes was working on in Namibia when he was indicted on federal tax evasion charges. Filmed...
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On DVD/Blu-ray/Netflix streaming: ANTIVIRAL (2013) and MY AMITYVILLE HORROR...
ANTIVIRAL(Canada/France - 2012; 2013 US release)You'd be able to spot the David Cronenberg influence on ANTIVIRAL even without the knowledge that it's the writing/directing debut of his son Brandon....
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