Often an after-thought during conversations about The Blair Witch Project, the lesser-known precursor, The Last Broadcast, pre-dates the lost-in-the-woods classic by a year, but quickly faded into obscurity upon release due to its very limited distribution and marketing campaigns. With the found-footage genre being exploited to exhaustion, many film fan have looked back to the […]
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Via Vision Entertainment has really stepped things up this year in bringing more classic television to physical media, including the ground-breaking series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which came in two separate box sets. Seasons Five to Seven, spanning from 1959 to 1962, is the latter half and arguably a more refined and creative offering of 25-minute
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I grew up on stereotypes, with the term, ‘Wog’, in my vocabulary, often used by my father in both an affectionate and derogatory manner, which was sometimes simultaneous. While I often laughed at the many blanket notions made towards certain ethnic groups, mainly Greeks and Italians, I was always fascinated by different cultures and traditions.
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When I think back to the early 90s, when times were simpler, Fried Green Tomatoes was the ultimate chick flick. It was everywhere. Gone with the Wind for new a generation of female audiences. While preoccupied with Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I knew this as a universal truth and appropriately steered clear because
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If you’re into movies but haven’t seen any starring Joan Crawford, you’re probably at least aware of her legendary status, for both the right and wrong reasons. I’ve only seen What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, which is probably the best place to start, but for something a bit more genre heavy, Eureka Entertainment has
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Sam Neill has a remarkably large following, not only in Australia but overseas. His filmography speaks from itself, from Australian indie cinema to Jurassic Park, and he was once in line to play James Bond before Timothy Dalton was eventually cast. Neill also has a repertoire for playing some very strange and frightening characters. Fresh
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I first saw Richard Farnsworth in Misery as the seasoned small-town sheriff, Buster, a role that’s since become regarded as one of actor’s best and most enjoyable. Farnsworth worked as a Hollywood stuntman for thirty years before trying his hand at acting, a career change that would culminate with The Straight Story, before his passing
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Tom Savini has literally had his hands on some of the most famous horror movies ever made, such as George A. Romero’s seminal undead classic, Dawn of the Dead, along with Friday the 13th and Creepshow just to name a few; but who’s the man behind the many masks he meticulously crafted to the delight
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I was quite put off by Terrence Malick’s style of cinema, which was introduced to me via the very experimental Tree of Life, but I’ve since then I’ve warmed to the director after watching two of his early classics, the more straight-forward, Badlands, and most recently Days of Heaven, which is out now on Blu-ray
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In the tradition of classics like The Most Dangerous Game, films in which people are hunted for sport and sadistic pleasure, Brian Trenchard-Smith takes the very mean spirited idea to the next level with his dystopian nightmare, Turkey Shoot, that’s out on Blu-ray under the revamped Ozploitation Classics sub-label from Umbrella Entertainment. Set in the
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