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• #2,969. The Mangler (1995) - The Films of Tobe Hooper

  

  I never read the Stephen King short story that inspired 1995’s The Mangler, but if it’s anywhere near as silly as this Tobe Hooper-directed movie, I won’t be... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,968. Machete Maidens Unleashed (2010) - Documentaries About Film

  

  “Since World War II, the Philippines was home to one of the world’s most prolific film industries, producing up to 350 titles a year. Not one of these films... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,967. Wolf Guy (1975) - Sonny Chiba Film Festival

  

  Tokyo at night. An intertitle informs us it is Day three of the Lunar Cycle. A well-dressed man in a white suit runs through the streets, shouting that “she”... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,966. Trash Humpers (2009) - The Films of Harmony Korine

  

  When his film Trash Humpers premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, director Harmony Korine warned the audience that its title should be take... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,965. Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971) - Mondo Macabro

  

  Don’t Deliver Us From Evil doesn’t waste any time, introducing us to the twisted thinking of lead character Anne (Jeanne Goupil) immediately after the opening... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,964. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) - Giallos

  

  Prior to today, I had seen three of director Serguio Martino’s Giallos: The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh from 1971; Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,963. Times Square (1980) - New York State of Mind

  

  Times Square has an energy to it that is all-consuming. A lot of said energy can be attributed to the music. This 1980 movie was produced by Robert Stigwood, th... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,962. The Dunwich Horror (1970) - H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival

  

  Roger Corman directed a number of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations in the 1960s, bringing a gothic sensibility to such films as The House of Usher, The Pit and The... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,961. Santo Vs. The Riders of Terror (1970) - Santo Film Festival

  

  Born Rudolfo Guzman Huerto, the famous luchador known to his fans as El Santo (“The Saint”), was more than a superstar in sport of wrestling. In his native... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,960. The Bloody Judge (1970) - The Films of Jess Franco

  

  As with Vincent Price’s character in The Witchfinder General, Christopher Lee portrays an historical figure in Jess Franco’s 1970 film The Bloody Judge. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,958. Lady on a Train (1945) - Films of the 1940s

  

  On her way to New York to visit relatives for Christmas, San Francisco socialite Nicki Collins (Deanna Durbin) peers out the window of her train car and... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,957. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) - 2000s Made for Television

  

  “The improbability of events depicted in this film is the surest indication that they actually did occur”. In January of 1914, Mexican revolutionary Pancho... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,956. Citizen X (1995) - 1990s Made for Television

  

  Based on a real serial killer who terrorized the U.S.S.R. throughout the 1980s, murdering some 50 young women and children, Citizen X is a gripping, well-acted... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,959. Turbulence (1997) - 4 Decades of Ray Liotta

  

  The debate rages on as to whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The detractors contend it is an action film that just happened to be set during the... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,955. Desperate Lives (1982) - 1980s Made for Television

  

  Originally broadcast on American network CBS in March of 1982, Desperate Lives is the kind of “morality movie” that could easily take things a bit too far. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,954. Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) - The Films of...

  

  This made-for-TV movie hits pretty hard, shining a light on an issue most weren’t aware of in 1975: teenage alcoholism. Even director Richard Donner initially... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,953. This is Cinerama (1952) - Documentaries

  

  The threat of television loomed heavy over the motion picture industry in the early 1950s, and Hollywood needed to up the ante to compete with the more... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,952. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) - Documentaries

  

  In 1968, 51-year-old Richard Proenneke, mechanic and veteran of the U.S. Navy, retired and settled in the Alaskan wilderness, specifically the Twin Lakes area. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,951. In Old Chicago (1938) - Don Ameche 4-Pack

  

  On the heels of MGM’s hit 1936 film San Francisco, Darryl Zanuck and 20th Century Fox countered with In Old Chicago, a fictionalized biopic of the O’Leary... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,950. Don't Make Waves (1967) - Alexander Mackendrick 4-Pack

  

  Don’t Make Waves gets off to a wild start, then barely slows down to take a breath. Tourist Carlo Cofield (Tony Curtis) stops along a stretch of road in Souther... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES