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Revival House: Ten Badass Revenge Flicks
With Machete arriving in theaters this weekend, Jeff Johnson has his mind on sweet revenge — of the cinematic variety
Read More »Revival House: “They’re eating the guests, sir.”
With Piranha 3D in theaters now, I thought it might be fun to revisit an old favorite from 1978. Movies like Piranha happened in the good old days of drive-in theaters, when a producer
Read More »Revival House: Eleven Great Buddy-Cop Flicks
Two men, forced to work together, learning to respect each other along the way. Sometimes one is a loose cannon, sometimes they’re from different cultures, sometimes from opposite sides of the law — just
Read More »Revival House: “We all go a little mad sometimes …”
I’m a little late jumping on the 50th anniversary of the release of Psycho (which opened June 16th 1960), but I had the opportunity recently to attend a special event with the San Francisco
Read More »Revival House: Ten Fun French Remakes
Dinner for Schmucks isn't just Steve Carell and Paul Rudd's latest collaboration -- it's also the most recent in a long list of American remakes of French films
Read More »Revival House: Eleven Awesome Movie Mind-Benders
Christopher Nolan's latest movie has Jeff Johnson thinking...about movies that make you think
Read More »Revival House: “If it bleeds, we can kill it.”
With Robert Rodriguez's Predator reboot just around the corner, Jeff Johnson looks back at the testosterone-fueled action orgy that started it all
Read More »Revival House: “And don’t call me Shirley …”
Thirty years ago, Airplane! arrived in theaters, changing spoof comedy, Turkish prisons, and jive-talking old ladies forever
Read More »Revival House: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
Jeff Johnson looks back on the big-ass shark that changed summer movies forever 35 years ago this month
Read More »Revival House: Eleven Great Teaser Trailers
Filmgoers love to complain about everything we have to sit through before the main attraction, but there's nothing like a great teaser trailer
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