Jeff Johnson looks back on the big-ass shark that changed summer movies forever 35 years ago this month.
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Jeff Giles
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Hollywood has had a bigger-than-average hard-on for the post-apocalypse lately, what with John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (finally) arriving in theaters just a couple of months before…
Kelly Stitzel
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a farm boy named Luke Skywalker had dreams of leaving his planet and doing something great with his life. He…
Jeff Giles
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Proving Blu-ray isn’t just for videophiles, Caddyshack makes the hi-def leap this week — a low-budget comedy made by an inexperienced director, and a movie that looked like shit 30…
Scott Malchus
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In the United States, Ian Dury is a relatively obscure musical artist best known for his punk rock anthem, ”Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll,” released in the late…
Scott Malchus
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In the not too distant future, the earth is overpopulated and running out of oil. In Europe the underground train systems have been connected into one gigantic subway and run…
Rachel Steinberg
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The groundbreaking filmmaker behind the midnight cinema classic The Room sits down for an in-depth, no-holds-barred interview. Oh hi, Mark!
Scott Malchus
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Only in indie cinema will you find a comedy about a burly, hairy English Muslim who explores his faith and personal identity after discovering that he’s actually a Jew. I…
Scott Malchus
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Duncan has decided to end it all. Distraught and heartbroken, he sits down and writes a suicide note to his last five girlfriends hoping to make a point: Love doesn’t…
Jeff Johnson
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Filmgoers love to complain about everything we have to sit through before the main attraction, but there’s nothing like a great teaser trailer.
Bob Cashill
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”Someone explain to me why everyone believes in an impending zombie apocalypse,” requested George A. Romero of the crowd gathered to meet him at a recent sold-out screening of his…
Jeff Johnson
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Jeff Johnson misses the days when pop culture could really surprise us — but hey, that new J.J. Abrams trailer is pretty cool, isn’t it?
Scott Malchus
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Derrick Comedy is an online-based comedy troupe whose videos have been hits with YouTube for several years. This was one of my favorites, a clever turn on Dateline gotcha journalism. …
Matt Wardlaw
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Chickenfoot. When word of the band name of Sammy Hagar’s new “supergroup” leaked out, half the internet responded by saying “that’s the dumbest band name I’ve ever heard…..and just when…
Bob Cashill
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Is ”I didn’t mind it too much” sufficient criticism of a $200 million dollar behemoth? Probably not for the front office, which demand that we be a little more forthcoming…
Kelly Stitzel
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It’s a tale as old as the hills: Leader of a gang of road pirates has the hots for the Girl Next Door, but she loves the Nice Guy. Road…
Jeff Johnson
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In this week’s Revival House, Jeff Johnson throws a 30th birthday party for The Empire Strikes Back.
Robert Cass
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In 1987 Cannon Films, the studio that became (in)famous for churning out low-budget genre fare like The Delta Force and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, couldn’t convince audiences that the Sylvester…
Robin Monica Alexander
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Why are Jews so freakin’ awesome? Robin Monica Alexander investigates in her latest Random Play.
Jeff Giles
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Wax on, wax off, bitches! You’d have to try pretty hard to make a case for either of them as truly great films, but 1984’s The Karate Kid and its…
Bob Cashill
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”Aging Gen-Xer Doesn’t Find Bad Movies Funny Anymore” read a headline in The Onion last year, and, no joke, it might as well have been about me. I don’t find…
Jeff Giles
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Mel Gibson has always had a fetish for cinematic struggle — from his acting career, dotted with heartbroken and often bloodied law enforcement officers, to his directorial efforts, notably fixated…
Bob Cashill
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Last week, Hit Girl. This week, Hit Pensioner, as Michael Caine mows ’em down as Harry Brown. This is familiar territory for Caine, whose nasty gangland thriller Get Carter still…
Kelly Stitzel
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It had Geena Davis, Julie Brown, and a furry Jeff Goldblum. How was this not a hit?
Jeff Johnson
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With Iron Man 2 on its way to theaters, Jeff Johnson takes a look at some great comic-to-film adaptations.
Taylor Long
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Horror movies, perhaps more than any other genre, have become ripe for redundancy. Blood-thirsty psychopath here, deadly virus outbreak there — you know the drill. This problem seems responsible for…
Bob Cashill
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With January and February showing signs of life over the last two years April is now the pre-summer season dumping ground for the also-rans, the never-weres, and The Losers. Furry…
Scott Malchus
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Ewan McGregor stars with Academy Award winners George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges in The Men Who Stares at Goats. It’s a film about the current war in Iraq…
Jeff Johnson
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With the new Nightmare on Elm Street just around the corner, Jeff Johnson takes a fearful look back at the previous entries in the franchise.
Jeff Johnson
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Nearly 30 years ago, Sam Raimi redefined low-budget horror. This week, Jeff Johnson raises his boomstick in tribute.