Archive for March, 2017
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March 26, 2017
With news breaking over the weekend that genre movie innovator and digital deconstructionist Robert Rodriguez will be helming the remake of John Carpenter's cult classic thriller Escape From New York , we thought it a good time to take a quick look back at Carpenter's own sequel/sorta remake, 1996's often dismissed or outright ignored Escape From L.A . When Carpenter released the original Escape in 1981, the modestly budgeted pulp action flick was a huge hit, both domestically and, surprisingly, in Europe where, along with 1979's Mad Max and its 1982 sequel, every savvy producer tried their hand at ripping it off.
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March 26, 2017
While we know for a fact that a lot of filming has taken place for Saw: Legacy , the upcoming eighth entry in the franchise, we don't know much about the film itself, at least in terms of its plot. We've heard rumors that a lot of the film takes place in a farm setting, which would take it outside of the nameless city that the first seven films were set in.
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March 26, 2017
It's Sunday, which means it's time for the horror haul, our weekly round-up and one-stop-shop for all things horror. This week in horror, brought the first look at David Lynch 's mysterious return to Twin Peaks and it looks still rather mysterious, to be honest.
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March 26, 2017
April says goodbye to a rather impressive list of titles , but true to form, Netflix is bringing in a healthy amount of new titles and a few older favorites back to instant streaming this April. While some horror franchises have become relics of their time, there's still something terrifying about Robert Englund 's performance as Freddy Kruger in Wes Craven 's " A Nightmare on Elm Street ."
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March 26, 2017
Christina Ricci's film career began early - at just 10 years old, she played the adorably malevolent Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family . From there, she went on to play fascinating and often dark and damaged characters, making a name for herself as an actress who could tap into complex roles.
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March 26, 2017
Hollywood A-listers George Clooney and Matt Damon surprised staff at a city gym after they turned up to play basketball Superstars Matt Damon and George Clooney working out in a Cambridge gym and a raft of stars including David Beckham on a punt are just a few of the rich and famous who love our city. They were filming scenes at the Imperial War Museum Duxford for Second World War movie The Monuments Men in 2013.
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March 25, 2017
Mother-daughter-mother actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, who died in December just a day apart, were remembered by fans and friends on Saturday at a public memorial service in the Hollywood Hills, where they were laid to rest side-by-side in January. FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds poses with her daughter actress Carrie Fisher backstage after accepting her Lifetime Achievement award at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015.
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March 25, 2017
Hey, folks. Capone in Chicago here, with a few films that are making their way into art houses or coming out in limited release around America this week .
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March 25, 2017
Before their brand became synonymous with Gothic horror fantasies dripping with promises of Freudian sex and death, Hammer Films steadily pumped out a series of quality British melodramas, mysteries and Hitchcockian thrillers, most of them produced economically in black and white and exported internationally by major studios with little fanfare. But in circling back on these early curiosities - many of which were produced well into the early 1960s - one can find some remarkable motion pictures, many of which are bold, daring and way ahead of their time.
