Tag Archives: fantasy

Lost Highway

Next Exit: Weirdsville Bill Pullman plays a nervous jazz musician, suspicious that his wife (Patricia Arquette imitating Bettie Page) has been having an affair. The vaguely unhappy couple suddenly has their lives invaded by a supernatural demon (Robert Blake imitating Bela Lugosi), … Continue reading

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Michael

Touched by a Hack Angels visiting Earth for satirical purposes (to coin a contradiction) is old stuff in the movie and TV business. But an Old Testament warrior angel, more akin to the carousing gods of Asgard than to the … Continue reading

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Joe’s Apartment

Jammin’ at Joe’s MTV breaks into features with this bigscreen expansion of John Payson’s short. Jerry O’Connell plays sweet-faced hick Joe, seeking his fortune in the Big City, only to get beat up by hard knocks exaggerated to a ridiculous … Continue reading

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Dragonheart

Minimum Wage A well made medieval adventure film which is also partly a buddy picture – but in this case, the buddy makes all the difference. Sean Connery supplies the voice of Draco, last of the dragons and the most … Continue reading

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Vampire Woman VHS

David “the Rock” Nelson’s “magnum oops-us” is a 4-hour Suck-athon This is perhaps the toughest review I’ve ever had to write. How to describe the latest – and by far the longest – work of one of the most psychotronic … Continue reading

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Heavenly Creatures

Bad Girls Guest review by Scott Petersen It’s not very often that a film put chills up and down my spine. That visceral feeling was all over Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, from Jack Nicholson’s chilling and psychotic performance to the … Continue reading

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