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B-fest 2017 schedule line-up – exposed!

You will believe paper plates can fly! The annual 24-hour marathon of trashfilm mess-terpieces return to Northwestern University this Friday! For the particulars, tune your viewscreens to www.b-fest.com . We will be attending and trying to outsmart the wi-fi and … Continue reading

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Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast (Blu-ray box set)

Gruesome Seventeensome The release of this 17-disc retrospective box set, especially arriving the month following the pioneering filmmaker’s death, brings on insistent waves of nostalgia. It may seem odd to apply the word “nostalgia” to material that includes scenes of … Continue reading

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Shin Godzilla [Resurgence]

A monster for our time The worldwide success of the American-made Godzilla (2014), Japan’s Toho Studios to respond with yet another Godzilla film of their own. The result is one of the most unique films ever made, both a remake … Continue reading

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B-fest 2014 line-up (spoilers)

We are proud to represent the Psychotronic Film Society (original Chicago chapter) at the annual B-fest 24-hour schlockarama again this year. Go to www.b-fest.com for more details. We have the latest line-up right here under the break:

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The subversive nature of Harry Potter Guest Review by Mike Flores It’s hard to believe that the most controversial films being made today are the Harry Potter films. Christians call them recruitment stories for Satanists, intellectuals call them mindless fantasies, … Continue reading

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Kung Fu Hustle

Another fun Chow masterpiece  Despite being the highest grossing Hong Kong film ever, Stephen Chow’s previous film Shoalin Soccer was badly bungled by U.S. distributor Miramax, who didn’t seem to know what to do with it. When news leaked out … Continue reading

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Godzilla (1954)

Bikini spawns monster  Guest Review by Mike Flores Let me begin by saying if you saw the 1956 American version of Godzilla with Raymond Burr, you have not seen Godzilla. Not by a long shot. Reflecting the U.S. superiority of … Continue reading

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Kill Bill Vol. 2

QT and UT are back for More Revenge  Imagine a friend invites you to hear his or her band play. You haven’t heard them play before, so you’re not sure what to expect, but from you’re friend’s music collection you … Continue reading

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Kill Bill Vol. 1

QT is back for Revenge Quentin Tarantino’s fourth film as writer/director finds him in familiar territory – that is, familiar territory for fans of psychotronic film. A glorious homage to all the exploitation flicks that have inspired him throughout his … Continue reading

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Gladiator DVD

Bread and circuses 2000 The plot of the film is pretty much wrapped up in DreamWorks’ “General… slave… gladiator…” taglines, and can roughly be divided into these three acts. In the first, we’re introduced to Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe), … Continue reading

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