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The Meaningless Obligatory Midnight Only End of the Year Award List of Blu-rays Released in 2018

Happiest Retro Film Discoveries of 2018 Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1967) – Criterion Collection King Hu, who would later direct A Touch of Zen (1971), delivers a wuxia with physics-defying swordplay and virtually nonstop action, dispensing with any necessary exposition … Continue reading

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24 Hours of Halloween – 2018 Edition

It’s become my annual tradition to recommend 24 hours’ worth of horror films for your Halloween viewing – understanding, of course, that you can just pick what seems interesting to you and not actually indulge in the full 24 hours … Continue reading

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That Guy Dick Miller (2014)

That Guy Dick Miller (2014), the new documentary from Elijah Drenner (American Grindhouse), hit the Wisconsin Film Festival last night with an unfortunate bit of timing: opposite the Wisconsin Badgers Final Four college basketball game. This didn’t just mean weaker … Continue reading

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