APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 15: Head (1968)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are Back to the Future, Stop Making Sense, and In the Mood for Love. He has written articles for Film East and The Physical Media Advocate, primarily examining older films through […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 15: The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)
April 15: TV to Movies — Let’s decry the lack of originality in Hollywood. But first, let’s write about a movie that started as a TV show. The 2007 prequel The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning is a curious artifact of the mid-2000s direct-to-video boom, arriving just two years after the big-budget Johnny Knoxville/Seann William Scott […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 14: Oltretomba (Beyond) (1987)
April 14: Viva Italian Horror — Pick an Italian horror movie and get gross. The restoration and release of Fabio Salerno’s work by Blazing Skull—specifically within the collection The Other Dimension and the Films of Fabio Salerno—has finally shone a light on a corner of Italian underground cinema that was nearly lost to time. Blazing Skull’s […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 13: Gui wu xiao jing (1990)
April 13: (Evil) Plant Appreciation Day — It ain’t easy being green. Pay tribute to all the plants with a movie starring one of them. Also known as Haunted House Elf, this Hong Kong/Taiwan crossover has a rich Hong Kong family move to a new home in Taiwan, where poor kid Wang Chi-Chiang convinces Shiao-Ming (Lin Hsiao […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 12: Blood Freak (2020)
April 12: 412 Day — A movie about Pittsburgh (if you’re not from here that’s our area code). Or maybe one made here. Heck, just write about Striking Distance if you want. Isn’t Blood Freak made in Miami? Yes, but this is Yinzer Blood Freak, made right here in Pittsburgh. Yes, this time, we’ve moved from the balmy Atlantic breeze […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 11: Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
April 11:Heavy Metal Movies — Pick a movie from Mike McPadden’s great book. RIP. List here. The year was 1992. Kevin Eastman, who, along with Peter Laird, helped turn four turtles and some ooze into a global empire, decided he needed a new sandbox. And not just any sandbox, but the glossy, psychedelic and often scantily-clad […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 10: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
April 10: Seagal vs. Von Sydow — One is a laughable martial artist. The other is a beloved acting legend. You choose whose movie you watch; it’s both of their birthdays. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 10: Hard to Kill (1990)
April 10: Seagal vs. Von Sydow — One is a laughable martial artist. The other is a beloved acting legend. You choose whose movie you watch; it’s both of their birthdays. “That’s for my wife. Fuck you and die!” Steve Seagal movies are not subtle. They are blunt-force trauma wrapped in a silk kimono and topped […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 9: Frenzy (1972)
April 9: Do You Like Hitchcock? — Write about one of his movies. After Torn Curtain and Topaz were failures, Alfred Hitchcock went back to murder. After those two espionage films, this was an actual Hitchcock film, one in which former RAF squadron leader Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a man with a history of angry […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 8: Terror In the Swamp (1985)
April 8: Zoo Lover’s Day — You know what that means. Animal attack films! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are Back to the Future, Stop Making Sense, and In the Mood for Love. He has written articles […]
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