Tag Archive: movies

John Carpenter in Review: The Thing (1982)

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Starring: Kurt Russell, Keith David, and Wilford Brimley Plot: An Antarctic research team faces off against a shape-shifting organism that was discovered by a Russian operation. Review: The Thing is technically a remake… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Escape from New York (1981)

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Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Issac Hayes, and Harry Dean Stanton Plot: In a near future, Air Force One goes down over New York City, which has been walled up and used as a… Continue reading

10 Tension-Filled Scenes from Horror Movies

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These clearly aren’t the only tension-filled scenes from horror movies and they’re not even necessarily the best ones. They’re just 10 scenes that stand out to me and that I love so I wanted to… Continue reading

Top 10 Movie Brawls

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I like watching movie brawls. I mean, who doesn’t like watching a single fighter beating down a horde of opponents like a one-man army? If it’s choreographed right, it’s just such an amazing… Continue reading

Movie Review: Compliance

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Directed by: Craig Zobel Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, and Tim Healy Plot: A prank phone call to a restaurant leads to a sexual assault. Review:  The premise seems like such an improbable series of events.… Continue reading

Movie Review: Jack & Diane

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Directed by: Bradley Rust Gray Starring: Juno Temple and Riley Keough Plot: After a chance meeting, 2 girls start a summertime love affair. Review:  This has been sold as a werewolf movie which is definitely misleading.… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: The Fog (1980)

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Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, and Hal Holbrook Plot: A thick fog descends on an old fishing town containing vengeful ghosts. Review:  Antonio Bay, CA is about to celebrate their centennial when a list… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Halloween (1978)

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Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, and PJ Soles Plot: A psychotic killer breaks out of a mental asylum and returns to his hometown to stalk teenagers. Review:  Halloween is a genre defining movie. Every… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

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Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Johnson, and Laurie Zimmer Plot: The staff of an abandoned police building finds themselves under attack by the countless members of a local gang. Review:  The movie takes place in a… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Dark Star (1974)

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Starring: Brian Narelle, Dan O’Bannon, and Dre Pahich Plot: A space-faring crew investigates planets for colonization when things start going wrong. Review:  The title Dark Star refers to a scout ship currently being manned by a… Continue reading