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Articles by Jacquie Allen

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MonsterVision Mashup: An Interview and Oral History with Joe Bob Briggs

Oct 22, 2018 Jacquie Allen 0

At the age of three, a family member went out and rented a copy of the original Child’s Play. I got scared and crawled behind the couch within the first few minutes, and another family […]

Movies

Suddenly, Last Summer Still Shocks

Oct 5, 2018 Jacquie Allen 0

One of the first movies I saw ever saw in a film class was Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer. At the age of 18, a lot of the subject matter flew right over my head. Re-watching […]

Movies

No Heads are Better than 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Aug 23, 2018 Jacquie Allen 0

Tommy (Joe Pesci) is a mobster tasked with the title eight heads that are stuffed into a duffel bag, a treasure meant for a mob boss who wants to make sure that his dirty work […]

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Thoughts on THE HIDDEN (1987)

Jun 13, 2018 Jacquie Allen 0

The Hidden (1987) is a tough film for me to review objectively. I sought it out right after I discovered David Lynch’s bizarre masterpiece, Twin Peaks, a show I have loved since I was a young […]

Fire Walk with #Me Too: A Personal Retrospective on Twin Peaks
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Fire Walk With # Me Too: A Personal Retrospection on Twin Peaks

Jan 8, 2018 Jacquie Allen 0

Reviewing a movie you’ve seen a million times over an almost twenty year period is a hard task, especially when it comes to something that has become a large part of your life and that […]

Movies

Skip ‘Round THE ROUNDERS

Oct 30, 2017 Jacquie Allen 0

The Rounders is a comedy-western starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, based on a novel by Max Evans. Ford and Fonda respectively play Ben and ‘Howdy,’ two cowboys who make a living rounding up and […]

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