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Skip ‘Round THE ROUNDERS
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 […]
Month: October 2017
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Terror and Horror from Undercrank
In his seminal “Danse Macabre,” Stephen King defined the difference between Terror and Horror, two terms long mistaken for simple synonyms. “Terror,” he explains, “comes from suspense, the creeping feeling of knowing a monster is […]
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BEING THERE In 1979 and Being Here in 2017
Peter Sellers was by all accounts, including his own, a cipher; an empty vessel that didn’t just inhabit roles, the spirit of his characters inhabited him. Whether Middle Eastern, a cockney, a Bohemian intellect, a […]
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LON CHANEY: BEFORE THE THOUSAND FACES
Long before he was Quasimodo, long before he was the Phantom, long before he was a circus freak, a hypnotist, or any other of his immortal roles, Lon Chaney was just another cog in the […]
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Like THE WALTONS? Love SPENCER’S MOUNTAIN
Based on the same autobiographical novel by Earl Hamner, Jr. that inspired classic television series The Waltons, Spencer’s Mountain is the story of a simple, loving family man Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) and his dealings […]
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Jackie Chan’s Early Funnier Ones
The damnedest thing happened while I watched Twilight Time’s recent Blu-ray release of Yuen Woo-ping’s seminal kung fu classic Drunken Master (1978) the other night with my best friend Greg. For whatever reason, the audio […]