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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 […]
Year: 2017
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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 […]
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Find Out WHERE THE BOYS ARE
For two weeks out of the year, college students descend upon Fort Lauderdale. Easter Vacation brings in waves of teens from all over the country. The boys come to soak up the sun. The girls […]
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Too Darn Hot: Inferno is 3-Delightful
As Hollywood went into the “television panic” of the early 1950s, every studio was trying to come up with ways to lure audiences away from free visuals and back into their paying ticket arms. The […]
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Wayne in the Water: Two Nautical Adventures with The Duke
By the mid-50s, John Wayne had long abandoned playing characters in his movies. Instead—with very rare exceptions like John Ford’s The Searchers (1956)—John Wayne was content with playing John Wayne. Tough, authoritative, and incalculably charismatic, […]