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Relaxer (2018)
Relaxer (2018) is a strange hybrid of Beavis and Butthead, Castaway and David Cronenberg. Set in one location, a dilapidated living room, and focused on Abbie (Joshua Burge) who suffers a tortured life of constant “challenges” by his older punker brother Cam (David Dastmalchian). Set in 1999 during the lead up to the millennium (and… Read.
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Payday (1972)
When Rip Torn passed away, several film critics and publications would talk about his performance in the forgotten film, Payday (1972). Once you see it (and so far, the full thing is available to watch on YouTube), you won’t forget Torn’s performance as country singer Maury Dann, an unrelenting prick. Opening with him and his… Read.
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Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
A post-Exorcist vehicle for star Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) was the first Hollywood studio production Martin Scorsese directed who was hand-picked by Burstyn after seeing Mean Streets (on Francis Ford Coppola’s suggestion). Burstyn plays Alice, a housewife with dreams of becoming a singer who hits the road with her young son,… Read.
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Foxes (1980)
I bought a cut-price copy of the vinyl soundtrack to Foxes (1980) because the music was produced by Giorgio Moroder, featuring his synthesizer score as well as plenty of post-disco tunes and FM-radio-ready rock songs he worked on (the Donna Summer tune ‘On The Radio’ was a big hit from the movie and the instrumental… Read.
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Prospect (2018)
I was intrigued to see Prospect (2018) but it was my friend Adam Trainer’s recommendation that eventually made me select it from the Netflix menu. A low-budget science-fiction movie, Prospect initially focuses on a father and daughter duo (played by Jay Duplass and Sophie Thatcher respectively) who are prospectors for a rare, valuable commodity –… Read.
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