Author: VHS Tracking
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The Beastmaster (1982)
One tier of fantasy adventure is the kind that everyone knows across different generations – from Star Wars to Lord Of The Rings – while others on the lower tier are tied to a time and place, and probably known more by the one generation that grew up with them on video tape or cable… Read.
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Motorway (2012)
I love that the skill which the hotshot highway traffic cop (Shawn Yue) has to master is nailing a tight ass turn. Talk about a hero’s journey! This is what Motorway (2012), a Hong Kong crime thriller from Milkyway Productions, Johnnie To’s company, offers. That and Anthony Wong as the hotshot’s senior partner giving him… Read.
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Trash Classics: Program 5
Screened: August to December, 2023Luna Leederville August 31: HARD TARGET (1993) September 29th: GALAXY QUEST (1999) October 27th: THE EXORCIST III (1990) November 24th: AMERICAN MOVIE (1999) December 22nd: GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990) Trash Classics are movie nights that pay special tribute to the era of VHS and DVD rentals. A video store… Read.
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Chilly Scenes Of Winter (1979)
I really liked director Joan Micklin Silver’s Between The Lines, how much of a hang out movie it was, about a staff at a street press soon to be acquired by a corporate publisher. Silver’s next film, Chilly Scenes Of Winter (1979), is also a hang out film, except you are stuck with Charles (John… Read.
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The Ambulance (1990)
I distinctly remember reading Marvel comics when I was a kid, Spider-Man or Captain America, and they always included a little editorial from Stan Lee, and there were a few issues of him promoting The Ambulance (1990), a thriller starring Eric Roberts that was written and directed by Larry Cohen (Q – The Winged Serpent,… Read.
