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Review: The Captor

According to Wikipedia, “Stockholm syndrome is a condition which causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors during captivity.” If you’ve ever wondered…

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Ghost Stories
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Film Road to Halloween: Ghost Stories (2017)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 95 days to…

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Lugosi Dracula
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Film Road to Halloween: Dracula (1931)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 96 days to…

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Castle of Cagliostro
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1979 in Film: The Castle of Cagliostro

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. His contributions to animation have been essential for the evolution of that…

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The Marriage of Maria Braun
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1979 in Film: Die Ehe der Maria Braun / The Marriage of Maria Braun

There’s a smidgen of satire in the opening of The Marriage of Maria Braun, as the title character is in the midst of the title…

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The Jerk
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1979 in Film: The Jerk

“It was never easy for me, I was born a poor black child”, spoken by the very white Steve Martin as his iconic character Navin…

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The City of the Dead
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Film Road to Halloween: The City of the Dead (1960)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 97 days to…

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And Justice for All
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1979 in Film: …And Justice for All

Norman Jewison’s Al Pacino classic American legal dramedy …And Justice for All (1979) is one of my all-time favorite films. Written by the then-married screenwriters…

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It Comes at Night
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Film Road to Halloween: It Comes At Night (2017)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 98 days to…

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The Warriors
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Rewind, 1979 in Film: The Warriors

Growing up as a kid my stepdad introduced me to a range of films which he had watched as a child growing up in the…

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Paranormal Activity
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Film Road to Halloween: Paranormal Activity (2007)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 99 days to…

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1979 in Film: Mad Max

Big things have small beginnings. If there is cinematic proof to that statement, then one could go no further than Mad Max. Consider the most…

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Breaking Away
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1979 in Film: Breaking Away – Cycling into Adulthood

‘Coming of Age’ like any other genre in cinema, is pretty diverse. On the one hand, it is populated with cheesy high-school dramas, with stock…

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Manhattan
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1979 in Film: Manhattan

It’s very difficult not to watch this movie without thinking: “What the fuck Woody?”. For those that have seen this film before, you know what…

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