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The Premature Burial (1962)

On the Kino Blu-ray of The Premature Burial (1962), there’s an entertaining interview with Joe Dante in which he recalls that Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe series brought the kids out to the cinema not just because they were reliably … Continue reading

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That Guy Dick Miller (2014)

That Guy Dick Miller (2014), the new documentary from Elijah Drenner (American Grindhouse), hit the Wisconsin Film Festival last night with an unfortunate bit of timing: opposite the Wisconsin Badgers Final Four college basketball game. This didn’t just mean weaker … Continue reading

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The ‘Burbs (1989)

The ‘Burbs (1989) was something of a seminal moment in my coming-of-age. Let me explain. I saw the film in the theater, with my family and with a very dim notion as to what it was that I was walking … Continue reading

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