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‘Torso’ (aka ‘Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence’, aka ‘Carnal Violence’) d: Sergio Martino, 1973 complete info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069920/ This review is part of ‘Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies Italian Horror Movie Blog-A-Thon Oct 19-31′. Beneath the great Italian giallo masters Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci resides Sergio Martino. In America he’s often grouped in [...]

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(UK 1993 31m) DVD2 Pick up a penguin p  Christopher Moll  d  Nick Park  w  Nick Park, Bob Baker  ed  Helen Garrard  m  Julian Nott  art  Yvonne Fox VOICES BY:-  Peter Sallis (Wallace), Wallace the inventor with a passion for Wensleydale cheese always reminded me of the Beano’s Calamity James without hair and, like that [...]

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31 Days To Halloween Countdown…Continues with a review of the 1939 film “Son of Frankenstein” by Sam Juliano, from “Wonders in the Dark.” [Editor's Note: I want to take this time to express my sincerest thanks to Sam Juliano, for sharing his review of the 1939 film "Son of Frankenstein" and in order to visit [...]

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After Life (no 37)

(Japan 1998 119m) DVD1/2 Aka. Wandafuru Raifu Memories are made of this p  Shiho Sato, Masayuki Akieda  d/w  Hirokazu Kore-Eda  ph  Yamazaki Hiroshi  ed  Hirokazu Kore-Eda  m  Yasuhiro Kasamutsu  art  Toshihiro Isomi, Hideo Gunji Arata (Takashi Mochizuki), Erika Oda (Shiori Satonaka), Susumu Terajima (Satoru Kawashima), Tsuyoshi Naito (Takuro Sugie), Kyoko Kagawa (Kyoko Watanabe), Kei Tani [...]

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by Marc Bauer I typically don’t take the time to write film reviews. I prefer to discuss them once the last reel finishes spinning and talk about the highs and lows at once. This is It is a film that deserves watching, provided you are a fan of the late Michael Jackson. If you are not a [...]

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(UK 1992 140m) DVD1/2 Only connect p  Ismail Merchant  d  James Ivory  w  Ruth Prawer Jhabvala  novel  E.M.Forster  ph  Tony Pierce-Roberts  ed  Andrew Marcus  m  Richard Robbins  art  Luciana Arrighi, John Ralph  cos  Jenny Beavan, John Bright Anthony Hopkins (Henry Wilcox), Emma Thompson (Margaret Schlegel), Helena Bonham Carter (Helen Schlegel), Vanessa Redgrave (Ruth Wilcox), Samuel [...]

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(France 1994 336m) DVD2 (DVD1 only 228m) Aka. Joan the Maid: Parts I & II (The Battles & The Prisons); Joan of Arc I am sent by God p  Pierre Grise  d  Jacques Rivette  w  Christine Laurent, Pascal Bonitzer  ph  William Lubtchansky  ed  Nicole Lubtchansky  m  Jordi Savali  art  Mau de Chauvigny Sandrine Bonnaire (Jeanne [...]

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(UK 1997 101m) DVD1/2 Horror hath overwhelmed me p  David Parfitt, Stephen Evans  d  Iain Softley  w  Hossein Amini  novel  Henry James  ph  Eduardo Serra  ed  Tariq Anwar  m  Edward Shearmur  art  John Beard  cos  Sandy Powell Helena Bonham Carter (Kate Croy), Linus Roache (Merton Densher), Alison Elliott (Millie Theale), Elizabeth McGovern (Susie Stringham), Charlotte [...]

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by Sam Juliano      I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the many people who have sent me moving  condolences for the family tragedy that came to pass last weekend.  All of us went through the most difficult time of our lives.  My own physical discomfort has continued, and I have my procedure [...]

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(US/France 1994/1996 132m) DVD1/2 Aka. The Professional Me, Natalie! p/d/w  Luc Besson  ph  Thierry Arbogast  ed  Sylvie Landra  m  Eric Serra  art  Dan Weil Jean Reno (Leon), Natalie Portman (Mathilda), Gary Oldman (Stansfield), Danny Aiello (Big Tony), Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco, Ellen Greene, Elizabeth Regen, Every so often someone appears on screen for the first [...]

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