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Cinophile – Short Circuit
Meet Johnny 5, the robot that briefly stole the heart of the Eighties… Great ideas rose and fell like the tide in the Eighties. Gremlins got as far as two films, so did Conan, Ghostbusters and most...
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Cinopile: The Last Boy Scout
The bastard child of Die Hard has matured quite nicely… Yeah, okay, it’s true that The Last Boy Scout is a formula job of the worst kind. From a script by the Lethal Weapon writer and produced by the...
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Cinophile: An American Werewolf In London
Nothing puts a dent in your day like becoming a werewolf… The special effects won Rick Baker and his team 1981’s Academy Award for special makeup effects. Looking back at it, Baker said he cringes at...
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Cinophile: How To Get Ahead In Advertising
The ethics of advertising lead to talking boils… Director Bruce Robinson also provided the voice for the boil, though he didn’t give himself credit for that – perhaps to keep the spotlight on Richard...
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Cinophile: Fire And Ice
Forget He-Man – This is the animated Conan… Fire and Ice was a collaboration between Frank Bakshi and Frank Frazetta. Bakshi was a famous counter-culture animator – the anti-Disney – whose most famous...
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Cinophile: In Bruges
Stories about assassins are almost always at least interesting and often turn into movie gold. Comedy is not immune from its dark charms. The Whole 9 Yards, The Boondock Saints, even The Professional...
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Cinophile: Harvey
What is insanity? Is it drawing a perfect circle? Talking to yourself? Maybe an invisible friend? This is a question asked – and answered – by one remarkable film. Harvey was quite the hit in its...
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Cinophile: Bloodsport
”Bottom one.” Then JCVD Dim Mak’d that brick into oblivion. The Eighties had no shortage of martial arts. It was the world of Ninjas and Chuck Norris and endless Chinese kung fu epics. And yet if one...
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Cinophile: Clerks
Today Kevin Smith remains a god or has been cast as a has-been, depending on who you talk to. The director crashed into the movie world with a flurry of slacker-minded, geek-infused, slice-of-life...
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Cinophile: The Princess Bride
”My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father…” Well, you know the rest. And if you do not, welcome to The Princess Bride, one of the best fantasy films ever made. Unrequited love, damsels in...
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Cinophile: Cube
“No more talking. No more guessing. Don’t even think about nothing that’s not right in front of you. That’s the real challenge. You’ve gotta save yourselves from yourselves.” The advice from one of...
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Cinophile: This Is Spın̈al Tap
There is a reason why the number eleven signifies the next level, excess, overkill. This Is Spinal Tap. Not many fake documentaries (mockumentaries) are very good. Fewer still ever end up being...
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Cinophile: Six String Samurai
Don McClean’s song Miss American Pie is said to be about the death of Buddy Holly. This movie is also about Buddy Holly, sort of, except he has a samurai sword and fights Slash. Some movies never quite...
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Cinophile: Tetsuo – The Iron Man
How the hell do you explain this movie to people? If we rely on genre, it’s an extreme arthouse cyberpunk fetish music surrealist horror that might be mistaken for a crazy music video with an hour-long...
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Cinophile: Razorback
Australia is said to be dangerous place, filled with all manners of poisonous insects, man-eating animals, lethal plants and redneck politicians. Let’s add Giant Boars to that list as well. In...
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Cinophile: Starcrash
When it comes to worst movie ever made, there are so many contenders. But nothing – NOTHING – beats Starcrash, the so-bad-it’s-good movie that keeps on giving and giving. But what do you expect from a...
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Cinophile: Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Time to put on some makeup and turn up the eight track for perhaps the greatest musical ever filmed. I was introduced to Hedwig and the Angry Inch from the least likely person. A close friend came up...
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Cinophile: Pi
Mathematics is the language of the universe. So what happens if you stumble upon the numbers that can explain everything? You don’t need a maths degree to watch Pi – in fact, if you did you’d probably...
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Cinophile: The Naked Gun
A generation still mourns the passing of Leslie Nielsen four years ago. The twilight of his career was not the greatest – the last notable thing he starred in was Superhero Movie. But Nielsen was also...
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Cinophile: La Haine
“F*** you, I won’t do what you tell me!” goes the popular lyric by Rage Against The Machine. It couldn’t describe this movie any better. The frustration, powerlessness and anger of the poor and...
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