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Cinophile: IDIOCRACY
In the future we will all be idiots. But don’t worry – if the military hold their end of the bargain, we’ll have Luke Wilson to save us! Mike Judge has contributed some big milestones to our society’s...
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Cinophile: THE EVIL DEAD
Is The Evil Dead the original ‘cabin in the woods’ movie? That is a matter of debate. You could make that argument for earlier works like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Friday the 13th, though neither...
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Cinophile: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
“By the power of Grayskull! I have the Powaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!” At this point you either have the He-Man theme song stuck in your head or you weren’t around in the 1980s. There was no bigger toy...
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Cinophile: BARTON FINK
It took a while for this column to reach a movie by the Coen brothers. It’s partly because they have such a wide range of work to choose from – nearly all Coen brothers films gain a cult following....
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Cinophile: LOCKE
This column doesn’t often delve into new movies, but sometimes one just stand out from the crowd and demands to be noticed. Locke was only released last year, but already it is one of those must-see...
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Cinophile: AMERICAN SPLENDOR
Not all comic book movies are about explosions, alien invaders and Robert Downey Jr. or Chris Pratt’s smirk. In a sense modern comic book films have regressed the culture. For many years comic fans...
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Cinophile: THEY LIVE
I love John Carpenter’s movies. Yes, I can admit that his stuff is not for everyone: despite making very straightforward films that can even stray into B-movie territory, Carpenter’s movies can often...
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Cinophile: BATTLE ROYALE
We might as well address the elephant in the room. The Hunger Games – either you thought of that immediately or you are now wondering what this modern classic of extreme Japanese cinema has to do with...
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Cinophile: A BOY AND HIS DOG
The post-apocalypse comes in many forms. You get the dystopian future stuff (Akira, Equilibrium, 1984), the Machine Dawn (Terminator, The Matrix), Extinction (Planet of the Apes), Disease (28 Days...
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Cinophile: THE TRUMAN SHOW
Today it is hard to believe there was once not such a thing as reality TV. The genre has been around in some form for nearly as long as television, but mostly took the form of documentaries or talent...
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Cinophile: FOR Y’UR HEIGHT ONLY
Let’s talk the worst movie you have ever seen, as in the best worst. Not some dreary drama or utterly jokeless comedy. No, those films that stand alone for their exceptional brand of ridiculous...
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Cinophile: BUBBA HO-TEP
Growing old is tough… unless you are Bruce Campbell. The legendary actor has always had an interesting career: from cult icon to scraping the bottoms of B-movie barrels to lately enjoying quite a...
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Cinophile: LAST MAN STANDING
From samurai to cowboys to prohibition gangsters – the double-cross never gets old. This year marks half a century since Sergio Leone’s game-changing Western A Fistful of Dollars was released. It set...
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Cinophile: ABCs OF DEATH
Anthology films are great. Not every tale needs to be told in ninety minutes or more, so a movie that combines a number of cinematic short stories can go down well. Three is the most common number of...
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Cinophile: NINJA IN THE DRAGON’S DEN
The ninja sub-genre is for the most pretty sad. Kung fu films have since the Seventies – with a big debt to 36 Chambers of Shaolin – evolved into a spectacular display of action. But Japanese martial...
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Cinophile: THE ROOKIE
Let’s not try and dress a turd here: The Rookie was for the most a bad idea. Clint Eastwood’s only buddy cop piece in a directorial career spanning nearly forty movies, he took it on in exchange for...
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Cinophile: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Many have adapted the myth of King Arthur into movies. But how many contained killer rabbits, ‘flesh wounds’ and instructions for Holy Hand Grenades? 1975 was a watershed period for Monty Python, the...
View ArticleCinophile: The Top 10 So Far
This is it, folks, the final act. After writing well over a hundred columns for this series, I need to take a break. Cinophile is not stopping, but it is going away for a sabbatical. Writing about...
View ArticleCinophile: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
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