Film
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The Curator of Schlock #260: Final Exam
The Curator of Schlock #260 by Jeff Shuster Final Exam Cheaters never prosper! Anyone out there ever have the final exam dream? It usually goes like this: it’s the end of the semester, you’ve done really well in four out of the five classes you registered for this semester, but there’s that one class you… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #258: Manhattan Baby
The Curator of Schlock #258 by Jeff Shuster Manhattan Baby There’s no baby in this motion picture. We haven’t covered a Lucio Fulci movie in awhile. This is a crying shame that will now be rectified. Italy’s Maestro of Madness deserves an entire wing in The Museum of Schlock. Today’s exhibit is 1982’s Manhattan Baby. It’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #256: Venom
The Curator of Schlock #256 by Jeff Shuster Venom The villain is the hero. In other news, 2 +2 = 3 because Sony says so! I think I have a movie pitch I’d like to send over to the brass over at Sony Pictures: Snickers: The Movie. I think there’s a lot of potential in this… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #255: Wilson
The Curator of Schlock #255 by Jeff Shuster Wilson It’s pretty good. I hope everyone had a good Christmas. I made some of that Hobo Chicken in the microwave made popular by Frank Whaley in the John Hughes’ classic Career Opportunities. I played Smurfs on my ColecoVision for the better part of the day. Still haven’t managed to… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #79: 10 Things I Hate About You [The Taming of the Shrew] (1999)
79. Gil Younger’s 10 Things I Hate About You [The Taming of the Shrew] (1999) Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s only story fixated on teenagers in love, but Karen McCullah and Kristen Smith adapted The Taming of the Shrew to do so. Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most outrageous plays. (It’s the comedy equivalent of… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #254: The Sweetest Christmas
The Curator of Schlock #254 by Jeff Shuster The Sweetest Christmas Run, run, run as fast as you can. We’re on week 4 of our Hallmark Christmas extravaganza, a celebration of what one can do with G-rated made-for-TV movies financed by a company that makes its bread and butter off of Christmas Tree ornaments. We… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #253: A Royal Christmas
The Curator of Schlock #253 by Jeff Shuster Hallmark’s A Royal Christmas One of these things is just like the other. Earlier this year, I partook in the pop cultural sensation known as Crazy Rich Asians from director Jon M. Chu, a story about a commoner from the United States who falls in love with a supremely… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #252: A Wish for Christmas!
The Curator of Schlock #252 A Wish for Christmas Be my most tasty little dish! Thus begins week 2 of our Hallmark Christmas Movie Yuletide Extravaganza. I love these movies. They’re like the cozy sweater vest of American cinema. If only they would have a marathon of them in an IMAX theater. I want that… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #78: O [Othello] (2001)
78. Tim Blake Nelson’s O [Othello] (2001) This nugget of a film fell between the cracks of the art house crowd and the teenagers who went to see Save the Last Dance, The Princess Diaries, and Final Destination. Admittedly, the premise didn’t seem promising: set Othello in a prep school with the tragic hero being… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #248: Peppermint
The Curator of Schlock #248 by Jeff Shuster Peppermint Jennifer Garner as Mrs. Vigilante. This must be the year of the vigilante film. We had the Death Wish remake with Bruce Willis, which was pretty good. We have that Death Kiss movie coming out starring a “Robert Bronzi,” but we all know someone out there in tinsel… Continue reading
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