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The Curator of Schlock #267: Fist of the North Star
The Curator of Schlock #267 by Jeff Shuster Fist of the North Star Welcome all my friends to the show that never ends. My MacBook Pro power cord died on me again. This happens from time to time. Maybe I need to hang it up and buy a PC. So I’ll be wrapping up Anime… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #262: Hell Night
The Curator of Schlock #262 by Jeff Shuster Hell Night Pray for day! I keep thinking I’ve covered Hell Night. This would have seemed like the perfect movie to review when I was a younger Curator of Schlock, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. It’s got Linda Blair in it. She plays the final girl. This is a… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #261: The Prowler
The Curator of Schlock #261 by Jeff Shuster The Prowler Pitchforks are painful! Yay. It’s February, which means another week of slasher movies. I suppose I’ll continue the trend of slasher movies set on college campuses. And tonight’s movie has a bit of romance going for it, perfect for Valentine’s Day. How was your Valentine’s Day?… Continue reading
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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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