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The Curator of Schlock #217: Vendetta
The Curator of Schlock #217 by Jeff Shuster Vendetta Big Show vs. Superman Did you know that World Wrestling Entertainment has a movie division? Well, now you do. I used to watch wrestling back in the 90s. I remember one time Doink the Clown wrestled Bob Backlund. Doink won the match through some chicanery, but… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #71: Henry VI Parts 2 & 3 (2016)
71. Dominic Cooke’s Henry VI Parts 2 & 3 (2016) Season 2, episode 1 of “The Hollow Crown” ends somewhere in the middle of Henry VI, Part 2. Our callow King Henry VI was expecting to oversee the trial of Humphrey, Lord Protector of England, only to learn that Humphrey was—ummm—assassinated in the Tower. In his… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #216: Blair Witch
The Curator of Schlock #216 by Jeff Shuster Blair Witch That Blair Witch will tear you a new one. I don’t care if some of you didn’t think my Last Witch Hunter review was thorough enough. I don’t care. I’m not part of the Wiki-generation. I don’t get 35th Dolans or witch counsels or the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #215: The Last Witch Hunter
The Curator of Schlock #215 by Jeff Shuster The Last Witch Hunter Time to even the playing field. We’re down two-for-two when it comes to witches with our last two movies. It’s time we started fighting back. And who better to do this than the Yul Brynner of our day, Vin Diesel? Maybe you’ve heard of him. He’s just… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #214: The Love Witch
The Curator of Schlock #214 by Jeff Shuster The Love Witch Be careful what you guzzle. Looks like the SyFy Channel will be airing a new show about the—wait a minute! When did it become SyFy? I thought it was the Sci-Fi Channel. I guess I didn’t get that memo. But why change the spelling? I’m… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #213: The Witch
The Curator of Schlock #213 by Jeff Shuster The Witch: A New England Folktale Suffer the children! Looks like there’s a new TV show in the works. It’s called Metropolis. It’s a series about the city of Metropolis from the Superman comics, but will focus on what the city was like before Superman arrived. Ummmmm…We… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #212: The Invitation
The Curator of Schlock #212 by Jeff Shuster The Invitation RSVP: No! In lieu of a proper review this week, The Museum of Schlock will provide some advice on when to leave a dinner party early. Of course, your humble curator tends to get kicked out of dinner parties regularly, due to arguing over the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #211: The Lazarus Effect
The Curator of Schlock #211 by Jeff Shuster The Lazarus Effect Olivia Wilde goes wild. Live in the now! That’s this year’s motto here at The Museum of Schlock. The Disappointments Room made me realize that schlock isn’t something that exists in the past, but in the present! I think I will spend the rest… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #69: Twelfth Night (1996)
69. Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night (1996) Songs in Shakespeare can be a tricky thing since his texts share lyrics, but not melodies. The normal theatrical approach to these songs is to keep them brief, and not to commit to melodies that are catchy or especially even musical, which kind of defeats the presumed delightful fucking… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #68: Hamlet (1948)
68. Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet (1948) I first saw Olivier’s Hamlet sometime in 1988 or 1989 in my English class as a senior in high school. The film was Shakespearean kryptonite for teenagers: a shaky black and white print of a study of melancholia expressed with exaggerated erudition. The very notion that I should flatter such work with… Continue reading
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