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The Curator of Schlock #116: The Poseidon Adventure
The Curator of Schlock #116 by Jeff Shuster The Poseidon Adventure (Movies are always better with Adventure in the title. Hmmmm. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Adventure) Merry Christmas everyone! If it’s Christmas Day and you’re reading this blog, go spend some time with your family. If you haven’t got a family, go and see Star… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #13: A Midwinter’s Tale
#13: A Midwinter’s Tale (1996) If Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet is a luxury train under the blithe control of an engineer who’s uninterested in whether his cargo stays on board while shooting through an icy landscape, then the engineer of A Midwinter’s Tale cares not only about his passengers, but their baggage as well. Oh, in England… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #115: Krampus
The Curator of Schlock #115 by Jeff Shuster Krampus I liked it. It’s that time again. No, I’m not referring to Christmas though that time is upon us. We’ve got another Star Wars movie coming out. Yeah. I suppose I’m supposed to be excited. Of course, I kind of gave up on Star Wars after… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #12: Hamlet (1996)
#12: Hamlet (1996) With his Hamlet (1996), the gulf between Kenneth Branagh’s acting and that of his Hollywood peers widens. In the early going of Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Denzel Washington doesn’t quite know what to do. In the early going of Hamlet, Jack Lemmon (like Washington, one of the finest actors Hollywood has… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #82: April Fool’s Day
The Curator of Schlock #82 by Jeff Shuster April Fool’s Day Pranks can kill, kids! I have to admit, I didn’t care for these slasher movies when I first started watching them. It’s kind of like your first beer. You not only get used to it, but eventually life doesn’t seem as good without it.… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #81: Leprechaun 2
The Curator of Schlock #81 by Jeff Shuster Leprechaun 2: The Legend of Funkswittle’s Golden Lox Another Leprechaun movie. Yay. Yeah, I know St. Patrick’s Day was a couple of days ago, but it’s a Leprechaun movie so I’m not going to lose any sleep over this. The only Leprechaun movie I care about is… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #78: Harry Brown
The Curator of Schlock #78 by Jeff Shuster Michael Caine is Harry Brown Michael Caine is ABOVE THE LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vigilante Month: International Edition continues with a trip to merry old England, only old England ain’t so merry. It seems like a bunch of hoodlums have taken over the city streets and there’s nothing the coppers… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #77: Street Law
The Curator of Schlock #77 by Jeff Shuster Street Law Franco Nero is ABOVE THE LAW!!! Okay. Back to Vigilante Month: International Edition. This week our journey around the world brings us to Italy, a country that was plagued with more street crime in the 1970s than New York City, if the cinema has anything… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #28.1: Four Observations About Othello
Shakespearing #28.1 by John King Four Observations About Othello 1. In Shakespeare is Hard, But So is Life, the Irish theater critic Fintan O’Toole says, If you look at the character of Othello in isolation, and in particular if you look at him through the notion of the “tragic flaw’, then he is not, for all… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #75: Above the Law
The Curator of Schlock #75 by Jeff Shuster Above the Law Yuen Biao is ABOVE THE LAW! It’s high time we had another vigilante month. Why? Because I like seeing low-life scumballs get what’s coming to them, and so do you! We’re going to do something a little different. You guessed right, it’s Vigilante Month:… Continue reading
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