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Founder: Elements of Madness | Contributing Senior Film Critic: CLTure | Past Bylines at Pretty Vacant One, FilmFed, & Mountain Xpress | The Cine-Men podcast co-host | NC Film Critics Association, Southeastern Film Critics Association, & Critics Choice Association member | Rotten Tomatoes approved individual critic
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88 Films issues the final Three Dragons film, “Dragons Forever,” in a worthy limited edition restoration release.
1988 is a significant year for martial arts fans as it’s the last time the trio known as the Three Dragons were captured on celluloid. The group comprised of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao would make several films… Read More ›
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“Devotion” Digital Code & Book Giveaway
Director J.D. Dillard adapted Adam Makos’s novel Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice, based on an incredible true story, into the feature film Devotion starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black Navy Aviator, and Glen… Read More ›
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Director Terry Gilliam’s sixth Criterion Collection entry is the comedic fantasy “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.”
You can often tell a bit about a person based upon where they know an artist or creative from. Specifically, what period of their work. For instance, if someone were to mention the musician Sting, they could just as easily… Read More ›
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Thirteen Films From 2022 That Stuck With Me.
2022 is over and I’ve caught up with the last few films I’ve missed, so I think it’s time for EoM to unveil its Seventh Annual Sticky List! If you’re unfamiliar with the Sticky List, these are the films which… Read More ›
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Creature feature “Strange World” astounds in artistic concept where it lacks in original story.
This year Walt Disney Studios asked audiences to go on an internal journey with Meilin Lee (Turning Red) as she came into her own while addressing a generational blessing, and then look to the stars with the adventurous and introspective-resistant… Read More ›
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The arrival of “Black Adam” at home is a bittersweet experience.
The state of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is hard to pin down because every few months something else shifts. Each release thus far has its supporters and its detractors, but the one consistent thing is that the fans are… Read More ›
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“Dragons Forever” Blu-ray Giveaway
Originally released by 88 Films as part of their 88 Asia Collection in 2022, the 4K UHD restoration of Dragons Forever from directors Sammo Hung and Corey Yuen finally comes stateside January 10th, 2022. Due to the generosity of MVD… Read More ›
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The Cine-Men, Episode 79: Top Ten of 2022
As 2022 closes out, The Cine-Men co-hosts Darryl Mansel and I take a moment to discuss our Top Ten films of the year. As with all lists, these selections are entirely subjective and may not reflect what you would put… Read More ›
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Radu Muntean’s drama “Întregalde” offers an exploration of humanity but without an ounce of tension, manufactured or otherwise. [SFFILM Festival]
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” – Matthew 24:40. It says a lot about a person or a community how they treat others,… Read More ›
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“Halloween Ends” where it begins: at home.
The time it takes between a story being told and the expectations skyrocketing for the continuation is in the moment between the final shot and the credits. The audience, feeling excited, fulfilled, or otherwise moved by the tale they’ve experienced… Read More ›
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The Cine-Men, Episode 78: Murder Mysteries
With the brief theatrical release of Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and its imminent release on Netflix December 23rd, The Cine-Men co-hosts Darryl Mansel and myself thought it would be fun to explore some of our favorite murder… Read More ›
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Writer/director Atsuko Ishizuka’s animated adolescent adventure “Goodbye, Don Glees!” begins at home.
When we’re children, the world appears small. It’s filled with the things that we can perceive and, often, little else. This means that what stresses us out, what keeps us up at night, seem huge because we lack the perspective… Read More ›
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The 4K UHD edition of “Highlander” will have any fan screaming “Gimmie the Prize!”
There can be only one. In 1986, these words were uttered and it changed the course of fantasy nerdom forever. It’s a battle cry and a declaration of supremacy on its own, but now also works to identify others whose… Read More ›
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Mark Cousins’s latest documentary “The Story of Film: A New Generation” examines and connects the last 11 years of cinema.
In Jordan Peele’s brilliantly layered Nope (2022), the lead characters are described as relatives to the jockey depicted in the first ever moving picture, Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 silent short film The Horse in Motion. That film was constructed of several… Read More ›
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No need to listen for a banshee’s warning, this is your notice that Martin McDonagh’s dark dramedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” is available to own.
The Greeks defined four types of love that one person can express for another. Eros refers to the kind between lovers, Storge refers to the kind parents feel for their children, Agape is a general sort of love one feels… Read More ›
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“Halloween Ends” 4K UHD Digital Code Giveaway
This past October saw Halloween Ends, the conclusion for co-writer/director David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy, hit theaters and Peacock. His series was built off the original ’78 Halloween, attempting to explore the unhealed individual, generational, and communal trauma of Haddonfield. Though the… Read More ›
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The house on East 88th Street comes to you as “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” is now available at home.
In 1962, children’s book author Bernard Waber published The House on East 88th Street, a story in which the Primm family moved into a brownstone in New York City is surprised to discover a crocodile already living there. As if… Read More ›
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“The Loneliest Boy in the World” Blu-ray Giveaway
At some point in our lives, we’ve all felt a little alone. In director Martin Owen’s horror comedy The Loneliest Boy in the World, the notion of creating acceptance and company gets explored with gut-splitting effects. If you missed the… Read More ›
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Anita Rocha da Silveira’s “Medusa” ensnares you with an exploration of potent ideas and themes in a rich home release.
The story of Medusa the Gorgon is fairly well known. She was one of three sisters and her tale ends with a slash of the hero Perseus’s sword across her neck. He was sent to slay her and was rewarded… Read More ›
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“Halloween Ends” Blu-ray Giveaway
Writer/director David Gordon Green got to do something cinema fans of all kinds often dream of but rarely get the chance to do: continue a storyline from a film they love. For Green, this meant crafting his own trilogy to… Read More ›