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Nineties Noir: The Underneath

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:00:58 +0000

Sometimes, even filmmakers can be wrong about their own movies. Usually in these cases, the creators have a higher opinion of their work than anyone else does. Steven Soderbergh’s 1995 heist thriller The Underneath, however, is a much better movie than its director would have you believe. The Underneath Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1995...

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Nineties Noir: The Last Seduction

Josh Zyber — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:00:35 +0000

With its confusing and frankly meaningless title, cable TV origins, and mostly B-level stars, The Last Seduction largely flew under viewers’ radars back in 1994. Fortunately, the movie holds up remarkably well as a darkly comic neo-noir with one of the greatest femme fatale characters of its era. The Last Seduction Theatrical Release Date: October...

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Off the Shelf: Space Truckers

Josh Zyber — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:00:34 +0000

Filmmaker Stuart Gordon may be best known for his H.P. Lovecraft literary adaptation Re-Animator, but connoisseurs of his work will recognize his true masterpiece as an ambitious science fiction drama that was unjustly overlooked during its original release in 1997. After years of existing only in a subpar DVD edition, Space Truckers finally hauls ass...

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Off the Shelf: Ronin

Josh Zyber — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:00:02 +0000

Although it wasn’t much of a box office smash back in 1998, John Frankenheimer’s action thriller Ronin eventually became a cult hit on video, largely due to its terrific car chases. The film has been released on Blu-ray twice to date – first by MGM in 2009 and then in 2017 as a remastered Special...

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Off the Shelf: Quiz Show

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:00:46 +0000

Fourteen years after winning a Best Director Oscar for ‘Ordinary People’, Robert Redford almost struck gold once again (four Oscar nominations but no wins) with ‘Quiz Show’. The movie is arguably the most audience-friendly of Redford’s directorial career, with great performances and a splashy, briskly-paced presentation that is one of Redford’s most visually appealing films....

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Off the Shelf: 28 Random Observations About ‘Deep Blue Sea’

Aaron Peck — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:26 +0000

“Deepest, bluest, my hat is like a shark’s fin…” Much like LL Cool J’s perplexing theme song lyrics, the reason why I put ‘Deep Blue Sea’ in the Blu-ray player last week is just as mystifying, especially to me. There it was, still on my shelf, still factory sealed, only ‘Cyrus‘ and ‘The Dark Crystal‘...

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