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Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil

Likes: Film, Beer (who the hell DOESN'T around here?!), writing, NY Mets, read more The Jets, Girls who love film AND beer (at the same time), Jazz, Deadwood, The Wire, The Office, The Twilight Zone, Cormac McCarthy, Graham Greene, Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scorsese, Spielberg, Halloween season, Marvel movies, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Ash vs Evil Dead, Game of Thrones, Edgar Allen Poe, Mother Nature

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Dimension on the Road

A few days ago I knocked you on the head with the info that Viggo Mortensen is in early talks to join THE ROAD, John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic horror story/road movie. Up until now however the movie...
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RA: Tango and Cash

TANGO & CASH (1989) Rating: 3 out of 4 / Tagline: Two of L.A.’s top rival cops are going to have to work together… Even if it kills them. Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher,...
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Seagal’s into Learning

Steven Seagal’s found himself a home in the world of straight-to-DVD features, and he’s adding another wing to the place with a flick called A HIGHER FORM OF LEARNING (aka LEARNING HOW TO GET YOUR ASS KICKED), which he also...
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[Rec] poster

The final poster for the Spanish-language horror flick [REC] has been unfurled over at Aullidos, and I’ve got to say, it’s really not much to get excited about, as it doesn’t do anything to convey the story – but I...
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Box ready to open?

Shock till you Drop is reporting that Richard Kelly (DONNIE DARKO) is getting ready to begin shooting his thriller THE BOX on November 17th, with locations in Boston and Virginia being scouted (so all you New Englanders and Virginians keep...
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Tooth and Nail @ Screamfest

All you lucky bums out in LA that are going to get a chance to attend “Screamfest 2007″ at the famous Grauman’s Chinese theater will be pleased to learn that the very cool-sounding TOOTH AND NAIL is going to have...
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Mulberry St. @ Horrorfest!

Since I first saw it at Tribeca, I’ve been talking up MULBERRY STREET like a madman, getting reactions as varied as “Huh?” to “What?” When I describe it as an intelligent, poignant attack-of-the-rat-person movie, I receive looks of curiosity, tinged...
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Viggo walks Road

While we mostly deal in the horror of the slash/stab/hack/”get me the f*ck outta here” variety ’round the parts – sometimes we skip a bit off course for projects that warrant it… I’m doing such a thing here with the...
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Mother of acquisitions

The Weinsteins, seeing a year where everything they’ve released has landed with a thud but one – HALLOWEEN – are in the process of turning The Weinstein Company into Dimension v.2 as they’re snatching up horror flicks left and right...
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INT: Victor Garcia

A few months ago, the name Victor Garcia had no recognition for me, most likely, not for anyone – unless they studied the Special Make-Up credits on movies like HELLBOY and DAGON. But that changed in a hurry when he...
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