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Oldboy and Trick'r Treat Soundtracks Coming To Vinyl

Not everyone has an interest in vinyl. My own interest is, at best, passing at this point. You can get music at the click of a button. Why bother with older media technology unless you really want to hear the full frequency range (when modern music so often sticks to

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Watch: Ghoul Friend

We're not quite in October yet, aka the best month of the year. Why is it the best month? Autumn starts to kick in for real, turning the leaves into a beautiful medley of reds, oranges, and purples. Pumpkin spice flavor is available on or in everything. And

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Horror Thursday: The Others

Yesterday's Internet outage led to me revisiting one of my favorite horror films. The Others is best remembered for its twist, but I much prefer all the haunted house and religious horror shenanigans that come before. Horror Thursday: The Others

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The Pikmin Movie is Coming

Pikmin is one of Nintendo's strangest gaming properties and that says a lot. They helped bring back the video game industry with the story of a plumber fighting turtle monsters to save a princess in a kingdom populated with mushroom people. Their next most successful property is a

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Stop Motion Animation: A History

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orulaiIAHyo?rel=0&w=640&h=480]

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Coming Soon: The Houses October Built

Horror films about Halloween are actually a rare breed. The closest we usually get is a horror film set around Halloween, which is not the same thing at all. Ginger Snaps is an excellent horror film set around Halloween; it is not a film about Halloween. Trick'r Treat

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Attack on Titan Series 2 and Films Are Coming

I'm a big fan of Attack on Titan. One, it's one of the rotating banners on Sketchy Details right now (that would be the young man standing in front of the fiery landscape). Two, I've already seen it subbed to completion multiple times. Three,

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Horror Thursday: Witchfinder General

Witch films are a small sliver of horror, but it's a genre I really enjoy. Witchfinder General is one of the few films to focus on the horrors of the witch trials without arbitrarily deciding the panicked fears of hysterical townspeople had any merit. The bad guys are

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Chopper Review (Film, 2001)

Mark "Chopper" Read is a psychopath. There is no mincing words here. The career criminal is so disconnected from reality that he is willing to cause harm to himself to get what he wants. He lies, cheats, and manipulates to create a story worthy of a best-selling book

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Bang Bang Baby Trailer

There are no words strong enough to describe my reaction to this trailer? Sci-fi musical masterpiece comes closest. Judge for yourself while I start working on cosplay and fan art for Bang Bang Baby. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPeVHaOm4AA?rel=0&w=560&h=315]

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Crowdfund It: Hullabaloo

A group of animation veterans are crowdfunding a hand-drawn original animated short film. That film is Hullabaloo, a full-Victorian steampunk story with female protagonists. The goal would be to expand the short into a web series or feature film in the future. If that's not enough to convince

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Horror Thursday: As Above, So Below

People, this is not a drill. As Above, So Below is the first must see horror film of 2014 (released wide in theaters). Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to your local theater of choice and see one of the best adventure films (that's

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Coming Soon: The Novelization of Tamara

Now here's something you don't see every day. Back in 2005, a horror film named Tamara came and went without much notice. It was a solid little thing about a girl accidentally killed who comes back to enact revenge on her tormentors. It's a

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Review (Film, 2014)

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For pretty much picks up like there wasn't a nine year gap between the two entries in the Sin City series. Robert Rodriguez teams up with graphic novel creator Frank Miller to bring the gritty noir of Sin City to life in

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Horror Thursday: Tower of Evil

This week at Man, I Love Films, I reviewed Tower of Evil. Tower of Evil is a 1972 horror film from England, also known as Horror on Snape Island. It's...pure exploitation, and not in the good way. Horror Thursday: Tower of Evil

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Watch: First US Trailer for The Tale of Princess Kaguya

It is very rare that Studio Ghibli films not directly connected to Hayao Miyazaki get all that much attention in the United States. Ghibli pictures still get more attention than other Japanese animation studios, but it's that Miyazaki magic that Disney banks on to justify the distribution deal.

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Horror Thursday: Contracted

I'm a big fan of body horror. Very few other genres freak me out as much as this one does. Body horror is almost always guaranteed to do some nasty things to fingernails or eyeballs and I just can't with those gags. Contracted delivers on that

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Guardians of the Galaxy Review (Film, 2014)

If you want to make a blockbuster inspired by B-movie tropes, you hire a director who knows how to handle B-movies. James Gunn (Troma-alum, writer/director Slither) teams up with screenwriter Nicole Perlman to craft the weirdest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet. The film starts in 1988, where

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Watch: Black Sugar

Good news, everyone! I found a new short film to excerpt for my ever-growing Lovecraft on the Silver Screen panel. "Black Sugar" is a short film from Hank Friedmann. Teenagers decide to experiment with a new drug that transports them to a nightmare world of pain, darkness, and

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We Are What We Are Review (Film, 2013)

It seems like every year at the Sundance Film Festival, there's that one horror film that gets all the buzz. Last year, it was We Are What We Are. This indie horror is a slow burn in the tradition of Rosemary's Baby and that in itself

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Watch: Restoring The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of my favorite musical films. It's a combination of a wonderfully somber story, Michel Legrand's beautiful score, and the visual style that gets to me. Now, Criterion has revealed how the film was restored for the recently released Jacques Demy

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Horror Thursday: 13 Sins

It's rare that I take Netflix at its word about a horror film I need to see. Yet, this past weekend, I went with the suggestion. 13 Sins was recently added to the streaming service and actually had generally good reviews. I really committed when I saw it

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I Am Divine Review (Film, 2014)

I Am Divine is a captivating documentary about the life and career of Harris Glen Milstead, better known by his stage name/drag persona Divine. Divine had a long and expansive career through many forms of media (film, stage, music, and television) and was by no means an overnight success.

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The Purge: Anarchy Giveaway Winner

Thanks to everyone who entered The Purge: Anarchy Giveaway. I put all the entries in Random.org this morning and we have a winner. Congratulations to Mrcreosote. I just need you to e-mail me robertjgannon@gmail.com with your e-mail, name, and shipping address so the prize can be sent

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The Purge: Anarchy Prize Pack Giveaway

Last year, I teamed up with the fine people at PartnersHub and Universal to give away a prize pack inspired by The Purge. This year, I get to do it again. The Purge: Anarchy is the sequel to the surprise hit horror film The Purge and I'm super