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Lovecraft on the Silver Screen Panel, ConnectiCon 2014

This weekend at ConnectiCon, I debuted two brand new panels. The 18+ panel was called Lovecraft on the Silver Screen. It was an exploration of the best and the worst attempts to bring H.P. Lovecraft's stories to film. Unfortunately, there were some major tech issues during the

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Watch: Player Piano's Akira

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Horror Thursday: The Call of Cthulhu

I love it when my interests and needs can actually cross over. I watched The Call of Cthulhu as the last piece of my Lovecraft on the Silver Screen panel (this Saturday at ConnectiCon, come say hi) and knew it would also work for Horror Thursday. It's the

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The Halfies: Best Films of 2014 So Far

I always find this an interesting exercise. If the cinematic year ended 30 June instead of 31 December, what would the best films of the year be? Even more interesting is seeing how many of these films hold up at the end of the year once all the big awards

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Your Red, White, and Blue Marathon

In honor of the 4th of July, I've an exercise in movie marathoning for you if you dare to undertake it. I'm going to leave wildly different suggestions for red, white, and blue films you can stream right now (and where you can stream them) and

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Horror Thursday: Diabolique

Next summer, I need to also consider what has been covered at Man, I Love Films for my Cinefessions viewing schedule. I had to go back in my notes a couple weeks for the new Horror Thursday subject. I was glad to cover it. Diabolique is one of my favorite

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The Pacific Rim Universe Grows: Sequel, Cartoons, and More

This is not a drill. Do not adjust your dial. Everything is going to be okay. Guillermo del Toro has officially announced that Pacific Rim will be taking over the world. The beautifully shot, wildly entertaining, and kick-ass female character-starring kaiju v. mecha film is getting a whole lot of

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Horror Thursday: Curse of the Cat People

I had to break my trend of reviewing the weekly theme film for the Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge this week. I just don't see eXistenZ as a horror film. Now Curse of the Cat People. That's a great horror film. Such nuance. Such life. Such beauty.

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The Lego Movie Blu-ray Giveaway Winner!

I just punched the entries into Random.org and I'm happy to announce that GreySkye is the winner. GreySkye, I need you to shoot me a message at robertjgannon@gmail.com with your name, shipping address, and e-mail so you can get your prize straight from the company.

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Godzilla Review (Film, 2014)

15 years ago, an unexplained disaster hit Japan, wiping out a nuclear reactor and killing Joe Brody's wife Elle. Now, in 2014, his son Ford is called to Japan to claim him from police custody. Joe has convinced himself that he can prove the disaster was not an

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The Lego Movie Blu-ray Giveaway

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, geeks of all ages, I bring you the official Everything is Awesome The Lego Movie Blu-ray Giveaway at Sketchy Details. That's right. Sketchy Details has partnered with the WB through PartnersHub to run a contest. The Lego Movie is still at the

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Horror Thursday: The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

One of my crutches in reviews is pointing out I'd rather watch something ambitious that fails than something safe that's boring. Well, The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh is the epitome of that kind of film. I applaud its ambition. I love the style,

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Ranking Hellraiser

As part of the 3rd Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge, I've spent the past two days watching all of the films in the Hellraiser franchise. I've been obsessed with this series since seeing the trailers for Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth when I was seven years

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Night of the Creeps Review (Film, 1986)

In Night of the Creeps, the aliens have already landed and we were never meant to know. The one infected human, a frat boy, is cryogenically frozen in 1959 for study. However, a fraternity initiation prank in the 1980s goes horribly wrong when the two pledges assigned with snagging a

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Horror Thursday: The Toxic Avenger

I wasn't even sure I could actually write a review of The Toxic Avenger. I'm a fan, for sure, but it's kind of impenetrable in its own way. The Troma team wasn't setting out to do anything traditionally cinematic with it and

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A Million Ways to Die in the West Review (Film, 2014)

Living in the Wild West sucks. Just ask sheep herder Albert. He's witnessed the daily death and destruction in his town of Old Stump and he just can't take it anymore. No one else seems willing to settle any dispute with words, not gunfire, and backing

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X-Men: Days of Future Past Review (Film, 2014)

The first thing you need to know about X-Men: Days of Future Past is that it's not actually the story you might know as "Days of Future Past." In order to fit in with the framework established in First Class and the popularity of certain mutants,

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Rigor Mortis Review (Film, 2014)

Rigor Mortis is one of the most beautiful and emotional horror films I've encountered in many years. An actor moves into public housing in Hong Kong when his career begins to fail. He attempts to kill himself, but is saved by a Taoist exorcist who senses something is

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Dredd Review (Film, 2012)

Dredd is one of the most successful comic book to film adaptations I've ever encountered. Sure, it's not 100% faithful to the source material, but the tone, characters, and style are just right. Screenwriter Alex Garland spins some well-worn tropes for police/action films into something

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Horror Thursday: Galaxy of Terror

This week, we're looking at Galaxy of Terror over at Man, I Love Films. Why? It was the bonus viewing for the sci-fi/horror theme week in the Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge. I did it for the points. Horror Thursday: Galaxy of Terror

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Third Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge (#CSSC3) Sketchy Details' List

It's back! Cinefessions is running their annual horror/sci-fi film watching challenge and Sketchy Details will participate for a third year in a row. I've always managed to pop up near the top of the scoreboard and I don't intend to stop that trend

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Horror Thursday: Creature from the Black Lagoon

What can I say? I knew I'd be on vacation and had far away adventures in mind. Creature from the Black Lagoon features one of my favorite movie monsters, even if the film is pretty underwhelming as a whole. Still, a lot of fun can be had gawking

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Horror Thursday: Maximum Overdrive

Stephen King is notorious for changing his feelings about his film adaptations. One consistency, however, is his claim that Maximum Overdrive is the single worst adaptation of any of his stories. Funny, since he himself adapted and directed this schlocky howler of a technology gone bad horror picture himself. Horror

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Lovecraft on the Silver Screen @ ConnectiCon 2014

That's right, good people. I will be presenting my long-gestating panel Lovecraft on the Silver Screen at ConnectiCon 2014. This is a panel looking at the best and worst of Lovecraft films. We'll be discussing the challenges of adapting Lovecraft's weird fiction to visual

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Horror Thursday: After Death

Also known simply as Death. This week's Horror Thursday column over at Man, I Love Films is the first mumblecore horror film I've ever seen. Technically it's not mumblecore since it's a British film and that's an American movement, but