“Got a smoke?” – Napoleon Wilson John Carpenter’s 1976 action-thriller Assault on Precinct 13 is an example of low budget cinema at its finest. Inspired in large part by his love of Howard Hawks’ classic Western RIO BRAVO it is a story about camaraderie and is set in mostly one […]
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In The Swimmer Burt Lancaster plays Ned Merrill or “Neddy” to his upper crust friends in the Connecticut town where he lives. The story opens with Ned walking through the woods as wild animals scurry in different directions. The camera tracks above through the lushness of the trees as Ned […]
Grindhouse Releasing one of our very favorite home video labels have introduced a whole new audience to classic exploitation and cult cinema with their fantastic DVD and Blu Rays over the years. Their attention to quality is unmatched and the bonus content they include on their discs really make every […]
Scream Factory, the sub-label of Shout Factory will be releasing a new edition of Brian DePalma’s 1974 cult classic Phantom of The Paradise next summer. Speaking as a longtime fan who has owned several copies from different regions, I’m excited as hell that the movie will be on R1 Blu […]
Ever since starting this website three years ago, we’ve made it known that our love of movies ranges from the big budget Hollywood studio mainstream to the smaller kinds of B-pictures. It’s really always been about sharing the Furious Film Appreciation for us across the board without prejudice. For this […]
Leave it to the fine folks at Criterion to pull yet another hat trick in the new year with what I consider to be the ultimate home video release of Alex Cox’s 1984 cult sci-fi comedy-punk rock masterpiece REPO MAN. Now if you’re a film geek who grew up in […]
“Better to be alive and cool, than dead and uncool.” – Harley Simon Wincer (imdb), director of such Disney flicks as Operation Dumbo and Free Willy, also made Lonesome Dove and the Aussie western Quigley Down Under, to name some of the more popular motion pictures in his portfolio. He […]
If American Graffiti was the film that defined the sock hop/car culture/drive-in scene of the early 60s then Dazed and Confused (1993) is the film that represents the 70s in all its long haired, pot smoking, free-wheeling, bell bottomed beauty. In the early 90s Writer-Director Richard Linklater produced an indie […]
The Big Lebowski (1998) went from sleeper hit to a full fledged cult classic spawning all kinds of fan clubs and even a Lebowski Fest held every year where attendees come dressed as their favorite characters. It is one of my personal favorite films of the 90s. It has an […]