March 2013
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Get Ready for ‘Evil Dead’ By Watching Fede Alvarez’s Twisted NSFW Horror Comedy ‘Mr. Balls’
Short Starts presents a weekly short film from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. Director Fede Alvarez, who made the Evil Dead remake out…
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6 Easter Movie Scenes We Love
On Easter Sunday, many people watch the old religious film favorites. Just look at today’s TCM schedule to see the epic staples programmed, like King…
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Fund This Film: Alex Cox’s Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Bill the Galactic Hero’ is the Anti-’Starship Troopers’
Cover illustration from a 1975 printing of Bill, the Galactic Hero by Michael Gross. Crowdfunding was made for guys like Alex Cox. Similar to Ralph Bakshi,…
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Today’s /Filmcast Marathon Features Celebrity Guests and a Good Cause
It all kicks off at 9am Pacific. After raising $10,000 for FilmAid, David Chen and the /Filmcast family are making good on their offer to…
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Scott Derrickson Explains How ‘Blow Out’ Helped Shape ‘Sinister’
Brian De Palma’s classic, and best film, Blow Out, isn’t the most obvious inspiration for co-writer/director Scott Derrickson’s Sinister. They’re in different genres all together,…
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SFotD: Stanley Kubrick’s First Film, ‘Day of the Fight’
https://medium.com/media/4bdf4e034186cd2846565f47df7e5819/href Editor’s Note: We don’t need a reason to find Kubrick “topical,” but the release of Room 237 definitely doesn’t hurt when it comes to…
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5 Reasons You Should Be Rooting For Cobra
Let’s face it, bad guys get a bad rap. While people are pinning medals on the heroes just before the credits roll, somewhere across the…
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Interview: Composer Jeff Toyne Goes ‘Rogue’ to Create Music for DirecTV’s First Original Series
Most of us don’t remember the days when there were only three television channels (ABC, CBS, and NBC) producing a limited amount of programming. We…
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Review: ‘The Host’ Is a Cry For Help From What’s Left of Andrew Niccol
It’s been difficult to pin down what exactly happened to writer/director Andrew Niccol after his 1997 debut, Gattaca, but theories ranged from him having been…