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Articles tagged "roddy mcdowall" Film DVD ReviewThe Shuttered Room / It!by David Camak Pratt[5.Jan.09] :. Fans of B-horror movies might pick this up, hoping to find a lost gem.  Column: Dread ReckoningThe Demise of Horror Culture?by Marco Lanzagorta[13.May.08] :. While the horror classics of 1968 may have indeed revitalized the genre, few today are aware of these movies' impact on the canon...if they acknowledge them at all.  PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own FeaturePart 2: The Changing Face of Filmmakingby PopMatters Staff[19.Jun.07] :. Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts. PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own  Film FeatureFuture Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fictionby Bill Gibron[29.May.07] :. The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.  Film DVD ReviewPlanet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection (1968-1973)by Whitney Strub[27.Mar.06] :. Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection oscillates wildly between the delightful and the agonizing; but the rewards more than offset the pains.  Film DVD ReviewHello Down There (1969)by Erich Kuersten[24.Feb.05] :. Having failed to hold onto small-town American values during the late '60s mod explosion, the nuclear family man here flees to the bottom of the sea. Lord Love a Duck (1966)by David Sanjek[26.Jan.04] :. Lord Love a Duck illustrates, with corrosive wit, how the mindless pursuit of status will be the death of us all. Planet of the Apes (2001)by Sabadino Parker...reminds us that we may not be the end product of some divine plan, or necessarily very important to the universe. |
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