This month, Robert, Nat, and Cody delve into Peter Cushing at his most cold and evil in 1969’s FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED. FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED was the fourth of five Frankenstein films directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing. And it may just be the best. It’s certainly the nastiest. Frankenstein certainly earns […]
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Robert, Nat, and Cody are joined by returning guest Jim Laczkowski of Directors Club and Angela Fabbrini as we throw our eleventh annual Secret Santa party. Who gave what to whom is the mystery of the episode as we take turns discussing five movies especially chosen for their recipients by their secret Santas in our
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This month, Cody, Robert, and Nat discuss the perils of adaptation without a clear vision with 2005’s AEON FLUX. On paper AEON FLUX looks like it had a chance. Charlize Theron had recently won an Oscar for MONSTER. Frances McDormand was at the height of her popularity. Johnny Lee Miller had made a bit of
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This spooky month, Nat, Cody, and Robert dust off their singing voices for Frank Oz’s adaptation of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Based on writer Howard Ashman’s and composer Alan Menken’s off-broadway musical (itself adapted from Roger Corman and Charles B. Griffith’s 1960 cult flick THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS), LITTLE SHOP tells the story of perennial
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The 2025 Dialogues Documentary Film Festival wrapped up for me on its third day, notably Autumnal, on Saturday. A good sized crowd came along for the journey to see SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO. SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO is mostly about indigenous tribes efforts to reestablish buffalo herds into something approaching their historical free-range status after
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Dialogues Documentary Film Festival kicked off from Milwaukee film the calendar said it was still summer but there are several different seasons for film critics; The spring festival season, the summer movie season, the fall festival season, and awards season. Not too long ago, the fall festival season used to be the stomping ground of
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