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A Haunted Mansion and a Turned Screw | The Innocents (1961) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

The Innocents (1961)

Movies are an inherently sensationalized medium, and haunted house movies in particular often rely heavily upon cheap scare tactics to startle viewers into spilling their popcorn and clutching the hand of the date they brought to the theater. Subtlety is not generally a defining trait of the genre. Produced in 1961, director Jack Clayton’s The… Read More A Haunted Mansion and a Turned Screw | The Innocents (1961) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

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Long Live the Fighters! | Dune (1984) 4K Ultra HD Ultimate Edition

Dune (1984)

David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s famed science fiction novel Dune is my favorite movie. This is, typically, not an easy thing to explain to people. The film was a tremendous critical and box office failure in its day. The fact that its recent remake (or re-adaptation of the source material, if you must)… Read More Long Live the Fighters! | Dune (1984) 4K Ultra HD Ultimate Edition

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