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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Stone Cold (1991)
Craig R. Baxley-directed Stone Cold (1991) is a really fun action B-movie surprise starring ’80s football star Brian Bosworth as Joe Huff, an undercover cop who helms a white supremacist/neo-Nazi biker gang helmed by Chains (Lance Henriksen) and Ice (William … Continue reading
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Tagged 90s action, action movie, biker gang, Brian Bosworth
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Once Were Warriors
I recently asked a (white) kiwi friend of mine recently about his thoughts on Lee Tamahori’s riveting 1994 drama masterpiece Once Were Warriors (based on the book by Alan Duff and referring to the warrior nature of the Māori people), and … Continue reading
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Tagged alcoholism, domestic abuse, Māori, New Zealand, Temuera Morrison, toxic masculinity
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Nicolas Gessner’s 1976 film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane has finally come to Shudder, enchanting and entertaining fresh audiences with yet another strong early performance from Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen. Foster plays Rynn Jacobs, a remarkably … Continue reading
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Tagged horror, Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, mystery, Shudder
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Clovehitch Killer
Duncan Skiles’ 2018 “killer thriller” The Clovehitch Killer is a real pearl on Netflix, a fantastic find that was recommended via one of Stephen King’s Tweets (he also gave it a glowing review). It’s based on the crimes of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BTK Killer, Dylan McDermott, horror, killer thriller, netflix, serial killers, The Clovehitch Killer
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
I finally got around to watching the classic 1982 The Slumber Party Massacre, and it was worth the wait. I think it’s my new favourite slasher movie! The film had a strange production, and because of it, it’s delightfully subversive … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: A Royal Affair
Nikolaj Arcel’s 2012 Danish film A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) is an absolute delight and a visual feast for the senses. I recently watched Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film Another Round (Druk), which also stars my favourite actor Mads Mikkelsen … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, A Royal Affair, Alicia Vikander, Danish cinema, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Arcel
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Bringing out the Dead
Martin Scorsese’s 1999 film Bringing out the Dead is an adaptation of Joe Connelly’s excellent novel of the same name (the title actually comes from, as you might think, from the infamous scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail), … Continue reading
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Tagged buried gems, EMT, Martin Scorsese, nicolas cage, paramedics
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Saturday Night Fever
Magill wrote a fun piece on this film a couple years ago, but I really wanted to revisit Saturday Night Fever (undeniably one of my all-time favourites and my favourite musical) in the wake of the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter movements. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bee Gees, dancing, disco, John Travolta, musical, New York City
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Skin (2019)
Israeli-born filmmaker Guy Nattiv’s 2019 film Skin is based on the true story of Bryon Widner, a white supremacist and neo-Nazi whose journey to renounce his racist past and remove the hate tattoos all over his body was the subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Erasing Hate, Jamie Bell, white supremacists
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The King (2019)
Netflix’s The King (dir. David Michôd, 2019) is an adaptation several plays in William Shakespeare’s “Henriad” (Henry IV, Parts 1, 2, and Henry V). I haven’t read these plays yet myself, and some of my colleagues felt that the Henry … Continue reading
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Tagged Game of Thrones, Henry V, Medieval Shakespeare, Robert Pattinson, The King, Timothée Chalamet
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