Author Archives: Gill
Later That Night…
It’s Halloween, everybody! Are you guys excited? Due to some wacky family traditions, Halloween is more exciting for me than Christmas. I mean, come on: you don’t get a cool costume on Christmas! Usually you just get a wooly jumper … Continue reading
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Shouts From the Back Row – Episode 267 – The Old West
The Magnificent Seven is out in theatres, and it seems as though, once again, Hollywood is trying to make the Western genre into a viable moneymaker. Will they succeed? On this episode of Shouts From the Back Row, Gill, Robin, … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jessica Alba in “Camp Nowhere”
For a brief period in the 90’s, summer camp kid comedies were hot stuff. Within this niche genre we find such movies as Heavyweights, Addams Family Values, and the subject of this post: Camp Nowhere (1994). The story of a … Continue reading
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Army Of One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1xGh53LEQQ An American civilian sets out on his own to find Osama Bin Laden. 2016 has been a pretty strange year for movies, filled with mediocre blockbusters and some truly bizarre smaller-budget films. I thought Swiss Army Man was going … Continue reading
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Shouts From the Back Row – Episode 266 – The Blair Witch Project
It’s been 17 years since The Blair Witch Project shocked audiences, created a cultural phenomenon, and popularized a style of low-budget horror filmmaking that we’re still seeing today. And now, after all this time, there’s another Blair Witch movie, which … Continue reading
Last Link of the Day: Back in Time
This guy recorded himself every year from 1977-2011! Enjoy the novelty of this while you can, because people born after the invention of the smartphone camera will be able to do this easily.
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Shouts From the Back Row – Episode 265 – The State of the Remake
Are you as sick of remakes as we are? On this episode of Shouts From the Back Row, Gill, Robin, and TK discuss the state of the remake. Are people lining up for remakes of classic movies like Ben-Hur or … Continue reading
64,000,000 Years Ago
Gotta love the National Film Board of Canada! The proud archivists of Canadian film culture have unearthed and preserved a true gem of an educational film in the form of 64,000,000 Years Ago. This short takes a stop-motion animated look … Continue reading
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Shouts From the Back Row – Episode 264 – R.I.P. Gene Wilder
It is with a heavy heart that we bid farewell to another beloved actor, as Gene Wilder has passed away at the age of 83. Wilder was a bit of an enigma, having mostly withdrawn from acting in the late … Continue reading
Before They Were Stars: Joe Manganiello in “Spider-Man”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCi9Bxu1pk Before he was a badass werewolf on True Blood, before he was dancing around in his underpants in Magic Mike XXL, before he was Pee-wee Herman’s idol in Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, Joe Manganiello was trying to beat up Tobey … Continue reading
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