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dayne linford / home video hovel / movies / reviews

August 18, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Heroes Shed No Tears, by Dayne Linford

John Woo belongs to that worldwide pantheon of legendarily cool directors achieving international notoriety at the end of the 90s, reworking classic Hollywood tropes and genres to create something that, despite those antecedents, feels almost entirely original. But, before bullet...

best of the week / movies

August 16, 2019

Zen and the Art of Emotional Manipulation and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Dog’s End of Life Plan, by David Bax Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: What Do You...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

August 15, 2019

Good Boys: Wasted Youth, by David Bax

It doesn’t help that, by the time the song blared onto the soundtrack of Gene Stupnitsky’s Good Boys, the film was already beyond redemption but I still nearly threw my hands in the air in the theater and shouted, “For...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

August 14, 2019

Aquarela: The Rivers and the Lakes That You’re Used To, by David Bax

In Victor Kossakovsky’s Aquarela, all the music is by symphonic metal artist Eicca Toppinen, best known as one of the members of cello/metal group Apocalyptica. It put me in mind of Daniel Dencik’s The Expedition to the End of the...

alexander miller / home video hovel / movies / reviews

August 14, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Lust for a Vampire, by Alexander Miller

Among the many phases of Hammer, the biggest rift lies in between their period at Bray studios and the later Elstree era. The Bray manor hosted classics like Horror of Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Mummy and other classics...

alexander miller / home video hovel / movies / reviews

August 14, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Quatermass and the Pit, by Alexander Miller

The Quatermass series is vitally important in the history of Hammer Horror. Though they’re primarily rooted in science fiction, these titles doubly embrace an atmosphere of terror. After working in a myriad of genres, prolific producer Anthony Hinds gobbled up...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

August 13, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Reptile, by David Bax

John Gilling’s The Reptile, from 1966, is probably not anybody’s idea of the best Hammer horror movie ever but there’s just no denying the, well, Hammerness of it all. It’s got all the Victorian/Gothic trappings, from the gaudily yet somehow...

david bax / movies / new to home video

August 13, 2019

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home video hovel / movies / reviews / west anthony

August 12, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Quatermass 2, by West Anthony

The Quatermass trilogy is a real treat for fans of classic sci-fi horror stories in which mankind is threatened by a fun bunch of guys from outer space. Based on a trio of British television serials written by Nigel Kneale,...

best of the week / movies

August 9, 2019

Rick Dalton’s Still Got It and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: BP Movie Journal 8/1/19 Episode 646: Are We Harder on New Movies Than Old Movies? BP Movie Journal 8/8/19 Home Video Hovel: Do the Right Thing,...

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Home Video Hovel: Heroes Shed No Tears, by Dayne Linford

Zen and the Art of Emotional Manipulation and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Good Boys: Wasted Youth, by David Bax

Aquarela: The Rivers and the Lakes That You’re Used To, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Lust for a Vampire, by Alexander Miller

Home Video Hovel: Quatermass and the Pit, by Alexander Miller

Home Video Hovel: The Reptile, by David Bax

New to Home Video 8/13/19

Home Video Hovel: Quatermass 2, by West Anthony

Rick Dalton’s Still Got It and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

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