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April 24, 2021

Boys from County Hell: …Hath No Fury, by Chase Beck

The vampire myth predates Bram Stoker’s legendary story. The mythology of reanimated, blood-drinking corpses is not only millenia-old, but also cross-cultural, possessing roots throughout the world. In weaving the tale found in his Dracula novel, Irishman Stoker combined some of...

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November 17, 2020

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October 2, 2020

Getting Possessed and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Possessor: You Can Have My Everything, by David Bax Episode 706: Fall Movie Preview 2020 12 Hour Shift: Scrubby, by David Bax Criterion Prediction #260: Destiny,...

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September 30, 2020

2067: In These Trying Times, by Chase Beck

2067 tells the tale of a toxic future where the sky is covered with noxious clouds and oxygen is in limited supply. The opening shot is of a planet, our planet, wreathed in poisonous fumes. One by one, entire nations...

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May 17, 2019

Gillan and Dastmalchian, Together at Last and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: All Creatures Here Below: Rising to the Occasion, by Chase Beck Episode 634: Summer Movie Preview 201 BP Movie Journal 5/9/19 Cannes 2019: The Dead Don’t...

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May 15, 2019

All Creatures Here Below: Rising to the Occasion, by Chase Beck

In this age of summer tent-pole films full of laser beams, aliens, inter-dimensional villains, superheroes, and CGI mascots, sometimes it feels nice to be brought back down to earth. Film, like all entertainment, is a form of escapism. Director Colin...

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November 29, 2018

Tiger: Rocky Going, by Chase Beck

Tiger is meant to be an inspiring story about a Sikh, Pardeep Singh Nagra (played by Prem Singh), who defied all odds to do what he loved, competitive boxing. I was initially intrigued by the film because it is based...

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August 8, 2018

Skate Kitchen: Halfpipe Dreams, by Chase Beck

I love the way Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen begins. We see the main character, Camille, at a skate park. She seems uncomfortable, uncertain, nervous. Although obviously talented, she injures herself performing a difficult trick. With blood pouring down her leg,...

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November 6, 2017

MondoCon Austin 2017, by Chase Beck

The convention starts today and there will probably be a few surprise additions just like Mondo surprised those lining up last evening with a free outdoor screening of Batman Returns. However, I thought I would share just a few of...

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October 12, 2017

MondoCon 2017: More Than Posters, by Chase Beck

MondoCon Austin happens next month in Austin, TX (Nov. 4th and 5th). Tickets for the convention are currently still available. From my previous posts at Battleship Pretension, you might think you know all about MondoCon, a yearly mostly-film poster convention...

Tagged: chase beck

Boys from County Hell: …Hath No Fury, by Chase Beck

New to Home Video 11/17/20

Getting Possessed and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

2067: In These Trying Times, by Chase Beck

Gillan and Dastmalchian, Together at Last and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

All Creatures Here Below: Rising to the Occasion, by Chase Beck

Tiger: Rocky Going, by Chase Beck

Skate Kitchen: Halfpipe Dreams, by Chase Beck

MondoCon Austin 2017, by Chase Beck

MondoCon 2017: More Than Posters, by Chase Beck

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