By Simon Miraudo September 24, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up … or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line. (Hey, […]
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Interview: Michael Biehn (The Victim)
March 19, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo March 19, 2013 Michael Biehn – formerly Kyle Reese in The Terminator and Corporal Hicks in Aliens – steps behind the camera for The Victim, an ultra-trashy, Grindhouse-inspired horror flick with low morals, short skirts, and a genuinely nifty twist ending. Shot in less than 12 days (and only put into production because the […]
Continue readingTheir first crime was being stupid – Killer Joe review
November 12, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, and Emile Hirsch. Directed by William Friedkin. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Their first crime was being stupid. The subjects of Tracy Letts’ play Killer Joe give trailer trash a bad name. They are trailer effluvia; fortunate enough to have taken human form, but lacking all the […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Exorcist
October 24, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – The Exorcist. Starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, and Max von Sydow. Directed by William Friedkin. Rated R. By Jess Lomas. A weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history to see if it holds up or if it has aged terribly. […]
Continue readingTastes like chicken – Killer Joe review
August 3, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. Directed by William Friedkin. Originally published June 18, 2012. By Richard Haridy. Killer Joe plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 3 and 8, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. This review was first run during the Sydney Film Festival. Killer Joe is a grubby blast of […]
Continue readingTastes like chicken – Killer Joe review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. Directed by William Friedkin. By Richard Haridy. Killer Joe played the Sydney Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Killer Joe is a grubby blast of amoral fun featuring a revelatory turn by Matthew McConaughey as the titular Joe; a […]
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