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Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54

28 October 2009 9:32 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day is the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $53.99, 55% off the $120 list price. The collection features "14 of the finest works from the universally acclaimed Master of Suspense come together for the first time in one collection." Packaged in a velvet box, the individual discs inside come four to a case, decorated with original poster art. A 36-page booklet is filled mostly with stills and poster art. As with all the gold box deals, this deal is only good until midnight. The titles include: The Birds; Marnie; Vertigo; Rope; Rear Window; Psycho; The Man Who Knew Too Much; Torn Curtain; Frenzy; Shadow of a Doubt; The Trouble With Harry; Topaz; Saboteur; and Family Plot. Each of the 14 films is supplemented with numerous documentaries, commentaries, and other bonus materials: 14 documentaries; 9 featurettes; Commentaries; Newsreel footage; Production photos, sketches and notes; Storyboards; Theatrical trailers; Masters ... »

- Peter Sciretta

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The Stepfather (1987)

22 October 2009 8:17 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

The Stepfather (1987) Directed by Joseph Reuben Despite collecting positive reviews, director Joseph Ruben's The Stepfather was a box office flop, lost among the flood of slasher films saturating the market at the time. Still, the film managed to garner a small cult following, which has increased since its home video release. The Stepfather works for one reason: it's an exercise in despair framed as the portrait of a tragic man.  Meet Jerry Blake, brilliantly portrayed by Lost's  Terry O'Quinn. Jerry's the new guy in town, and has all the makings of a perfect friend, perfect neighbor, perfect boyfriend and even a perfect husband. But looks can be deceiving, as Jerry is really a homicidal maniac. He moves from town to town, marrying into a family and then wiping it out when it inevitably fails to live up to his Leave it to Beaver ideal. O'Quinn is well cast »

- Ricky

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Special Events, NYC

19 September 2009 7:08 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Regular readers will know that in addition to my cinematic fancies, I am gaga for live theater and/or special events. I love that one night only sense of adventure... it's not going to be the same experience ever again. Here's a few movie-related things you might be interested in if you live in or are visiting* NYC in mid October. October is a perfect time to visit NYC. Great weather, the film festival and more...

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Last year I attended a few events at the New Yorker Festival. The highlight was meeting one of my lifelong idols, cartoonist Lynda Barry. I also enjoyed/endured a bizarre "interview" with Mary Louise Parker. Let's just say it's clear that she doesn't like to be interviewed or didn't want to be interviewed by the person they paired her with. Strange evening). The events sell out quickly but you can see a full »

- NATHANIEL R

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Books @ the Movies, Shutter Island

5 September 2009 4:01 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

As you may have noticed with recent Mad Men & Project Runway posts I've become enamored of references to movies in other mediums. I thought I'd share them as they occur to me. On that note, I recently picked up Dennis Lehane's mystery thriller Shutter Island which is set in the 50s on an island for the criminally insane. Figured I had time to read it before the movie version arrives given its abrupt move to February 2010. The jacket blurb claims that it's "instantly cinematic" and for once the blurb ain't shamelessly overstating. Not only does the book read like a zippy movie-movie, it mentions movies, too. Here's one example.

page 168...

Rachel Solando (to be played by Emily Mortimer) and Teddy Daniels (to be played by Leonardo DiCaprio) meet. This is not a spoiler ~ please Do Not post spoilers in the comments!"Are you accusing me of being a Communist? »

- NATHANIEL R

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Rip Robert Quarry (1925-2009)

21 February 2009 7:31 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

It is with great sadness that I write of the passing of actor Robert Quarry.

To most who read Fangoria, he was Count Yorga, Vampire (Aip 1970) who Returned (1971) before he found that Dr Phibes Rises Again that same year, became a Deathmaster in 1972, met Sugar Hill and went to the Madhouse in 1974.

He was more than that, though.  Born Robert Walter Quarry on November 3, 1925, the highly intelligent Quarry (who it was said had an I.Q. of 168) graduated High School at age 14, and started his acting career soon after on radio. Living in Santa Rose, Quarry won an acting scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse. When Alfred Hitchcock came to Santa Rosa, Quarry auditioned and won the role of Theresa Wright’s boyfriend in the 1943 classic Shadow Of A Doubt. His role, however, was all but cut out (he swore he appeared a nanosecond mooning over the actress), but it led to his Hollywood career, »

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15 Bloody Box Sets

19 January 2009 8:00 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The deeper I delve into writing, the more movies and literature I digest. My biggest obstacle at this point is not finding the material, it’s finding the time to watch it, and the money to purchase it all. After consistently emptying my bank account on countless DVD’s and books over the last few months, I really started to ask myself one question: How the hell can I pick all this stuff up quickly and affordably? Well, an obvious solution occurred to me - why not seek out box sets?

While Ebay is my one stop shop for books (I recommend it to all), DVD’s are not always as easy to track down, so I decided to highlight 15 cool box sets which will enable you to beef up your collection without breaking your pocket book.

Omen: Pentology is a five disc DVD set (UK Release) which features the »

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2009 | 2005 | 2003 | 1999

6 articles from 2009

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