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THE LORDS OF SALEM: Cinematic Witchery!
Iö Evohe, everybody! Witches have a long cinematic history that while awesome, has almost nothing to do with contemporary witches, Pagans or Wiccans. However, as fun as Solstice parades and Coven...
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AFTERSHOCK: A Gallery of Disaster Films!
Check your preparedness at the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness, FEMA and the Center for Disease control and grab your go bags, because Aftershock premieres tonight at Midnight Madness....
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When Nature Attacks!
Aw, would this little guy hurt you? Yes, yes it would. Isopods are set to attack tonight in Barry Levinson’s The Bay, but they’re not the swarming, eco-horror threat the world has faced. You might...
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Who Wasn’t On THE BAY Red Carpet? Isopods!
one of the faces of The Bay. The real stars of Barry Levinson’s The Bay couldn’t make the premiere last night, isopods. It’s sad, but ease your disappointment with the knowledge that giant isopods...
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Excerpt from David Wong’s THIS BOOK IS FULL OF SPIDERS
The first fifteen pages of the sequel to John Dies At The End is available for your reading pleasure. Click through to read This Book Is Full Of Spiders: Seriously, Dude. Don’t Touch It in a good,...
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JOHN DIES AT THE END: Soy Sauce and You
Soy sauce, it’s omnipresent–in our kitchens, on our restaurant tables, even in our snacks. But how much do you really know about soy sauce? The world of film has depicted the dangers of many drugs...
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Undead at the Uptown
As part of my plan to salvage some posts that will disappear soon if I don’t, I’m going to post some I wrote for the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness Program Blog. Midnight...
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A Rapacious New Breed Watches Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
POSTED: September 3, 2009 15:53 | By: Carol Borden We were six sick chiquitas, deadliest of the species–feminist film fans hell-bent on entertainment at any price and Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill! was...
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Interview with Director Don Coscarelli
One of my most cherished memories is seeing Bubba Ho-Tep premiere at Midnight Madness back when the screenings took place at the sadly departed Uptown Theatre on Yonge St. Director Don Coscarelli and...
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Deadgirl-Related PSA
If you find a naked dead woman chained to a gurney under plastic sheeting anywhere abandoned, don’t have sex with her. That naked lady is there for a reason and it’s never a good one. She hasn’t been...
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Solomon Kane: Puritan, Swordsman
POSTED: September 11, 2009 16:30 | By: Carol Borden So I admit it, I’m excited about Solomon Kane not because it’s “Van Helsing without the sucking,” but because I’ve read Robert E. Howard’s Solomon...
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5 Van Damme Things
POSTED: September 4, 2008 14:33 | By: Carol Borden So here are 5 things I like about Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. In no particular order because I’m not a good […]
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JCVD: Human
POSTED: September 5, 2008 14:28 | By: Carol Borden JCVD was the nicest little hardboiled heist movie I've seen in a while. It's metafictional, but not evasive and ironically annoying. […]
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Cosmetic Tips of the Dead
POSTED: September 12, 2009 16:43 | By: Carol Borden With George Romero’s Survival of the Dead screening tonight, all the undead want to look their best. There are several sites […]
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Symbol and My Respectable Past
POSTED: September 17, 2009 22:03 | By: Carol Borden One of the resons I’m looking forward to Hitoshi Matsumoto’s Symbol tonight is that respectable art cinema and I have a […]
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Ladies of Asskickery (Redux): Zoe Bell
POSTED: September 19, 2009 12:10 | By: Carol Borden Leading up to tonight’s Midnight Madness screening of Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, I’ve been posting profiles of some Gentlemen of […]
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Ladies of Asskickery: The Queen of Wuxia Pien
POSTED: September 11, 2008 14:14 | By: Carol Borden With Chocolate screening Saturday, it’s a good time to remember the ladies of asskickery and to wonder whether Jeeja Yanin […]
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Gentlemen of Asskickery: Panna Rittikrai
So last year with Chocolate star Jija Yannin making her debut at Midnight Madness, I did a little series, “Ladies of Asskickery,” posting clips of Cheng Pei-Pei, Sue Shiomi / […]
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Hitoshi Matsumoto: A Man Who Sold His Soul To Comedy
(This post originally appeared on the 2013 Midnight Madness blog) Director and superstar comedian, Hitoshi Matsumoto is returning to Midnight Madness with his new film, R100. But who is Matsumoto, […]
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WITCHING & BITCHING: Respect Your Elders!
The ladies of Witching & Bitching are trying to watch their show. Shhh…. One of the many things I have learned from films, both new and old, is to respect […]
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