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Evil Dead

daily stream: a darkly funny, deliciously feminist revisionist Western

Wed, May 17, 2023
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1995’s The Quick and the Dead is on Netflix on both sides of the Atlantic (but leaves the US service soon).

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daily stream: say hello to his boomstick

Tue, Apr 04, 2023
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1993’s Army of Darkness is on Prime and Apple TV on both sides of the Atlantic.

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women! if they don’t get you with their knives, they’ll get you with their vaginas

Mon, Sep 30, 2013
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I’m starting to get it. Men are simply so piss-in-their-pants terrified of women that they must reduce us to bits and pieces in order to even begin to cope with the horror.

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can there be a good creative reason to redo Brian De Palma’s 1976 film? (Carrie trailer)

Mon, Apr 08, 2013
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Maybe director Kimberly Peirce has found a reason…

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Hollywood pathetically attempts to recapture the glory of the past (Evil Dead review)

Wed, Apr 03, 2013
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Is it gory? Sure. This is one of the most disgusting movies I’ve ever seen, grading strictly on a scale of blood and guts and viscera. But terrifying? Hardly.

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because only horny straight guys buy tech… (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jan 18, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: What 2013 movie are you most looking forward to?

Thu, Jan 10, 2013
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Let’s get our geek on for the coming year!

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Evil Dead (redband trailer)

Mon, Jan 07, 2013
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How much you wanna bet no new Bruce Campbell comes out of this movie?

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the first image from the Evil Dead remake is seriously not groovy (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Oct 20, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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it’s well beyond time for me to go on a rampage (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Aug 29, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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