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Patrick Swayze

classic film virgin: The Outsiders: The Complete Novel (4K restoration)

Mon, Nov 22, 2021
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The deep, honest emotion undercutting the performative toxic masculinity of these young men is beyond charming and vitally essential, but the melodramatic randomness of the plot ultimately lost me.

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retro trailer: ‘Road House’

Sat, Oct 16, 2010
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I’ve actually never seen this movie. I have heard all the MST3K jokes about it, though, including the traditional singing of the classic holiday carol ‘Let’s Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas.’

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retro trailer: ‘Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’

Sun, Dec 20, 2009
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Take a look back at an old trailer… I’m not sure whether this is actually more unbearable to watch than the movie itself, or whether it’s better just by sheer dint of its being shorter. I might have to watch it again to be sure… Yup, it’s worse than the movie. There’s gotta be a … more…

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October 30: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri, Oct 30, 2009
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re still working on putting together your Michael Jackson costume for Halloween; sewing all those sequins onto that glove is taking forever. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when … more…

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watch it: Patrick Swayze on the benefits of drinking deer blood in ‘Red Dawn’

Tue, Sep 15, 2009
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Cuz, sure, everyone’s talking about Dirty Dancing and Ghost, but let us never forget that Swayze also starred in the only 1980s kitsch flick about the Soviets invading America, and getting their Red butts kicked buy rednecks.

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question of the day: Is the death of Patrick Swayze really the top news of the day?

Tue, Sep 15, 2009
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Last night I arrived home just in time to hear the news break that actor Patrick Swayze had died, and a few minutes later, when CNN’s signature evening news broadcast, Anderson Cooper 360, began, it was the top story. Of course it’s going to be of interest to many people, and of course Swayze had … more…

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