Tag: Kurt Russell
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Somewhere along the line, Grindhouse stopped meaning dangerous cinema and started meaning Instagram filter + ironic mustache energy. You know the type: artificially distressed footage, Tarantino cosplay, and jokes about exploitation without any actual bite. It’s cinema wearing a leather jacket it bought from a fancy boutique, clean stitching, no blood stains, and absolutely no…
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When John Carpenter’s The Thing landed in theaters in the summer of 1982, it didn’t just walk through the front door; it burst through the wall like something that had run out of room inside its own skin. It was a high-tension, high-octane masterpiece that arrived at the worst possible time. Audiences were busy falling…
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Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” But what ol’ Benny boy should’ve add to that famous quote is: “… Oh, and big fucking monsters stomping on city’s and beating the shite out of each other. That will always be entertaining.” And if that’s…
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If you walk into a room of hardcore horror fans and ask them to name the best John Carpenter film, about 99% of them are probably going to give one of two answers. They’ll say either Halloween or The Thing, and with good reason. Those are hands down his two best and most famous movies,…