Open Post-Weekend Thread…
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Open Post-Weekend Thread…

It was a short weekend for me, in that I worked Saturday. In recompense I'll have next Friday off, though. I figure that will give me a whole weekend on top of going down to the Portage next Sunday to see their aforementioned triple bill of giant monster movies. I'm also tentatively planning on…
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Monster of the Day #464
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Monster of the Day #464

  The approaching release date for The Avengers has me in a classic Marvel frame of mind. Let's run with that for a bit.
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This Week on TCM…
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This Week on TCM…

Some stuff that caught my eye, but always check their schedule for more. All times CST. Monday A morning of Laurel & Hardy Shorts! Yay! Don’t  be put off by the silent ones, they includes some of the Boys’ best work. Unsurprisingly, they’ve scheduled really strong shorts, here. Especially noteworthy is Big Business (7:30…
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 14): Night Shift [REPOST]
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 14): Night Shift [REPOST]

Note: This was actually the second of my Hitchhiker reviews, back at the old site. Before I procured the Canadian---more or less---chronological sets, I was working off an American---more or less---best of set. Hence the "Disc's Plot Description" below, a bit not found in the later reviews; the Canadian sets don't have those. Now…
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Sci-Fi Saturday on TCM…
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Sci-Fi Saturday on TCM…

TCM will be running five sci-fi movies in a row tonight, starting with Close Encounters appearing in their regular The Essentials slot. All times CST: 7:00 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9:30 Roller Ball (The real one, of course) 11:45 Logan's Run 2:00 Westworld 3:30 Soylent Green What's amazing, looking at that…
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Monster of the Day #463
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Monster of the Day #463

Since I already had featured the film's (by far) most famous monster, I saved this, my second favorite, for the wrap-up. I always liked this sort of thing. This second still gives a better look at it, sans the red tinting. You don't exactly have to be Sigmund Freud (or Georgia O'Keeffe) to suspect…
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RIP Jonathan Frid…
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RIP Jonathan Frid…

Sad news. With the publicity campaign for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's spoof of Dark Shadows kicking into gear, the original Barnabas Collins, Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, has passed away. Barnabas Collins was a TV sensation, brought onto Dan Curtis' failing daily soap opera Dark Shadows in 1967.* The introduction of this fantastic element…
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 13): Murderous Feelings
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 13): Murderous Feelings

Names: Starring Franco Nero, Sonja Smits, Renee Soutendijk. Music by Michel Rubini. Written by Charles Israel. Directed by Mai Zetterling. Set up: We open panning over some train tracks, a sight none too obscured by what is clearly some dry ice fog. Blonde Sara Kendall (Renee Soutendijk) is walking in slo-mo along a depot…
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