Monster of the Day #1568
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Monster of the Day #1568

This reminds me of the fight with Harryhausen's walrus. Again, monsters have been fairly light on the ground in the Marvel movies, although there's enough fantasy stuff in it to feature some briefly. Sadly, no Fin Fang Foom or anything, yet. Well, Groot, but he's a good guy now, and not nearly as giant.
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The Rev’s B-Fest Diary 2017 Part 1
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The Rev’s B-Fest Diary 2017 Part 1

  Hello, all.  It's your friendly neighborhood Rev. here to tell you about B-Fest 2017.  Much like the last time I did this, I'll be providing a travelogue of sorts, full of restaurant opinions as well as a rundown of the fest itself and anything else that I fancy may make for interesting reading.…
The Rev’s B-Fest Diary 2017 Part 2
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The Rev’s B-Fest Diary 2017 Part 2

Click Here to Read Part 1 The Gong Show Movie You may not believe me, but this is akin to Stunt Rock.  That movie had a fictionalized story about a journalist trying to interview a fake world-famous stuntman, portrayed by an actual world-famous stuntman, and spiced things up with actual stunt footage as well…
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Monster of the Day #1567
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Monster of the Day #1567

I saw three movies in weekends this (sorta) weekend, although two of them were old. Thursday night I saw the Bond film You Only Live Twice, Saturday early I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which was pretty fab. That's 15 or 16 films for Marvel Studios so far, and not a single…
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Monster of the Day #1564
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Monster of the Day #1564

In which a cowboy faces a monster from a silent Expressionistic German film, apparently. I couldn't find any stills from the 1959 film. I wonder if it's lost?
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Friday the 13th The Game
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Friday the 13th The Game

Given how everyone is acquainted with my tastes, you will be surprised, I’m sure, to know I’ve spent most of the last week watching four month-old gaming videos on YouTube. These recorded a batch of live streams as a bunch of gamers beta-tested the new Friday the 13th video game due out at the…
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Monster of the Day #1563
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Monster of the Day #1563

OK, same basic plot as yesterday's film. Indeed, the producer really liked this plot and used it several other times as well. Not as much as Herman Cohen's go-to "Teen (or chimp) is turned into a monster by the authority figure meant to help him" trope, but plenty of times nonetheless. The advantage of…
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Monster of the Day #1562
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Monster of the Day #1562

This poster promises a monster far more elaborate than the one in the film, but to be fair, there's some nudity and lots of violence, so I doubt audiences of the time were disappointed.
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