Monster of the Day #649
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Monster of the Day #649

I know I'm a bit of a crank on CGI, but crap, man, look at that!! A full sized prop octopus! That's the stuff, I'm telling you. (I'm not sure I've mentioned this, but I'm sort of partial to giant octopi in my movies.) Can you imagine how unwieldy that thing must have been?…
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Monster of the Day #648
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Monster of the Day #648

The fact that they built two practical versions of this monster--not to mention the diving bell--just makes my heart sing. And that first shot? Man, that's just gorgeous. And the *really* cool monster is tomorrow.
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Monster of the Day #645
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Monster of the Day #645

Damn, I miss the days when they made movies where one flick would cover an entire week of Monster of the Days. I *think* this is the same guy under different lighting; maybe it's a publicity still rather than an image from the movie? Either way, bless the men who actually constructed these fabulous…
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Monster of the Day #644 (Updated)
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Monster of the Day #644 (Updated)

  As I've noted about this movie before, it's pretty much EXACTLY the kind of thing you surfed around the UHF and VHF channels on a Saturday afternoon hoping to come across. A cool monster covers a multitude of sins, and this one is pretty damn sweet. One of the only successful Fish Man…
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Albert Pyun triple bill / personal appearance on March 9th…
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Albert Pyun triple bill / personal appearance on March 9th…

I had mentioned this amongst the omnibus post of things happening in Chicago, but Mr. Pyun was kind enough to stop by (!!) and leave a kind note--glad I wasn't too snarky!--so it seems a bit more of a spotlight of his event is the least I can do. Mr. Pyun was a mainstay…
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Chicago’s Alamo Drafthouse? (TONS of stuff)

Although it's only a matter of time before Chicago's lovely venerable Portage Theater falls to its Evil Empire new owner and is changed into an awful, crime-ridden music venue (like another the same guy already owns), a few other theaters seem to be trying to establish themselves as at least some sort of analogue…
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