Following an acclaimed run on the independent film festival circuit, 501 Pictures and Public Displays of Affection, in a partnership with Epic Pictures and Dread, has announced the US release of D.C. Hamilton’s Hitchcockian romance THE FARE. The sophomore feature from Hamilton stars Gino Anthony Pesi (Shades of Blue) as…
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MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN **** USA 1992 Dir: John Carpenter. 99 mins A financial flop at the time, this adaptation of H.F. Saint’s novel about the loneliness of invisibility was a pet project for Chevy Chase who, wanting more serious roles, agreed to do NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION for…
PATINA *** USA 2019 Dir: Alan Maxson. 11 mins Writer-director Alan Maxson also takes the lead role in this engaging, creepy technophobic sci-fi horror short. Matt Kelly has just accrued a humanoid robot named Patina (“Pat for short”) who “lives to serve”, is constructed around an advanced A.I. system and…
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR **** USA / Norway 1986 Dir: Randal Kleiser. 86 mins In between huge commercial hits with teen-pitched blockbusters (GREASE, THE BLUE LAGOON) and forgotten sequels to other people’s hits (HONEY I BLEW UP THE KID, BIG TOP PEE WEE), director Randal Kleiser made this oft-underrated alternative…
Brad Sykes’ cult classic PLAGUERS starring Steve Railsback is now available for the first-time on Blu-ray and DVD from Wild Eye Releasing. The 10th Anniversary edition includes audio commentary and an unseen Q+A with cast and crew. Synopsis: When an alien contagion is released aboard a spaceship transforming its…