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An aspiring young filmmaker gets a sneak peak at the production of the first Star Wars movie and changes his life forever. This is a movie, after all. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
Tag: MVD Entertainment Group
Silent Running
The last plants on earth survive in orbit, but not for long.
Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story
Detroit in the 1960’s was a hard city going through hard times. The music that come out of Detroit was incubated at the Grande Ballroom. Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ted Nugent and many others remember the wild times.
Stray Cats – Live at Rockpalast
A nicely packaged DVD/CD set of two live Stray Cats show from the early 80s.
Long Story Short
MTV, Saturday Night Live, and now Broadway – Colin Quinn remains a public figure, even though he is now more like your cranky grandpa than that hip guy with the girlfriend you fantasize about.
The Dwarves
The Dwarves Are Born Again (MVD Entertainment Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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Borsalino
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The Residents Visual History Book
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Weird Science
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City of the Living Dead
Screen ReviewsCauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
Broken Mirrors
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Thoughts on Jimmy Buffett
FeaturesLate bloomer Tony Bowman spins a tale of past decades with a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack.
