by Neal Mates
Exhumed Films has been running a 24-Hour Horror-thon (a marathon screening of horror and cult films) in a theater at International House every year around Halloween since 2007. I have been attending it every year since 2008. Sadly, this may possibly have been the last one.
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This year marked the 20th year that Exhumed Films has been in existence, as well as the 11th time they’ve held their 24-Hour Horror-thon. Here’s what unspooled before our eyes...
Read MoreThere’s still time to catch some great films at the Philadelphia Film Festival! MJ’s Best Boy and Old Sport have compiled a list of some flicks you don’t want to miss and a few that are on their radar for the weekend.
Read Moreby Judson Cade Pedigo
My parents kept me on a pretty short leash movie-wise growing up. Everything needed to be previewed and approved before it got to me. That doesn’t mean that I missed out, it just means that I had my own personal MPAA ready to edit each cinematic excursion through the magic of remote. When you’re young you are at the mercy of your parent’s taste in pop culture but luckily for me my folks had a pretty eclectic taste in movies. Jim Henson, Terry Gilliam, and John Carpenter were all regulars in my household. I still have Little Shop of Horrors finger puppets I made back in the 3rd grade. In cub scouts we made Thanksgiving placemats illustrating what we were thankful for and I drew Roger Rabbit. During vacation bible school we designed memory boxes and I decorated mine with Gizmo and Stripe. Movies definitely had an impact on me growing up. I was allowed to watch most movies as long as I was supervised. I’ll never forget when my mom brought home Army of Darkness just because she thought the cover looked “cool."
Read MoreDirected by Robert Eggers (2016)
by Francis Friel
The Projectionist at Moviejawn
Right from the start, THE WITCH tells you where it's going. It's one of these stories that opens with a scene that could go anywhere, but only lead to one possible ending, as young Thomasin and her family decide to leave their early-17th century plantation (and more crucially, the Puritan church) and set out on their own to make their way in the wilderness.
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