thriller – Modern Superior

Channel: thriller – Modern Superior

Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (June 5th – July 1st)

June 11, 2014, 5:19 am

In the past, we’ve spoken about the fantastic programming and retrospectives available to us Torontonians at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, and their current programme is no different. It’s also something...

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Time Bandits Capsule Review: Cards of Death (1986)

August 5, 2014, 5:32 am

A police officer wanders into a back-alley, and subsequently into a darkened, neon-tinged club-like room and is tied up and tortured with a cheese-peeler by two new-wave looking weirdos. When the...

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Time Bandits Capsule Review: Impulse (1984)

August 5, 2014, 9:56 am

“Imagine what would happen if every desire, every urge, every passion locked deep inside all of us suddenly exploded.” Impulse is an interesting town-goes-crazy mystery-thriller, with a solid set-up,...

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Time Bandits Capsule Review: The Beast Within (1982)

August 6, 2014, 6:47 pm

“We dare you to watch the last 30 minutes of this film without screaming, covering your eyes, or running from your seat!” The Beast Within is a movie that never seems to fully click into place, despite...

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Time Bandits Capsule Review: The Zero Boys (1986)

August 8, 2014, 9:36 am

“Steve, Larry and Rip: The Zero Boys. A winning team of survival game champions ready for a weekend of fun in the wilderness of Southern California. Then, all of a sudden, the game is no longer a...

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Trailer Throwback Thursday: Southern Comfort (1981)

October 16, 2014, 12:39 pm

“In 48 hours they will be home with their families. There’s only one problem: they’ve crossed the boundary into a territory they don’t belong in. It’s the land of hospitality… unless you don’t belong...

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Time Bandits Capsule Review: The Carrier (1988)

October 30, 2014, 6:27 am

“Sleepy Rock was a place you might find in a fairy tale… until one day, the fairy tale turned grim.” If you’ve ever wanted to see a movie filled with warring factions of Glad garbage bag-clad...

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Made-For-TV Thrills: Night of Terror (1972)

April 17, 2015, 2:00 am

To go along with my recent obsession with made-for-TV movie-of-the-week programming (particularly of the early- to mid-seventies), I’m going to try and keep up with some reviews of notable titles....

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Made-For-TV Thrills: The Longest Night (1972)

April 17, 2015, 8:30 am

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Episode 16 – Alias: The Little Spy that Sorta Could

June 23, 2015, 1:26 am

Hello Frequent Flyers and Welcome aboard our Sixteenth Flight: Alias We ask that all passengers aboard this flight wear their seatbelts, and refrain from telling their loved ones about their super...

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Episode 17 – Sense8: Learning to Be Yourself (and 8 other people)

July 7, 2015, 8:04 am

Hello Frequent Flyers and welcome to our 17th flight, Sense8. In just a few moment’s we will be bringing around the Duty free cart, where you can purchase such things as a horrifically named: ‘birth’,...

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Episode 39: Jessica Jones – Whiskey Business

December 8, 2015, 5:38 pm

Hello Frequent Flyers and Welcome Aboard our 39th Episode, Jessica Jones. Look kid, I don’t know what you heard, but if it’s about them Supers I don’t know what to tell you. They’re everywhere now....

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Episode 60: Turn – You Spin Me Right Round

May 17, 2016, 8:20 am

Hello Frequent Flyers and Welcome aboard our 60th Episode, Turn. Our passengers may notice that this trip to the past comes free with de-saturated tones, and a heck of a lot of moral ambiguity. We...

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