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Joe Dante's Matinee is one of the great films that captures the time when William Castle made going to the movie theaters fun for kids and adults. While so many

Two movies from 1981 changed the sub-genre of werewolf movie forever with their (at the time) state of the art make-up effects by showing the transformation on-screen and mostly in-camera for the first time. The first to arrive in theaters was Joe Dante’s "The Howling," finally making its domestic UHD debut courtesy of Shout! Factory.

From Buddy's syrup-laden spaghetti to Didi's latkes — here's what to snack on while you stream your holiday faves.

Ever have one of those dreams where you are shown something so fantastical and cutting edge. But when you wake up, you have zero idea what it was other than fantastical. Sometimes it involves the winning lottery numbers which vanish when the alarm clock strikes. It just stinks. Explorers is about kids who not merely have fantastical dreams, but remember when they wake up. Their dreams lead to an extraordinary adventure. The movie had a bumpy ride in movie theaters during the summer of 1985 and...

Criterion’s June slate, Indiana Jones in 4K update, THX 1138 at 50, more release/industry news & In Defense of Home Entertainment March 15, 2021 - 2:42 pm   |   by Bill Hunt serious ground to cover in today’s My Two Cents update, so let’s get right to it... THX 1138 in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary (which was last week on 3/11 – the piece was delayed due to a technical issue). The column takes an in-depth look back at the original theatrical release a...

Hora died unexpectedly Feb. 9 of heart failure, the American Society of Cinematographers reported. A fan of the large-format films of the 1950s, Hora also served as DP on the Imax films The Journey Inside (1994) and Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000), and for 2012 releases, he photographed the documentary  The Last Days of Cinerama and the short In the Picture, the first project created with the ultra-wide 35mm Cinerama format since 1962. Hora and Dante teamed up for the first time on...