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By Nate Storey

Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring: Peter Sellers…Group Captain Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove George C. Scott…Gen. ‘Buck’ Turgidson MPAA Rating: PG Runtime: 96 minutes

Synopsis: U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely mad and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R, suspecting that the communists are conspiring to pollute the “precious bodily fluids” ...

By Nate Storey

Starring: Tim Curry……. Dr. Frank-N-Furter Susan Sarandon……Janet Weiss Barry Bostwick…..Brad Majors Richard O’Brien…..Riff Raff Meat Loaf…..Eddie

Synopsis: Let’s see if this can even be described so that rational people can comprehend it. This musical follows the adventure of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, who have just become engaged and are en route to see their old ...

By Nate Storey

Directed by Terry Gilliam Starring: Johnny Depp……Raoul Duke Benicio Del Toro….Dr. Gonzo Based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson

Synopsis: Raoul Duke, a journalist from Los Angelos and his lawyer Dr. Gonzo (fictionalized versions of Thompson and Oscar Zeta Acosta) travel to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race in 1971. In the back of ...

By Nate Storey

Directed by Dennis Hopper Starring Peter Fonda—Wyatt/Captain America (same character) Dennis Hopper—Billy MPAA Rating: R Runtime: 94 minutes

Synopsis: Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper star as two hippie bikers traveling to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. On the way, they encounter hookers, rednecks, a hitchhiker and visit the hippie commune where he lives, are thrown in jail, and subsequently saved by a young lawyer ...

By Nate Storey

I have been lucky enough to be allowed to continue the Cult Classic Corner; along with describing cult classics, my goal is to introduce you, the reader, to movies that you may not have seen yet, but most certainly should see, because they are classics after all. I would like to begin with one ...

By Matt Wenner

Synopsis: A romantic comedy. With zombies. That’s the description and that’s all I really needed to be interested in this film. This British film follows Shaun who has just been dumped by his long time girlfriend for not having any ambition, and his slacker friend Ed. Zombies start taking over as in any standard ...

By Matt Wenner

Synopsis: This film tells the story of a 12 year old girl named Matilda (Natalie Portman in her first role) whose family is murdered by a corrupt DEA agent. She latches on to her neighbor, who happens to be a professional hit man named Leon (played by underappreciated French actor Jean Reno) and wishes to be trained so she ...

By Matt Wenner

Synopsis: Patrick Bateman is a man who works on Wall Street in the 80s, a decade marked by its decadence and excess. He is obsessed with material possessions that supposedly show self-worth. He, for instance is jealous of a man whose business card color is ‘eggshell,’ as opposed to his own ‘bone.’ Oh ...

By Matt Wenner

Synopsis: During game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals (hockey), the vice president, attending the game, is taken hostage in his club box. The lead terrorist wants a certain amount of money deposited into various accounts by the end of each period, or he will blow up the building. Jean Claude Van Damme is a fire marshal attending the ...

By Matt Wenner

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Bruce Campbell stars as Elvis Presley and teams up with Ossie Davis as John F. Kennedy in present day, both still alive and residing in an east Texas retirement home, to combat a cowboy hat & boot wearing mummy who has been sucking the souls of other retirement home occupants (Elvis is still alive because prior to his ...