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CIPC #261: It! The terror from beyond space

Posted on February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

Sometimes a title tells you everything you need to know. If your movie is called It! The terror from beyond space, it is bound to…

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CIPC #258: My cousin Vinny

Posted on February 1, 2022December 28, 2022

After last week’s crime drama, there’s a courtroom comedy on the menu today. It is a film from 1992. At least, that’s the mainstream theory.…

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CIPC #257: The silent partner

Posted on January 26, 2022February 3, 2022

The silent partner was recommended to me by one of my readers – a silent partner, if you like. It is a 1978 movie about…

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CIPC #256: Dance of the vampires

Posted on January 18, 2022February 3, 2022

Dance of the vampires is a film by Roman Polanski which is supposed to fuse comedy and horror but falls a good distance short of…

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CIPC #249: Ogroff

Posted on November 23, 2021January 3, 2022

If you are an avid reader of this blog, you know that I have seen a fair amount of god awful movies. You have seen…

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CIPC #247: House of Frankenstein

Posted on November 9, 2021January 3, 2022

By 1944, when House of Frankenstein was released, the Universal horror movies their monsters and their stars already had a reputation. And this movie had…

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CIPC #244: Le château de verre

Posted on October 19, 2021January 3, 2022

Today’s subject, a French film from 1950, is a good example of how getting a bunch of talent together does not necessarily yield a great…

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CIPC #230: Robot & Frank

Posted on July 14, 2021

Last week, we talked about one of the most well-known movies of all time. Today, we look at a far lesser known one: Robot &…

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CIPC #229: The great dictator

Posted on July 7, 2021

Today, we dissect the greatest of the great, because The great dictator is probably the greatest movie by the greatest silent movie actor: Charles Chaplin.…

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CIPC #225: Crime doctor’s warning

Posted on June 8, 2021January 3, 2022

Have you ever heard of the Crime doctor franchise? It is about doctor Ordway, a criminal psychologist who helps the police solve cases. Nowadays, it…

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