Friday, April 17, 2015

SCHWARZENEGGER SWEEPS: Red Sonja (1985)

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In the 1970s, in the pages of their popular “Conan” comics, Marvel Comics introduced a character named Red Sonja . Though loosely inspired ...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

SCHWARZENEGGER SWEEPS: Conan the Destroyer (1984)

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From the beginning, “Conan the Barbarian” was planned as an on-going series. John Milius envisioned the series as a James Bond-style fran...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

SCHWARZENEGGER SWEEPS: Conan the Barbarian (1982)

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In the early seventies, producers Edward Summer and Edward R. Pressman had the idea to adapt Robert L. Howard’s “Conan” stories to the s...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

SCHWARZENEGGER SWEEPS: Hercules in New York (1969)

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As a young boy in Austria, Arnold Schwarzenegger was inspired by the “Hercules” films of Steve Reeves and Reg Park, fostering an interest...
Monday, April 13, 2015

SCHWARZENEGGER SWEEPS: Pumping Iron (1977)

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I have no interest in sports competition, much less one as niche as body-building. Yet I came to watch “ Pumping Iron ” for one name: Arn...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

WELCOME TO SCHWARZENEGGER SWEEPS!

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I have this wacky theory. Please humor me: Arnold Schwarzenegger is the last movie star. Let me explain. The public conception of what a...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Recent Watches: It Follows (2015)

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Last year, two independent horror films began to catch the attention of reviewers on the festival circuit. The first of which was “The Ba...
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