The Lost: Constructions of Masculinity Gone Wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBY2EJ4ovs The Lost. 2006. Directed & Written by Chris Sivertson; based on the novel by Jack Ketchum. Starring Marc Senter, Shay Astar, Alex Frost, Megan Henning, Robin Sydney, Michael Bowen, Ed Lauter, Dee Wallace, Erin Brown, Ruby Larocca, Tom Ayers, Tony Carreiro, Katie Cassidy, Cynthia Cervini, & Rob Elk. Silver Web Productions. Unrated. 119 minutes. …

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He Never Died: Henry Rollins at His Immortal Best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efLSVfS0LqI He Never Died. 2015. Directed & Written by Jason Krawczyk. Starring Henry Rollins, Booboo Stewart, Kate Greenhouse, Jordan Todosey, David Richmond-Peck, James Cade, Steven Ogg, Elias Edraki, & Walter Alza. Alternate Ending Studios. Rated R. 99 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Horror ★★★★ Immortality is an interesting concept. There have been so many books and films on the …

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POSSESSION: Jealousy, Love, Repressed Desire

Żuławski's 1981 shocker POSSESSION is a definite, grim bit of horror. It also serves a metaphor for several things; least of which is not the power of male jealousy.

The Pre-9/11 Paranoia of Arlington Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbBavo86qs Arlington Road. 1999. Directed by Mark Pellington. Screenplay by Ehren Kruger. Starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason Gamble, Spencer Treat Clark, Stanley Anderson, Viviane Vives, Lee Stringer, Darryl Cox, & Loyd Catlett. Screen Gems/Lakeshore Entertainment/Arlington Road Productions Corporation/Gorai & Samuelson Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Crime/Drama/Thriller ★★★★ There …

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Civic Duty: Paranoid Delusion in Post 9/11 America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF3P5RWEYwc Civic Duty. 2006. Directed by Jeff Renfroe. Screenplay by Andrew Lanter. Starring Peter Krause, Kari Matchett, Ian Tracey, & Richard Schiff. Christal Films/Sepia Films/Landslide Pictures/Movie Central. Rated 14A. 95 minutes. Drama/Thriller ★★★★  Jeff Renfroe's first debut feature One Point O is a thriller built on mystery and paranoia, so it's no surprise Civic Duty is …

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Secret Rural Lives: Uncle John the Protector

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9h7y-kPGs0 Uncle John. 2015. Directed by Steven Piet. Screenplay by Erik Crary & Piet. Starring John Ashton, Alex Moffat, Jenna Lyng, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Cynthia Baker, Andy Cameron, Adria Dawn, Tim Decker, Don Forston, Janet Gilmme, Gary Houston Matt Kozlowski, & Ashleigh LaThrop. Uncle John Productions. Not Rated. 113 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★★ Digital editing technician, …

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The Survivalist: Realism in Post-Apocalyptic Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH66dngiW0Y The Survivalist. 2015. Directed & Written by Stephen Fingleton. Starring Martin McCann, Mia Goth, Andrew Simpson, Olwen Fouere, Douglas Russell, Kieri Kennedy, Ryan McParland, Michael Og Lane, Claran Flynn, Hussina Raja, Logan Kerr, Aran Downey, Sean Doupe, and Matthew Henry. The Fyzz Facility Film One. Rated 18A. 104 minutes. Drama/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★★★★  I'd been excited …

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Down the Social Rabbit Hole with The Stanford Prison Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN2X72jrFk The Stanford Prison Experiment. 2015. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. Screenplay by Tim Talbott. Starring Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Moises Arias, Nicholas Braun, Gaius Charles, Keir Gilchrist, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Mann, Ezra Miller, Logan Miller, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, James Wolk, Nelsan Ellis, and Olivia Thirlby. Coup d'Etat Films/Sandbar Pictures/Abandon Pictures. Rated 14A. …

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