The Devil’s Rain

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Happy October!  Down in the basement we’re serving up a whole heap of Satanic mayhem with The Devil’s Rain.  A movie with William Shatner AND John Travolta?!  Hard to believe, but it’s true. In Seen It, we scare the pants off of ourselves by discussing horror: funny vampires, dangerous cabins and a movie about Australian […]

A Picture That’s Worth 5×200 Words

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A couple of weeks ago, the Isthmus, Madison’s free weekly assigned me to do a quick 200 word review of Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi” which was showing at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. I submitted the review and have been rewriting it in my head ever since. 200 is not that big of a number, […]

She

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Don’t let the dull title fool you, this one is a lot of fun. What’s standing in the way of immortality?  Why only miles of unstable glacier, murderous cave dwellers and of course, She Who Must Be Obeyed!  It’s 1935 and we’re going on an epic adventure called She. In Seen It, we discuss films […]

Premium Rush

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Do you like thrills and adrenaline?  Do you like to RIDE?  Chances are you do, unless you’re one of those suckers who likes multiple gears and brakes on your bike.  For you daredevils out there, we present Premium Rush, featuring Welcome To The Basement hall-of-famer Michael Shannon. In Seen It, we discuss biopics: A guy […]

Way Of The Dragon

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What do you do when the mob is threatening your restaurant? You fly in Bruce Lee from Hong Kong to kick some ass! That’s just what happens in the Kung Fu classic Way of the Dragon. In Seen It, we discuss wild hearts, tapped spines and simply being there.

Waterworld

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This movie has it all: smokers, mutos, a urine-purifying machine and a nice little place called Dryland.  Jump in and get wet with us as we watch Waterworld. In Seen It, we discuss other worlds: red worlds, computer worlds and worlds that eat other worlds.

Invaders From Mars

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What are those weird green lights outside my window? Why are my parents acting strange? Why am I being menaced by mu-TANTS? It must be Invaders from Mars! Inaccurate science and (of course) Cold War paranoia abound in this 50’s sci-fi classic. In Seen It, we discuss invasions by predators, pod people and sexy, skin-stealing […]