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1. Bobby
A huge cast that includes Harry Belafonte, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy are directed by Emilio Estevez in a story that uses the Bobby Kennedy assassination on June 6, 1974 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles as its backdrop. It’s a character study focusing on the lives of several people who work or stay in the hotel. There is some archival footage of Kennedy but it’s really not so much about him as about the times. Good film! Rated 14A.
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2. Black Christmas
X-Files writer/producer Glen Morgan remakes the 1974 film about slasher murders in a sorority house over Christmas. If you like a movie in which scantily-clad young women are murdered in graphic fashion, this is your cup of plasma. SCTV’s Andrea Martin was a sorority girl in the original, and she’s a house mother this time. Things don’t end well for most anyone in this film. Rated R.
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3. Dead and Deader
Why is it that the undead always crave human flesh. Doesn’t make sense, but that’s the premise of this direct-to-DVD film that tragically stars one-time Superman Dean Caine as a once-dead commando who finds everyone coming to life and terrorizing the population. It’s an acquired taste for sure. Rated R.
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Black Christmas (1974)
You might as well go back in time and see the original which features a very young Andrea Martin and an equally young Margot Kidder in as the sorority girls. Made in Toronto – the remake was done in Vancouver. |
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