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Mark Pellington’s ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ (2002): A Cryptozoological Mystery – Retro Review

The Mothman is my favorite legendary creature. If you aren’t aware of The Mothman, here is a description courtesy of mythology.net: It was the year 1966 when a strange creature surfaced in the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. This creature was described as being at least 7 feet …

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Frank Marshall’s ‘Congo’ (1995): Low Art, High Adventure Retro Review

There’s a game that Bruce Campbell likes to play at convention appearances, a sort of a Hollywood Red Light, Green Light. He picks some poor sap in the audience to play a Paramount Pictures executive tasked with deciding whether or not to make a movie with some of Hollywood’s finest …

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