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A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

[7] Michael Rooker (Slither, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) gives a chilling performance in this gritty, 16mm film based loosely on the confessions of convicted murderer Henry Lee Lucas. As Henry, Rooker lives in a dingy apartment with a…
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May 3, 2026

Missing (1982)

[7] Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek star in this true story about the disappearance of American journalist Charles Horman (John Shea) who disappeared during the U.S.-sponsored 1973 Chilean coup. Spacek plays the missing man's wife and Lemmon plays his father.…
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May 3, 2026

Backdraft (1991)

[6] Director Ron Howard (Cocoon, Apollo 13) delivers peak-level pyrotechnics wrapped in corny melodrama with Backdraft. Kurt Russell and Daniel Baldwin co-star as quarreling brothers who follow their late father into firefighting careers. Baldwin plays the younger brother, embarrassed by…
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May 2, 2026

10 to Midnight (1983)

[7] Charles Bronson (The Magnificent Seven) headlines this above-average low-budget thriller about a veteran L.A. cop in pursuit of a serial killer who stalks women in the nude. Early in the film, Bronson tells his boss (Wilford Brimley) that the…
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May 1, 2026

Kes (1969)

[5] I put off watching Kes for many years because, as a 'bird person', I knew the title falcon died at the end of the movie. I finally gathered the courage to see the film, and I'm surprised to report…
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April 30, 2026

The Living Daylights (1987)

[6] Timothy Dalton (The Lion in Winter) relieves Roger Moore in the perennial James Bond franchise. In the 15th film in the series, Agent 007 helps smuggle a defecting general (Jeroen Krabbe) out of Russia only to learn the man is…
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April 29, 2026

Nightmare (1964)

[4] Poor Janet. When she was just a little girl, she watched her mommy stab her daddy to death, and she's been haunted by nightmares ever since. She's also terrified of inheriting her mother's insanity. To make matters worse, someone…
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April 28, 2026

New Releases

  • Michael (2026)
  • Project Hail Mary (2026)
  • Eddington (2025)
  • Bring Her Back (2025)
  • Roofman (2025)

Westerns

  • Union Pacific (1939)
  • Maverick (1994)
  • Wild Rovers (1971)
  • Tombstone (1993)
  • Shane (1953)

Atomic Terror!

  • Revenge of the Creature (1955)
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
  • These Are the Damned (1962)
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)
  • It Came from Outer Space (1953)
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