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Sunday Matinee: Hammerhead (1968)

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Remember 1968? Yeah, me neither. But I hear it was groovy. And here’s proof. Watch this video on YouTube Here’s

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Sunday Matinee: Game of Aces

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Here’s a World War I movie about pilots and traitors. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Sunday Matinee: The Numbers Station

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John Cusack leads this one, as a CIA assassin assigned to watch over a secret broadcasting station and the girl

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Sunday Matinee: The Killers 1946

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Yesterday we watched the 1964 remake of this movie, starring Lee Marvin and a 33-year-old Angie Dickinson. Today we’re showing

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Saturday Matinee: The Killers, 1964

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Judging just by the credits, this might be the best movie ever. It stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, and John

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Sunday Matinee: The Knight Templar

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Here’s a movie for the polyglots out there. Swedish, English, Arabic, and maybe a smattering of some other tongues. It’s

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Sunday Matinee: Puerto Vallarta Squeeze

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Here’s a thriller that has almost everything we like: Mexico, occasional violence, and a little Vikki Carr. Watch this video

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Sunday Matinee: Kill Me Again

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Here’s a neo-noir thriller starring Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen, with Val’s wife-at-the-time Joanne Whalley-Kilmer. Watch this video on YouTube

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Sunday Matinee: Murder By Contract

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Here’s a killer low-budget 1958 film noir about a hitman. Check out the cars. Check out the proto-surf tunes. Check

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Sunday Matinee: Flashpoint

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Here’s a movie from 1984 featuring one of America’s greatest songwriters Kris Kristofferson, as a Border Patrol agent on the

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Sunday Matinee: Kurmanjan Datka, Queen of the Mountains

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Here’s a movie from Kyrgyzstan. Who would have thunk it? Here’s a quote from the Hollywood Times: [Sharon] Stone called

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Sunday Matinee: The Card

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In America, this 1952 movie was released as The Promoter. It features a 38 year-old Alec Guinness as Edward Henry

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Sunday Matinee: Zachariah

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Here’s a rock and roll, “electric” western “comedy” from 1971, featuring Country Joe and the Fish, the James Gang, Don

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Sunday Matinee: Puppet on a Chain

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Here’s a 1971 movie based on an Alistair Maclean novel. The story takes a cop from the U.S. to Amsterdam

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Sunday Matinee: Bridge of Spies

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Here’s a 2015 instant classic, Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Sunday Matinee: Confessions of a Samurai

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Here’s a Russian-Japanese movie about a yakuza gangster who becomes an orthodox priest and moves to Russia to escape his

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Sunday Matinee: The Last Witch Hunter

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This Vinn Diesel vehicle gets mixed reviews. Roger Ebert gave it three out of four. But don’t let him make

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Sunday Matinee Double Feature: La Ley de Herodes and La Dictadura Perfecta

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If you want to understand Mexico, here’s a good place to start. La Ley de Herodes tells the story of

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Sunday Matinee: Humphrey Bogart in Last Edition USA

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Here’s a good flick, with Humphrey Bogart starring as the editor of a failing newspaper. The movie is all full

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Sunday Matinee: Killer Elite

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Robert DeNiro and Jason Statham star as professional killers hired to take on the SAS. What could go wrong? Watch

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