Patrick M. Jones

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - Paris (Pom Klementieff)
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We’re currently living through an era where the powerful expect us to carry out our orders without questioning, without delay, without thanks, without concern for our safety, without alignment with our values, and in many cases without a livable wage.

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Liquid Television’s Æon Flux

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If you had MTV in the early to mid ’90s you are probably familiar with their Liquid Television program. The program had a bunch of original animation, but what I remember most as a kid were Beavis & Butthead and Æon Flux - not that I really understood them. Regardless, I would stay up late to watch them on the only television we had at the time, in the living room, once everyone had fallen sleep.

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The Others

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I’d been wanting to revisit The Others (2001) for a while, but it doesn’t appear to be streamable anywhere here in the States, even as a rental. So, I dusted off the DVD tonight.

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The Brotherhood of Justice

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It’s been a big weekend for Keanu fans. John Wick 4 just came out and folks are having a lot of fun with it. Since I saw John Wick earlier this week I decided to dig into my physical media inbox and find a Keanu flick new to me. What I found was Brotherhood of Justice (1986) on DVD. I’m pretty sure this is one of my cheap eBay finds, but could have been a thrift store.

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The Iceman Cometh

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Tonight, another from my Vinegar Syndrome pile: Clarence Fok’s “The Iceman Cometh” (1989) starring Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah the man with a bad guy’s face, and the always amazing Maggie Cheung.

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The Doll Squad

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I continued to work through my pile from Vinegar Syndrome tonight with Ted Mikels’ “The Doll Squad” (1973)

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Mission: Killfast

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Tonight turned into a Ted Mikels double feature thanks to Vinegar Syndrome. After finishing The Doll Squad I settled into Ted Mikels’ “Mission: Killfast” (1989)

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Sampo

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I received a package from Vinegar Syndrome today with a giant stack of discs. After flipping through the pile, I settled on Deaf Crocodile’s restored Sampo. I was particularly interested after backing their upcoming Solomon King restoration. And so, I settled in to check out Aleksandr Ptushko’s “Sampo” (1959). Or, as the American release is called, “The Day The Earth Froze”

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