Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate's execution after a new drug combination left the man writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney. He later died of a heart attack. Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared unconscious 10 minutes after the first of three drugs in the state's new lethal injection combination was administered Tuesday evening. Three minutes later, he began breathing heavily, writhing, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow. The blinds were eventually lowered to prevent those in the viewing gallery from watching what was happening in the death chamber, and the state's top prison official...
- 4/30/2014
- by The Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
When you are the only General ever feared by the Nazis in World War II you can expect to have an equally epic story to be told about you. The new re-release of George C. Scott in Patton on Blu-Ray is an appropriate step in the continuation of the story of one of America’s greatest military leaders. The film has been so influential on the culture of America that the Us National Film Registry in the Library of Congress chose it for inclusion in the collection as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The charismatic General George S. Patton, nicknamed “Blood & Guts”, was a determined leader and brilliant strategist. He sported ivory-handled six shooters, and believed he was a re-incarnated warrior in past lives. By out maneuvering Rommel in Africa and the victory on D-Day, the General continued on to sweep and dominate Europe.
In the film adaptation of the General’s life,...
In the film adaptation of the General’s life,...
- 11/15/2012
- by Larry Peel
- IONCINEMA.com
El Monstro Del Mar, the Australian underground monster movie directed by Stuart Simpson that’s been making waves on the festival circuit this year, has won the Best of Fest award at NYC’s Royal Flush Festival, which was held at the world-famous Knitting Factory on Oct. 11-18.
The film, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit, is a modern-ized throwback to the classic grindhouse cinema of Russ Meyer and Roger Corman. Three female hired killers hide out in a sleepy seaside village, only to awaken a monstrous creature that rises from the ocean’s depths to feast on human blood.
The Royal Flush Festival is a nine-day music and film event held in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory. The fest was originally conceived as the E. Vill City Film Festival in 2005, but joined forces with the magazine Royal Flush and rechristened itself just this year.
In addition to Best of Fest,...
The film, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit, is a modern-ized throwback to the classic grindhouse cinema of Russ Meyer and Roger Corman. Three female hired killers hide out in a sleepy seaside village, only to awaken a monstrous creature that rises from the ocean’s depths to feast on human blood.
The Royal Flush Festival is a nine-day music and film event held in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory. The fest was originally conceived as the E. Vill City Film Festival in 2005, but joined forces with the magazine Royal Flush and rechristened itself just this year.
In addition to Best of Fest,...
- 10/26/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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