Johnny Szlauderbach

UPDATE: Underground frightfest “The Descent” frightens underground tonight

By Johnny Szlauderbach / October 22nd, 2015 /

In Airplane, the doomed jet’s in-flight movie seems to be nothing but footage of planes crashing. It’s a darkly funny image, but it’s an inspired one too—especially at Halloween. This…

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Kansas City theaters celebrate Back to the Future Day

By Johnny Szlauderbach / October 16th, 2015 /

For those of a certain age, the Back to the Future trilogy is a hall-of-mirrors reverie of nostalgia. We were raised on these movies. And for most of our lives,…

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“Goodfellas” Restoration Comes to KC for One Night Only

By Johnny Szlauderbach / October 14th, 2015 /

GOODFELLAS GETS “MADE” FOR 25th ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION Somewhere in the muted-palate slog of Black Mass is a compelling story of an unlikely and twisted alliance: at one point in the…

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