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|  | | 30 Years Later, Sam Raimi's Wildly Underrated Western Is Getting A Huge Upgrade | It begins with a lone rider crossing the open prairie, and ends with that same lone rider fading off into the horizon after leaving behind a dusty frontier town. Sam Raimi’s 1995 western The Quick and the Dead embraces the genre’s traditionalism while also applying Raimi’s gonzo filmmaking approach. The result is in one of the best and most distinctive westerns of the past 30 years. Sharon Stone stars as the requisite mysterious itinerant gunfighter, known for most of the movie simply as the Lady, and the supporting cast is absurdly stacked, including Gene Hackman riffing on his Oscar-winning Unforgiven role as the villain, plus Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio at their early-career hunkiest. They join the likes of Lance Henriksen, Mark Boone Junior, Keith David and Tobin Bell as participants in a deadly quick-draw contest, all with their own hidden agendas. The Quick and the Dead is an outlier both among modern westerns and within Raimi’s filmography, and it’s not surprising that it took quite a while to find a receptive audience. With a new 4K SteelBook release celebrating the movie’s 30th anniversary, it’s getting the lavish treatment it deserves as a landmark film from a major auteur. Read the full story here. | | Buy 'The Quick And The Dead' Here |  |
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| | | | Swarovski Loki Figure | | Swarovski, the famous jeweler, had a big presence at Comic Con this year. One of the more affordable items (ahem) is this Loki figure with 282 facets, gold-tone lacquered metal and a warning label: “Not a toy. Not suitable for children under 15.” Got it. | | Get It Now | |
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| | | | LOTR Necklace by Girls Crew | | Cool jewelry was a real theme at NYCC with a number of handsome standouts, like this take on the Evenstar necklace. Whether you’re an Aragorn or Arwen, it’s a beautifully subtle homage. | | Get It Now | |
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| | | | Tamagotchi Nano Darth Vader | | No, this isn’t new — it came out in March — but the Tamagotchi x Star Wars crossover is the kind of super fun item that is worth being reminded of, as we were walking past its Comic Con booth. In the game, you start as a young Anakin Skywalker and slowly become ... well, you know. | | Get It Now | |
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| | | |  | | | Tron Collector | | If it meets its crowdsourced goals, Hasbro is about to bring 3.75″ figures of characters and light cycles from the original 1982 movie, Tron. A collector’s dream, you can be the first to back it — and then own it. | | Get It Here | |
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| |  | | | Loungefly 'Alien' Xenomorph Backpack | | Yes, the inner mouth comes out of this backpack. And yes, it glows in the dark. This faux leather xenomorph backpack is a bit absurd — in all the best ways. | | Get It Now | |
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| |  | Lynch-Frost/Ciby 2000/Kobal/Shutterstock | | 33 Years Later, David Lynch's Notoriously Misunderstood Masterpiece Just Got A Huge Upgrade | A soothing waterfall, a gently humming mill, a fetching northwestern forest: these are the sights of Twin Peaks, a throwback town that disguises its mystery and selfishness under a visage of true Americana. David Lynch and Mark Frost’s mystery series focused on the murder of popular but troubled high schooler Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), with the intrepid, boyish FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle Maclachlan) discovering a nest of demonic spirits implicated in her death. For years, the prequel film that followed up the series’ cancellation was reviled by critics and fans — now it’s honored with a Criterion Collection 4K upgrade. It’s the perfect time to revisit one of the late director’s best films, even if the film won’t let you revisit Twin Peaks. Read more here. | | Buy 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me' Here | |
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