I just got back from seeing the media preview for AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR in Nashville, TN. It’s a massive cosmic comic book opera. It’s as psychedelic as DOCTOR STRANGE if not more so. It’s also an amazing culmination of stories since the MCU launched with the first IRON MAN film.

I suggest you see all the Marvel movies before seeing this one. If you’ve missed a few take a sec to fill in the blanks. You can enjoy this film as long as you’ve seen most of the MCU films, but I can’t imagine a better time or a better reason to catch up.

Not only do all the stories add up here, but everything these films have taught us about bringing these comics to the big screen really comes together in this epic which gives the MCU its THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

Here’s my review…

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Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre will be screening Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and hosting a reunion of the film’s cast for this Saturday night’s midnight movie. I’m reviewing the flick for this week’s edition of The Contributor which hits the streets today. If you’re in Nashville, be sure to grab a copy and say hello to your neighborhood vendor.

I love the original Massacre and the sequel is a satirical scream that’s garnered a cult following of its own. There have been multiple films inspired by the first flick, but one of the most bizarre spin-offs is the Atari 2600 video game that features charming, ambiguous graphics and sketchy gameplay: Players control Leatherface on a saw-toothed rampage of pointless carnage in some surreal barnyard where the rules of perspective no longer apply. As the reviewer here notes, in a game like Grand Theft Auto, players can choose to go on a bloody, murderous binge of violence, but that’s not what the actual instructions suggest for a winning score (NSFW. Fast forward to 3:30 if you get tired of the long intro)…

Watch the end of the video for a surprise appearance of another super rare Atari 2600 game based on a horror flick.

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