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Deadpool 2 - Movie Review

Absolutely spectacular sequel

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Movie Review

Have no fear, this far, far away galaxy is still in great shape.

Life of the Party - Movie Review

Feels as though it has taken the entire semester off.

Dead List - Movie Review

neither frightening enough nor funny enough

Black Panther - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling blu-ray

12 Strong - Blu-ray Review

A solid entry in the genre.

Proud Mary - Blu-ray Review

Bang. Bang. Shoot. Shoot. With results this forgettable, who really cares?

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - Blu-ray Review

Everything works

New on Blu-ray

211 (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 22 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Nicolas Cage plays a retiring cop in professional snowboarder turned director York Alec Shackleton’s 211, a fictionalized version of one of the deadliest (and bloodiest) bank heists in America’s history. Haven’t heard about this one yet? Cage made like five films last year alone that ...

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Nipples. Why’d it have to be nipples? From the very beginning of this Italian sexploitation-cannibal flick, nipples are the target. They don’t stop being one either. Of course, that’s after a flaccid penis has been hacked off and fed to a bunch of cannibals. Nom nom nom. ...

Andy Serkis' MOWGLI Gets its First Trailer

Details: Published: 21 May 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Warner Bros. just released the trailer for Mowgli, its new, big-screen, 3D adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. The film is a motion capture CGI and live action hybrid which looks a lot like xxxx's The Jungle Book from 2015, only this time around basically everything is real except ...

Dripping Dark: The Reign of Shredder 1984’s Undead Thrasher EP - Music Review

Details: Published: 21 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

DREDDD Black Goat Pt 2

It is the roll of thunder against an open sky. Booming into the distance with a machine gun-like progression of beats and noise. This is the sound of the future. Dark clouds are gathering above. It is as if the lone figure thrashing about below them has ordered this congregation ...

Group Marriage (1973) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Six people. One house. Sex at the drop of a hat. What could go wrong?! Oh, what a web we weave when we cannot leave! Director Stefanie Rothman (The Working Girls) returns to the arena of the sex comedy with a very hilarious romp in which twosomes become threesomes ...

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Movie Review

Details: Published: 16 May 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Much of the fun and joy of watching a Star Wars movie these days comes not from discovering something new, but rather from revisiting everything old with a new set of eyes. Whether the original series of sequels and prequels or within the Star Wars Story ‘tweeners, ...

It’s Alive Trilogy (1974 -1987) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Bigheaded mutant babies that kill? Forget the toys and balloons. We need guns! Filmmaker Larry Cohen is one hell of a writer. Sure, at the height of his career, he was crafting low budget exploitation tales but, for the most part, his work was ...

Miami Connection (1987) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Against the Ninja! Let me see those hands in the air! Miami Connection is on blu-ray! Watching a movie as gonzo as Miami Connection, it’s seriously great, helps one understand just how incredibly awesome the 1980s were when it came to moviemaking and...

Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 17 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

“Peter! He’s alive!” With that sentence, one surgeon’s ugly truth is revealed. Killer psychotics dressed in white, yes, this thriller is a bit twisted but then what else could you expect from the team behind The Boy Who Cried Werewolf and The Snake Woman? A straight edged ...

Deadpool 2 (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 17 May 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Hey, Meatsicle! Get your ass some popcorn and go to the show this weekend. Another round of great comic book sendoffs has been sent to theaters and you don’t want to miss this shit. At all. ...