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The Two Jakes (1990) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 22 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Infidelity made private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) the man he is today. We know this having seen the excellent Chinatown, but admits as much in the opening line of The Two Jakes, the 1990 Nicholson-directed sequel to that 1974 film, now on blu-ray ...

Moon of the Blood Beast - Movie Review

Details: Published: 22 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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The BEAST is back! If your lust for Z-grade schlocky entertainment proves insatiable after watching Moon of the Blood Beast, then I don't know what to tell you. This flick gets a dirty job done. This Troma Entertainment release marks Writer/Director Dustin Ferguson’s 72nd movie and ...

His Girl Friday: Criterion Collection (1940) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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THE POST SAVES EARL WILLIAMS! Hear all about it in His Girl Friday, now available on blu-ray thanks to the Criterion Collection. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell with standout performances from ...

Shivers: Vestron Video Collector’s Series (1975) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Release the blood parasites! One of the images that has long haunted my dreams and nightmares is that of a shirtless man bent over a nude woman’s body - which is placed on a desk in an office - as he opens up her stomach, pours acid into her open chest cavity and then, taking the same instrument ...

The Awful Truth: Criterion Collection (1937) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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If you ever get a hankering for some solid improvisational comedic skills on display throughout a major motion picture, look no further then director Leo McCarey’s slapstick comedy, The Awful Truth. It might have been his first film for Columbia Pictures, but that didn’t stop McCarey from ...

Little Monsters: Vestron Video Collector's Series (1989) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Family cult classics? Sure! Little Monsters is back in action because knowing that urine and apple juice are interchangeable is something one needs to know early on in life! ...

Holiday: Criterion Collection (1938) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Sometimes it takes meeting the wrong person to finally get to the right person. That’s one of the territories in Holiday, an often overlooked romantic comedy from 1938 which deals with clashing values and what it means to truly live as pie-in-the-sky dreamers mix drinks with the aristocrats ...

The Ghost Breakers (1940) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 17 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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It’s the simplest twist of fates as Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard return to do battle with the supernatural in The Ghost Breakers! Voodoo, ghosts, and island-bound zombies! Add in a criminally underrated performance from Willie Best and you have the makings of another REEL CLASSIC! ...

Infidel - Movie Review

Details: Published: 18 September 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Iranian-American filmmaker Cyrus Nowrasteh has made quite a name for himself around Hollywood with unflinching films that pull back the curtains on governmental corruption and institutionalized abuse. His target is never limited to the American government, however, and those ...

The Cat and the Canary (1939) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 15 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Swamp gators (with their mouths taped shut as evidenced by this crisp 4K handling!), dead lawyers, and mighty sums of money! Such frightful delights await those that can stay sane in the Norman clan. ...