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Trailer Watch - A24's Prize-winning LAMB

Details: Published: 28 July 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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First time filmmaker Vladimir Jóhannsson's new film called Lamb recently debuted at Cannes Film Festival, and you can check out the trailer for the atmospheric new film below ...

The Last House on the Street - Movie Review

Details: Published: 26 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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The life of a college student is not an easy one. Overpriced textbooks that you can’t return, challenging classes early in the morning, minimum wage hourly woes, and heartaches around every corner both in and outside of the campus. It’s definitely not for every recent graduate. Chad (Dylan ...

Eight Legged Freaks (2002) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 25 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Spiders the size of SUVs in a mining town full of crazy characters? Count me in! Eight Legged Freaks, starring David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson, and Doug E. Doug, finally arrives on blu-ray courtesy of Scream Factory. For me, this B-grade horror ...

Pig - Movie Review

Details: Published: 24 July 2021; Written by Emily Strong

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“You want your supply? I need my pig.” In his feature film debut, Pig, writer/director Michael Sarnoski does not give us a revenge-seeking, blood-soaked, over-acting Nicholas Cage that mows down an array of adversaries who stand in the way between him ...

Jolt - Movie Review

Details: Published: 24 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Sometimes all we want to see is an unhinged woman kick some ass. Shocking isn't it? That’s where Jolt, a B-grade revenge flick now streaming on Amazon Prime, comes into play. Kate Beckinsale is back and this time, instead of leading an army of vampires through the night she’s a ...

G.I. Joe Origins: Snake Eyes - Movie Review

Details: Published: 23 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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These are STILL not the ninjas you are looking for. Sure, they might go by the same names as those in the outstanding G.I. Joe universe, as developed by Marvel Comics from 1982 to 1994 in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic series, but the film adaptations have yet to do Hasbro ...

Old - Movie Review

Details: Published: 23 July 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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If your maitre d’s offer of free private access to a secluded beach that you will share with only a few select fellow guests seems too good to be true, it’s probably because it is. ...

The Wraith: Vestron Video Collector's Series (1986) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 22 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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I’m tweakin’ dude! One of my favorite B-grade flicks from Cinemax’s yesteryear is now on blu-ray! The Wraith has arrived! Complete with a crazy ass performance from Clint Howard (AND HIS HAIR) and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Secret Loser” (from The Ultimate Sin) blasting at the start of the first ...

House of Wax: Collector's Edition (2005) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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He’s really being the monster today! Why can’t he be more like his brother? With those two sentences, audiences are immediately thrust into the chaos that is 2005’s House of Wax. That opening, in which two bent out of shape parents struggle with their wild twin sons ...

Animosity - Movie Review

Details: Published: 19 July 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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The creaking doors. The old power tools. The bodies in the leaves. Animosity, written and directed by Brendan Steere (The Velocipastor), provides a much needed kick in the pants as a sinister presence in the woods leads to all sorts of demonic mischief ...