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Like a Boss - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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After a steady two-year string of near misses, complete misses, and total misfires, one is left to ponder what has become of the once shining star of Tiffany Haddish. Ever since her scene-stealing turn in 2017’s Girl's Trip, studios have been clamoring to ...

Joker (2019) - 4K UHD/Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 04 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Joker was frightening proposition for this reviewer, who has been a lifelong Batman fanatic. Firstly because it presumed to make the focus of its narrative on one of the greatest antagonists in storytelling history, without the hero; secondly because it wasn’t going to stick with ...

Just Mercy - Movie Review

Details: Published: 03 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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At one point in Just Mercy, the new film from director, co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton (The Glass Castle), the film’s main character Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) points out that “the opposite of poverty isn’t wealth, it’s justice.” Those words set the tone for the tangle of legal and ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - January 7, 2020

Details: Published: 06 January 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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And another friendly hi-def hello to our fellow blu-ray geeks. Welcome to the weekly look at our most wanted titles coming to blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD for the week of January 7, 2020.

Paganini Horror (1988) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 30 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Satanism and switchblade violins make quite the combination in this blast from the past! Luigi Cozzi’s Paganini Horror probably shouldn’t exist. Sure, sure, I mean, the film does have some merit thanks to its wicked premise, but its execution - amounting to a bunch of screaming (mostly) female rock and ...

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 28 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Murders in the Rue Morgue was a gift to Bela Lugosi. After being axed from Frankenstein, Universal Pictures’ President Carl Laemmle Jr. offered him the role of the lunatic scientist who abducts women and then injects them with the blood of his pet ape, Erik (performed by Charles Gemora). Lugosi, not willing ...

Teen Titans: The Complete Series (2003 - 2006) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 27 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Teen Titans, GO! The pseudo-anime style. The jokes. And, man, the storylines. Teen Titans has it all! This cartoon series - with a cast of superhero characters that included Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven - kicked all sorts of ass during its original three year run. Now, thanks to ...

Universal Horror Collection Volume Three: Tower of London (1939), Man-Made Monster (1941), The Black Cat (1941), Horror Island (1941) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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More thrills and even more chills! Karloff. Lugosi. Rathbone. And Vincent Price in his film debut. What’s not to love about these names or their film legacies? Absolutely nothing at all and the proof is Scream Factory's new 2K scanned release of the films that make up the ...

Little Women (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 27 December 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Raise your hand if the news of yet another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women coming to theaters on Christmas Day failed to jingle your bells. Okay, we can all put them down now. After all, with so many previous adaptations – including 1949’s version starring Elizabeth Taylor and ...

Blood Hound - Movie Review

Details: Published: 24 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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You ever get that feeling your stomach that something bad is going to happen? That’s the question the private investigator at the center of this thriller asks us during Blood Hound’s wild (an unexpected) opening. Pay attention to that scene. While the violent events that it documents might rattle ...