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Details: Created: 02 December 2018; Published: 02 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Ever heard of the absolute suck-fest known as The Phantom Menace? Yeah, well this similarly titled movie is much, much better. The Phantom Empire, which features two nubile young cave "bunnies" wrestling with each other as its climax, is not unlike reading ...

Details: Created: 02 December 2018; Published: 02 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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They walk! They talk! They bite the head off of E.T. They even shoot tiny spikes from their pelts! The Critters movies, last scene on VHS and crummy DVD releases, returns and they, with brand new 2K scans from the original film elements, look better than ever before! ...

Details: Created: 01 December 2018; Published: 01 December 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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“I was born in a house with the television always on…” David Byrne, the lead singer of Talking Heads, has directed only one feature film . . . so far. And his movie, True Stories, begins on the open road. It is a dirt road that divides two agriculture areas. A girl is on the ...

Details: Created: 30 November 2018; Published: 30 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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When Italians do American-styled action flicks, they usually hit the stereotypes AND the action a hell of a lot harder than we do. Thought First Blood was a tough watch, especially when the entire town gets blown the hell up? Think again. Because Blastfighter, directed ...

Details: Created: 29 November 2018; Published: 29 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Chicago is a very beautiful city. From the inspiring architecture to the sports teams, a thriving cultural history – whether being celebrated in seasonal bursts or by the rousing cuisine – absolutely thrives within its city limits. Even the boarded-up ghetto areas offer a beauty ...

Details: Created: 27 November 2018; Published: 27 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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The past is never dead. Paraphrased from William Faulkner, this line is directly stated in the absolutely gut-wrenching brutality that is Combat Shock. Written and directed by Buddy Giovinazzo, this intense film follows one Vietnam veteran as he, a one time prisoner of ...

Details: Created: 25 November 2018; Published: 25 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Director Dante Tomaselli is a master at painting striking pictures with which we can lose our minds to. His films are often dressed in heavy themes of Catholicism and, due to his own nightmares as a child, are damn impactful with striking visuals and downright spooky ...

Details: Created: 25 November 2018; Published: 25 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Spread your beautiful wings and fly away! Or, at the very least, make a run for it at the zoo while the orderlies aren’t looking. Brothers and sisters of the Cinematic Cult, The Fifth Floor has arrived on blu-ray courtesy of...

Details: Created: 24 November 2018; Published: 24 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Lunatic on campus! It’s for a confessional, kiddos. I think Scream is overrated. Blasphemous, I know, but there it is: the ugly truth I keep hidden from public eye. Having said that, let me also say that if it wasn’t for Scream then ...

Details: Created: 23 November 2018; Published: 23 November 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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This mysterious place is, of course, the home of Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Will (Noah Schnapp), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) or, as we like to call them: Scooby and the Gang. But which one is Scooby? And what members are the ...