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Details: Created: 23 July 2019; Published: 23 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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We’ve all seen Luke Skywalker scoot around on the desert in a land speeder, but have we ever seen him pilot a cherry red Corvette Stingray with metal flakes and a glitter-flame dragon? Hell, no! Well, that statement might not be true, especially if you’ve already seen Corvette Summer, a ...

Details: Created: 22 July 2019; Published: 22 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Six friends. A remote part of Illinois. Snowmobiles. And a Satanic Cult. I mean, what could go wrong? The Chill Factor, produced and directed by Christopher Webster (the producer of Hellraiser, Heathers, Meet the Applegates, ...

Details: Created: 20 July 2019; Published: 20 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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They have nine lives, we have one! Strays begins with a full moon. The dark night expands as we drop to the ground and, rather suddenly, we are running through the night. The POV is that of a cat. Close to the ground and beyond slinky as we cross the ...

Details: Created: 14 July 2019; Published: 14 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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A magical Motown martial arts movie? Oh, hell, YES! In fact, can I hear a “Sho’nuff” and an amen! ...

Details: Created: 13 July 2019; Published: 13 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Black Belts in shotgun? Bombs on boomerangs? Hell, yes. So what if the lead character can’t shoot straight?! When you are having this much fun, who really cares? ...

Details: Created: 12 July 2019; Published: 12 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Die, Monster, Die! It seems to me that the Horror Anthology, once popular in the 1960s, is making a surprising and rather strong comeback in recent years. There have been a lot of good, independent features that make the most of the short narrative structure ...

Details: Created: 12 July 2019; Published: 12 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Otherwise known as When Meteors Attack!!! Laugh all you want to, but there are moments – especially in deep space – when flying saucers drifting through clouds as meteors rip right behind them will have you doing more than just wanting to believe. This Island Earth (and its Mutants) is a vision on ...

Details: Created: 11 July 2019; Published: 11 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Big Guns. Even bigger boobs. Loaded with scenes so hysterically full of sexual innuendo that go on for far longer than they ought to, director Andy Sidaris returns to the scene of his B-movie crimes and goes guns blazing on Savage Beach, now available on blu-ray ...

Details: Created: 11 July 2019; Published: 11 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Vampire plants! Gigantic eggs! And a really BIG moth! That’s right, Mothra is happening all over again . . . except this time its satire and its science fiction can be viewed in sparkling blu-ray. ...

Details: Created: 06 July 2019; Published: 06 July 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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What’s that funny thing behind the barn? That’s what Jenny (Natasha Ryan, in a performance that steals the picture away from the rest of the cast) wants to know. It’s green; it glows; it makes noise and somehow, maybe due to this house’s desert location, this triangle-shaped object is connected to ...