DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

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

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Five movies and one devil to rule them all! The Omen Collection is finally available! Joke all you want to about how Hellish it is to raise a kid, but Producer Harvey Bernhard was clearly on to something rich when he decided to double-down on ...

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Details: Created: 23 September 2019; Published: 23 September 2019; Written by Michelle Duy

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In 1991, New York biographer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) finds herself in dire straits: she has lost her job, fallen 3 months behind on rent and can’t afford the vet bills for her beloved sick cat. Her agent (Jane Curtin) is less than helpful, ignoring Lee’s phone calls ...

Details: Created: 18 October 2019; Published: 18 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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In the middle of the 1960s, Toho’s special effects maestro, Eiji Tsuburaya, was on quite a roll. As Ultra Q finished, the Tokyo Broadcasting System wanted a new television series with him at the helm. But this time they wanted something in color; something ...

Details: Created: 23 September 2019; Published: 23 September 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Octavia Spencer has been a staple in movies for years. She’s a talented, larger than life actor that almost always stands out in an ensemble, or kills it in a cameo. Quite rightly, she has been campaigning for a lead role in something that steps out of what she’s usually offered and ...

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Details: Created: 16 October 2019; Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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28 episodes. 30 minutes. That’s all it took to change the world . . . or should that change be limited to just the airwaves? Because special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya definitely did that with Ultra Q, the black-and-white television series that gave us the first attempt ...

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

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Your new favorite monster movie, clocking in at a zippy 75-minutes, will have you stomping your way toward extinction thanks to laughing so damn hard at its rubber-suited antics, its 1980s shock and schlock kicks ...

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

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Dudes named Diablo don’t ever die. And you probably shouldn’t fuck around with them either – especially when they, upon the eve of their death sentence being carried out, vow to return . . . to kill everyone who chooses Florida as their ...

Details: Created: 16 May 2019; Published: 16 May 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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John Wick is one of those franchises that seemingly came out of nowhere. Keanu Reeves (deservedly) has maintained a level of currency through his lengthy and stellar career, but if we’re to be honest, his star was on the wane when he signed on to the ...

Details: Created: 10 October 2019; Published: 10 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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It’s Crocsploitation Cinema at its feistiest! The cheese! The chomp! The charm! What is this movie JAWS that you speak of?! And this Steven Spielberg, too? Apparently, the Italians have never heard of him or his pet shark. When it comes to fierce predators of the ...

Details: Created: 14 June 2019; Published: 14 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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The #metoo movement wouldn’t stand a chance in John Shaft’s world. The most badass private detective to ever don a leather duster gets a modern-day update in Tim Story’s revisit to the Shaft franchise that kicked off the blaxploitation movement back in the early ’70’s ...

Details: Created: 09 October 2019; Published: 09 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Lucky number seven? Well, just barely. The seventh movie in the ongoing The Conjuring franchise isn’t the best of the series but, hopefully, it will be the final one involving that damn doll. She’s twisted as hell and, as revealed here, is a sort of conduit for all sorts of evil spirits, not just ...

Details: Created: 24 May 2019; Published: 24 May 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Whether for good or bad, we were all labeled in high school. And whether we liked it or not, one of the most awkward times of our lives undoubtedly became the indelible forehead stamp that each of us has tried to erase ever since ...

Details: Created: 03 October 2019; Published: 03 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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If all the padded nature shots won't kill you, then maybe the monster in the woods will! If I told you that this slasher was made in just two weeks, you would probably believe me. Every single detail (and edit for that matter) suggests ...

Details: Created: 07 June 2019; Published: 07 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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One of the toughest challenges faced by screenwriters when developing a sequel – especially to a wildly popular animated film – is how to best capture the same spirit and vibe of the original while also taking the story and characters we love to new ...

Details: Created: 30 September 2019; Published: 30 September 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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To this day, Gremlins remains director Joe Dante’s most successful movie. That seems pretty damn incredible when you consider Dante’s inspired body of work. For my tastes, there’s not a dud in the bunch. From Explorers to Small Soldiers, The Burbs and ...