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- By Loron Hays
“It’s not a tumor!” Teaching isn’t for everyone. That’s a fact. I’m not sure it’s even for me and I have been doing it for 30 years now. But when there’s a flick about a tough cop who must pose as a kindergarten teacher to find the whereabouts of the wife and child of a drug ...
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- By Loron Hays
Higher. Further. Faster. And with a whole hell of a lot of Flerkens. The sequel to Captain Marvel is fun, quick, full of some sweet action beats, and it is exactly what Marvel Studios needs when it comes to their output. Hell, it is what we, the fans, need, too, as it sends a message loud ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
Alexander Payne's latest venture, The Holdovers, is a captivating departure for the acclaimed director as he delves into the realm of period drama for the first time. With a stellar cast featuring the incomparable Paul Giamatti, the vibrant Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and the promising ...
Read more: The Holdovers (Collector's Edition) - Blu-ray Review
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- By Frank Wilkins
With such classics as Black Christmas, Krampus, and Silent Night, Deadly Night, the Christmas holiday season has long been the principal beneficiary of the holiday-themed slasher film. Well, step aside ye old yule tide, there’s a new season in town ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
Can humans create robots that are more human than humans? Should they? Your own personal experiences with technology may very well determine your like or dislike of the new film called The Creator. Anyone who has attempted to troubleshoot a computer problem via conversations ...
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- By Emily Strong
Tori and Lokita, two African migrant children, are living in a harsh and busy Belgian city. Tori (Pablo Schils), only a 12-year-old boy, and Lokita (Joely Mbundu) a 17-year-old girl, say they are brother and sister. They work together, protect each other, and are fully dependent on one another for pretty much ...
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- By Emily Strong
“I can take care of myself, thanks.” Georgie is capable. Georgie is resourceful. Georgie is smart. But Georgie is also twelve…and perhaps a bit over her head. The facts of the matter are, well…tragic to say the least. Georgie (played by the extraordinary newcomer Lola Campbell) has recently lost ...
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- By Loron Hays
Rape! Torture! Dismemberment! Welcome to the farm, cuz! Based on the traumatizing true story of a pig farmer turned fiend to all females for almost two decades in Canada, Pig Killer arrives just in the nick of time to celebrate Thanksgiving! That’s right, Robert “Willy” Pickton and his ...
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- By Loron Hays
“Just one more thing . . . “ The rumpled trench coat. The cheap cigars. The coy aloofness. And those mental games. That’s right, Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo (Peter Falk) is back and this time he’s appearing clearer than ever thanks to Kino Lorber’s handling of the ...
Read more: Columbo - The 1970s: Seasons 1-7 - Blu-ray Review
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- By Christopher Symonds
I’ve been waxing lyrical recently on some critically revered flicks and their rare confluences of casting, writing and execution to form classics for the ages. But it’s not just drama masterpieces that spawn a classic. If those elements are present, even the most critically ignored genres, such as ...
Read more: Point Break (1991) - 4K UHD Collector's Edition Review
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- By Frank Wilkins
Those holding onto faith that filmmaker David Gordon Green can successfully revive the franchise that birthed one of the most iconic demonic possession films of all time can finally take a breath and put down the prayer beads. The wait is over. The Exorcist: Believer is here. Now. In theaters...
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- By Christopher Symonds
Stephen Spielberg’s Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster. A film that everybody and their dog went to see and raked in an obscene amount of money. With a shower of green in their eyes, Hollywood immediately cordoned onto this and thus the never-ending pleasure/ailment ...
Read more: Jaws 2 (1978) 45th Anniversary Edition - 4K UHD Review
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- By Christopher Symonds
In 1986, director Oliver Stone delivered a war film to counter all the John Wayne-esque, American:good/Foreign opponents:bad narratives of the past with Platoon. As a Vietnam War vet himself, he had a unique place within the industry to show the shades of grey within any fighting force, forcing ...
Read more: Platoon (1986) Collector's Edition - 4K UHD Review
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The late and great Wes Craven will forever be known as the father of Freddy Krueger. But that wasn’t all he accomplished. A horror mainstay, no question, but also a commercial pioneer (not once, but twice) who triggered a renaissance for cold genres. Not only did he put New Line Cinema on the ...
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In 2009, filmmaker James Cameron warned us about the dangers of poor stewardship of our planet’s natural resources with his ground-breaking film, Avatar. And in the process, he not only created a world of extraordinary imagination and beauty, he also created the world’s ...
Read more: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - 4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Review
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