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- Created: 21 December 2020
- Published: 21 December 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
“Fool! Your fare is the only thing stopping me from breaking your face!” Directed by Joel Schumacher (Lost Boys, Falling Down, 8MM, Batman & Robin), D.C. Cab is his blissfully unaware feature film which follows in the hilarious footprints of The Incredible Shrinking Woman, which ...
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- Created: 15 May 2020
- Published: 15 May 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
When Harley Quinn has a bad day, it’s a good day for the rest of us. And Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is the proof. The very bad, rotten day had by Harley (Margot Robbie, I, Tonya), is told in side-splitting detail in the 24-hour comical frenzy ...
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- Created: 13 December 2020
- Published: 13 December 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Love it, hate it, or just leave this crazy fantasy flick alone, there’s no denying that The Beastmaster, directed by Phantasm’s Don Coscarelli, is a certified home-run when it comes to B-minded sword-and-sorcery romps. Magnificent muscles? Check. Nudity? Check. Magic? ...
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- Created: 31 January 2020
- Published: 31 January 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Who wasn't frightened as a child by the horrifically grim childhood fairy tale about an evil witch who bakes pastries to lure children into her home so she can cook and eat the youngsters for dinner? It’s a wonder any of us made it out of childhood without totally losing all of our marbles ...
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- Created: 11 December 2020
- Published: 11 December 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Give me some blood! Whip him! She Mob begins with an absolute BANG. Forget what you’ve heard about this film being utterly unwatchable. It isn’t true. Sure, sure, the “adult” material goes on for far too long, but all of that simply adds to the weirdness ...
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- Created: 17 January 2020
- Published: 17 January 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
What does a filmmaker do when attempting to revive a franchise that has lain dormant for more than a decade? In the case of Bad Boys For Life, directors Adil and Bilall do what most other filmmakers have done: they adapt the story to fit a new cultural landscape, they riff ...
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- Created: 07 December 2020
- Published: 07 December 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore! Spanish director José Ramón Larraz offered some exploitation masterpieces in his time behind the camera. From the SIN-sation that is Vampyres to the unnerving brilliance that is Black Candles, Larraz was known for his fiery persona ...
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- Created: 24 January 2020
- Published: 24 January 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Where have you been, Guy Ritchie? We’ve missed your language, your punch, your sleight of hand, and that self-referential swagger that defined your early days as a filmmaker. We got hardly any of that as you set out for more commercial ventures like Swept Away, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., ...
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- Created: 03 December 2020
- Published: 03 December 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Think you know street racing, son? If you haven’t seen Harry Hamlin (Clash of the Titans), Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet), and Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) go at it beneath the twinkling stars of Los Angeles, then you don’t know shit about driving fast on city streets. ...
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- Created: 03 January 2020
- Published: 03 January 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
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 ...
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- Created: 25 November 2020
- Published: 25 November 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
“This . . . is the Inner Sanctum.” With that opening statement as a guiding force, Universal Pictures launched what would be an interesting venture alongside Simon & Schuster as they produced a series of B-grade horror films starring the one and only Lon Chaney, Jr. ...
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- Created: 17 April 2020
- Published: 17 April 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
2005 saw the end of the prequel trilogy, and what a job it had before it to finally deliver what we’d been promised since the trilogy was announced: the descent of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side and the rise of Darth Vader ...
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- Created: 15 November 2020
- Published: 15 November 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
We aren’t in Las Vegas anymore, baby! Written, produced, and directed by Mr. Rear-Projection himself, Bert Gordon (King Dinosaur, Earth vs. the Spider, The Amazing Colossal Man, and Empire of the Ants), War of the Colossal Beast is the ...
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- Created: 15 April 2020
- Published: 16 April 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Twice now, in different decades, Star Wars has resurrected itself and rewarded Lucas handsomely. With the recent sequel trilogy now behind us, the parallels between their reception and the era of the prequel trilogy are difficult to ignore. Both critics and the Star Wars fan base have major issues with ...
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- Created: 14 November 2020
- Published: 14 November 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Fans of Paul Blaisdell’s creature work for films like The She-Creature, It Conquered The World, and Invasion of the Saucer Men are going to dig How to Make a Monster as his monster designs get some prime camera time when hung on the walls. Some audiences are going to see ...