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- Created: 16 August 2019
- Published: 16 August 2019
- Written by Frank Wilkins
One of the kids at the center of the new comedy Good Boys confidently tells his two best friends, “It’s a tampon. Girls shove it up their butts to stop babies from coming out.” The object in question is indeed a tampon, they got that part right. But, of ...
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- Created: 28 December 2019
- Published: 28 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
Murders in the Rue Morgue was a gift to Bela Lugosi. After being axed from Frankenstein, Universal Pictures’ President Carl Laemmle Jr. offered him the role of the lunatic scientist who abducts women and then injects them with the blood of his pet ape, Erik (performed by Charles Gemora). Lugosi, not willing ...
Read more: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 23 August 2019
- Published: 23 August 2019
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Featuring a special needs character in a film is always a risky proposition that has the potential to cross that fine line between exploitation and exposition. ...
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- Created: 27 December 2019
- Published: 27 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
Teen Titans, GO! The pseudo-anime style. The jokes. And, man, the storylines. Teen Titans has it all! This cartoon series - with a cast of superhero characters that included Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven - kicked all sorts of ass during its original three year run. Now, thanks to ...
Read more: Teen Titans: The Complete Series (2003 - 2006) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 09 November 2019
- Published: 09 November 2019
- Written by Michelle Duy
When Una (Rooney Mara) was 13, her neighbor Ray molested her. They carried on a secret 3-month long relationship, at which point they planned to run away together. But then Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) disappeared. He wound up serving 4 years ...
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- Created: 26 December 2019
- Published: 26 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
More thrills and even more chills! Karloff. Lugosi. Rathbone. And Vincent Price in his film debut. What’s not to love about these names or their film legacies? Absolutely nothing at all and the proof is Scream Factory's new 2K scanned release of the films that make up the ...
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- Created: 13 November 2019
- Published: 13 November 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
‘It’s a mad house! A mad house!’ So it felt to me finding the entire Planet of the Apes cinematic journey in this new mammoth sized 50th anniversary set in the mail. I’ll try to keep the review succinct as there are 5 movies in the original series, the Tim Burton remake and the ...
Read more: 50 Years of Planet of the Apes: 9-Movie Collection - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 22 December 2019
- Published: 22 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
And this is why you do NOT overdo it with peanut butter. Thank God we can all learn from Michael’s (Matthew Mackay) messy misadventures with a lot of gooey crap and way too much peanut butter. If David Lynch made a children’s movie, it is no stretch of the imagination to suggest that it ...
Read more: The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 09 November 2019
- Published: 09 November 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
We are so spoiled for choice in this day and age that sometimes brilliance and gold that should never be missed can get left in the wake of unending wave of stuff. In a world of remakes, amazing movie magic, remakes of Planet of the Apes are not as instantly well known as ...
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- Created: 10 December 2019
- Published: 10 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
Containing one of the most sickening and shocking unveiling scenes in horror history, Kurt Nuemann’s The Fly lands on Blu-ray this week alongside the other Fly-inspired movies. I’m talking The Return of The Fly, The Curse of The Fly, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, and The Fly II from ...
Read more: The Fly Collection (1958 - 1989) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 02 August 2019
- Published: 02 August 2019
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Times were so much simpler when the Fast & Furious franchise first got underway back in 2001. The tragic events of 9/11 had not yet complicated our world, $150 million + movie budgets weren't commonplace, and VCR players were the much-coveted electronic ...
Read more: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 08 December 2019
- Published: 08 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
“1, 2, 3 . . . we may be trapped.” - Jack Burton. Truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is having a real lucky day upon arriving in downtown San Francisco. He’s winning every single card game and now, thanks to his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), he’s just doubled his ...
Read more: Big Trouble in Little China: Collector's Edition (1986) Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 06 November 2019
- Published: 06 November 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
With word trickling down a new Matrix entry is on the way that will include Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie Anne Moss), it feels timely to receive the 4K versions of the trilogy in the post to review. Let’s get to it. ...
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- Created: 01 December 2019
- Published: 01 December 2019
- Written by Loron Hays
Eighteen annual conventions later, the championed crew of the NSEA Protector reunite for their greatest and realest adventure yet! Lampooning Star Trek and its loyal fanbase involves applying a delicate touch. Being damn successful at it and ALSO ...
Read more: Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary SteelBook (1999) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 28 October 2019
- Published: 28 October 2019
- Written by Christopher Symonds
William H. Boney, for a 20 something misanthrope, made quite the imprint on the world. Whether it’s a sad indictment on our global culture that these types of people cement themselves into history or a tip of the cap to a now alien time and ...
