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Arkansas - Movie Review

Details: Published: 26 June 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Originally scheduled to premiere at this year’s SXSW Festival before setting out on a limited theatrical run, Arkansas, the new film from star, co-writer, and director Clark Duke (The Office, Hot Tub Time Machine), finds itself taking a different path, of sorts, as it goes straight to home video due ...

Friday the 13th: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition SteelBook (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 24 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Produced and expertly directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, Friday the 13th, being the first independent movie to get distributed by a major studio, never seems to get the credit it deserves. We take it for granted with much of the discussion revolving around which ...

Knives Out - DVD Review

Details: Published: 25 June 2020; Written by Michelle Duy

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Knives Out (2019) is a clever murder mystery from writer and director Rian Johnson, the best quality of which is its awesome ensemble cast: Christopher Plummer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon and more. Everyone seems to enjoy their juicy ...

Irresistible - Movie Review

Details: Published: 22 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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The loony Left. The wrongheaded Right. Regardless of who you bat for, politics in America is STILL a dirty word. This political satire from The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart illustrates why as one Democrat political consultant gets in over his head in the American Heartland ...

Watch a Prank Go Wrong in New Trailer for IT'S JUST A GAME

Details: Published: 24 June 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Games will be played this coming Halloween when Wild Eye Releasing makes the holiday become all too real with its release of a new horror film called It's Just a Game ...

Jaws (1975) - 45th Anniversary Edition - 4K UHD Review

Details: Published: 22 June 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

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With streaming now taking the lion’s share of the average household’s attention, it is getting harder and harder for the studios to entice us for yet another dip at their titles; especially when a great many of them are but a single click away on our smart TVs. It is wildly believed that physical home media ...

The Hills Run Red (2009) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Believe it or not, the meta-munching kills of Babyface (Raicho Vasilev) are back! Completely ignored by damn near everyone at the time of its release, The Hills Run Red brought the “babyface” mask to horror enthusiasts a decade before Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2 U and ...

Universal Horror Collection, Volume Five: The Monster and The Girl (1941), Captive Wild Woman (1943), Jungle Woman (1944), Jungle Captive (1945)

Details: Published: 18 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Men and women in ape suits? Yes, please! The Universal Horror Collection returns with even more mad scientists, crazed apes, and wild women! Woot, woot! I’ve been excited for this release since it was originally announced and, with a few short months of waiting ...

Da 5 Bloods - Movie Review

Details: Published: 19 June 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Who else but filmmaker Spike Lee could successfully incorporate such assorted filmmaking techniques as wipes, title cards, 16mm, 2.40:1 widescreen, black & white, flashbacks, archival footage, and photo stills into a single film that takes on such varied themes as violence, regret, male ...

Primal Scream AKA Hellfire (1987) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 17 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Kiddos, when it comes to making movies, films RARELY get this ambitious. Primal Scream is what happens when Dashiell Hammett and Arthur C. Clarke get together, smoke a little weed, and decide to make a movie. Outside of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, there is simply nothing ...