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Deadpool 2 - Movie Review

Absolutely spectacular sequel

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Movie Review

Have no fear, this far, far away galaxy is still in great shape.

Life of the Party - Movie Review

Feels as though it has taken the entire semester off.

Dead List - Movie Review

neither frightening enough nor funny enough

Black Panther - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling blu-ray

12 Strong - Blu-ray Review

A solid entry in the genre.

Proud Mary - Blu-ray Review

Bang. Bang. Shoot. Shoot. With results this forgettable, who really cares?

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - Blu-ray Review

Everything works

New on Blu-ray

The Strangers: Collector's Edition (2008) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 07 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) are in for one hell of a fright night in writer/director Bryan Bertino’s stunning debut, The Strangers. Had these unfortunate victims not been home at the time that three sadistic killers came a-knocking then nothing ...

Watch the First Trailer for CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Starring Ewan McGregor

Details: Published: 07 March 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

On the heels of last week's revisit to Cherry Tree Lane with a release of the first trailer for its Mary Poppins sequel, Disney pops in on the hundred-acre wood with a teaser trailer release for Christopher Robin, starring Ewan McGregor as the famous character. ...

Flay (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 06 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

It begins with a montage of old photographs. Native Americans at home on the land. That’s how Flay opens its color-drained canvas of horror. Don’t get comfortable, though. Whatever stirring and romanticized ideas you have about the old west will soon be jettisoned for good ...

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 05 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

The Avenger of the Innocent returns! There is a masterful elegance that chugs alongside this murder mystery throughout its entire journey. From beginning to end, Murder on the Orient Express is an expression of old fashioned mechanics. There really is no other ...

The Last Hunter (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 05 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

One does not need much of an explanation when a spray of bullets is delivering his or her message straight out of a deafening M60 in the humid jungle. That message is often heard loud and clear. And, in The Last Hunter (the first Euro-sleaze-and-cheese flick to tackle ...

Mary Poppins Returns During The Oscars - Watch the Trailer

Details: Published: 05 March 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Disney sneak-peaked a quick look at its hot new follow-up to 1964's Mary Poppins during last night's Academy Awards presentation with a teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns. And it was charming, heartwarming and full of wonder ...

del Toro and The SHAPE OF WATER Rule the Night with Four Oscars - Complete List of Oscar Winners

Details: Published: 04 March 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

The lights are dimmed, the floors are swept, and the curtain has drawn on yet another Oscar presentation. Say what you will about the jokes, the bits, and the statements made the night's presentation, but we should all be happy that a ...

The Redeemer: Son of Satan (1978) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 04 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

In the pre-dawn hours before John Carpenter’s Halloween was released and changed everything about horror films, there was The Redeemer: Son of Satan, a film so deliciously vile that it is worth mentioning alongside such sin condemning franchises like SAW, and, yes ...

Thirst (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 03 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

One eye opens. The other opens. The credits roll and then the emaciated woman, putting her arms on the outside of the box she is lying on her back in, sits up. She is inside a satin lined coffin. And the scream she emits comes from the very pit of her stomach. She climbs ...

Basket Case: Limited Edition (1982) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 02 March 2018; Written by Loron Hays

What’s in the basket? Easter Eggs? Nope. Just my not-so conjoined wart of a twin! Wanna looksee?! Basket Case, my fellow fiends and gore-gore ghouls, is the demented story of one set of twins who simply do not play by the rules of the natural order. But you already knew that and, I suspect ...