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Netflix is Rebooting the LOST IN SPACE Series. Watch the First Trailer

Details: Published: 26 February 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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First announced back in 2015, the reboot of the popular '60's sci-fi series Lost In Space received a launch date this week as well as a shiny new teaser trailer. Netflix will reintroduce the Robinson family to a whole new generation of science fiction ...

Prey (1977) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Aliens in drag serving up a hot mess of sexploitation stew? A thousand times YES! Zombies from outer space have landed and they are in search of, at least in this movie, leggy lesbian protein packs on two legs. Luckily, the earth is loaded with these “easy” targets – especially ...

The Master: The Complete Series (1984) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 24 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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"Hi, I'm Max Keller." It's how each episode of this short-lived but beloved series kicks off. And fans will be happy to know that Kino Lorber has done them proud with this 3-disc HD release, featuring newly remastered versions of some of ...

Pick-Up (1975) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 23 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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It begins with the longest piss ever. And it ends with a stuffed cat floating in a Florida swamp. Everything in between this trippy story about two hippy chicks hitching a ride is both sexy and surreal. There is a bizarre atmosphere surrounding this feature and it practically ...

The Night Walker (1964) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 21 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Picture it: composer Vic Mizzy, writer Robert Bloch (Psycho), director William Castle, actress Barbara Stanwyck and actor Robert Taylor; all together in the same film. Already I’m in love with this thriller from 1964. William Castle’s The Night Stalker is packed with a million ...

The Lullaby (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 22 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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And the cradle will rock. Motherhood is a game changer. You don’t have to be a woman to recognize that. The additional stress of a newborn overwhelms many young mothers. In director Darrell Roodt’s The Lullaby, though, we see an additional dark tinge to these trying times ...

Threads (1984) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Out of the fire and into the meltdown! Threads finally makes its HD debut! Attack warning: RED! Attack warning: RED! Start the sirens. The bombs have been launched. You know it’s serious when classic works in our collective art history starts getting moved into ...

Eaten Alive! (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Cannibalism! Purification! And really shitty southern accents! Keep on giving us the EuroSleeze, Severin Films! Banned in 38 countries for the dick slicing, women raping, and snake eating scenes of tasteless trash, Eaten Alive! finally gets a proper HD release. And I couldn't ...

MemoriɅl BeɅch: The BrilliɅnt Belief in Ʌll Those LɅNights

Details: Published: 19 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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The plane shoots out over the Pacific Ocean and angles ever so slightly. I look down. It is dark but you can see that there are piers below; long stretches of wood in man’s attempt to walk on water. The dark green of the ocean reflects upwards; rippling as the waves roll against the endless wall of ...

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 February 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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When in the jungle, it would be wise of happily married (and still sexually active) couples to actually keep the noises of their lovemaking down. It might attract all kinds of beasts once thought extinct…like the brontosaurus family at the center of Baby: Secret of ...