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Attack of the Unknown - Movie Review

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

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Yes! Yes! Yes! The Mahal Brothers with writer/director Brandon Slagle (Crossbreed) are back in action! The B-minded exploitation hits hard at the beginning of Attack of the Unknown as the SWAT team at the center of this LA-bound flick takes out a heinous drug lord ...

Russell Crowe's Thriller UNHINGED to Hit Theaters This Weekend: Watch the New Trailer

Details: Published: 17 August 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Covid lockdowns got you down? Us too. Just be careful out there because you never know what kind of day the person in front of you is having. Take Russell Crowe's character in the upcoming theatrical release of Unhinged as an example. Credited simply as ...

The Wretched (2020) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 15 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Poor Ben (John-Paul Howard). No one believes him. No one. And he is seeing, as he has come in for the summer to work at his Dad’s marina, a lot of strange shit that defies easy explanation. Unfortunately, no one believes in witches anymore ...

The Good Things Devils Do - Movie Review

Details: Published: 13 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Trick or Treat! The Season of the Witch is upon us and, if the horrible highs of The Good Things Devils Do is any hint of the TREATS to come, then we are going to have a damn good viewing season! The ominous tones start early in The Good Things Devils Do and, while there is a ...

An American Pickle - Movie Review

Details: Published: 14 August 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Seth Rogen plays dual roles in An American Pickle, the new comedy from director Brandon Trost and former SNL scribe Simon Rich. He is both Herschel Greenbaum, a turn-of-the-nineteenth-century ditch digger plying his craft in Eastern Europe, as well as Ben Greenbaum, a 30-something ...

Clownface - Movie Review

Details: Published: 12 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Cheese puffs. Good weed. Vodka and a rape fantasy? Clownface, opening with a 10-minute scene of voyeurism which spirals from a bit of the naughty-naighty to a complete bloodbath, puts its grittiest foot forward as a local urban legend - the very brutal “Clownface” - gets his own headlining ...

Doctor Who: Tom Baker - The Complete Season Three (1976 - 1977) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Eight discs, six stories, and 650 minutes of classic science fiction. That’s what fans get with the BBC’s latest Doctor Who release which features the fourteenth season of classic Doctor Who, constituting the third trip around the sun for Tom Baker in the titular role as everyone’s favorite ...

Escape: Puzzle of Fear - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Are you ready to pay for your sins? That’s the question that is at the center of this clue-riddled movie because sometimes revenge is the sweetest dish served . . . especially when on a double date and trapped in an Escape Room. Directed by J. Jones and written by ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III: The Sleeping City (1950) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 07 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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The drugs! The coppers! The crimes! And the Femme Fatales! It's all here in The Sleeping City! Sometimes, as is the case with 1950’s The Sleeping City, Film Noir offerings are notable for one thing entirely: their use of their location. Okay, okay, so The Sleeping City - which has ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III: The Lady Gambles (1949) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 06 August 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Lady Luck has no heart at all in this morality tale! The Lady Gambles begins with a stunning beatdown as its star, Barbara Stanwyck, is repeatedly attacked, smacked, and punched by a couple of thugs who feel cheated by her use of loaded dice in a ...