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No Such Thing As Monsters - Movie Review

Details: Published: 28 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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“Wake up. We’ve got company.” With those lines, a young couple finds their retreat into the woods for quiet and comfort cut short. David was going to propose, but their unexpected guests change the peaceful landscape almost immediately. From ...

The Assistant - DVD Review

Details: Published: 28 October 2020; Written by Michelle Duy

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I’ll say this about The Assistant: it’ll probably make you appreciate your own boss. That person is almost guaranteed to be better than the nameless tyrant dominating The Assistant. The movie depicts one long and ordinary day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a twenty something wannabe film ...

Suspicion: Warner Archive Collection (1941) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 27 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Was he trying to kiss or kill her on that hilltop? The verdict is still out as Suspicion makes its debut on blu-ray thanks to the efforts of the Warner Archive Collection. Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Francis Iles's novel Before the Fact - which is as dissimilar as they...

Tom Hanks is a Captain Yet Again in New Trailer for NEWS OF THE WORLD

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

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This Christmas, Universal Pictures is proud to present Tom Hanks starring in News of the World, a moving story written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting for the first time with his star from their 2013 Best Picture nominee Captain Phillips. ...

Ebola Rex - Movie Review

Details: Published: 26 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Who had diseased dinosaurs on their plate for 2020? I certainly didn’t, but writer/director Dustin Ferguson (5G Zombies, Angry Asian Murder Hornets) did and, with his demented flair for the horror comedy hybrid, the fast-working filmmaker pulls off yet another entertaining B-grade monster flick ...

The Ape (1940) - Blu-ray Review

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

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Watch polio get pulverized by a primate! When a circus burns down, a mustached Boris Karloff, as Dr. Bernard Adrian, finds himself battling a loose ape in his laboratory. What? What? What. You heard me. It’s one of the wildest scenes - and maybe the best scene ...

Housesitter . . . The Night They Saved Siegfried's Brain (1987, 2020) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 23 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Housesitter . . . The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain has an interesting history and it makes for a great lead. Originally filmed in Kalamazoo in 1987, this horror/comedy sat unfinished for over 30 years because no one wanted to deal with it. Now, thanks to Skywalker Sound and Paramount ...

My Best Worst Adventure - Movie Review

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

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My Best Worst Adventure will hook you right from its warm and comical beginning. It’s hard to stop yourself from smiling as you witness an ultra urban-looking young teenager sitting on a raggedy bus as her joyless expression falls while being “groomed” by a fellow passenger. Her face ...

Incision - Movie Review

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

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How strong is your stomach? That’s the question you need to ask yourself before starting on this twisted tale of body horror. Incision has arrived! Obsession seems at the heart of plastic surgery. Either we are obsessed with making ourselves look better or obsessed with a flaw that ...

Notorious: Criterion Collection (1946) - Blu-ray Review

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

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You can’t say that Hitchcock didn’t warn audiences of Hitler. He made several films with Hitler’s world view overhanging the shadows in each frame. But, after a decade in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock took that warning to a new level and gave audiences the ultimate romance between a ...