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Mr. No Legs (1978) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 29 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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You haven't seen anything until you witness a double amputee karate kick someone's ass straight into a pool. In slow motion, nonetheless. That's the exploitative territory we're headed into in tonight's viewing of Mr. No Legs. Get the beer ready! ...

The Cameraman: Criterion Collection (1929) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 29 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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The Cameraman is the film in which Buster Keaton’s character (accidentally double exposing some pretty hilarious images over each other) discovers the avant-garde on accident. All joking aside, this comedic masterpiece from the silent era - with one scene hilariously depicting Keaton ...

The Spider (aka Earth Vs. The Spider) (1958) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 29 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Independently made in glorious black-and-white cinematography by producer, writer, special effects supervisor Bert I. Gordon (King Dinosaur, Attack of the Puppet People, The Amazing Colossal Man, Village of the Giants, and Empire of the Ants), The Spider is quick to the kill, opening ...

The Dead Pit Collector's Edition (1989) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 29 June 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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This place gives me nightmares! Ever felt buried by all your work? The Dead Pit takes that saying literally and concerns itself with a mad doctor who, 20 years ago, was killed and buried alongside his human experiments . . . in the basement of an asylum. The hope was that he’d never ...

Teenage Hitchhikers (1974) - Blu-ray Review

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

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And just like that, a drive-in classic comes to blu-ray! Thanks to Dark Force Entertainment, Teenage Hitchhikers arrives with a brand new HD Master from the original camera negative with hours of scene by scene color corrections. Time to get those thumbs out and ready for the winding ...

Homewrecker - Movie Review

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

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“Linda, I didn’t faint did I?” With that question, Michelle (Alex Essoe, Doctor Sleep) suddenly realizes just how much trouble she is currently in. Linda (Precious Chong) is a fruitloop and, after spending the afternoon watching Shannon Doherty and Jessica Parker in Girls Just Wanna Have ...

Battlefield 2025 - Movie Review

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

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We're going to need a bigger desert. Beginning with some interesting looks at space as a mysterious alien scout approaches our tiny blue planet, Battlefield 2025 takes its time positioning all the moving character pieces in this science fiction movie. The people, whose ...

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 ...