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Free Guy - 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 August 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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What if all the non-playable characters (NPCs) in video games – the background characters controlled by the game's artificial intelligence (AI) rather than by a gamer – suddenly broke out and began taking control of their own destinies? Would anyone play a video game that awards points for ...

Old - 4K UHD Blu-ray Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook Review

Details: Published: 23 July 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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If your maitre d’s offer of free private access to a secluded beach that you will share with only a few select fellow guests seems too good to be true, it’s probably because it is. ...

The Night House - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 August 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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What makes for great horror? Some prefer in-your-face blood and graphic violence, while others are spooked by the unsettling things that can’t be seen – the things that happen just off screen or in the corners of the frame. Fans of the latter, do we have a film for you! ...

The Green Knight - 4k UHD Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 03 August 2021; Written by Emily Strong

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“Is it wrong to want greatness for you?” David Lowrey’s new visual marvel, The Green Knight, challenges the very notion of greatness and honor in this 21st-century retelling of the 14th-century poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. What exactly does achieving greatness and honor ...

Through the Fire (1988) Vinegar Syndrome Exclusive - Blu-Ray Review

Details: Published: 20 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Black magic! Like in Marilyn's books! This demon wants a lifeless body to control! Through the Fire begins with a flat tire. We have a glorious wide shot in which a white car comes to a stop against a night full of stars. That single shot is pretty awe-inspiring. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie is ...

The Last Duel - Movie Review

Details: Published: 21 October 2021; Written by Emily Strong

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“God will not punish those who tell the truth.” One story – three conflicting points of view – two possible outcomes. Though set in the end of the long-ago time of the late 14th century, director Ridley Scott’s newest film, The Last Duel (one of two films from the filmmaking legend we get this ...

Girls School Screamers (1986) Vinegar Syndrome Exclusive - Blu-Ray Review

Details: Published: 20 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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“Kiss me, Tyler!” Alright, alright, so Girls School Screamers might be on the rather cheap end of Z-grade budget horror, but from the very beginning (in which a ghost in a wedding with worms and maggots dangling from her face scares a little boy so badly he runs from the house), to its ...

Smoke & Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini - Movie Review

Details: Published: 19 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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You know you are getting old when this happens: a career-defining documentary about a celebrity whose work in horror films you grew up admiring. Except they - like you - are no longer among the young. The passing of time sucks in that way, my friends, but here we are . . . facing the wrong end ...

Mad Love: Warner Archive Collection (1935) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Metallic hands and dark glasses! There can be only one Dr. Gogol! Maybe it is the warning that is issued as the film begins in total blackness or maybe it is the way that Peter Lorre is lit and filmed throughout this horror film, but Mad Love absolutely works its twisted ways in a modern viewing and ...

Alien from LA (1988) Vinegar Syndrome Exclusive - Blu-Ray Review

Details: Published: 18 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Once Upon a Time there lived a young woman named Wanda (Kathy Ireland. You know the name. Look up the number!) and she really wanted to change in order to please her surfer boyfriend. She can change! She wants to change! ...