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Cary Grant Collection: Big Brown Eyes (1936) - Blu-ray Review

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

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The Awful Truth might have been Cary Grant’s first SUCCESSFUL screwball comedy, but Big Brown Eyes - with its witty dialogue and snappy performances - is, for my money' worth, the FIRST screwball comedy that he starred in. Never heard of it? Change that. Quick ...

We Got a Monkey's Paw (short) - Movie Review

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

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Freakin’ hilarious, Horror Hounds and Gore-Gore Ghouls! We Got a Monkey’s Paw, co-written by Zack Ogle and Aaron Pagniano (who also directs this short), is a blissfully zany slice of horror comedy that fans of Evil Dead 2 and Holliston are going to go absolutely wild for when it debuts ...

Cary Grant Collection: Ladies Should Listen (1934) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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“How could it be hot when it’s Chile?” Businessman Julian De Lussac (Cary Grant) is back in Paris and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. At all. Which makes this Grant-centered film, his 17th film, a fun jaunt down the romantic comedy aisle of a bygone era. Ladies Should Listen, only ...

#Alive - Movie Review

Details: Published: 11 September 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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So, you think you have it bad with mask mandates, social distancing, and quarantine-in-place orders? That’s nothing compared to what Joon-Woo (Ah-In Yoo) is going through in the new movie called #Alive that is making its American debut on Netflix this week ...

The First Trailer for Denis Villeneuve's DUNE Is Here - Watch

Details: Published: 09 September 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Warner Bros. just dropped the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve's vision for his adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune. And boy, is it a doozy! The film is slated to hit theaters (and only theaters) this holiday season on December 18 ...

The Last Laugh - Movie Review

Details: Published: 08 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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The stage. When you are a comedian, it can be a damn lonely place to be. Especially when crickets are the only thing heard from out in the void. The spotlight isn’t all it is cracked up to be. Ghost lights be damned. But in The Last Laugh - from The October People ...

Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) - Blu-ray Review

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

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Cinephile Kiddies and Cretins, come gather round and let me tell you a story about two bumbling reporters who, on an assignment to Dracula’s home turf, uncover the continuing reign of a bi-polar mad scientist who experiments on people, turning them into crotch-grabbing swamp monsters ...

Immortal - Movie Review

Details: Published: 04 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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No human was made for immortality. What could possibly be learned if there were no consequences to the crazy things we put our bodies through? But, snarky giggles aside, there is serious thought fueling the engine to Immortal, a new horror anthology premiering this September ...

Hawk & Rev: Vampire Slayers - Movie Review

Details: Published: 02 September 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Prepare yourselves, Cine-freaks and geeks. A frighteningly funny horror/comedy has arrived on the quarantined scene and, with its crazy ‘80s aesthetic and killer quick edits, Hawk & Rev: Vampire Slayers gets the work of slaughtering the supernatural done with hilarious and oh so bloody results ...

Tenet - Movie Review

Details: Published: 04 September 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Gather ‘round all you puzzle lovers. Have I got a challenge for you! With twisty logic, time-altering physics, and an alternate existence that defies reality, the highly anticipated new thriller called Tenet is the mental challenge puzzle masters trained their entire lives for. For all ...