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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 28 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Murders in the Rue Morgue was a gift to Bela Lugosi. After being axed from Frankenstein, Universal Pictures’ President Carl Laemmle Jr. offered him the role of the lunatic scientist who abducts women and then injects them with the blood of his pet ape, Erik (performed by Charles Gemora). Lugosi, not willing ...

Teen Titans: The Complete Series (2003 - 2006) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 27 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Teen Titans, GO! The pseudo-anime style. The jokes. And, man, the storylines. Teen Titans has it all! This cartoon series - with a cast of superhero characters that included Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven - kicked all sorts of ass during its original three year run. Now, thanks to ...

Universal Horror Collection Volume Three: Tower of London (1939), Man-Made Monster (1941), The Black Cat (1941), Horror Island (1941) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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More thrills and even more chills! Karloff. Lugosi. Rathbone. And Vincent Price in his film debut. What’s not to love about these names or their film legacies? Absolutely nothing at all and the proof is Scream Factory's new 2K scanned release of the films that make up the ...

Little Women (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 27 December 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Raise your hand if the news of yet another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women coming to theaters on Christmas Day failed to jingle your bells. Okay, we can all put them down now. After all, with so many previous adaptations – including 1949’s version starring Elizabeth Taylor and ...

Blood Hound - Movie Review

Details: Published: 24 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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You ever get that feeling your stomach that something bad is going to happen? That’s the question the private investigator at the center of this thriller asks us during Blood Hound’s wild (an unexpected) opening. Pay attention to that scene. While the violent events that it documents might rattle ...

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 July 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood has everything you expect in a Tarantino film; extreme violence, black humor, loving tribute, and plenty of pop culture iconography. It’s all there. We’ve become experts at spotting his stylistic trademarks ...

It Chapter Two - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 05 September 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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When Stephen King’s doorstop novel was adapted for TV in the 90’s, it accomplished what shouldn’t have been possible. King’s novel is a behemoth tome, with dozens of characters, and was one of his truly graphic forays into the horror genre for ...

The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 22 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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And this is why you do NOT overdo it with peanut butter. Thank God we can all learn from Michael’s (Matthew Mackay) messy misadventures with a lot of gooey crap and way too much peanut butter. If David Lynch made a children’s movie, it is no stretch of the imagination to suggest that it ...

Cats (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 20 December 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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There’s a reason Cats had such a successful Broadway run as one of the longest-running musicals in history with over 7,000 performances spanning some 18 years. Many reasons, actually. The biggest being the brilliant songs and catchy tunes from Andrew Lloyd Webber. They are simply wonderful, and ...

It's a Wonderful Life - 4K Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 December 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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There are touchstone pictures that transcend any generation, no matter when they were born, that fall under the MUST WATCH category. They are masterpieces. Films like Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre, (I know! Bogart nut) it doesn’t matter. If you are a film aficionado, a general viewer, a ...