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Licorice Pizza - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 December 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Let’s first address the elephant in the room: that unappealing title of the new film from Paul Thomas Anderson called Licorice Pizza. It comes from a now-defunct Southern California record store chain that enjoyed its heyday in the ‘70s. Perfectly appropriate for the weird ...

The Body of My Enemy (1976) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 May 2022; Written by Emily Strong

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It is not your average revenge flick. Nor is it what you would expect from director Henri Verneuil and star Jean-Paul Belmondo for what was their seventh picture together. There are no jaw-dropping stunts from the screen legend, and in fact there is hardly any exciting action in this ...

Sewer Gators - Movie Review

Details: Published: 17 May 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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Attention all shoppers! It’s going to be a crappy day when Sewer Gators is released! You mark your calendars now! June 3rd can’t get here fast enough. Don’t believe me? Go here and wait for the Sewer Gators to appear themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xahw04ZDgTM or ...

Jurassic World: 5-Movie Collection - 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray + Digital Copy (1993 - 2018)

Details: Published: 12 May 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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t’s time to go back . . . back to the park. With the arrival of Jurassic World: Dominion imminent in early June, re-visiting the world that Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park has created is a no-brainer and what better way to do it than in Ultra HD?! Thankfully, Universal has provided fans with all ...

The Bad Guys - Movie Review

Details: Published: 13 May 2022; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Hold onto your seats! Dreamworks Animation goes full speed ahead into its new chapter with The Bad Guys, a high octane animated thriller that steals from the heist films of the ‘60s and leans into the company’s new direction with an energy we’ve not seen from the studio in quite some time ...

Trip - Movie Review

Details: Published: 11 May 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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“We are therapists. Nuts are our specialty.” This is what despair looks like. It is cold and hollow, freezing its victims to the very core of their being. For one mother, it is her daughter’s unnatural suicide which invites this unwelcome visitor in, and she can’t seem to shake its grip. No bottle. No pill. No tear is ever ...

Dog - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 February 2022; Written by Frank Wilkins

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So, you think you’re carrying some emotional baggage? Wait until you see the giant gorilla-proof hardside suitcase of emotional trauma Lulu, the retired military dog, and former Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum) are toting around in the new road trip buddy film called Dog. Masking many ...

Turning Red - 4K UHD Review

Details: Published: 27 March 2022; Written by Emily Strong

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I think that everyone knows that those early teen years were…confusing…to say the least. Everyone has had their own traumatizing experiences from that time (whether you choose to remember them or not). However, there is a sense of comfort knowing that we all went through it and ...

They Talk - Movie Review

Details: Published: 09 May 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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If a film’s atmosphere could whisper all of its secrets, They Talk would never shut up. This horror film oozes with gothic goo and it does so with intelligence and respect for the horror genre as the past comes crawling out of the grave! ...

Sewer Gators - Trailer Watch

Details: Published: 09 May 2022; Written by Frank Wilkins

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When killer alligators unleash chaos on a from the sewers of a small Louisiana town, it's up to a local sheriff, an alligator expert, and an old gator hunter to kill the beasts ...