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Lamb - Movie Review

Details: Published: 15 October 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Grief is a powerful force. Everyone knows it, and those who’ve experienced it, fear it. But never has the burden of its weight been illustrated with such heartbreak as it is in Lamb, a wild and woolly little folktale from A24, the wonderful little studio that brought us Midsommar and Hereditary ...

The Hustle - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 May 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin - itself a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story. I say “almost” because ...

F9 - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 25 June 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Climb in and enjoy the ride, suckas! There’s no need for roads where this franchise is headed! Space awaits! Yes, this is where F9 heads and you will love the sheer ridiculousness of it all as the 9th film in the series gets both the FAST and the FURIOUS back on track, avoiding the Moonraker-sized ...

Dead Space: Limited Edition - Shout! Factory Exclusive (1991)

Details: Published: 12 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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A cure for a virus has some serious consequences, especially when Dead Space is involved! It’s big and its bad attitude gives it the upper hand in this . . . remake of a rip-off?! Yup. There is an interesting cut which happens early in Fred Gallo’s Dead Space, a remake of Roger Corman’s ...

Dashcam - Movie Review

Details: Published: 11 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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People are going to believe whatever they want to believe. That statement, considering our current political and pandemic environment, has never been more true than it is today as isolation has soaked into our collective consciousness. Alongside confusion, virtual gatherings, and disturbing video ...

Elvira’s Haunted Hills: Collector’s Edition (2001) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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There is an easy but irreverent joke in the title of Elvira’s Haunted Hills. Figure it out and actually laugh out loud and you will easily enjoy this throwback trope-utilizing flick. Oh, it’s corny lowbrow horror escapism, complete with secret passageways and family curses, but fans of Elvira aren’t ...

Fade to Black (1980) Vinegar Syndrome Exclusive - Blu-Ray Review

Details: Published: 08 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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“Stop filling your head with all that useless trivia!” Fade to Black lives on the fringes of cinema fanaticism. This slasher celebrates the gray areas in life, where fantasy and reality come crashing together, as one young cinephile takes matters into his own hands and takes down all ...

The Cellar (1988) Vinegar Syndrome Exclusive - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 07 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Children shouldn’t play with spears. End of story. There’s something EVIL bubbling just under the soil on this cursed farmland in Texas. What it is though isn’t exactly too thrilled that this family has arrived. Just witness the burning of the wooden oil pump as a young boy ...

The Old Ways - Movie Review

Details: Published: 07 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Sometimes you really shouldn’t go sniffing around for a story to report. Leave well enough alone, you know? Especially if it is witchcraft that you are after. The Old Ways is what happens when warning signs go ignored. Or was it always destined to end this way after all? ...

The Lamp (1987) Vinegar Syndrome Exclusive - Blu-Ray Review

Details: Published: 06 October 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Death by trouser snake! With a ripe sense of eeriness kicking about its engines, The Lamp (aka The Outing) begins deep in the past as a daughter watches her mother hopelessly die at the hands of a murderous Jinn. We are in Galveston, Texas circa 1893 to be precise ...