“There’s nothing you can do for him now.” This backwoods romp through the sticks filled with some pretty heinous-looking creatures is exactly what has been missing in the independent film community. A Hard Place, director J. Horton’s crime thriller turned apocalyptic showdown ...

Barry Shear's Across 110th Street remains a hard-hitting look at racial violence in the streets of New York City. Loaded with hundreds of F-bombs, there's no denying its visceral power and, while the film gets lumped in with a lot of other Blaxploitation flicks from the era, the gritty realism  ...

Finding Nicole does everything right.  It is fun and flirty when it needs to be and completely captivating as a once in a lifetime love turns apocalyptic and absolutely harrowing, resulting in an independent film which - above everything else - is an empowering testament to   ...

It’s The Regulators vs The Outlaws! Den of Thieves, consisting of the first and the sequel, aren’t the most complicated of films.  They are violent, gritty, and deal with sociopaths disguising themselves as modern men.  The films are cops and robbers capers with just a bit more drama when it comes to  ...

Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow remains an absolute joy ride through pure imagination.  It is - by design - retro in feeling, high on nostalgia, pulpy in its comic book fantasy, and - thanks to Shout! Factory - now hitting its stride on home video thanks to this 4K treatment.  It seems the times  ...

The Long Kiss Goodnight, the critically-panned 1996 American action thriller film co-produced and directed by Renny Harlin and written by Shane Black, has finally arrived on 4K thanks to the fine efforts of Arrow Video.  This brand new 4K restoration has been minted from the original 35mm  ...

Inglourious Basterds is a Tarantino film through and through. But to call it that is actually a bit of a slight to Tarantino himself. The filmmaker has carved out a highly recognizable but only marginally commercial niche as a director of extremes. Extreme violence, wit and recklessness are always prominent  ...

Once upon a time ago, Pam Grier – with her name proudly resting ABOVE the titles – could sell a movie. Hell, she WAS the movie. What a powerful time in movie history that was; an African-American woman selling an action flick. Such is the case with William Girdler's Sheba, Baby,  ...

Tom Cruise returns – one last time – as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, the adrenaline-charged finale to a franchise defined by its stunning stunts and high-stakes adventures. While most of the things that have made the franchise what it is over  ...

Shout Factory has taken us back to the grit and grime of the Los Angeles streets circa 1973, thanks to their restoration and release of Jack Hill’s blaxploitation cult classic, Coffy, which is part of their Blaxploitation Classics, Vol. 1 release, a set which features THE BADDEST CATS TO STEP  ...