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- Created: 28 October 2020
- Written by Michelle Duy
I’ll say this about The Assistant: it’ll probably make you appreciate your own boss. That person is almost guaranteed to be better than the nameless tyrant dominating The Assistant. The movie depicts one long and ordinary day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a twenty something wannabe film ...
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- Created: 23 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Timeless TWO-COLOR Technicolor terror! It’s the return of the Moon Killer and this time it is thanks to a superb 4K restoration! That’s what awaits cult enthusiasts within the sheer horror that is 1932’s Doctor X, a pre-code murder-minded marvel in which rape and cannibalism get a headlining ...
Read more: Doctor X: Warner Archive Collection (1932) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 13 March 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
What if they made a movie and nobody came? That was the fear when the horror satire The Hunt was scheduled for release last fall before being delayed by a series of unfortunate events. First, it was the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings. Then a tweet about the film from our ...
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- Created: 21 September 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
THE POST SAVES EARL WILLIAMS! Hear all about it in His Girl Friday, now available on blu-ray thanks to the Criterion Collection. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell with standout performances from ...
Read more: His Girl Friday: Criterion Collection (1940) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 18 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
In which the cult-approved Nicolas Cage fights off demonic animatronic mascots! He even dances in one key sequence as he gets ready for the ultimate battle against the last remaining heavy, ol Willy himself! I mean, seriously, HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH THIS IDEA? ...
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- Created: 12 June 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
While browsing through your favorite streaming service last week, you probably flipped past the title card for the little-known Canadian thriller called Becky. Big mistake. Need convincing? It stars Kevin James as a swastika-tattooed neo-Nazi murderer. Yes, that Kevin James ...
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- Created: 19 September 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
If you ever get a hankering for some solid improvisational comedic skills on display throughout a major motion picture, look no further then director Leo McCarey’s slapstick comedy, The Awful Truth. It might have been his first film for Columbia Pictures, but that didn’t stop McCarey from ...
Read more: The Awful Truth: Criterion Collection (1937) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 17 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Mention independent director Andy Milligan in the wrong company and - WOW - you might find yourself submerged in the River of Jordan or receiving an exorcist by Father Merrin himself. He is that reviled by church-going folk, but then so is Rob Zombie, so maybe you should reconsider the ...
Read more: The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection (1968 - 1984)
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- Created: 25 June 2020
- Written by Michelle Duy
Knives Out (2019) is a clever murder mystery from writer and director Rian Johnson, the best quality of which is its awesome ensemble cast: Christopher Plummer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon and more. Everyone seems to enjoy their juicy ...
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- Created: 18 September 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Sometimes it takes meeting the wrong person to finally get to the right person. That’s one of the territories in Holiday, an often overlooked romantic comedy from 1938 which deals with clashing values and what it means to truly live as pie-in-the-sky dreamers mix drinks with the aristocrats ...
Read more: Holiday: Criterion Collection (1938) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 15 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Smokin’ babes with REVEALING outfits BADASS swords? Count me in! The myths! The legends! The NAKED women! Everything hangs out in this blu-ray twofer offering from the Roger Corman vaults of Shout! Factory and Corman’s fans have plenty of supple flesh to give thanks for as naked ...
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- Created: 22 June 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
With streaming now taking the lion’s share of the average household’s attention, it is getting harder and harder for the studios to entice us for yet another dip at their titles; especially when a great many of them are but a single click away on our smart TVs. It is wildly believed that physical home media ...
Read more: Jaws (1975) - 45th Anniversary Edition - 4K UHD Review
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- Created: 17 September 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
It’s the simplest twist of fates as Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard return to do battle with the supernatural in The Ghost Breakers! Voodoo, ghosts, and island-bound zombies! Add in a criminally underrated performance from Willie Best and you have the makings of another REEL CLASSIC! ...
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- Created: 13 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Babes! Boobs! Bare Bottoms! What do you get when a sea captain and a nun help seven beautiful prison escapees evade police officers and white slave traders? You get 1973’s The Big Bust-Out, that’s what you get! BAZINGA! ...
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- Created: 01 June 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Films of the ilk of last year’s Ad Astra are always a quandary for me to write about. With the output of most of Hollywood’s efforts being what some might sarcastically call formulaic and digestible, it is both a blessing and a curse when something is offered to buck the trend. James Gray’s science ...
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- Created: 15 September 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Swamp gators (with their mouths taped shut as evidenced by this crisp 4K handling!), dead lawyers, and mighty sums of money! Such frightful delights await those that can stay sane in the Norman clan. ...
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- Created: 08 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
When Italians do American-styled action flicks, they usually hit the stereotypes AND the action a hell of a lot harder than we do. Thought First Blood was a tough watch, especially when the entire town gets blown the hell up? Think again. Because Blastfighter, directed by Lamberto Bava ...
Read more: Blastfighter: Special Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 28 February 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Though more than eighty years have passed since Claude Rains donned the dark sunglasses, smoking jacket, and yards of ACE bandages in 1933’s The Invisible Man, the character still holds a firm place in the pantheon of Universal’s classic movie monsters. That’s not only a testament to the legacy of the studio’s monster ...
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- Created: 06 April 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
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 ...
Read more: Jungle Trap/Run Coyote Run (1990, 2016) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 06 March 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
What's the first question everyone asks whenever you’ve just watched a new Pixar film? “Where does it rank?” Of course, they’re asking where it fits within the hierarchy of Pixar films. And let’s face it, even a bad Pixar film tops most cinema fare these days, so when we say that Onward ranks ...
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- Created: 27 March 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
It is the year 2047 and, somewhere near Neptune, a missing research vessel has reappeared. It is up to the rescue ship, Lewis & Clark, to investigate its sudden reappearance and, with vital signs detected and a chill in the air, it is confirmed that what is on board is definitely not human ...
Read more: Event Horizon: Collector's Edition (1997) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 22 May 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
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 ...
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- Created: 17 March 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Maybe you've heard of The Karate Kid. Sure, sure, but nothing KICKS ASS like the gleam and determination of RAD . . . and, yes, that's entertainment that is in ALL CAPS! ...
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- Created: 15 May 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
When Harley Quinn has a bad day, it’s a good day for the rest of us. And Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is the proof. The very bad, rotten day had by Harley (Margot Robbie, I, Tonya), is told in side-splitting detail in the 24-hour comical frenzy ...
Read more: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 03 March 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
“I can do this. I am a dude! I am a hunky dude! I’m a badass hunky dude!” It seems impossible. It’s borderline unreal, but - according to the cursed calendar hanging on the wall - it has been 15 years since Amanda Bynes pretended to be a boy so that she could play soccer in the hilarious and endearingly sweet ...
Read more: She's the Man: 15th Anniversary Edition (2006) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 31 January 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
Who wasn't frightened as a child by the horrifically grim childhood fairy tale about an evil witch who bakes pastries to lure children into her home so she can cook and eat the youngsters for dinner? It’s a wonder any of us made it out of childhood without totally losing all of our marbles ...
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- Created: 23 February 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
GIANT STARFISH FROM SPACE! Holy crap, humans! Run for your lives! These baggy-suited martians with eyes where their stomachs ought to be might just tickle you to death ...
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- Created: 22 January 2021
- Written by Frank Wilkins
There’s very little that Tom Hanks hasn’t done. From enduring the discomfort of support brassieres in TV’s Bosom Buddies, to foiling pirates on the high seas in Captain Phillips, America’s favorite actor has just about done it all. The guy even battled his way through Covid-19 with the grace of ...
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- Created: 20 February 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Move over, Jason! There’s a new Boogeyman on the block and his name is . . . Virgil! Now, doesn’t that put the fear of God in you?! The filmmakers of this so-bad-its-not-really-good-at-all horror film were kind of banking on that draw. Oops. Virgil the ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period? Well, ...
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- Created: 17 January 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
What does a filmmaker do when attempting to revive a franchise that has lain dormant for more than a decade? In the case of Bad Boys For Life, directors Adil and Bilall do what most other filmmakers have done: they adapt the story to fit a new cultural landscape, they riff ...
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