DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

Details: Created: 18 May 2021; Published: 18 May 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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“I’m on TV! I’m on TV!” Because we all love the scene-stealing LUNACY of a Cage-centered meltdown, especially when his character is named Rick Santoro! Go, Tyler! Go, Tyler! Goooooooooo! ...

Details: Created: 15 April 2020; Published: 16 April 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Twice now, in different decades, Star Wars has resurrected itself and rewarded Lucas handsomely. With the recent sequel trilogy now behind us, the parallels between their reception and the era of the prequel trilogy are difficult to ignore. Both critics and the Star Wars fan base have major issues with ...

Details: Created: 24 April 2021; Published: 24 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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The spongy post-apocalyptic trip that is Waterworld, Dear Readers, is NOT the belly flop you were looking for. Dances with Waves? Think again. This film, warts and bruises and all, continues to arrive safely upon receptive shores with yet another new transfer which carries the same message ...

Details: Created: 13 April 2020; Published: 13 April 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

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This film would be the culmination for a generation of Star Wars fans, and we couldn’t have been better primed for it. We would wait three years to learn the answers to the most tantalizing cliffhangers ever conceived. Was Han Solo gone forever? Was Darth Vader lying to Luke? I can ...

Details: Created: 23 April 2021; Published: 23 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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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 ...

Details: Created: 27 December 2019; 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 ...

Details: Created: 18 April 2021; Published: 18 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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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? ...

Details: Created: 17 April 2021; Published: 17 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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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 ...

Details: Created: 23 July 2021; Published: 23 July 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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If your maitre d’s offer of free private access to a secluded beach that you will share with only a few select fellow guests seems too good to be true, it’s probably because it is. ...

Details: Created: 10 April 2020; Published: 10 April 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

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The greatest sequel ever made… There. Done… Oh, you want more? All right then. Star Wars changed cinema forever. Some say to its detriment. Its penetration into the world’s lexicon was all encompassing. It was in everyone’s vernacular after 1977, and made the left of field auteur George Lucas the ...

Details: Created: 15 April 2021; Published: 15 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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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 ...

Details: Created: 08 April 2020; Published: 08 April 2020; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Star Wars’ new caretakers, Disney, have gone to painstaking work to be able to release this series of films for the first time in 4K. After purchasing the franchise from George Lucas, acquiring 20th Century Fox, and continuing the Star Wars saga with (so far) 5 new ...

Details: Created: 13 April 2021; Published: 13 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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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! ...

Details: Created: 17 December 2019; Published: 17 December 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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If one of the final moments of director J. J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker - two lightsabers sinking into the sands of Tattooine - hits you rather hollow, it is by the director’s choice. The Skywalker Saga is over with this film, but what’s shocking is that it really doesn’t feel ...

Details: Created: 08 April 2021; Published: 08 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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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 ...