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- Created: 17 November 2020
- Published: 17 November 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
From identical dresses to the fire which ravishes Manderley, the second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) can never, ever take the place of Rebecca. Cue the romance, the heartbreak, the haunted tension and wind it all up because this film is all about the snap. That’s what makes this ...
Read more: Rebecca: Criterion Collection (1940) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 26 May 2021
- Published: 26 May 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Guns! Sin! And bathtub gin! In this women-centered d♀uble feature from Shout! Factory, Crazy Mama takes a commanding lead for Producer Roger Corman as Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman pulls off yet another crazy character with that of Melba Stokes as she and her crazy family embark on a road trip like ...
Read more: Crazy Mama/The Lady in Red D♀uble Feature (1975, 1979) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 10 November 2020
- Published: 10 November 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
A minister-turned-serial killer in one of the most beautiful films ever made by Hollywood? Sure. Why not? When the results of exaggerated set designs and a directing style reminiscent of early silent cinema are as good as they are in The Night of the Hunter, no one is going to complain ...
Read more: The Night of the Hunter: Criterion Collection (1955)
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- Created: 09 December 2020
- Published: 09 December 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
Well, this one had a pained and storied journey to the big screen. Filmed in 2017 after three years of developed, and falling prey to 20th Century Fox indecision, this Josh Boone directed X-Men spin-off production went through several re-workings before, during and after (in fact LONG after) ...
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- Created: 27 May 2021
- Published: 27 May 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
It might be intense and rather somber, but there’s no mistaking the meaning behind Revenge of the Bushido Blade! Someone is out for BLOOD! Presented for the first time in a brilliant and shockingly glossy 4K remaster, Revenge of the Bushido Blade (aka The Last Reunion or ...
Read more: Revenge of the Bushido Blade (1978) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 10 July 2020
- Published: 10 July 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
There’s something about a Judd Apatow film that identifies itself almost immediately. Whether it’s gut-busting humor simply for the sake of making us laugh, or foul language and raunchiness with the sole intention of allowing us to be happy wallowing in our own consenting adulthood, his ...
Read more: The King of Staten Island (2020) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 27 October 2020
- Published: 27 October 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Was he trying to kiss or kill her on that hilltop? The verdict is still out as Suspicion makes its debut on blu-ray thanks to the efforts of the Warner Archive Collection. Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Francis Iles's novel Before the Fact - which is as dissimilar as they...
Read more: Suspicion: Warner Archive Collection (1941) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 25 May 2021
- Published: 25 May 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Boobs! Bullets! Bawdy Babes! What’s not to love about Angie Dickinson in Big Bad Mama?! Nothing! Absolutely nothing! And producer Roger Corman knows it which is why Big Bad Mama is a curvaceous cult classic. The sequel made in 1987? Well, not so much, but - hey- (going ...
Read more: Big Bad Mama/Big Bad Mama II: Big Bad Double Feature (1974, 1987) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 07 August 2020
- Published: 07 August 2020
- Written by Frank Wilkins
If you’ve not yet become totally comfortable with the whole AirBnB home-sharing thing yet, then stay away from The Rental. It’s the new film from first-time director Dave Franco (yes, that Dave Franco) and it plays off the distrust many have about staying in the home of a complete stranger. Think about ...
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- Created: 21 October 2020
- Published: 21 October 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
You can’t say that Hitchcock didn’t warn audiences of Hitler. He made several films with Hitler’s world view overhanging the shadows in each frame. But, after a decade in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock took that warning to a new level and gave audiences the ultimate romance between a ...
Read more: Notorious: Criterion Collection (1946) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 20 May 2021
- Published: 20 May 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
Because the “good old boy” way of doing things needs to get steamrolled by a 1942 M4 Sherman tank from time to time! There are a few valuable lessons to be learned from this sometimes witty Smokey and the Bandit wannabe title ...
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- Created: 13 October 2020
- Published: 13 October 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
“I know what happens in those mystery pictures! A guy walks over to a perfectly ordinary door he opens it up and - ZOWIE! - out falls a body right on its kisser!” And, of course, a body falls to the ground! When it comes to getting the tone of horror comedies right, you have to sometimes go ...
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- Created: 09 November 2020
- Published: 09 November 2020
- Written by Christopher Symonds
The product of two A-list protégés (at the time) floundering in their careers; a script deemed too dirty by Disney, and not dirty enough by other studios (this was era of sex comedies). Back to the Future, despite being one of the tightest screenplays ever written (then and now) just could not ...
Read more: Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy - 4K Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 18 May 2021
- Published: 18 May 2021
- Written by Loron Hays
“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! ...
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- Created: 12 October 2020
- Published: 12 October 2020
- Written by Loron Hays
Sandra! Junior? SANDRA! Junior? SAAAANNNNNDRA! Having successfully stolen the show in 1941’s One Night in the Tropics, the comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello - who were big on radio but untested on film - were quickly signed by Universal Pictures ...
