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Trailer Watch: NEEDLE IN A TIMESTACK

Details: Published: 16 September 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Netflix follows its short teaser that debuted earlier this month with the full trailer for the reboot of Benji, the popular Joe Camp written and directed film of the '70s that launched Benji-mania into American consciousness and carved a place for scruffy little puppies into the hearts of ...

Royal Jelly - Movie Review

Details: Published: 14 September 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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This is what grooming looks like when taken to the next level. Forget petty crimes, Horror Hounds, Aster - who hangs out with the bees (not the birds) - is about to find herself in the thick of it thanks to a diseased hive and her mysterious mentor’s conniving plan to make her the next queen! ...

Trailer Watch – WEST SIDE STORY

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

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Here it is, folks. The moment we've all been waiting for. 20th Century just dropped the official full trailer for Steven Spielberg's remake of the 1961 classic film, West Side Story. And you can check it out below ...

Trailer Watch - BINGO HELL

Details: Published: 14 September 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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UNSETTLE IN and watch the official trailer and check out the poster for the horror thriller Bingo Hell from Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Television’s second installment of WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE, a collection of spine-chilling thrillers developed and produced ...

In the Heights - 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 June 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu teams up with Tony-Award winning playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda to bring this year’s most electrifying film to theaters and HBO Max. In the Heights is a beautifully orchestrated celebration of diversity, heritage, and the Latin culture that just might be ...

Malignant - Movie Review

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

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The intense stage lighting. The stylized production design. The black gloved-hand killer. The dramatic and often weirdly over-stylized music with electronic throbbing Goblin-like rhythm and pulses. And, yes, the buckets of blood splashed everywhere. If this were the 1970s, the best decade for ...

It Came From Below - Movie Review

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

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Miles Below The Earth. It Was Awakened. There is a lot more to people than just what shows on the surface. It is going to take Jessie and her friends a trip underground to realize this. It Came From Below, with a solid creature design at its center, is a psychological thriller from award-winning ...

Escape To The Cove - Movie Review

Details: Published: 05 September 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Writer and director Robert Enriquez’s Escape To The Cove is both prophetic and disturbing in its vision of mankind’s future. Consider the opening in which a family photograph is splattered with mucus or something spit up from an infected human being. That’s right, Escape To The Cove is a timely ...

The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 03 September 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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As if we needed another reason NOT to drive through the desolate region of America’s Southwest! The Brotherhood of Satan reminds us of all that could (and probably will go wrong) with an idea like that. Come across a car full of dead people? Just keep driving faster! No one is going to be helping ...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Movie Review

Details: Published: 03 September 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Alright, Marvel Fans, you can exhale now. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is an absolute thrill from start to finish. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the addition of this movie, absolutely blooms with a kick-ass showstopper thanks to the high kicks, the heart, and the ...