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Jack Frost: Collector’s Edition - MVD Rewind Collection (1997) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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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 ...

The Xrossing - Movie Review

Details: Published: 13 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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The Perth Hills are on fire again! In a figurative sense, that is as souls cry out for a path toward paradise. If it sounds too poetic to be achieved in a couple of hours, just know that The Xrossing, a tough coming-of-age story which is dedicated to the memory of Andrew “Drewz” Namok - will ...

Dune - 4k UHD Review

Details: Published: 07 November 2021; Written by Emily Strong

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Continuing his string of slow-burn, meditative science fiction films, director Denis Villeneuve’s version of Dune has finally given the epic tale a much-deserved justice. Now…I am not here to drag David Lynch’s Dune (1984) through the dirt with a boat load of low-blow comparisons. (In fact, I think ...

The 355 - Movie Review

Details: Published: 14 January 2022; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Wasted talent. That’s the most economical way to sum up The 355, a female-led globetrotting espionage action thriller that finds its multi-racial cast of Hollywood A-listers muddling through a script so lazily written it gives generic a bad name ...

The Tragedy of Macbeth - Movie Review

Details: Published: 12 January 2022; Written by Emily Strong

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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” Coming off the 2018’s western anthology film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, audiences were probably not anticipating the Coen brothers’ next film to be a gothic, expressionistic Shakespeare adaption. Oh, and yeah…one of ...

The Surprise Visit - Movie Review

Details: Published: 12 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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Sometimes there just isn’t an easy way out of a really bad situation. Go ahead and get those happy thoughts out of your head. The Surprise Visit is not based on a happy occasion. Not at all. This is a film full of many twists and violent turns as a routine robbery goes tits up and someone is murdered. The fallout is ...

Breeder - Movie Review

Details: Published: 11 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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This is a dark, dark, dark film to watch. Make sure you are in the right headspace before you even wander down into the depths of Breeder’s rabbit hole. You might not be the same person coming out ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema, Volume V: Outside the Law (1956) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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Director Jack Arnold was Universal’s go-to guy when they wanted a quick hit. He proved himself mightily as he churned out classics like It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Revenge of the Creature (1955), Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible Shrinking ...

Old Strangers - Movie Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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Tired of the ongoing pandemic yet? You won’t be after this unsettling chiller is viewed. Old Strangers, which capitalizes smartly on both the pandemic and our desire to reunite with a feast of friends, is a frightening look at gatherings gone bad. Once this film comes to its conclusion, you'll ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema, Volume V: Because of You (1952) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 January 2022; Written by Loron Hays

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Loretta Young is a wholesome brunette no more! As a naive blonde bombshell, this one-time gangster’s moll finds herself with a deep, dark secret. Because of You is the film that launched Tony Bennett's career as the title song became his first Number 1 hit, but it is also progressive for its era ...