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Blu-ray Review – Cocaine Bear (2023)

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Cocaine Bear, 2023. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Christian Convery, Margo Martindale, Brooklynn Prince, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Isiah Whitlock Jr. SYNOPSIS: A bear goes on the rampage after finding a stash of cocaine that a drug kingpin threw from a plane. You may think that Cocaine Bear is […]

Blu-ray Review – Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels

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Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels Directed by Ricky Lau/Ching-Ying Lam. Starring Lam Ching-Ying, Siu-Ho Chin, Billy Lau, Fat Chung, Moon Lee, Fung Woo, Richard Ng, and Fong Lui. SYNOPSIS: A box set featuring four sequels to the Chinese martial arts horror/comedy classic Mr. Vampire. It has taken nearly three years but the wizards at […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

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Brotherhood of the Wolf, 2001. Directed by Christophe Gans. Starring Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Émilie Dequenne, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, and Jacques Perrin. SYNOPSIS: In 18th century rural France, a royal knight and his Native American companion are called in to investigate several murders allegedly committed by some sort of supernatural beast. […]

Movie Review – Love Again (2023)

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Love Again, 2023. Directed by Jim Strouse. Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, and Céline Dion. SYNOPSIS: A young woman tries to ease the pain of her fiancé’s death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number and forms a connection with the man the number has been reassigned to. If you think […]

Movie Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Featuring Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan. SYNOPSIS: “Follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.” Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie […]

The Evil Dead to Evil Dead Rise: Ranking the Evil Dead franchise

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With Evil Dead Rise now streaming [read our review here], William Stottor ranks the Evil Dead franchise from worst to best… 5 – Army of Darkness (1992) In a nutshell: absolutely balmy, even for this absurd film series. Army of Darkness is considerably lighter in tone than any other Evil Dead film and whilst it […]

Ten John Wick-Inspired Movies For Your Action Fix

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Hasitha Fernando dives into ten John Wick-inspired movies to give you your action fix… Every couple of years an action movie would come along that instantly becomes a gamechanger in the genre and the template to be followed for the next decade or so – John Wick was such a film. Released in 2014 the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

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Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, John Jarratt, Helen Morse, Margaret Nelson, and Anthony Llewellyn-Jones. SYNOPSIS: Three students and a teacher go missing on a school trip, causing much drama in the aftermath. Peter Weir’s 1975 classic Picnic at Hanging Rock begins on Valentine’s Day […]

Movie Review – Hellbender (2021)

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Hellbender, 2021. Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams & Toby Poser. Starring Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rob Figueroa, and Rinzin Thonden. SYNOPSIS: An isolated and lonely teenage girl discovers a family secret that challenges and changes everything she ever believed. Shudder Original movie Hellbender opens with the credits informing you that […]