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DVD Review – 1992 – The Complete Season

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1992 – The Complete Season Directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi Starring Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, Miriam Leone, Domenico Diele, Tea Falco, Alessandro Roja SYNOPSIS: Follows six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape of early 90’s Italy. Focusing its glossy and well-developed contextual gaze on the Italy of the early 90’s, 1992 is […]

DVD Review – The Houses of Halloween (2014)

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The Houses of Halloween, 2014 Directed by Bobby Roe. Starring Brandy Schaefer, Mikey Roe, Zack Andrews, Jeff Larson and Bobby Roe. SYNOPSIS: Five filmmakers set off on a road trip to track down alternative underground Halloween festivities and the ultimate scare-filled experience. Just when their search seems to reach a dead-end, strange and disturbing things start happening, meaning the experience […]

DVD Review – Fog and Crimes Season 3

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Fog and Crimes (Nebbie e Delitti) Season 3 Directed by Gianpaolo Tescari. Starring Luca Barbareschi, Anna Valle. Celese Cuppone, Emanuele Arrigazzi, Rosa Pianeta and Natasha Stefanenko.   SYNOPSIS: Police investigator Franco Soneri  leaves behind the mists of Ferrara and re-locates to the city of Turin; a move that opens up new professional and personal challenges… […]

Movie Review – Mia Madre (2015)

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Mia Madre, 2015. Directed by Nanni Moretti. Starring Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini and Stefano Abbati. SYNOPSIS : Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother. Nanni Moretti, an Italian master at fusing emotionally engaging […]

Blu-ray Review – Hard to be a God (2013)

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Hard to be a God, 2013. Directed by Aleksei German. Starring Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Valeriy Boltyshev, Yuriy Ashikhmin, Evgeniy Gerchakov and Yuriy Tsurilo. SYNOPSIS :  A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to study the local civilization, which is in the medieval phase of its own history… Humankind and their alien […]

DVD Review – Julia (2014)

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Julia, 2014. Directed by Matthew A. Brown. Starring Ashley C.Williams, Tahyna Tozzi, Jack Noseworthy, Ryan Cooper and Brad Koed. SYNOPSIS: A neo-noir revenge thriller centering on Julia, who after suffering a brutal trauma, falls prey to an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself. This debut feature from writer-director Matthew A. Brown joins the ranks […]

Comic Book Review – Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire #1

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Robert W Monk review Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire #1… Atomic Robo disappeared two years ago when Tesladyne was invaded by Majestic 12 and transformed into ULTRA, a task force leveraging the U.S. surveillance and military industries against scientific pursuits deemed to be hazardous. Now, the few remaining Action Scientists finally have a […]

Blu-ray Review – Nightmare City (1980)

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Nightmare City (Incubo Sulla Citta Contaminata), 1980. Directed by Umberto Lenzi. Starring Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Mel Ferrer, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal, Sonia Viviani, Eduardo Fajardo and Ugo Bologna. SYNOPSIS : A mysterious radiation exposed airplane lands, unleashing a deadly crew of blood sucking zombies. A reporter and his doctor wife track their progress on their deadly mission […]

Blu-ray Review – Madman (1982)

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Madman, 1982. Directed by Joe Giannone. Starring Paul Ehlers, Gaylen Ross, Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones, Jan Claire, Carl Fredericks and Jimmy Steele. SYNOPSIS: A summer youth camp group is warned to never call out the name of local killer Madman Marz in case he comes looking for fresh kills. Unfortunately, that is just […]