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Trick or Treats (1982) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 17 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Any film that credits Orson Welles as Magic Consultant must be, at the very least, viewed once in a person’s life. Even if the film is a big pile of stinky poop. Horror film or cult comedy? You decide. The film is not successful at either and yet it continues to exist and, as you’d ...

Abominable: MVD Rewind Collection (2006) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 15 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Who knew that Bigfoot was an overgrown peeping Tom? Someone did because, in the fully restored version of Abominable, fans get to see that hairy bastard spy on a showering girl and then, as she comes near the window to close it, witness him reach right in, pull ...

Tag (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 15 June 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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You know you’ve just watched a bad movie when the post-credits video montage of the real characters who inspired the story is the best part of the entire ordeal. That’s exactly the case with Tag, a film inspired by the real-life story of a group of middle-aged men who’ve been playing an ...

Superfly (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 14 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Drug deals encounter Jiu-Jitsu and well-manicured hair in this upmarket remake of what was once a memorable and super gritty Blaxploitation classic. Super Fly from 1972 might have been a haphazard and guerilla-styled shoot in NYC, but at least ...

Ninja III: The Domination Collector's Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 13 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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In which a schlocky cult classic - complete with beauty, brawn, and brains - is REBORN! Time to dance your fear away, fight in a dusty graveyard, and sharpen those badass blades of fury. Just know this about that long missing deleted scene: it isn’t included and is likely gone ...

Let Dumbo the Flying Elephant Steal Your Heart in the First Trailer for Disney's DUMBO

Details: Published: 13 June 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

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From the deep purse strings of Disney and the imagination of Tim Burton comes the first teaser trailer for the remake of the Disney classic Dumbo, about a flying elephant who saves a struggling circus. And you can watch it below....

Spetters (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 12 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Paul Verhoeven does not make bad films. Argue with me all you want to about the massive raspberry that you claim is Showgirls and I will defend it to my last breath. It is everything that it is BY DESIGN. Verhoeven, the Dutch filmmaker that gave us RoboCop, Total Recall ...

Get Back in Time with Jack Maniak’s Code 403 - Music Review

Details: Published: 12 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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Jack Maniak Coce 403 - Music Review

This is a landscape of ash. Dark sunrises and even darker sunsets await those who venture out into this toxic wasteland. Some occupants, too poor to afford the rent as an off-lander, have no choice but to wander below as ravagers with breathing apparatuses covering ...

Tomb Raider (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 11 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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At least the filmmakers got the character right. Fist pumping all the way out of the theater this March, that was my big takeaway from this reboot. Finally, a Lara Croft film that felt EXACTLY like the character should. She just needed a better storyline. Maybe next time, right? ...

The Hurricane Heist (2018) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 10 June 2018; Written by Loron Hays

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First and foremost, director Rob Cohen's latest flick does NOT rock you like a hurricane. It might, in fact, do the opposite and put your ass to sleep. Somehow the director of The Fast and The Furious, Dragonheart, xXx, and Daylight inexplicably drains the mighty ferociousness ...