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4K Ultra HD Review – Creepshow 2 (1987)

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Creepshow 2, 1987. Directed by Michael Gornick, Starring Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy’s favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker. When Creepshow 2 first lurched onto screens […]

Blu-ray Review – The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)

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The Diabolical Dr. Z, 1966. Directed by Jess Franco. Starring Estella Blain, Howard Vernon, Mabel Karr, Fernando Montes, Cris Huerta, Jess Franco, and Antonio Jiménez Escribano. SYNOPSIS: After a fatal heart attack kills her father, the daughter of Dr. Z seeks revenge by using her father’s experiments in mind control. The title The Diabolical Dr. […]

10 Must-See Boxing Movies That Pack a Punch

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Casey Chong with ten must-see boxing movies for your watch list… Boxing movies are as old as time, stretching way back to the black and white era with the likes of The Set-Up in 1949 and Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956. Of course, no list of boxing movies would be complete without mentioning […]

90s Guilty Pleasure Thrillers So Bad They’re Actually Good

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Casey Chong presents a selection of ‘so bad they’re good’ thrillers of the 1990s that are worth adding to your watch list… The 1990s were a decade that saw an influx of great thrillers, covering movies like Misery, Pacific Heights, The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en, to name a few. The same decade also […]

Blu-ray Review – The Ambulance (1990)

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The Ambulance, 1990. Directed by Larry Cohen. Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Red Buttons, Stan Lee, Janine Turner, and Eric Braeden. SYNOPSIS: A man gets involved in a mystery when a woman he is flirting with collapses and gets picked up by a mysterious ambulance that no one can trace. On the […]

10 Essential Chuck Norris Movies

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Casey Chong presents ten must-see Chuck Norris movies… Chuck Norris has become the subject of memes in today’s era, attributed to his larger-than-life, tough-guy persona that defined his action movies back in the day. A world champion in Karate, Norris made his big-screen breakthrough when he fought against Bruce Lee in The Way of the […]

Blu-ray Review – The Island (1985)

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The Island, 1985. Directed by Po-Chih Leong. Starring John Sham, Timothy Zao, Hoi-Lun Au, Lap Ban Chan, Lung Chan, Jing Chen, and Billy Sau Yat Ching. SYNOPSIS: A teacher and six students take a trip to a remote island, and fall foul of the three insane brothers who live there and are looking for a […]

10 Tarantino-Esque Movies Worth Adding to Your Watch List

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Casey Chong with a selection of Quentin Tarantino-esque movies well worth checking out… Love him or loathe him, it’s hard to deny that Quentin Tarantino’s works, particularly his first two features in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, have influenced many filmmakers who’ve tried to ape his unique style. His trademarks from signature non-linear storytelling to […]

Ralph Bakshi: A Forgotten Pioneer

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Simon Thompson takes a deep dive into the career of pioneering animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi… This is only tangentially related to the topic at hand but I’m going to draw this parallel anyway; when the great American author Hubert Selby Jr died and a documentary was made about him and one of the talking heads […]