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Exclusive Interview – Harley Quinn composer Jefferson Friedman discusses the colorful season 2 score

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Season 2 of Harley Quinn is currently airing new episodes on DC Universe. There is no shortage of fun when it comes to anything Harley related, especially when iconic characters like Catwoman and Mr. Freeze show up. From reading all the buzz online, fans are also very much enjoying the blossoming relationship between Harley and […]

None More Nineties: Why Speed is the ultimate 90s action film

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Robb Sheppard on the ultimate 90s action movie, Speed… The 1990s witnessed a changing of the guard when it came to action movies. Speed crashed into 1994 and went from being “that bus movie” to one of the decade’s finest straight-up action films. Alongside the gloriously OTT Con Air, the far-fetched Face/Off, and Michael Bay’s […]

Movie Review – Bait (2019)

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Bait, 2019. Written and directed by Mark Jenkin. Starring Edward Rowe, Giles King, Chloe Endean, Mary Woodvine, and Simon Shepherd. SYNOPSIS: A stubborn fisherman refuses to adjust to changing times, and the challenges they bring. Within the first few frames of Bait I realized one thing- this was going to be an experience unlike any […]

Blu-ray Review – After Midnight (2019)

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After Midnight, 2019. Directed by Jeremy Gardner & Christian Stella. Starring Jeremy Gardner, Brea Grant, Henry Zebrowski, Justin Benson, and Ashley Song. SYNOPSIS: When Hank’s girlfriend Abby leaves him, a monster comes out of the surrounding woods to break into his house. The breakdown of a relationship is never a nice thing but for Hank […]

Extreme Cinema – The Idiots (1998)

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The Idiots, 1998. Directed by Lars von Trier. Starring Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing and Nikolaj Lie Kass. Lars von Trier’s The Idiots (Idioterne, 1998) features the potentially offensive story of a group of middle class people who pretend to be handicapped as they are unhappy with society. The film begins with Karen […]

The true story behind Universal suing Nintendo over King Kong and Donkey Kong

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Luke Owen looks back at the court battle between Universal and Nintendo… “[King Kong] surpasses anything of its type which has gone before it in commercial film-making. The work has many flaws, but they’re overcome by the general results. The errors will probably be overlooked… While not believing it, audiences will wonder how it’s done. If […]

Extreme Cinema – Maniac (1980)

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Maniac, 1980. Directed by William Lustig. Starring Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: An unhinged man on the streets of New York City kills and scalps young women. Maniac is a peculiar breed of horror film – it doesn’t set out to scare, but instead attempts to unsettle. It […]

Movie Review – Survive the Night (2020)

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Survive the Night, 2020. Directed by Matt Eskandari. Starring Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis, Shea Buckner, Tyler Jon Olson, Lydia Hull, Riley Wolfe Rach, and Jessica Abrams. SYNOPSIS: An estranged father-son duo must put aside their differences in order to protect their families from a home invasion. I suppose Lionsgate, the film’s distributor, is partly […]