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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 […]

DVD Review – Soldiers of the Damned (2015)

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Soldiers of the Damned, 2015. Directed by Mark Nuttall. Starring Gil Darnell, Miriam Cooke, Lucas Hansen, Tom Sawyer, Mark Fountain and Nicky Bell. SYNOPSIS: The Eastern Front, 1944. A German Army Major is ordered to escort a female scientist into a mysterious Romanian forest on fear of death for him and his men… World War […]

Blu-ray Review – My Darling Clementine (1946)

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My Darling Clementine, 1946. Directed by John Ford. Starring Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt and Ward Bond. SYNOPSIS : A Western retelling of the shoot-out at the OK Corral. John Ford’s classic Western gets a prestigious release on Blu-ray containing a stagecoach load of extras and features uncovering the […]

Blu-ray Review – La Grande Bouffe (1973)

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La Grande Bouffe, 1973. Directed by Marco Ferreri. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Phillipe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Andrea Ferreol. SYNOPSIS: Four professional men retreat to a villa with the express aim of eating themselves to death… The elegiac chaos of La Grande Bouffe – literally the big eat – created something of a storm […]

Blu-ray Review – The Burning (2014)

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The Burning (El Ardor), 2014. Directed by Pablo Fendrik. Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Diaz, Claudio Tolcachir, Jorge Sesan, Ivan Steinhardt, Julian Tello and Lautaro Vilo. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious man emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a poor farmer after mercenaries murder her father and take over his […]

Movie Review – Manglehorn (2014)

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Manglehorn, 2014. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine and Natalie Wilemon. SYNOPSIS: Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. With a story bristling […]

Blu-ray Review – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, 1984. Directed by W.D. Richter. Starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schiavelli, Carl Lumbly and Dan Hedaya. SYNOPSIS: Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil […]

Blu-ray Review- Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)

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Cemetery Without Crosses (Une corde, une Colt), 1969. Directed by Robert Hossein. Starring Robert Hossein, Michèle Mercier, Guido Lollobrigida, Daniele Vargas, Serge Marquand, Pierre Hatet, Phillipe Baronnet, Pierre Collet, Michele Lemoine and Anne-Marie Balin. SYNOPSIS: After her husband is lynched by bandits, a grieving widow seeks revenge and turns to an old friend for help. He is initially […]