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Movie Review – Bad City (2022)

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Bad City, 2022. Directed by Kensuke Sonomura. Starring Mitsu Dan, Hitoshi Ozawa, and Lily Franky. SYNOPSIS: When a corrupt businessman runs for mayor in order to further his criminal activity and starts taking out rival mafia gangs, the cops put together a special unit to take him and his gang down. A love-letter to the […]

Blu-ray Review – May (2002)

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May, 2002. Directed by Lucky McKee. Starring Angela Bettis, Anna Faris, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Gage, James Duval, and Nichole Hiltz. SYNOPSIS: A troubled young woman descends into madness as she attempts to get herself noticed. Second Sight continue their run of high-quality limited edition Blu-ray packages with the re-release of May, the 2002 debut of […]

Movie Review – The Lair (2022)

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The Lair, 2022. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Leon Ockenden, Troy Alexander, and Hadi Khanjanpour. SYNOPSIS: An RAF pilot is shot down over Afghanistan and stumbles across an underground lab where human/alien hybrids are being bred. Strange times for filmmaker Neil Marshall, as it is quite clear from his […]

Blu-ray Review – Skinamarink (2022)

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Skinamarink, 2022. Directed by Kyle Edward Ball. Starring Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, and Jaime Hill. SYNOPSIS: Two siblings wake up in their home and discover that their parents are not there… or are they? It is all the fault of The Blair Witch Project, of course. The idea that you can film […]

Movie Review – Shark Bait (2022)

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Shark Bait, 2022. Directed by James Nunn. Starring Holly Earl, Jack Trueman, Catherine Hannay, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, and Thomas Flynn. SYNOPSIS: A group of teens on spring break get stranded at sea and attract the attention of a great white shark. It’s coming round to the summer, which means that the latest wave of shark movies […]

Movie Review – Blood Covered Chocolate (2022)

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Blood Covered Chocolate, 2022. Directed by Monte Light. Starring Michael Klug, Christine Nguyen, Helene Udy, Mike Ferguson, Debra Lamb, Meghan Deanna Smith, Joe Altieri, and Jamie Tran. SYNOPSIS: A recovering heroin addict gets bitten by a shape-shifting vampire and must prevent his girlfriend from the same fate. Billed as a homage to Nosferatu, anyone going […]

Blu-ray Review – Cocaine Bear (2023)

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Cocaine Bear, 2023. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Christian Convery, Margo Martindale, Brooklynn Prince, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Isiah Whitlock Jr. SYNOPSIS: A bear goes on the rampage after finding a stash of cocaine that a drug kingpin threw from a plane. You may think that Cocaine Bear is […]

Blu-ray Review – Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels

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Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels Directed by Ricky Lau/Ching-Ying Lam. Starring Lam Ching-Ying, Siu-Ho Chin, Billy Lau, Fat Chung, Moon Lee, Fung Woo, Richard Ng, and Fong Lui. SYNOPSIS: A box set featuring four sequels to the Chinese martial arts horror/comedy classic Mr. Vampire. It has taken nearly three years but the wizards at […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

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Brotherhood of the Wolf, 2001. Directed by Christophe Gans. Starring Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Émilie Dequenne, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, and Jacques Perrin. SYNOPSIS: In 18th century rural France, a royal knight and his Native American companion are called in to investigate several murders allegedly committed by some sort of supernatural beast. […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

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Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, John Jarratt, Helen Morse, Margaret Nelson, and Anthony Llewellyn-Jones. SYNOPSIS: Three students and a teacher go missing on a school trip, causing much drama in the aftermath. Peter Weir’s 1975 classic Picnic at Hanging Rock begins on Valentine’s Day […]