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4K Ultra HD Review – Dirty Harry (1971)

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Dirty Harry, 1971. Directed by Don Siegel. Starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, Andy Robinson, John Larch, and John Vernon. SYNOPSIS: The iconic 1971 classic Dirty Harry, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood, makes its 4K Ultra HD debut. The film looks great, and the bonus features are awesome. I’m even willing […]

10 Forgotten Erotic Thrillers You Need To See

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Casey Chong presents a selection of forgotten erotic thrillers that are worth a watch… Erotic thrillers may have significantly dwindled in today’s era, even though this subgenre does make a splash – for better or worse – occasionally with movies like the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, Netflix’s Fair Play and the recently-released Nicole Kidman […]

10 Forgotten 90s Action Movies That Deserve a Second Chance

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Casey Chong looks at ten 1990s action movies that are worth revisiting… Action movies were the bread and butter of the 1990s cinema. Hit movies from Terminator 2: Judgment Day to Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance, Lethal Weapon 3 and 4, Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive and Under Siege ruled the box […]

Trailer for Amazon action comedy Deep Cover starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed

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Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for Deep Cover, the action comedy from director Tom Kingsley. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, and Nick Mohammed as an improv teacher and her students who are offered the role of a lifetime when they are recruited to an undercover police officer to impersonate […]

Hunt the Wicked with trailer for Chinese action thriller

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Well Go USA has announced that director Huo Suiqiang’s action thriller Hunt the Wicked is set for a home entertainment release this May. The film centres on relentless detective Huang Mingjin as he sets out to take down the ruthless kingpin Wei Yunzhou, destroying his criminal empire and his grip on the city. The cast […]

Luca Guadagnino’s Sgt. Rock scrapped by DC

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As the world holds its breath awaiting the release of James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy, DC has decided to scrap another of its planned franchise starters with the news that Luca Guadagnino’s Sgt. Rock has been cancelled.  Intended to star Colin Farrell, who was himself replacing Daniel Craig, Sgt Rock was meant to go before cameras […]

Netflix shares trailer for animated sci-fi romance Lost in Starlight

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Netflix has shared a poster and trailer for Lost in Starlight, the Korean animated sci-fi romance from director Han Ji-won. Set in the near future in 2050 Seoul, the film centres on star-crossed lovers Nan-young and Jay (voiced by Kim Tae-ri and Hong Kyung) as a chance encounter leads to them falling in love and […]

Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Review – Episodes 4-6

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Chris Connor reviews episodes 4-6 of  Star Wars: Andor season 2… The opening three episodes of Andor season 2 really set the stakes for the season. While it may have been a busy three episodes in terms of the assortment of characters, it carried on the strengths of the first season and contained some of […]

Trailer for Korean action thriller The Old Woman with the Knife

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Well Go USA has shred a poster and trailer for director Kyu-dong Min’s South Korean action thriller The Old Woman with the Knife. Based on Gu Byeong-mo’s novel of the same name, the film follows an aging assassin  as she mentors a young protégé while finding herself pulled into a deadly game of deception when she […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Stripes (1981)

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Stripes, 1981. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, John Candy, Sean Young, Judge Reinhold, and John Larroquette.’ SYNOPSIS: Sony has issued their 4K Ultra HD edition of Stripes previously found in Columbia Classics: Volume Two as a standalone Steelbook with the same mix of old and new […]