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4K Ultra HD Review – Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 50th Anniversary Edition (1975)

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975. Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. SYNOPSIS: Monty Python and the Holy Grail is celebrating its 50th anniversary with this handsome Steelbook (the Pythons would have a field day with that description) featuring […]

Blu-ray Review – Get Carter (1971)

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Get Carter, 1971. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, and Britt Ekland. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a fan of this one, you might want to wait a few days and get the new 4K Ultra HD edition that’s on the way, since it will include the new 4K restoration by the […]

Death Wish 3 comes to 4K Ultra HD for 40th anniversary

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Kino Lorber has announced that Cannon Films’ cult favourite Death Wish 3 is coming to 4K Ultra HD this October in celebration of the movie’s 40th anniversary. The third and final Death Wish to be directed by Michael Winner (although Charles Bronson would return for two more), the film sees Bronson’s Paul Kersey back in […]

Marvel announces official Predator: Badlands prequel comic

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Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers director Dan Trachtenberg returns to the world of the Yautja in November with the hotly-anticipated Predator: Badlands, and Marvel Comics has announced that it will mark the occasion with an official tie-in prelude comic from writer Ethan Sacks and artist Elvin Ching. “Badlands is the first Predator movie to […]

Movie Review – Pools (2025)

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Pools, 2025. Written and Directed by Sam Hayes. Starring Odessa A’zion, Ariel Winter, Mason Gooding, Michael Vlamis, Francesca Noel, Tyler Alvarez, Suzanne Cryer, Stan Adams, Lucinda Johnston, Kyle Anderson, Israel Idonije and Joe Angelo Menconi. SYNOPSIS: In the midst of her whole life falling apart, Kennedy attempts to somehow reconnect with her dead father, searching […]

Disney shares new trailer for TRON: Ares

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Disney has shared a new teaser trailer for TRON: Ares, director Joachim Rønning’s (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) new entry in the classic sci-franchise. Releasing this October, the cast includes Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, and Gillian Anderson, […]

Sharon Stone bluntly rules out Basic Instinct reboot return

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Last month came the news that screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is writing an “anti-woke” reboot of his blockbuster 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct for Amazon MGM Studios, and while it wasn’t clear at the time what form this might take, it seems we can safely rule out a return from Sharon Stone to round out the […]

Slim launches Mezco Toyz’s Killer Klowns from Outer Space Roto Plush collection

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Mezco Toyz is launching a new MDS Roto Plush collection based upon the cult 1988 horror-comedy Killer Klowns from Outer Space, kicking things off with the towering trickster Slim, who is available to pre-order now, priced at $98; take a look at the official details and promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Crazy Cult 80s Movies […]

10 Great Horror Movies with Villainous Protagonists

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Vanessa Maki with ten great horror movies centring on villainous protagonists… In the world of horror, typically we’re meant to root for the protagonists like the final girl or boy, the character who endears us the most, and so on. Occasionally those characters aren’t antagonistic or villainous, as many tropes follow particular formulas. However, there […]