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Comic Book Review – The Forgotten Queen #3

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews The Forgotten Queen #3… While she hasn’t been able to shake the label “witch,” yet, The Forgotten Queen #3 is more concerned with Vexana’s immortality, and what that does to her perception of time. Every series will tell you something different about witches – what they look like, how their magic works […]

Movie Review – Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)

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Yamasong: March of the Hollows, 2017. Directed by Sam Koji Hale. Starring Nathan Fillion, Abigail Breslin, Whoopi Goldberg, Freida Pinto, Peter Weller, Malcolm McDowell, George Takei, Ed Asner, and Bruce Davison. SYNOPSIS: When the Hollows escape their prison it’s up to Nani (Abigail Breslin) to stop her mother from destroying Yamasong. A prison moon is […]

DVD Review – Baptiste Series One

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews series one of Baptiste… Not every TV detective is made to have a TV show named after them. With Julien Baptiste, it feels like the natural next step. After acting as the primary carryover between seasons one and two of The Missing, Baptiste and Tchéky Karyo, the actor who plays him, get […]

Movie Review – Abnormal Attraction (2018)

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Abnormal Attraction, 2018. Directed by Michael Leavy. Starring Bruce Davison, Nathan Reid, Nicole Balsam, Leslie Easterbrook, Malcolm McDowell, and Jason Leavy. SYNOPSIS: While humans and monsters work to put aside their differences, Nick (Nathan Reid) tries to keep his impending nuptials on track in this monster comedy. In a world where monsters and humans live […]

DVD Review – Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)

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Diamonds for Breakfast, 1968. Directed by Christopher Morahan. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor, Margaret Blye, Francesca Tu, and The Karlins. SYNOPSIS: In order to steal back his family’s diamonds, Nicky puts together a team of female thieves guaranteed to run circles around museum security (his diamonds are on exhibit). Whether it’s really likely […]

Arrow Video FrightFest Review – The Golem (2018)

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The Golem, 2018. Directed by Doron and Yoav Paz. Starring Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Lenny Ravich, Brynie Furstenberg, and Alexey Tritenko. SYNOPSIS: A woman creates a golem to defend her town but when her attachment to it grows, so does her unwillingness to destroy it. Every golem story needs a character who thinks they can evade […]

DVD Review – Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33

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Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33 Directed by Hal Roach, Marshall Neilan, George Marshall, Gus Meins, and others. Starring Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts. SYNOPSIS: Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts are a comedy duo in these seventeen, pre-code shorts from Hal Roach. A little over two years ago Turner Classic Movies […]

Movie Review – Mermaid’s Song (2015)

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Mermaid’s Song, 2015. Directed by Nicholas Humphries. Starring Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, and Brendan Taylor. SYNOPSIS: When Serena decides to give up her life as a mermaid to live on the land, her daughter, Charlotte, is given a choice: continue to live as a human or return to the sea and restore the balance. Originally […]

Comic Book Review – Fearscape #1

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews Fearscape #1… There are unreliable narrators and there’s Henry Henry. The name of Fearscape’s self-professed tragic hero isn’t a typo but it could be a lie, and that’s what makes writer, Ryan O’Sullivan, and illustrator, Andrea Mutti’s, new series so beguiling. Form matters. In fact, the opening page is all about how […]