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Movie Review – The Seeding (2024)

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The Seeding, 2024. Written and Directed by Barnaby Clay. Starring Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alex Montaldo, Charlie Avink, Thatcher Jacobs, Harrison Middleton, Michael Monsour, SoKo, and Aarman Touré. SYNOPSIS: When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Departed (2006)

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The Departed, 2006. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Martin Scorsese’s 2006 film The Departed makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in both standard and SteelBook editions, with a new 4K transfer supervised by the director’s long-time editor, […]

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, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, and Jacki Weaver. SYNOPSIS: Director Peter Weir is well-known to film fans for his prodigious output during the 1980s, but 1975’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is the movie that kick-started his career and helped drive the so-called Australian New […]

Movie Review – Malum (2023)

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Malum, 2023. Directed by Anthony DiBlasi. Starring Jessica Sula, Candice Coke, Chaney Morrow, Clarke Wolfe, Morgan Lennon, Valerie Loo, Monroe Cline, Eric Olson, Sam Brooks, Kevin Wayne, Danielle Reverman, Natalie Victoria, Christopher Matthew Spencer, David Fultz, Britt George, Angel Ray, and Brooklyn Durs. SYNOPSIS: A rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a […]

Blu-ray Review – Clerks III (2022)

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Clerks III, 2022. Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman, Austin Zajur, Jason Mewes, Rosario Dawson, and Kevin Smith. SYNOPSIS: Kevin Smith’s Clerks trilogy, which began in 1994 with a little black-and-white indie film that stuck around much longer than he expected, concludes with Clerks III, in which Randal decides to […]

Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

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The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan. SYNOPSIS: Martin McDonagh’s latest movie, The Banshees of Inisherin, reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson from his 2008 directorial debut, In Bruges. This time, they play a pair of friends on a dreary Irish island in […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Groundhog Day (1993)

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Groundhog Day, 1993. Directed by Harold Ramis. Starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. SYNOPSIS: The modern classic Groundhog Day arrives on 4K Ultra HD again in time for its 30th anniversary (but not timed with the actual holiday, for whatever reason). This time around, Sony has added Dolby Vision to the 4K transfer […]

Blu-ray Review – Violent Night (2022)

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Violent Night, 2022. Directed by Tommy Wirkola. Starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo., Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Beverly D’Angelo, and Leah Brady. SYNOPSIS: The gory holiday action-comedy Violent Night comes to Blu-ray with a digital code and a smattering of bonus features. When I first heard about the premise for Violent Night, starring David Harbour of […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

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Bubba Ho-Tep, 2022. Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi Marnhout, and Bob Ivy. SYNOPSIS: Don Coscarelli’s cult classic Bubba Ho-Tep, based on the novella by Joe R. Lansdale, has been reissued by Shout! Factory in a new 4K Ultra HD edition featuring a new 4K scan of the film […]