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Video Review – Terrifier 2 and Its Impact on Mainstream Horror

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EJ Moreno reviews Terrifier 2 and the big waves it is making for horror… As Terrifier 2 begins to dominate this Halloween season, our critic EJ Moreno takes a deep dive into the film and what it means for extreme cinema in the mainstream. Horror fans have rarely seen such an independent cult hit like […]

Movie Review – Bros (2022)

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Bros, 2022. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Starring Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Guy Branum, Miss Lawrence, Ts Madison, Dot-Marie Jones, Jim Rash, Eve Lindley, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Jai Rodriguez, Amanda Bearse, Debra Messing, Peter Y. Kim, Justin Covington, Symone, Ryan Faucett, Becca Blackwell, D’Lo, Bowen Yang, Harvey Fierstein, Brock Ciarlelli, Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Wilkas, Dahlia […]

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) – October Horrors 2022

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Created by Mike Flanagan. Starring Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson Cohen, Amelia Eve, T’Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Amelia Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Henry Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A young American visiting London, is hired to as the new governess at Bly Manor, a sprawling Gothic mansion whose walls hide more than just secrets. Henry James’ acclaimed […]

Blu-ray Review – This is GWAR (2021)

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This is GWAR, 2021. Directed by Scott Barber. Featuring Dave Brockie, Adam Green, Ethan Embry, Jon Freeman, Bob Gorman, and Bam Margera. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting the history of shock metal group GWAR. GWAR are a heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, who have been peddling their shock metal wares to crowds of rabid fans since […]

Fantasia International Film Festival Review – The Phantom Detective (2016)

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The Phantom Detective. 2016 Directed by Jo Sung-Lee. Starring Lee Je-Hoon, Go Ara, Park Geun-Hyung, Roh Jeong-Eui and Kim Ha-Na. SYNOPSIS: Private detective HONG Gil-dong is seeking revenge for his mother who was murdered in front of him when he was a child. An investigation determines that the assailant is a man named Kim, but when […]

DVD Review – Ip Man 3 (2015)

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Ip Man 3, 2015. Directed by Wilson Yip. Starring Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Jin Zhang, Mike Tyson, Patrick Tam and Karena Ng. SYNOPSIS: Master Ip takes on a group of gangsters led by an unscrupulous property developer and hell bent on taking over the city. Director Wilson Yip’s Ip Man series finally draws to a […]

Star Wars: Andor Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Narkina 5’

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Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of Star Wars: Andor… After the cliffhanger ending of the previous episode and Cassian’s incarceration, Andor’s eighth episode, ‘Narkina 5′ sees many of the disparate story threads begin to convalesce as the Empire tightens its grip and we see wider signs of the fledgling rebel movement. This episode is […]

Midsommar (2019) – October Horrors 2022

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Midsommar, 2019. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional couple travel to Scandinavia with friends to take part in a midsummer festival which occurs every 90 years. Upon arrival however, their trip turns into something much more sinister. […]

Movie Review – The Good Nurse (2022)

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The Good Nurse, 2022.  Directed by Tobias Lindholm Starring Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler and Gabe Fazio SYNOPSIS: Amy (Jessica Chastain), a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, finds solace in the friendship of a new member of […]