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Blu-ray Review – Blind Beast (1969)

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Blind Beast, 1969.Directed by Yasuzô Masumura. Starring Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori and Noriko Sengoku.SYNOPSIS:A model is kidnapped by a blind sculptor and embarks on an intense masochistic relationship as they seek to stimulate each other’s senses.You know what it’s like when you fancy a massage and book a masseur to come to your house, only […]

Movie Review – The Protégé (2021)

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The Protégé, 2021.Directed by Martin Campbell. Starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, Patrick Malahide, Ekaterina Baker, Madalina Anea, Ori Pfeffer, Jack Derges, Lili Rich, Florin Piersic Jr., Caroline Loncq, Gamba Cole, Velizar Binev, and Florin Zhang.SYNOPSIS:Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained in the […]

Movie Review – Sweet Girl (2021)

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Sweet Girl, 2021.Directed by Brian Andrew Mendoza. Starring Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Raza Jaffrey, Justin Bartha, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, Dominic Fumusa, Nelson Franklin, Will Blagrove, and Amy Brenneman.SYNOPSIS:A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has […]

Movie Review – The Night House (2020)

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The Night House, 2020.Directed by David Bruckner. Starring Rebecca Hall, Stacy Martin, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Evan Jonigkeit.SYNOPSIS:A woman grieving after her husband’s suicide begins to suspect that he might have been having an affair. And he’s probably haunting their house too.It takes a special performance to anchor a film like The Night House. […]

Blu-ray Review – Nashville (1975)

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Nashville, 1975.Directed by Robert Altman Starring David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, and Keenan […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Labyrinth: 35th Anniversary Edition (1986)

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Labyrinth, 1986.Directed by Jim Henson. Starring Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie and Toby Froud.SYNOPSIS:Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth.Five years ago, Sony issued a 30th Anniversary Edition of Labyrinth on […]

Video Review – The Night House

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EJ Moreno with a video review of The Night House…David Bruckner takes the haunted house sub-genre and flips it on its head with The Night House, a new horror film that will scare the pants off its viewers.Watch EJ’s review of the movie below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive […]

Marvel’s What If…? – Season 1 Episode 2 Review

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Marvel’s What If…?Episode two of Marvel’s What If…? comes with a certain degree of poignancy built into its fabric, as this is the last work Chadwick Boseman ever did. From the outset, his rich embodiment of T’Challa comes through effortlessly. Intonation, self-assurance and an innate dignity make his […]

Movie Review – Rare Beasts (2019)

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Rare Beasts, 2019.Directed by Billie Piper. Starring Billie Piper, Leo Bill, Kerry Fox, Toby Woolf, and David Thewlis.SYNOPSIS:Mandy (Billie Piper) is a career driven single mother with relationship needs. Pete (Leo Bill) is her victim of choice in this dark fable on contemporary dating.Billie Piper has been many things over the course of a career […]