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RATCHED Trailer: You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Work Here, But...
I first heard about Nurse Ratched from my mother; whenever I was sick as a child, and being difficult, my mother would threaten to send that iconic character to care for me, which I would not like. I was then...
Blu-ray Review: THE SIN OF NORA MORAN
Out this week from The Film Detective comes The Sin of Nora Moran, a 1933 pre-Code, Poverty Row film directed by Phil Goldstone (also known as the producer of Gun Shy and Tarzan Escapes, among many others). The Sin of Nora...
Review: THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY S2 Solidly Mixes Drama, Humor, Superhero Action
Ellen Page and Tom Hopper return in Season 2 of the comic-book series adaptation, now streaming on Netflix.
Blu-ray Review: THE OUTSIDER, The Monstrous Manifestation of Grief
Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, and Paddy Considine star in the harrowing horror series.
Review: RADIOACTIVE, The Labour of Scientific Discovery
Biopics are not an easy genre to make, especially if your subject has some reknown. You want/need to show the important moments of their life, without making it look contrite or proverbially hitting the audience over the head with scenes...
JAMES CAMERON'S STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION Giveaway: Win The Series on DVD From RLJE Films
James Cameron's contribution to the sci-fi genre was, is and will be, immeasurable. Few have tested the boundries of filmmaking like Cameron has. In the series James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction the director speaks to those who had just...
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Review: THE RENTAL, You May Want to Choose the Early Check-out
Anyone who’s ever rented a house or signed up for Airbnb lodgings in a remote corner of the world may have felt uncertainty sneak up. Naggingly, your mind begins to wonder: What if it’s all too good to be true?...
Coming Soon on Criterion: PARASITE and CLAUDINE Expose Family Ills
Also slated for release in October 2020 from The Criterion Collection: Stephen Frears' 'The Hit,' Jean-Luc Godard's 'Pierrot le fou.'
70s Rewind: THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS, Without Pride
James Garner, Katharine Ross, and Hal Holbrook star in a murder mystery, directed by James Goldstone, and now available on TCM.
Pretty Packaging: ROLLERBALL Gets An Ultimate Edition
With streaming being the major platform, DVD and Blu-ray home releases have become a declining market. There will always be collectors though, and distributors willing to cater to them. Countries like France and Germany still release many stunners these days,...
Review: GREYHOUND, Tense, Suspense-Filled, Character-Driven Action
As of late, Tom Hanks has been semi-jokingly referred to as “America’s Dad,” partly for playing a seemingly endless series of benevolent paternal figures, but also for a long-running public persona that projects a combination of self-assurance, tranquility, and most...
TOMIE: Adeline Rudolph to Star in Quibi Horror Series From Alexandre Aja
Despite some growing pains for the upstart mobile streaming service Quibi it is forging on with new content. Today Quibi announced that they have greenlit an adaptation of the horror manga Tomie from Ito Junji. Quibi gives the greenlight...
Review: RAD, Bringing Back the 80s, One Bike at a Time
Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin and Talia Shire star in the uber-fun BMX bicycle teen flick, directed by Hal Needham.
Fantasia 2020: Second Wave of Titles Announced! Home Grown Thrills, International Scares And The World's Most Dangerous Amusement Park!
The second wave of titles for this year's virtual edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival were announced an hour ago. As expected there is a tonne of genre goodness coming to our screens at the end of August. ...
Blu-ray Review: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Continues to Stun
Out this week from the Criterion Collection comes the 1953 adaptation of the famous H.G. Wells tale, The War of the Worlds, directed by Byron Haskin (The Naked Jungle, The Outer Limits) and produced by George Pal (Houdini, The Time Machine), AP Frank...
Review: THE OLD GUARD, New-School Action That Packs A Dramatic Punch
None of us know how or when we're going to die, just that, one day, something will end our life. Imagine taking that to an extreme: you're going to be young and beautiful for a very long time (good), you'll...
Now Streaming: PERRY MASON Meets SCOOB! and DOOM PATROL
Also on HBO Max: Crunchyroll and 'Gone With the Wind,' recontextualized.
Trailer: KiKi Layne Joins Charlize Theron's Immortal Mercenary Band in THE OLD GUARD
I'll admit it, I'm a bit of a sucker for a couple of things: women at the helm of action films, and stories about supernatural/immortal-type humans or other creatures whose lives revolve around keeping humans and the Earth from harm....
Now Streaming: HANNA Comes Into Its Own Assassin Space
Esmé Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, and Dermot Mulroney star in the action-thriller series, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Now Streaming: The GAMERA Collection and ZOMBIE FOR SALE Lead Arrow Video Channel July Additions!
The Arrow Video Channel has unleashed its July additions as of today, and leading the pack is the terrifying terrapin himself, the mighty Gamera! That's right, the Blu-ray collection may have been pushed to the middle of August, but all...
