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Drive-In Mutants: Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? (1976) American International Pictures Directed by: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador Starring: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo The Plot is Afoot! When Tom and Evelyn seek to vacation in Spain,...
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Due West: Our Sex Journey (2012) Movie Review
The revival of category III rated Chinese erotic cinema continues with “Due West: Our Sex Journey”, based on the popular internet writings of Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki. Like the recent global hit “Sex &...
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Shanghai Calling (2012) Movie Review
“Shanghai Calling”, from writer/director Daniel Hsia is a play it by the books “classic fish out of water” romantic comedy. It stars Daniel Henney, who we last saw in “X-men Origins: Wolverine” as Sam...
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New On Blu-Ray Book: Cabaret
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome. Somehow it’s been 40 years since the theatrical release of “Cabaret”. The movie won director Bob Fosse an Academy Award, and cemented Liza Minnelli as a full-fledged cultural icon. Picture the...
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And Then You Die (2013) Movie Review
Directors Brian Gaillard and Daniel Murphy and HM&M Films’ nifty slasher “And Then You Die” is a low-budget horror flick that gleefully channels some of the shot-on-video genre flicks perpetrated by the likes of...
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Stand Up Guys (2012) Movie Review
You gotta admit, casting Christopher Walken and Al Pacino as old school gangsters in the twilight of their careers is a bit of a cheat. How could you possibly go wrong? That’s stacking the...
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Bullet To The Head (2013) Movie Review
As James “Jimmy Bobo” Bonomo (Sylvester Stallone) says in Walter Hill’s “Bullet to the Head”, “Guns don’t kill people.” Jimmy Bobo, however, most certainly does. With guns, knives, cars, bombs, his hands, walls, even...
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Warm Bodies (2013) Movie Review
If you can make it through the first part of “Warm Bodies”, and get around the fact that they’re obviously trying to do for zombies what “Twilight” did for vampires—make them sexy, clean, and...
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 (2013) Movie Review
The much anticipated second part to the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” is here and though the first part was amazingly faithful, and well done, it’s this second half that...
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Crawl (2011) Movie Review
The Coen Brothers, in particular “Blood Simple” and “No Country for Old Men”, are evoked in “Crawl”, an Australian shot suspense thriller revolving around a hit gone wrong in a small outback town. Furthering...
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New on DVD: Young Justice Invasion – Destiny Calling Season 2, Part 1
“Young Justice: Invasion” is the subtitled second season of the show, that picks up exactly where the first season ended. Well at least at first it does. Where the last season ended with the...
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) Movie Review
Here are the things I learned from “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”. Good witches are pretty, nice, and will have sex with you in a magical pond. Bad witches look like they’re into black...
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Death Race 3: Inferno (2012) Movie Review
The “Death Race” movies are what you would call forgettable. The franchise started with the Roger Corman-produced 1975 film “Death Race 2000″, then was rebooted in 2008 by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Jason...
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Tai Chi Hero (2012) Movie Review
For anyone who hasn’t seen “Tai Chi 0”, there are spoilers in the following review. Stephen Fung’s steampunk-martial arts epic “Tai Chi” continues with “Tai Chi Hero”, released hot on the heels of “Tai...
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The Assassins (2012) Movie Review
For viewers still smarting at Chow Yun Fat having dropped out of John Woo’s epic “Red Cliff” comes “The Assassins”, finally offering fans the chance to see the actor playing legendary Three Kingdoms personage...
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Drive-In Mutants: Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA (1988) Full Moon Entertainment Directed by: David DeCouteau Starring: Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Michelle Bauer, Andras Jones, Michael Sonye The Gist: Tri Delta is looking to initiate their...
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The Last Stand (2013) Movie Review
Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his long-awaited Action Hero comeback with “The Last Stand”, an old school action romp that knows exactly what it is, what its aims are, and most important of all, who its...
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Encapsulated Cinema: Django Unchained, Seven Psychopaths, and Ghoul
Django Unchained (2012) Quentin Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers. However, his recent films have left me wanting more. It’s not that they were necessarily bad, mind you, but they didn’t have the...
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Mama (2013) Movie Review
On the surface “Mama”, the new ghost story produced by Guillermo del Toro, has a number of things going for it. Two strong leads—including a gothed-out Academy Award nominee in Jessica Chastain, and “Game...
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Tai Chi Zero (2012) Movie Review #2
“Tai Chi” has unquestionably been one of the more high profile Chinese cinema events of the year, a two part steampunk-martial arts mash up whose trailers promised all manner of over the top madness....
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