Category: Movie Review
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Jade Two Star Digital Review
Jade is a Direct To Digital actioner that stars Shaina West in the title lead as a young English woman who lives in New Mexico with the hopes of making amends with her deceased brother’s expectant partner. But things get weird when she becomes the guardian of a Digital Drive owned by Tork played by…
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The Exorcism Two Star Cinema Review
Originally titled The Georgetown Project it’s the story of troubled actor Anthony Miller (Russell Crowe) who’s started work on a theological horror movie reminiscent of the William Friedkin directed 1973 Horror classic The Exorcist. Anthony’s daughter Lee (Ryan Simpkins) is questioning his decision due to the actor’s past addictions to drink and drugs plus the…
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Army Of Shadows Four Star Blu Ray Review
The most personal film that Jean Pierre Melville directed due to his involvement with the French Resistance this 1969 adaptation of the Joseph Kessel novel is an account of the struggle & sacrifice of those who fought for their country during World War 2. The film follows Phillippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura), who is hauled off…
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The Last Deal Two Star Digital Review
Vince (Anthony Molinari) is a very successful Californian black-market weed supplier, and the kind of criminal Crocket & Tubbs would be after in an episode of Miami Vice…. But the good times don’t last forever when the state decriminalises marijuana and our lead can’t get a licence to sell it legally. So with the help…
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Lisa Frankenstein Two Star Blu Ray Review
After the murder of her mother Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) at the hands of a serial killer and sends the girl’s world into chaos making her an outcast within her blended family that includes a new cheerleader sister Taffy (Lisa Sobernano) & at her high school. The young girl spends her time at a local cemetery…
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A Shock To The System Two Star Blu Ray Review
This period in the film career of Micheal Caine is an interesting snapshot of where the actor was in the late 80s into the 90s long before his collaboration with Christopher Nolan on his Batman trilogy. Caine had won an Oscar for his role in Woody Allen’s Hannah & Her Sisters,appearing in junk like Jaws…
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Enter The Clones Of Bruce Four Star Blu Ray Review
After successful screenings around the world Enter The Clones Of Bruce directed by David Gregory arrives on Blu Ray from Severin Films and is a feature-length documentary on the impact in the wake of the sudden passing of Martial Arts legend Bruce Lee at just 32 from a Cerebral Edema. The sudden passing of the…
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The Last Kumite Three Star Digital Review
As someone who began his film education watching 80s action movies in the early 90s and continues his training by watching the lower rung martial arts flick also from this era I was keen to watch this throwback to that time from director Ross.W Clarkson and co-screenwriter Sean David Lowe. When recent champion/widower/Father Michael Rivers…
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Strictly Confidential One Star Digital Review
The directorial debut of Damien Hurley son of the late film producer Steve Bing and actress Elizabeth Hurley famous for her roles in the first two Austin Powers movies Strictly Confidential I thought the opening credits that are neon pink & a sexy font would be a throwback to the kind of Straight To Video…
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Love,Courage, and the Battle of Bushy Run Two Star Digital Review
The directing team of Dave Allan Johnson and Larry A. McLean together brought the story of the little known Battle of Bushy Run to the big screen or the digital screen in this case, with the latter being the best place for it. In 1763, Britain defeated France in the seven years war referred to…