WATCH NOW The Short Version: HOLLYWOOD MAN, which is a blend of factual events and fiction, is bound to stir some thoughts and intrigue you. This is completely different from the usual fare you are likely accustomed to. William Smith, the actor cum director, tough guy in Jack Starrett’s classic exploitation feature, HOLLYWOOD MAN, gets […]
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WATCH NOW The movie isn’t great, but it’s okay. There’s the terrifying boogeyman who looks like a Batman villain and has a voice that resembles a combination of the candyman and Freddy Kruger. He wears different gnarly masks and torments teenagers by turning their fears into a reality such as slashing their throats with a
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WATCH NOW Most movie lovers would link Roger Corman with low-budget sci-fi, horror and teen exploitation films. Not surprisingly, throughout his long career as a producer and director, he has a number of gangster and crime films featured on his resume. Among them, there are I Mobster, Machine Gun Kelly, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,
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WATCH NOW When heading to a business meeting, David comes across a deserted tanker truck in the middle of a dessert. There’s a chance of him being killed by the driver of the truck because the driver has seen something that he finds objectionable. This is a very intricate premise, yet, for the most part,
WATCH NOW Later, this tremendous post-apocalyptic narrative continues with revenge and guns. If anything, how many of these commando type movies came out after this series, for example: The Exterminators of the Year 3000 and The Last Warrior. Santiago was equipped with experience in post-apocalyptic sub genre movies. He had previously directed some of Richard
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WATCH NOW With the help of the unique Russian enclave in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, these two unlikely detectives breathe new life into the construction of the film, “Taxman.” It has grown into a charmingly odd mystery movie that has the viewer wishing for more. Alongside Roger Berger, who has a background in tax investigation, Avi
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WATCH NOW Tell us about your ‘Winter Escape’. The second movie in Hallmark’s Winter World series takes its audience to the southern most region in Antarctica. While this movie is more oriented towards an adventure than a love story, there are still four romance subplots woven into the film (five if we include one of
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WATCH NOW Out there in the sea of palm-trees lies a hidden cove of bizarre yet amazing and unexplainable films. The Crippled Masters is one of those gems that serves as an example for not just cringing content but cringing art. It features not one but two severely disabled martial artist actors; Frankie Shum and
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WATCH NOW Kino Lorber will this week be releasing on Blu-Ray and DVD the Roy Rogers Western feature TRIGGER, JR (1950) and it certainly looks wonderful. Kino Rolle has touted it as a brand new HD master from a 4K scan of the original 35mm Trucolor nitrate negatives preserved at Paramount Picture Archives, which is
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WATCH NOW Gourley’s new thriller has an ear and a half in terms of unbearably stomach churning suspense. The Kane Files knows how to keep telling a captivating story at a quick, breakneck speed. The issue with the plot is that it all seems far too common as if the script was copy pasted. If
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