Stars: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, David Duchovny, Patricia Heaton | Written by John Hughes, Amy Holden Jones | Directed by Brian Levant Director Brian Levant has long been associated with family-friendly entertainment, helming crowd-pleasing hits such as Problem Child 2, Beethoven, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, The Flintstones in Viva […]
Stars: Dani Filth, Emily Booth, Stuart Laing, Edmund Dehn, Eileen Daly, Rebecca Eden, Louie Brownsell, David McEwan | Written and Directed by Alex Chandon When it comes to killer thrillers, films like Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and Se7en immediately spring to mind. These are the kinds of films that take us on a […]
Stars: Roy Scheider, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Daniel Stern, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Ed Bernard, Malcolm McDowell, Joe Santos, James Murtaugh | Written by Dan O’Bannon, Don Jakoby | Directed by John Badham When I think of Roy Scheider, I immediately think of the horror classic Jaws and the adventure TV series SeaQuest DSV. But […]
Stars: Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Patrick McGoohan | Written by Lee Falk, Jeffrey Boam | Directed by Simon Wincer The 1990s gave us no shortage of memorable comic-book movies, from Dick Tracy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Batman Returns, The Crow and Blade. Yet one hugely […]
Writer/director Les Sekely made a name for himself with cult curios like Night of the Living Date, The Not-So-Grim Reaper and The Alien Conspiracy: Grey Skies. But in 1998, he delivered what would become a genuine favourite among genre fans: Vampire Time Travelers. Now, the film gets the deluxe treatment it deserves courtesy of Visual […]
In 1993, the sci-fi action genre was reshaped by Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Its success sparked a wave of dinosaur movies, with filmmakers eager to capture a piece of that magic. Among them were low-budget auteurs The Polonia Brothers, who quickly jumped on the trend with Saurians, released just a year later in 1994. Many […]
One thing streaming still can’t compete with when it comes to physical media is the wealth of bonus features. Few labels do this better than Visual Vengeance. Over the past several years, they’ve delivered a string of deluxe Blu-ray releases – Furious, Scream Queen, The Wrong Door, Repligator, Dinosaur Valley Girls, Heartland of Darkness and […]
Stars: Paolo Rotondo, Rebecca Hobbs, Roy Ward, Paul Glover, Chris Graham, Darien Takle | Written and Directed by Scott Reynolds There’s been a recent surge in horror films reimagining classic children’s stories and characters. We’ve seen twisted takes on Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Popeye, The Grinch and plenty more besides. But long before this […]
Stars: Archie Madekwe, Sunny Suljic, Théodore Pelleri, Cam Hicks, Zack Fox | Written and Directed by Alex Russell Psychological thrillers have been part of cinema since its earliest days. From the Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958), to the tense cat-and-mouse game of The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and the deeply emotional Oldboy (2003), one thing […]
For a little over a decade, the major networks NBC, CBS and ABC would compete in what was called The Battle of the Network Stars. Stars of popular TV series would compete against one another in Olympic-style events, all to see who was the best. In September 1977, Hanna-Barbera would bring some of their greatest […]
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis, Vernon Wells, Robert Picardo, Wendy Schaal, Harold Sylvester, William Schallert, Henry Gibson | Written by Jeffrey Boam, Chip Proser | Directed by Joe Dante In the 1980s, director Joe Dante brought some fun features to cinemas that, over the years, have become classics and cult […]
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, LaKeith Stanfield, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte, Gabrielle Rose, Clare Coulter | Written by Enda Walsh, Lynne Ramsay, Alice Birch | Directed by Lynne Ramsay Let’s be honest, Jennifer Lawrence isn’t just “Academy Award-nominated” – she’s one of the most recognisable faces of modern Hollywood. Whether she’s blue and shapeshifting as […]
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith, Matt Whelan, Chloe Hurst, Kym Jackson, Dan Paris | Written and Directed by Zak Hilditch Ever since George A. Romero basically wrote the rulebook for modern zombies, filmmakers have been trying to put their own spin on the undead. The genre has had its ups and downs […]
Stars: Zachary Levi, Quentin Plair, Terrence Terrell, Marshall Cook, JoBeth Williams, Floriana Lima, Leeshon Alexander, James Martin Kelly, Jessica Blackmore | Written by E. Nicholas Mariani, Joe Carnahan | Directed by Joe Carnahan Films based on true stories have always been a favourite of mine. There’s something compelling about seeing real-life events brought to the […]
Stars: Noel Gugliemi, April Clark, Evan James Henderson, Neeley Dayan, Aileen Kyoko, Violet Bennett, Sebastian Hernandez, Teryn Macallan, Siena Solinda | Written by Ryan Ebert, Jose Prendes | Directed by Jose Prendes The Asylum is best known for their B-movie horror and mockbusters. One of their most successful movie series would have to be the […]
Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Rosenberg, Patricia Donahue | Written by Newton Thornburg, Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | Directed by Ivan Passer In 1976, Newton Thornburg wrote the novel Cutter and Bone. Just five years later, the book was adapted for the big screen by Czech director and screenwriter […]
Comic book artist Bryan Lee O’Malley first introduced the world to Scott Pilgrim in 2004 with his hit graphic novel series. Six years later, the story made the leap to live-action with the cult-favourite film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, followed by the short animated spin-off Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation. After that, the franchise […]
Stars: Benton Jennings, Richard Harrison, Blue Thompson | Written by Gary Kennamer | Directed by Bret McCormick When you hear the phrase “Highway to Hell”, most people immediately think of the iconic AC/DC song, not a low-budget cult thriller from B-movie director Bret McCormick. But back in 1990, McCormick delivered exactly that, with the weird, […]
Stars: John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters, Sam Peckinpah, Franco Nero | Written by Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi | Directed by Giulio Paradisi Back in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, cinema became obsessed with stories of supernatural possession. Classics like Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, and The Omen proved just how popular […]
88 Films have been putting out some truly super-deluxe Blu-ray releases of classic Asian cinema, and their OBI Strip editions continue to be among the most eye-catching. For those unfamiliar, an OBI strip is a narrow band of paper that wraps around the spine or edge of Japanese vinyl records, CDs, or Blu-rays, typically displaying […]
