03rd May2022

Video Review: ‘Cop Secret’ – Bad Boys with a sprinkling of romance!

by Kevin Haldon

In his latest video, Kev reviews Cop Secret – a movie out of Iceland that pays homage to every 80s and 90s action movie you know and love while still remaining completely original in its own right. COP SECRET recasts the buddy cop action genre in Iceland, where Bussi, a tough ‘Super Cop’, begins to […]

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02nd May2022

‘Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill)’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Erin Brown, Hannah Fierman, Marilyn Light, Seth Michaels, Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, Melissa Haas, Charis Jeffers, Daniel Rashid, Logan Creed, Tommy Grillo, Linnea Quigley | Directed by Davi Crimmins, Eric Davis, Hannah Fierman, Greg Garrison, Melissa Haas, Torey Haas, Jay Holloway, Jenna Kanell, Anissa Matlock, Tony Reames Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) is the unexpected […]

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29th Apr2022

‘Motherly’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch, Nick Smyth, Colin Paradine | Written by Craig David Wallace, Ian Malone | Directed by Craig David Wallace [NOTE: With the film due out on DVD on May 3rd from The Horror Collective, here’s a reposing our our review of Motherly from its screening as part of 2021’s […]

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29th Apr2022

‘Room 203’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska, Eric Wiegand, Scott Gremillion, Rick LaCour, Quinn Nehr, Sam A Coleman, Timothy McKinney | Written by Ben Jagger, John Poliquin, Nick Richey | Directed by Ben Jagger Based on a Japanese novel by writer Nanami Kamon and made with the participation of Japanese producers, I was expecting Room 203 to […]

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29th Apr2022

‘Fortress: Sniper’s Eye’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Natali Yura, Bruce Willis, Jesse Metcalfe, Kelly Greyson, Chad Michael Murray, Gabrielle Haugh, Michael Sirow, Welker White | Written by Randall Emmett, Emile Hirsch, Alan Horsnail | Directed by Josh Sternfeld Fortress was one of the few recent Bruce Willis films that was actually good, And now the sequel, Fortress: Sniper’s Eye has arrived. […]

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28th Apr2022

‘The Boy Behind the Door’ Blu-ray Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey, Micah Hauptman, Kristin Bauer van Straten | Written and Directed by David Charbonier, Justin Powell Although The Djinn beat it to release in the US by a few months, The Boy Behind the Door is writer/director David Charbonier and Justin Powell’s first feature. Unlike that film, this has a plot […]

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28th Apr2022

‘Jackass Forever’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Eric André, Machine Gun Kelly, Chris Pontius, Rachel Wolfson, Jeff Tremaine, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Rachel Wolfson | Directed by Jeff Tremaine The tagline for Jackass Forever reads, “Some people never learn.” Thank goodness for that, because if they did, we wouldn’t have had this fourth instalment in the series, twelve […]

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28th Apr2022

‘Moonfall’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Donald Sutherland | Written by Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser, Spenser Cohen | Directed by Roland Emmerich [NOTE: With the film now out on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital, here’s a reposting of our Moonfall review from earlier this year] Sometimes, all you want […]

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27th Apr2022

‘9 Bullets’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Lena Headey, Sam Worthington, Dean Scott Vazquez, Emma Holzer, Barbara Hershey, La La Anthony, Cam Gigandet | Written and Directed by Gigi Gaston As I watched 9 Bullets the plot seemed overly familiar, it wasn’t billed as a remake of anything but it seemed very familiar. Then it hit me, Gloria, a film John […]

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27th Apr2022

‘Vampirus’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ashleymarie Jones, Michael Holding, Chanda Davetas, Rikki Lee Travolta, Sam Yeow, Kelly Marshall, Scott Harris | Written by John Lerchen | Directed by Ryan Ohm So, pandemic movies… we’re being inundated with them now it seems, at least when it comes to low-budget indie movies but pandemic vampire movies? That’s something new. Vampirus is […]

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27th Apr2022

‘Brut Force’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lelia Symingtonm Tyler Posey, Patricia Velasquez, Tate Hanyok, Julian Silva, Vico Escorcia, Stelio Savante, Erik Odom, Chase Mullins, Sidney Symington | Written and Directed by Eve Symington Written and directed by Eve Symington, Brut Force is a modern female-led film that is very much trying to capture the spirit of classic film noir and […]

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27th Apr2022

‘Held’ DVD Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Jill Awbrey, Bart Johnson, Rez Kempton, Zack Gold, Jener Dasilva, Tessa Munro | Written by Jill Awbrey | Directed by Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing A lot of movies begin with an overhead show of a car driving down a long deserted road. Ominous, sure, but something we’ve seen many many times before. That is, […]

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26th Apr2022

‘Umma’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart, MeeWha Alana Lee, Tom Yi, Odeya Rush, Dermot Mulroney | Written and Directed by Iris K. Shim Sandra Oh fears she’s turning into her mother in Umma, the Sam Raimi-produced debut from writer-director Iris K. Shim. Using horror tropes to explore various elements of personal trauma, it’s light on scares, […]

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26th Apr2022

‘Narco Sub’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Tom Vera, Robert LaSardo, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Jim Jimenez, Jon Fiore, Jen Barbeito, Alexis Arnold, Sydney Ruddock, Nick W. Nicholson | Written by Shawn Welling, Derek H. Potts | Directed by Shawn Welling Revenge thrillers have become increasingly popular in the last few years. John Wick seems to have been […]

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26th Apr2022

Video Review: ‘The Contractor’ – Chris Pine, Ben Foster & Jack Bauer… Sounds great Right? RIGHT??

by Kevin Haldon

In his latest video review, Kev checks out Amazon Prime Original The Contractor. Chris Pine and Ben Foster team up again and take a job from Jack Bauer behind enemy lines. but is it worth your time? After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper (Pine) decides to support his family by […]

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25th Apr2022

‘We’re All Going To The World’s Fair’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Anna Cobb, Holly Anne Frink, Michael J Rogers | Written and Directed by Jane Schoenbrun Long titles seem to be a bit of a trend when it comes to both books and film. Even more so in the genre. But I can see why because they always gain my interest and We’re All Going […]

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25th Apr2022

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Dan Fogler, Jessica Williams, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Katherine Waterston, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Ezra Miller | Written by Steve Kloves | Directed by David Yates After another instalment in the franchise, I still find myself asking what it’s all for, and more importantly, who are these films for? The Harry Potter franchise is one […]

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25th Apr2022

‘A.K. Tolstoy’s A Taste of Blood’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: German Palacios, Tomas Carullo Lizzio, Naiara Awada, Lautaro Bettoni, Alfonsina Carrocio, Carmela Merediz | Written and Directed by Santiago Fernández Calvete A.K. Tolstoy’s A Taste of Blood, not be confused with the recent Canadian cannibal film of the same name, or H.G. Lewis’s 1967 splatter epic, is a new vampire film based on an […]

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22nd Apr2022

‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Lily Sheen, Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Neil Patrick Harris | Written by Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten | Directed by Tom Gormican Nicolas Cage plays a tongue-in-cheek version of himself in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a gleefully meta action comedy from co-writer / director […]

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22nd Apr2022

‘The Other Side of Darkness’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Maggie Callahan, Olivia Billings, Drake Tobias, Scott C. Davies, Brett Voina, Douglas Esper, Tiffani Hilton, Gregory James, Nathanial Weiland | Written and Directed by Adam Deierling On paper, The Other Side of Darkness reads like a socio-political take on an old-school kids action-adventure movie like The Goonies and Frog Dreaming… essentially this wants to […]

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22nd Apr2022

‘Intervention’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Amber Doig-Thorne, Laura McQuiggin, Heather Elise Nelson, Bibi Lucille, Jasmine Rachelle, Lucia France | Written by Samesh Ramjattan, T D M Flynn | Directed by Samesh Ramjattan As Intervention opens Laura Green (Amber Doig-Thorne; Fanged Up, Override) is waking up confused, scared and unsure of where she is. Eventually, she makes her way to […]

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21st Apr2022

‘The Northman’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Eldar Skar | Written by Robert Eggers, Sjon | Directed by Robert Eggers Robert Eggers creates worlds you can feel, and worlds that feel like they can reach out and feel you back. From his first […]

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