28th Apr2023

‘Hell’s Half Acre’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Quinn Nehr, Brynn Beveridge, James Matthew Fuller, Omar Vega Jr., Amanda Buhs, Anthony Pape, Gary Soumar, Tony Lee Gratz | Written and Directed by John Patrick Tomasek “We’re explorers, not fake ghost hunters” Marcus (Quinn Nehr; Sheltered, Mary’s Buttons) tells Jessie (Brynn Beveridge; Bloodline, Time Will Never Tell) at the beginning of Hell’s Half […]

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27th Apr2023

‘Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Dennis Boutsikaris, Mike Faist, Crystal Reed | Written and Directed by Austin and Meredith Bragg Writer/Director duo Austin and Meredith Bragg make their feature-film debut with this biopic of Roger Sharpe, a writer and game designer known for helping to end New York City’s 36-year ban on pinball. The film opens with an interview […]

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27th Apr2023

‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Caitlin Gerard, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez, Alan Cox, Nancy Carroll, Christopher Villiers, Vicki Pepperdine | Written by Reid Carolin | Directed by Steven Soderbergh Magic Mike’s Last Dance sees Channing Tatum and Steven Soderbergh back together to finish what they started 11 years ago. This time, […]

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26th Apr2023

‘The Tank’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Matt Whelan, Luciane Buchanan, Zara Nausbaum, Ascia Maybury | Written and Directed by Scott Walker Set in 1978, The Tank opens with Ben (Matt Whelan; American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, Under the Vines) getting some news about his deceased mother. It appears his father left her coastal property in Hobbit’s Bay Oregon that […]

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26th Apr2023

‘Backward Faces’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Lennon Sickels, Andrew Morra | Written and Directed by Chris Aresco Making his feature debut, writer/director Chris Aresco opens his black-and-white film with Sydney (Lennon Sickels) and Ken (Andrew Morra) sitting on opposite sides of a bed. The pair struggle to talk after their disappointing one-night stand, although the eventual conversation just makes matters […]

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26th Apr2023

‘War of the Worlds: Annihilation’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: William Baldwin, Arie Thompson, Michael Marce, Kennedy Porter, Noel G, Rashod Freelove, Emree Franklin | Written by Conor Dowling | Directed by Maximilian Elfeldt Originally released in the US at the end of December 2021, with no fanfare, publicity, or (at the time) even an IMDB page, War of the Worlds: Annihilation is the […]

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25th Apr2023

‘Nefarious’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, James Healy Jr., Eric Hanson, Tom Ohmer, Stelio Savante, Cameron Arnett, Sarah Hernandez, Jarret LeMaster, Robert Peters | Written and Directed by Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon Nefarious tells the tale of a convicted serial killer waiting on the day of his execution. On that day he has a last […]

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25th Apr2023

‘Monster Armageddon’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jhey Castles, Lindsey Marie Wilson, Michael Paré, Presley Alexander, Jolene Andersen, Lauren Elyse Buckley, Phillip Andre Botello, Natalie Daniels, Josh Duhon  | Written by Marc Gottlieb | Directed by Michael Su The tagline for The Asylum’s latest film Monster Armageddon reads “Welcome to the Multiverse”. But the film actually has less in common with […]

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25th Apr2023

‘Swim’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jennifer Field, Andy Lauer, Brett Hargrave, Daniel Grogan, Joey Lawrence, Addison Bowman, Rib Hillis | Written by Anthony C. Ferrante | Directed by Jared Cohn It was bound to happen. Netflix started making and showing original movies, then Amazon, and then Tubi followed suit with Swim. But as Tubi is not a thing here […]

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25th Apr2023

Video Review ‘Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey’

by Kevin Haldon

From writer/director Rhys Frake-Waterfield and starring Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Natasha Rose Mills and Craig David Dowsett, Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey is available on DVD and Blu-ray now, in the UK, from Altitude Film Distribution. A horror retelling of A. A. Milne’s 1926 book Winnie-the-Pooh, and follows the anthropomorphic characters Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet. […]

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24th Apr2023

‘Evil Dead Rise’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Alyssa Sutherland, Lilly Sullivan | Written and Directed by Lee Cronin Evil Dead Rise doesn’t do anything to reinvent the wheel or try anything too groundbreaking but reminds us how fun an Evil Dead film can be. It takes us back into the world and shows the horrors […]

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24th Apr2023

‘Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Paula Brasca, Marie Ruane, Sophia Davey, Cassandra Magrath, Michael Lorz | Directed by Charly Goitia, Ryan J. Thomson, Lorcan Finnegan, Nathan Crooker, Adam O’Brien, Mia’Kate Russell, David M. Night Maire Based on a concept by Michael Kraetzer, Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker is an anthology feature assembled from short films released as early as […]

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21st Apr2023

‘The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmai, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Vicky Krieps, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Lyna Khoudri, Eric Ruf, Marc Barbé | Written by Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière | Directed by Martin Bourboulon Directed by Martin Bourboulon, this French adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel is part one of two, […]

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20th Apr2023

‘Blade of the 47 Ronin’ Blu-ray Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Dan Southworth, Chris Pang, Teresa Ting, Mark Dacascos, Mike Moh, Anna Akana | Written by Aimee Garcia, A.J. Mendez, John Swetnam | Directed by Ron Yuan Who would have thought we would be seeing a sequel to 47 Ronin among all of the Halloween goodies? But sure enough, Universal 1440 Entertainment, the company’s direct-to-video […]

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20th Apr2023

Video Review: ‘One of These Days’

by Kevin Haldon

From writer/director Bastian Günther, and starring Carrie Preston (True Blood, The Good Fight), Callie Hernandez (Shotgun Wedding, The Flight Attendant), Joe Cole (Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders), and Cullen Moss (Outer Banks), One of These Days is available on demand and digital now, in the US, from Gravitas Ventures. In a small town in Texas, […]

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20th Apr2023

‘The Reaper Man’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Kenon Walker, Jessica Jai Johnson, Michael Gordon III, Coley Bryant, Brandon Russell, Brandon Person, K.J. Baker, Keith Lamont Johnson, Tarsha Gibson | Written and Directed by Jaron Lockridge As The Reaper Man begins, Joseph (Kenon Walker) and Jessica (Jessica Jai Johnson) are having a very bad day. First, they find out that they’ve been approved […]

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19th Apr2023

‘The Killer’ Blu-ray Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jang Hyuk, Lee Chae-young, Lee Seo-young, Bruce Khan, Lee Seung-joon | Written by Nam Ji-woong | Directed by Choi Jae-hun Not to be confused with John Woo’s classic film of the same name, The Killer (Jugeodo Doeneun Ai) is the new film from Choi Jae-hun (The Hypnosis, The Swordsman) and written by Nam Ji-woong […]

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19th Apr2023

‘Hypnotica’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Tim Torre, Adam Johnson, Taylor Foster, Marisa Echeverria, Alexander Angelikis | Written and Directed by A.T. Sharma Also known as Unhinged, Hypnotica is the feature debut from writer/director A.T. Sharma. His film begins in curious fashion, as on-screen text reads “Based on actual case studies,” before various scenes depict an unseen man’s journey to […]

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18th Apr2023

‘The Best Man’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nicky Whelan, Luke Wilson, Brendan Fehr, Dolph Lundgren, Chris Mullinax, Scout Taylor-Compton, Scott Martin | Written by Shane Dax Taylor, C. Alec Rossel, Daniel Zirilli | Directed by Shane Dax Taylor The Best Man opens with a rescue mission as a group of mercenaries rescue an American woman kidnapped in Mexico. Despite being much […]

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18th Apr2023

‘Tommy Guns’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Gustavo Sumpta, Leonor Silveira, Miguel Amorim, Ivo Arroja, André Cabral, João Cachola, Vicente Gil | Written and Directed by Carlos Conceicao For me, it can only be a good thing when I say that Tommy Guns is like no film I have ever seen before. It covers several genres and […]

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18th Apr2023

‘Blood Covered Chocolate’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Michael Klug, Christine Nguyen, Joe Altieri, Meghan Deanna Smith, Debra Lamb, Helene Udy, Mike Ferguson | Written and Directed by Monte Light Blood Covered Chocolate is the latest film from writer/director Monte Light, this black-and-white feature opens with a traditionally ordinary image of someone walking down a corridor. As he opens a storage locker, […]

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17th Apr2023

‘Renfield’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Brandon Scott Jones, Adrian Martinez, Camille Chen, Bess Rous | Written by Ryan Ridley, Robert Kirkman | Directed by Chris McKay Nicolas Cage has been in just about every kind of film you can think of, and he’s played just about every kind of character […]

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