09th Oct2013

‘Dear Dracula’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars (the voices of): Ray Liotta, Emilio Estevez, Nathan Gamble, Ariel Winter, Yuri Lowenthal, Marion Ross, Tara Strong, Matthew Lillard | Written by Brad Birch | Directed by Chad Van De Keere I’ll admit, when the email came through asking if I’d like to review Dear Dracula I was a little skeptical. From the synopsis […]

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08th Oct2013

‘Deadfall’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson, Kate Mara | Written by Zach Dean | Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky Austrian Academy Award Winning (The Counterfeiters) director Stefan Ruzowitzky, whose previous work includes the Franka Potente-starring horror Anatomy and it’s well-received sequel some three years later (two films I rather enjoyed) turns his hand […]

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08th Oct2013

‘Happy Endings’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan | Written and Directed by Adam Rapp Happy Endings is a strange one because it isn’t a “new” film, it was originally released back in 2005 under the title of “Winter Passing” and this is a re-titled re-release from Signature Entertainment. Zooey Deschanel (New Girl, 500 Days of […]

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07th Oct2013

‘LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Features the voices of: Anthony Daniels, Trevor Devall, Brian Dobson, Michael Donovan, Brian Drummond, Andrew Francis, Adrian Holmes, Tom Kane, Kirby Morrow, Billy Dee Williams | Written by Michael Price | Directed by Michael Hegner Conceived as a tie-in to the re-branded LEGO range of Star Wars playsets, LEGO Star Wars:  The Yoda Chronicles features two more […]

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07th Oct2013

31 Days of Horror: ‘I Spit on Your Grave 2’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Jemma Dallender, Yavor Baharov, Joe Absolom, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Mary Stockley | Written by Neil Elman, Thomas Fenton | Directed by Steven R. Monroe So it’s that time of year again. October. The trees are changing, the sky is darkening and Halloween is just around the corner. It seems only fitting then, that horror movies […]

06th Oct2013

‘Bachelorette’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson, Hayes MacArthur, James Marsden, Adam Scott, Kyle Bornheimer | Written and Directed by Leslye Headland Having debuted simultaneously in cinemas and on VOD in August, Bachelorette finally comes to DVD and Blu-ray on Monday courtesy of Lionsgate. The film follows Becky (Wilson), who is set to […]

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06th Oct2013

31 Days of Horror: ‘Ghost Shark’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Richard Moll, Mackenzie Rasman, Dave Randolph-Mayhem Davis, Shawn C. Philips, Jaren Mitchell, Robert Aberdeen, Sloane Coe, Jayme Bohn, Amy Brassette, Lucky Johnson | Written by Eric Forsberg, Griff Furst, Paul A. Birkett | Directed by Griff Furst Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Scratch that. Just when […]

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06th Oct2013

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Season 5’ Review

by Phil Wheat

In its Emmy-award winning fifth season, the gripping Star Wars story moves closer to the grim events of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and several major players face their destinies as the galaxy plunges into darkness. Planets are rocked by revolution, ancient Jedi secrets are explored, and Ahsoka Tano – the spirited […]

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05th Oct2013

DVD News: Adventure Time – Complete Season One

by Phil Wheat

What time is it? It’s Adventure Time! The cult show from creator Pendleton Ward and the Cartoon Network – which balances a mix of surreal humour and thrilling adventure and features guest appearances from Mark Hamill, Brian Posehn, Lou Ferrigno and Kerri Kenney-Silver –  is coming to DVD in December. Set in the fantastical land of […]

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05th Oct2013

31 Days of Horror: ‘Creature’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Daniel Bernhardt, Sid Haig, Wayne Pére, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dillon Casey, Lauren Schneider, Amanda Fuller, Aaron Hill | Written by Fred Andrews, Tracy Morse | Directed by Fred Andrews Local legend has it, that an inbred man by the name of Grimley once lost his family to a monstrous white […]

26th Sep2013

Competition: Win ‘Frankenstein’s Army’ on DVD!

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of the suspenseful Nazi-horror shocker Frankenstein’s Army – unleashing it’s terror on DVD 30th September 2013 – we have a copy to give away to one lucky, but brave, winner! Having screened to rapturous applause at this year’s prestigious Film4 FrightFest, Frankenstein’s Army is a sinister game-changer for the Nazi horror […]

25th Sep2013

‘The Iceman’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, Winona Ryder, David Schwimmer, Ray Liotta, Robert Davi, John Ventimiglia, James Franco, McKaley Miller, Stephen Dorff | Written by Ariel Vromen, Morgan Land | Directed by Ariel Vromen “He is such a cold blooded killer, they call him ‘The Iceman’” Directed by Israeli’s Ariel Vromen (Danika, Rx) and starring Michael Shannon (Man of Steel), […]

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22nd Sep2013

‘Arrow: The Complete First Season’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) returns home with a mysterious agenda and a lethal set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime. Based on the iconic DC Comics character Green Arrow,  Arrow: The Complete First Season is a modern-day re-imagining of […]

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22nd Sep2013

‘Sharknado’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ian Ziering, Jaason Simmons, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, John Heard, Alex Arleo, Neil H. Berkow, Heather Jocelyn Blair | Written by Thunder Levin | Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante When a freak tornado swamps Los Angeles, thousands of man-eating sharks are sucked into the swirling vortex, terrorizing the waterlogged populace and flooding the city with shark-infested […]

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21st Sep2013

‘Dark Feed’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Evalena Marie, Michael Reed, Dayna Cousins, Victoria Nugent, Jason Beaubien, Rebecca Whitehurst, Michael Scott Allen, Jonathan Thomson, Andrew Rudick, Jonathan Popp | Written and Directed by Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen I think I may have been only one of a handful of people in the film-blogging community who expressed deep love for John Carpenter’s […]

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21st Sep2013

‘The Reaper’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland, Douglas Tait, David Beeler, Joel Bryant, Stacey Carino, Richardson Chery, Adam David, Jemal Draco | Written and Directed by Kimberly Seilhamer An albino, a deaf mute, a jock, a fat kid, a sexually-abused girl and a token “Angry Asian” chick all get on a bus… Sounds like the start of […]

16th Sep2013

‘Outpost 11’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Billy Clarke, Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper, Bernard Hill, Graham Till | Written and Directed by Anthony Woodley Outpost 11, the first feature film for director Anthony Woodley, is science-fiction, pure and simple, and I went into the feature with little-to-no knowledge of what it was about or what to expect. The film stars Billy Clarke […]

16th Sep2013

Competition: Win ‘uwantmetokillhim?’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of uwantme2killhim? (eOne) on DVD, we have a copy to give away! From Producer Bryan Singer (X-Men, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Usual Suspects) comes uwantme2killhim?, a British thriller based on a true story. A fascinating and disturbing examination of the impact that the emerging online culture had on the […]

13th Sep2013

LEGO & Lucasfilm announce DVD debut of ‘The Yoda Chronicles’

by Phil Wheat

The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm announced today that LEGO Star Wars:  The Yoda Chronicles will release on DVD 30th September. The two original 22 minute specials offer brand new epic adventures featuring everyone’s favorite LEGO Star Wars characters. Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the DVD is available now for pre-order. Featuring Episode I – “The Phantom Clone” and Episode […]

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13th Sep2013

WWE Superstar Collection: ‘Randy Orton’ & ‘John Cena’ Review(s)

by Chris Cummings

WWE Superstar Collection: John Cena It isn’t exactly uncommon to come across wrestling fans that don’t enjoy John Cena matches, and I would go under that description also for the most-part, but I still find a lot of interesting things about the matches that the guy has. He’s the face of WWE and the biggest […]

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12th Sep2013

‘Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman’ Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Fernanda Urrejola, Matías Oviedo, Eric Kleinsteuber, Jorge Alis, Víctor González, Sofía García | Written and Directed by Ernesto Diaz Espinoza Written and Directed by Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mandrill, Kiltro, The ABC’s of Death), Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman proudly claimed to be a ‘LatinXploitation’ flick and as such was a Chilean take […]

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09th Sep2013

‘The Bleeding House’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Alexandra Chando, Nina Lisandrello, Patrick Breen, Richard Bekins, Betsy Aidem, Charlie Hewson, Court Young, Henderson Wade, Victoria Dalpe | Written and Directed by Philip Gelatt The Bleeding House is a mystery horror movie directed by Philip Gelatt, a director who hasn’t done anything else as far as research can tell, as a director. Gelatt also wrote the […]

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