Stars: Molly C. Quinn, Yancy Butler, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lochlyn Munro, Michael Welch, Andrew James Allen | Written by David Tillman | Directed by Duane Journey Tommy Wirkola has a lot to answer for… Since releasing his Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters flick there have been more and more Hansel & Gretel-related flicks hitting DVD, […]
‘Prey’ is an effective episode setting up the endgame to come in the dawning war between Rick and The Governor. It smartly focuses on one half of the equation and barely even registers with the prison group save for the cold open with Michonne by the fireside and a brief but unsettling apperance by Rick […]
Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Holly Taylor | Created by Joseph Weisberg There’s a great quandary that lies in the middle of ‘Mutually Assured Destruction.’ If Philip and Elizabeth’s marraige is a sham, if they’re together just because of the so-called mission, do they really have to stay married? It’s a thought that should cross everyone’s […]
Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Morris Chestnut, John Cho, Robert Patrick, Eric Stonestreet | Written by Craig Mazin | Directed by Seth Gordon Jason Bateman re-teams with his Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon and Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy for a comedy in which a regular guy […]
Manufacturer: Sega Specs: Xbox Live Arcade (now) | PSN (April) RRP: 1200 MS Points Rating: 3/5 Originally funded through Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is the home console debut of the stars of The Great Giana Sisters, the classic Commodore-era “bootleg” version of Super Mario Bros; and a duo whose second game, […]
Stars: Wes Chatham, Devon Sawa, Sarah Butler, Neal McDonough, Michael Jai White | Written by Adam Mervis | Directed by Jason Connery Originally set to debut back in August 2012 under the title of The Philly Kid, this is yet another film from the After Dark Action stable which looks, on the surface, like some lame Rocky knockoff. (A Rock-off?) Pleasantly […]
Stars: Elisabeth Rohm, Yancy Butler, Robert Englund, Paul Nicholls, Poppy Lee Friar, Benedict Smith, Caroline Ford, Scarlett Byrne, Daniel Black, Jeff Stewart, Sewell Whitney | Written by David Reed, Mairin Reed | Directed by Don Michael Paul Picking up after the third film, Lake Placid: The Final Chapter sees poacher Reba (Butler) return to Black […]
The final pay-per-view event of the WWE calendar, TLC: Tables/Ladders/Chairs was originally marked out for its innovative high-flying, high-risk matches. However since the departure of many of the WWE’s rope-walking risk takers the TLC PPV has become something of a damb squib, especially considering the event sits in between the much more high profile Survivor […]
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Malin Akerman, Sami Gayle, Mark Valley, M.C. Gainey | Written by David Guggenheim | Directed by Simon West These days you know what you’re getting from a Nicolas Cage film – bombastic drama, glorious over the top action and, of course, Cage over-egging every single line in the […]
Stars (the voices of): Jason Biggs, Rob Paulsen, Sean Astin, Greg Cipes, Mae Whitman, Hoon Lee, Kevin Michael Richardson | Created by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird Splinter allows the Turtles to visit the surface for the first time, where they attempt to stop a group of thugs from kidnapping April O’Neil and her parents. But […]
Stars: George Clooney, Maureen McCormick, Vince Edwards, Brendan Hughes, Scott Jacoby, Lori Lethin, Alex Rocco | Written by Bill Froehlich, Mark Lisson | Directed by Bill Froehlich In 1982 Crippen High School was the scene of a series of brutal murders and yet the killer was never caught. Now a low budget film crew that […]
Stars: Jim Cavaziel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman | Created by Jonathan Nolan John Reese (Cavaziel) a former elite CIA officer is homeless and presumed dead following the death of the woman he loves. When he is approached by a reclusive billionaire computer genius Harold Finch (Emerson) who lives under an assumed identity, they form a […]
Stars: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies, Richard Glover, Monica Dolan, Jonathan Aris, Richard Lumsden | Written by Alice Lowe, Steve Oram | Directed by Ben Wheatley Kill List director Ben Wheatley returns with his latest opus, Sightseers, a very British black comedy which is penned by its stars Alice Lowe and Steve Oram and […]
Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Christina Ulloa, Travis Van Winkle, Michael Copon, Tyler Mane | Written by Lloyd S. Wagner | Directed by Levan Bakhia & Beqa Jguburia Supposedly based on true events that took place in Georgia, 247°F tells the story of Jenna who, still struggling to come to terms with the tragic death of her […]
Written and Directed by Gilles Penso | Produced by Alexandre Poncet | Co-produced by Tony Dalton Directed by Gilles Penso, Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan covers the remarkable career of the movie industry’s most admired and influential special-effects auteur. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen’s seminal influence on modern-day special effects, the documentary features enlightening and […]
‘Cutting Cards’ may be one of the best episodes of Tales from the Crypt out there. It’s not necessarily horror but still has overtones of it, especially in the last third. Overall, it’s just a pitch black comedy in the guise of two-hander (fitting words for how the episode ends, eh?) between two titans of […]
Stars: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Liane Balaban, Morganne Slemp, Genevieve Alexandra, America Olivo, Sammi Rotibi, Sal Landi, Dan Hunter, Megan Duffy | Written by Alexander Aja, Gregory Levasseur | Directed by Franck Khalfoun After helming remakes of The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha, the gang behind the “trapped in a parking lot with a psycho” […]
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Josh Peck, Connor Cruise, Edwin Hodge, Will Yun Lee, Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Written by Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore | Directed by Dan Bradley Remaking Red Dawn is an intriguing choice. The original was very much a product of its time that combined the zeitgeist attitude of the […]
Stars: Steven Seagal, Steve Austin, Bren Foster, Steph Song, Aliyah O’Brien, Michael Pare | Written by Richard Beattie | Directed by Keoni Waxman Yes, you read that cast list right, two of the biggest straight to DVD action stars, ex-cinematic hard man Steven Seagal and former WWE wrestler ”Stone Cold” Steve Austin have teamed up under […]
Features the voices of: Lloyd Floyd, Matt Sloan, Lisa Fuson, John Armstrong, Tom Kane, Sam Witwer, Anthony Daniels, Kenneth Colley, Brian Blessed | Written by Michael Price | Directed by Guy Vasilovich A follow-up to 2011’s The Padawan Menace, LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out is the second Star Wars parody to come courtesy […]