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On Netflix: EXTINCTION (2018)
EXTINCTION(US - 2018)Directed by Ben Young. Written by Spenser Cohen and Brad Caleb Kane. Cast: Michael Pena, Lizzy Caplan, Israel Broussard, Mike Colter, Emma Booth, Lex Shrapnel, Amelia Crouch, Erica...
View ArticleIn Theaters: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT (2018)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT(US/China - 2018)Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Monaghan,...
View ArticleRetro Review: DAGON (2002)
DAGON(Spain - 2001; US release 2002)Directed by Stuart Gordon. Written by Dennis Paoli. Cast: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Merono, Macarena Gomez, Uxia Blanco, Brendan Price, Birgit Bofarull,...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND (2018); KINGS (2018); and THE CON IS...
INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND(Canada/France - 2018)Pascal Laugier's 2008 film MARTYRS was pretty much the last word in France's "extreme horror" craze that gave us Alexandre Aja's HIGH TENSION, Xavier Gens'...
View ArticleRetro Review: PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING (1982)
PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING(Italy/US - 1982)Directed by James Cameron. Written by H.A. Milton (James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee and Ovidio G. Assonitis). Cast: Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: REVENGE (2018), MARROWBONE (2018), and 2036: ORIGIN UNKNOWN...
REVENGE(France/Belgium - 2018)A throwback to both the French "extreme" horror movement of the mid-2000s as well as the vintage exploitation standby of the rape/revenge thriller, REVENGE hit...
View ArticleIn Theaters: BLACKkKLANSMAN (2018)
BLACKkKLANSMAN(US - 2018)Directed by Spike Lee. Written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee. Cast: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, Corey...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE MEG (2018)
THE MEG(US/China - 2018)Directed by Jon Turtletaub. Written by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Robert...
View ArticleRetro Review: THE CHANGELING (1980)
THE CHANGELING(Canada - 1980)Directed by Peter Medak. Written by William Gray and Diana Maddox. Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse, Madeleine...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: SHOCK AND AWE (2018) and THE YELLOW BIRDS (2018)
SHOCK AND AWE(US/UK - 2018)There's a strong and critical indictment of a film to be made of the journalistic lapses and outright cheerleading in the run up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on the...
View ArticleRetro Review: WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? (1974)
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?aka THE COED MURDERS(Italy - 1974; US release 1977)Directed by Massimo Dallamano. Written by Ettore Sanza and Massimo Dallamano. Cast: Giovanna Ralli, Claudio...
View ArticleIn Theaters: MILE 22 (2018)
MILE 22(US/China - 2018)Directed by Peter Berg. Written by Lea Carpenter. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Ronda Rousey, Terry Kinney, Carlo Alban, Sam Medina, Natasha...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: BLACK WATER (2018), BLEEDING STEEL (2018) and DAMASCUS COVER...
BLACK WATER(US - 2018)A more apt title for this nautical non-actioner might be ESCAPE PLAN: RUN STAGNANT, RUN DULL, as cult action heroes Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren reunite once again,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: PAPILLON (2018)
PAPILLON(US - 2018)Directed by Michael Noer. Written by Aaron Guzikowski. Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Eve Hewson, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Moller, Tommy Flanagan, Michael Socha, Joel Basman,...
View ArticleRetro Review: GIALLO IN VENICE (1979)
GIALLO IN VENICEaka GIALLO A VENEZIA(Italy - 1979)Directed by Mario Landi. Written by Aldo Serio. Cast: Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Maria Angela Giordano, Michele Renzullo, Eolo Capritti,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: OPERATION FINALE (2018)
OPERATION FINALE(US - 2018)Directed by Chris Weitz. Written by Matthew Orton. Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick Kroll, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwyn, Greta Scacchi,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: SEARCHING (2018)
SEARCHING(US - 2018)Directed by Aneesh Chaganty. Written by Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanion. Cast: John Cho, Debra Messing, Michelle La, Joseph Lee, Sara Sohn, Stephen Michael Eich, Briana McLean, Ric...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On VOD: REPRISAL (2018)
REPRISAL(US/UK - 2018)Directed by Brian A. Miller. Written by Bryce Hammons. Cast: Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Olivia Culpo, Johnathon Schaech, Natali Yura, Wass Stevens, Colin Egglesfield, Uncle...
View ArticleRetro Review: A MINUTE TO PRAY, A SECOND TO DIE (1968)
A MINUTE TO PRAY, A SECOND TO DIE(Italy - 1968)Directed by Franco Giraldi. Written by Louis Garfinkle, Ugo Liberatore and Albert Band. Cast: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Nicoletta...
View ArticleRetro Review: STRAIGHT TO HELL (1987)
STRAIGHT TO HELL(US/UK - 1987)Directed by Alex Cox. Written by Dick Rude and Alex Cox. Cast: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, The Pogues, Elvis Costello, Dennis Hopper, Grace...
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