Archive for June, 2017

It’s a certain four-letter word

The Hard WordYou’ll have plenty of hard words to say if you are unlucky enough to watch the Australian heist movie The Hard Word.

I duke it out with Duke

BillieAn enthusiastic cast populates the comedy Billie, and their energy almost makes up for the fact that the script they are working with isn’t all that funny.

“Amityville: The Awakening” Hits Snooze Again; Rolls Over and Goes Back to Sleep


THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

In what’s got to be the most frustrating piece of B-movie news in a long time, it’s been announced that the new (if a movie that’s been sitting on the shelf since late 2014 can be called “new”) Amityville movie has been pulled from release yet again. It was originally scheduled to be released at the end of June, but is now on indefinite hold.

My guess is we’ll be able to see this movie’s eventual remake long before we get to see the actual movie.

The real mafia

The Nickel RideA downbeat but compelling look into society’s criminal underbelly, The Nickel Ride is a drama that is ripe for rediscovery.

I can’t quite put my finger on it…

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Before we get started, I would just like to say that INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING SUCKS.

And now, our feature presentation—

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THE CREEPING FLESH (1973)

…finds Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee playing half-brothers, both scientists: the latter the head of a mental hospital, who finds in his patients an excellent source of experimental subjects; the former a biologist and anthropologist who discovers a skeleton which he believes could be the key to freeing the world of evil.

You may be surprised to learn who the villain is…

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