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Film Review: Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)

SYNOPSIS: “Louis Mazzini’s mother’s frequent tales of how her titled D’Ascoyne family shunned her after she eloped with an Italian commoner causes a simmering resentment in him. On being spurned because of his lowly status by his lifetime (if devious and fickle) sweetheart Sibella he decides to permanently remove all the D’Ascoynes standing between him and the Dukedom. Becoming romantically …

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Comic Review: Witch Doctor – Issue 3

Issue: Witch Doctor #3 Writer: Brandon Seifert Artist: Lukas Ketner Publisher: Image (Skybound) Release Date: September 2011 Pages: 28 Price: $2.99 “It’s Dr. Morrow’s biggest case yet: ‘The Patient From The Black Lagoon!’ What’s the secret of the Deep Ones? How do they fit in with the Relapse, the Extinction Event that’s coming for humankind? And why are Morrow and …

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Film Review: The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

SYNOPSIS: Francisca (Kika Magalhaes) has been unfazed by death from an early age because her mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, imbued her with a thorough understanding of the human anatomy. When tragedy shatters her family’s idyllic life in the countryside, her deep trauma gradually awakens some unique curiosities. As she grows up, her desire to connect with the world …

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Film Review: Split (2016)

SYNOPSIS: After three girls are kidnapped by a man with 24 distinct personalities they must find some of the different personalities that can help them while running away and staying alive from the others. REVIEW: Director: M Night Shyamalan Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Betty Buckley It’s pretty hard to overstate how hot M. Night Shyamalan was …

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Film Review: The Remains (2016)

SYNOPSIS: After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children. REVIEW: I don’t understand the way people in haunted house movies behave. Can they not google the history of …

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Film Review: Demonwarp (1988)

SYNOPSIS: A young man brings four friends to a remote cabin for an idyllic weekend. But the trip is a ruse; secretly he’s come to track down a mysterious Bigfoot like creature he blames for his uncle’s disappearance. His suspicions were correct and within hours the group is fighting for their lives against the murderous beast. REVIEW: 1988 was a …

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Plagiarism in Hollywood Films – The Invasion of the Screenplay Snatchers – Part 2

ALIEN (1979) – Genre buffs are probably aware that this classic shares its concept with Edward Cahn’s 1958 monster on a space ship funfest It! The Terror From Beyond Space. But that similarity could be chalked up to its core idea being a science fiction trope rather than plagiarism. But viewers weaned on late night television also noticed that Alien’s …

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