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Film Review: Catch-22 (1970)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: “A bombardier during World War Two tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of the military mentality and bureaucratic society in general.” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW: Hot off the enormously successful film The Graduate (1967), director Mike Nichols could …

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Film Review: Beta Test (2016)

SYNOPSIS: Champion gamer Max Troy discovers events in a new video game are being mirrored in the real world, and must join forces with the game’s protagonist, Orson Creed, to unravel the conspiracy before the game’s sinister plot overwhelms the city. REVIEW: In the forty-five years since video games became commercially available, movies have become increasingly influenced by this outside …

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Film Review: The Faith of Anna Waters (The Offering) (2016)

SYNOPSIS: When young and successful reporter Jamie finds out that her sister has died in mysterious circumstances, she travels to Singapore to uncover the truth. There, she discovers multiple deaths linked to her sister’s and must join forces with her sister’s husband in order to defeat a demonic entity that is using new technology to complete an ancient mission REVIEW: …

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Film Review: The Raven (2012)

SYNOPSIS: When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality. REVIEW: I’m no student of Edgar Allen Poe, I admit that fully & without fear of prejudice from anyone reading this review who might take umbrage with some of …

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Film Review: Cain Hill (2017)

SYNOPSIS: A group of documentary filmmakers are filming a TV special about the events which occurred at the famous and mysterious abandoned Cain Hill asylum many years earlier, and the unexplained abductions and murders that have occurred at the site since then. The group soon learn that one of the inmates never left Cain Hill at all. REVIEW: Cain Hill …

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Interfilm’s RAGEAHOLIC Wraps Principal Photography Today in Japan

Interfilm’s RAGEAHOLIC Wraps Photography in Japan Picture marks feature directorial debut of acclaimed artist and scripter Yoshiki Takahashi Principal photography wrapped today on Interfilm’s RAGEAHOLIC, from writer/director Yoshiki Takahashi. The picture marks the feature directorial debut of prolific Tokyo-based artist Takahashi, who is widely-known for scripting Sion Sono’s celebrated 2010 blockbuster COLD FISH. RAGEAHOLIC, which is based on a story …

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Film Review: Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)

SYNOPSIS: A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity. REVIEW: “Sometimes, when you talk to one of the dead – all of them are listening”. …

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Reserve your copy of Ryan Nicholson’s GUTTERBALLS on BLU!

Unearthed Films and Stephen Biro are proud to celebrate Ryan Nicholson’s life’s work with this extraordinary release. GUTTERBALLS Special 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Release (first time ever on Blu-ray), single blu-ray and single DVD are now available for pre-order! The 2-Disc blu-ray Collector’s Edition releases 4/14/20 and it comes with over 30 hours of never-before-seen outtakes of the filming of Gutterballs …

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Tommy DeNucci’s ‘Ask Athena’ Starts Production Spring 2020

Writer / Director Tommy DeNucci’s is getting ready to go into production with his new film, ASK ATHENA.   They are set to start shooting in Rhode Island the Spring of 2020.  Tommy has given incredible notoriety to the Rhode Island filmmaking community with his previous films, Vault (2019), Saving Christmas (2017), Almost Mercy (2015), Army of the Damned (2013), and …

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The Tragically Ignored Human Side of Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson’s Swamp Thing

A common theme among the iconic science-fiction author Phillip K. Dick focused on a simple question, “What does it mean to be human?” In his short stories and extended works such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Blade Runner), Dick examined humanity through inhuman characters such as androids and aliens. Other creative talents explored similar questions in scores …

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Film Review: Survival Box (2019)

SYNOPSIS: Seven teenagers. Five months. Twenty feet underground. No exit. The gripping story of a handful of high school kids trapped in a wealthy Philadelphia family’s backyard bunker. REVIEW: Rich high school graduate Chris is bored with his everyday life, so he decides to have a party in his family’s underground bunker. Ignoring the news reports on the tv about …

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Film Review: Baise Moi (2000)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Not for the faint-hearted. Baise-Moi, literally translated as ‘F*ck Me’, defies categories – it features p*rnographic sex scenes & violent shootings, but it won’t fit anyone’s definition of an erotic thriller. After separately committing murders, two French women (Karen Lancaume & Raffaëla Anderson) join together in a spree of crime & sex. Because both have endured …

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