When most people think of Eric Roberts, the infamous Stalked by My Doctor movies spring to mind in addition to several direct-to-video titles, but from the late 70s through to the mid-80s, Roberts was at the peak of his profession. The actor’s debut feature, King of the Gypsies, arguably his best work, came to Blu-ray […]
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Here in Australia, especially during summer, life is a never-ending creature feature. Surprisingly our array of creepy-crawlies and large reptiles are rarely subject to cinematic exploitation. By contrast, in the United States, almost every member of the animal kingdom has at one time been a star, like an alligator – a titular monster of the
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I’m not the most enlightened individual when it comes to music. My tastes still linger around a couple of songs I was exposed to as a child; namely Love Shack and Electric Blue. When it comes to music today, I can say with confidence that I’m aware it exists. Available to rent and buy from
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Carl Douglas claimed that “everybody was Kung Fu fighting” in his funky hit from 1974, but little did he know that during the very same year, everybody was, in fact, doing exactly that in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, currently available on Blu-ray from Signal One Entertainment. Produced by Hammer Films and Shaw
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When I started collecting DVDs in the early 2000s, I recall Empire Magazine giving away free copies of Death Race 2000, back when only mainstream Hollywood titles were subject to the format’s premium treatment. Of course, being somewhat of a film snob at the time, I rejected this offer. However, I was playing a lot
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During September, I resigned myself to the sad reality of not being able to see Bottoms in theatres, but by a stroke of good fortune, my small-town multiplex, gave the LGBT comedy a brief run with semi-convenient session times for its November 30th Australian release. In a violent scheme to bed some babes before graduation,
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Jim Carrey was apparently not a fun guy to be around during production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, as he found the make-up process extremely unpleasant, despite the end result being nothing short of amazing. I imagine all that negativity exhibited by Carrey, lingered in the air above Whoville, until some twisted Christmas magic
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Nature has well and truly been on the loose this year in “Movieland”, with Cocaine Bear, Black Demon, Meg 2 and now the slasher, Slotherhouse (adding to Word’s dictionary) that arrived on DVD last week from Eagle Entertainment. Desperate to win popularity among her sorority sisters, Emily adopts a sloth that unbeknownst to her, has
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We’re over a century removed from the ‘silent era’ but 90s action kingpin, John Woo, has brought it back in a small dose with his first American film in 20 years, aptly named, Silent Night – which opens in cinemas across Australia from Dec 7th from Rialto Distribution. After losing his voice and child during
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I was 19 going 20 when Bad Santa hit DVD, several months after a bootleg copy made the rounds among my extended family back in the days of tangible film piracy. Twenty years later, I still stubbornly watch that same DVD with “interactive menus”, despite HD streams at my fingertips, and with each viewing my
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