Full Moon: you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart… 101 Films has recently acquired some of the most popular and obscure titles from producer and director Charles Band, the founder of Full Moon Features. Among the variety is Trancers, which is a unique neo-noir action/sci-fi mash-up available from April 21 on […]
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As the world becomes a more frightening place, the bleak war-torn drama Savior comes to Blu-ray for the first time, thanks to the efforts of Imprint Films. However, it won’t put us back on the right track. If anything, it will simply give us pause to say, “At least things aren’t that bad.” Presented by
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Six characters are in search of an exit after they become hopelessly lost in a labyrinth of underground tunnels while looking for fortune and glory. As Above So Below is a found-footage horror movie that inverts your perception, and ten years after its release, Via Vision Entertainment in Australia have brought it back to Blu-ray
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As many animated classics have been subject to questionable live-action remakes, it’s refreshing to get an original and traditional 2D animated feature on the big screen. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie opens in theatres across Australia and New Zealand from March 27th through Pinnacle Films. Daffy Duck and Porky Pig,
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New Zealand filmmaker James Ashcroft made his feature film debut in 2021 with the bleak road thriller Coming Home in the Dark, which depicted senseless acts of violence at the hands of an extremely disturbed individual. This same confronting theme carries over into the director’s new feature, The Rule of Jenny Pen, a distressing psychological horror taking place
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Western audiences mostly know Rutger Hauer as an action star who was most prominent during the 80s and 90s. However, before making a name for himself in Hollywood, he was regarded as a thespian performer in his native Holland. In the new documentary feature, Like Tears in Rain, directed by his goddaughter Sanna Fabery de
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Vampirism does not discriminate. Once bitten you will become a lap dog of Satan, but the Hong Kong horror/comedy Doctor Vampire proves that being in the medical profession has its advantages, which is coming to Blu-ray in the United Kingdom this Monday, February 24th, from Eureka Entertainment. While visiting England, a young doctor, Chiang Ta-Tsung,
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Not every movie is going to wind up on streaming or be elevated to a disc-based physical format. Some are just “so far down, they’re not even on the map” to quote The Warriors but Vis Vision in Australia has scourged back catalogues to give collectors the relatively unknown Cyndi Lauper classic, Off and Running,
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After a while monsters tend to get boring, namely vampires and zombies, but the haunted house movie, more often than not, manages to hit close to home (no pun intended). It’s a genre that operates subconsciously, questioning our understanding of what may or may not lie beyond death. Steven Soderbergh offers more questions than answers
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When we think of animated features during the 80s and 90s, it’s mostly Disney titles that spring to mind, but former long-time animator for the studio, Don Bluth, became a rival player with his breakout film, The Secret of NIMH – available now on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment. Inside a cinderblock she calls home, which
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