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Stop me if you think you've heard this one before..... This spring’s release of Shoplifters Of The World drops on streaming this weekend after several delays amid a global pandemic that’s seen the indie film world struggle to cope. This tongue in cheek copycat of Airheads (1994) is a disappointing effort that won’t even satisfy die hard Smiths fans like myself. Instead, the movie is a ninety minute affair in the purest of annoyances. The dialogue is not natural and stilted. Characters are one sided caricatures of routinely standard ‘80s tropes, personal sexuality is assaulted by terrible cliches and branding, all the while attempting to cash in on current retro trends.Paired with awful acting and writing all around, the only saving grace is the soundtrack by The Smiths, whi
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Stanley, a director, and his wife, Alexa, leave a party to visit Tomas, the editor of Stanley’s latest movie. Stanley wants to see the newest cut of his work but, instead, Tomas shows him something that defies reality.This is the plot of the horror short film Electromagnetic. It establishes its characters and premise in a small dialogue exchange in the first couple of minutes that efficiently conveys everything the audience needs to know about this situation. Then, it gets Stanley and Tomas alone. The relationships between the characters are painted in broad strokes, so it can speed past them quickly to get to the crux of its action. Since this is a genre piece, and the most interesting moments occur once the men are in Tomas’ studio, that approach works strongly in its favor. The
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Writer-director Neil Burger started out strong with his magician romance The Illusionist before moving onto young adult science fiction thriller fare with the first Divergent film. His latest cinematic venture Voyagers, a kind of Lord of the Flies meets Passengersthriller, finds the director returning to young adult sci-fi as well as writing, directing and even producing the project. Starring Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp and Fionn Whitehead, the film stars a largely young adult cast and concerns an Interstellar-like premise involving young astronauts searching for life off of a dying Earth. To keep the next generation of artificially inseminated youths under control until they reach their intergalactic destination, they’re administered drugs to
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Based on the novel of the same name, East of the Mountains follows Ben Givens (Tom Skerritt), a retired heart surgeon with a recent terminal cancer diagnosis. Taking his dog with him, he has a final dinner with his daughter (Mira Sorvino) before heading out to Washington State’s Colombia Basin. This site, near where he grew up and fell in love with his now deceased wife, is to serve as the place where he’ll end his life on his own terms. If only it were that simple. What’s remarkable about East of the Mountains is how little actually happens despite the weighty theme of death hanging heavily over the proceedings. That’s not necessarily a bad thing as it allows Ben’s ponderous journey through the wilderness and his past to breathe. The lack of propulsive motion, however, leaves
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image courtesy Hasbro With the upcoming relaunch of the G.I. Joe film universe at hand, you can be sure that Hasbro is set to take full advantage of the movie. This will be the first in a new series of films that will once again attempt to bring the long running toy franchise to movie screens. However, the next film will be centered on Snake Eyes and only a few of the classic characters. The movie which was initially meant to release in October 2020 has been pushed to October 2021 due to the global pandemic. So here we are with a first hand look at the new action figures that Hasbro is readying to drop on hungry collectors.This last year has seen a massive spike in toy and collectible sales due to folks being locked down or quarantined. Many of the latest six inch Joes were quickly s
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image courtesy MGMYesterday, Sly Stallone once again confirmed he would not return as Rocky Balboa in the third entry in the Creed saga. But this week brings us brand new news about the famed boxing character that Stallone has played since the '70s. While he's hard at work developing a new story that will trace the steps of the characters from the classic movies prior to the first Rocky, Stallone has been busy working on a brand new director's cut of the all American '80s athletic montage film, Rocky IV. The film which released in 1985 was a massive hit for the studio and the director/actor and remains one of the most discussed entries in the series. But as we know by know, Stallone is never done with his characters. The film also came at the peak of the cold war which saw the U.S. a
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Courtesy of CBSIt always seemed inevitable that Q would be back in some way, shape, or form to visit Captain Picard. On a dramatic level, Q and Picard play well off of each other and have a fun frenemy dynamic. This dynamic has carried itself over several episodes and series so we couldn't imagine them not wanting to do it now. And what better day for CBS to announce this than on the day we first made contact with the Vulcans?Don't take my word for it, check out the sneak peek of Season 2 below. While the trailer is light on new footage for the upcoming season, it always nice to hear John DeLancie as Q. Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard is set to come out sometime in 2022 and we can't wait to see what happens next with these two legendary characters. (function() { var ze
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At long last, the upcoming Child's Play television series is making serious headway. Don Mancini's creation will be returning in the form of a new show that will bring back the original Chucky for more blood and mayhem. The series has been officially named Chucky and will be a continuation or at least connected to the original lineup of horror films. And with that said, it appears that they will be bringing back practical effects when he returns to the screen. This new video that was just posted teases the technology they're using on the doll when it premieres on SyFy and USA this coming Fall. It's said that the show will expand on Chucky's backstory and will be tied very close to the movie series but will also offer up a "fresh take on the franchise". Check out the video below
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photo courtesy WB The U.S. domestic box office showed signs this weekend in the form of two mega-monsters. The film from Warner Bros. and director Adam Wingard has gone on to gross the biggest opening weekend since the beginning of the global pandemic. As people get a little more comfortable heading back out into the public, theaters are finally seeing some lifeblood flow in the form of ticket sales. The long awaited dual between Godzilla and Kong ended up bringing in roughly $48 million over the extended Easter weekend which means the summer blockbuster season may start to heat up. This is also a good sign that the dual streaming and theatrical openings are actually working. While it's not nearly what the movie would have done during normal times, it's definitely a step in the right
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Icily precise French master filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville all but perfected the black-and-white crime thriller with such gangster epics as Bob Le Flambeur and Le Doulos under his belt well before he arrived upon one of his most overlooked heist thrillers to date with Le Deuxième Souffle. Released domestically under such titles as Second Breath or Second Wind, the vast yet intimate French crime epic stars Lino Ventura as prison escapee Gu who goes into hiding while being lured into one final heist job. On his tail is Inspector Blot (Paul Meurisse) and the stage is set for one of the director’s most elegantly constructed heist sequences of his already exceptional career. Though much of it takes place within closed quarters save for the film’s astonishing heist
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While most gags that happen on the first day of April are clear and some have the world questioning their legitimacy, Mastermind Creations (MMC for short) takes this opportunity to launch some off-the-wall products and this year is no exception.Releasing images and posting an exclusive pre-order on Planet Steel Express, this figure enthralled fans and had them guessing with this unique take on a new character. The first figure in their Infinite Finity line, IF-01 Eris: Kultur has obvious connotations to Tarn, the leader of the Decepticon Justice Division, with a tank alt-mode, dual fusion cannons, and removable Decepticon badge-shaped mask. Where this new character deviates is the feminine features and slimmer build, as well as a strong facial resemblance to Esmeral, the wife of Deceptico
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Romanian born director Shimon Dotan was one of Israel’s most celebrated directors, with such critical and commercial hits as Repeat Dive and The Smile of the Lamb cementing his reputation in the Israeli film world. Eventually moving to Canada with his wife and business partner Netaya Anbar, the filmmaker’s successes continued with such critical hits as You Can Thank Me Later and the documentary film Hot House. But after helming the Dolph Lundgren actioner Diamond Dogs, a film which he was replaced by Lundgren for much of it, his career took a bit of a nose-dive. In dire need of another critical hit, Dotan and Anbar reteamed on his next project which became an adaptation of Luke Whisnant’s 1992 novel Watching TV with the Red Chinese. Set in New York City in 1980, the
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There may not be a single trope less appealing in “romantic” dramas than a man stalking a woman to gather information on her while the film plays it as charming. In Danish filmmaker Martin Garde Abildgaard’s debut, A Beautiful Curse, this theme is pushed to its disturbing limits as photojournalist Samuel (Mark Strepan) spends his time watching Stella (Olivia Vinland) sleep, slowly falling for her in the process. On assignment on an island where a mysterious illness has afflicted the residents with perpetual sleep, Samuel spends his days taking photos of the desolate streets. In his off time, he lies next to Stella, a woman he’s found while documenting the island, and telling her everything about himself. She, of course, can’t hear him because she’s asleep but that certainly doesn’t s
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image courtesy Sony Pictures Although cinemas are slowly opening back up with the spring movie season upon us, all is still not well. While many theater chains think that Godzilla vs Kong is going to be the reset switch they need over the Easter holiday weekend, things are still not looking like they're going to be perfect any time soon. Tonight, Sony Pictures announced that their upcoming restart of the Resident Evil franchise will not meet its currently slated release date of September 3rd. The studio has decided that the film will now move from the early fall to a newly scheduled date of November 24th. This will definitely get it closer to the Christmas movie season, even if things aren't fully back to normal. Director Johannes Roberts recently stated that this new movie seri
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Photo Courtesy of Marvel ComicsWhen Disney acquired 21st Century Fox in 2019 one of the biggest properties that came with it was the legendary horror/sci-fi series Alien. Now, four years on from the last release in the Alien film franchise Disney has unleashed a new story set in the Alien universe courtesy of Marvel Comics. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with art by Salvador Larroca, Alien #1 sets the stage for a new, mostly standalone, nightmare for fans to sink their teeth into. Alien #1 centers on Gabriel Cruz, a former mercenary for Weyland-Yutani, the interplanetary mega-corporation at the center of the Alien franchise, who has worked his way up in the company, albeit at the expense of his relationship with his friends and family back on Earth. One of the only direct c
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images courtesy WBIt’s been years in the making. The championship monster bout is finally here. One will rise. One will fall. Get your popcorn! It’s the battle we’ve been waiting for. Who will win?Warner Bros. Monster-verse finds a minimal dose of heart as we get to the core of the long awaited dual between the massive Godzilla and the musclebound protector Kong. After a critically disastrous Godzilla:King of the Monsters and the mixed bag origin tale of Kong: Skull Island, the franchise finally finds some reasonable balance with this week’s long awaited release of the battle between two mammoth classic creatures. Where the other movies wasted much of their screen time on human interaction and lackluster character development or role assassination, Godzilla vs Kong finally gives
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Courtesy: Scream Factory1976's King Kong has enjoyed quite the critical re-evaluation in recent years, and deservedly so. For a long time its sole cultural legacy was that of a notorious Hollywood flop that almost ended Jessica Lange's career before it started, and stood alongside Dune as proof for many that producer Dino De Laurentiis could not be trusted to successfully helm a Hollywood blockbuster. But in recent years, the internet discourse around De Laurentiis's Kong has changed significantly, as people have revisited the film for the first time in years and had the collective reaction, "hey, wait a second, this is actually pretty good!" That was certainly my experience when I watched it in the early days of social distancing about a year ago.Courtesy: ParamountTo be clear, it
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photo courtesy Disney/LucasFilmDisney's plan to continue rolling out new and exciting adventures in the extended Star Wars universe continues on with the upcoming Cassian Andor series on their streaming platform, Disney+. The new project will be a prequel that will expand on Andor's early years with the Rebel Alliance and will show the effects of the regime on the galaxy as they begin to take a crushing foothold on freedom. Where The Mandalorian has used a lot of computer based imagery and virtual set design, Andor will be taking a step back and will be using larger, practical sets and visual work. Tonight some photos were released via StarWarsNewsNet that show some aerial shots of a face off between Imperial soldiers and a group of townsfolk. It appears that things are about to get
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images courtesy Sumerian RecordsThe story of the fictional rock band The Relentless continues on with Sumerian Records release of Paradise City on Amazon Prime this weekend. The make believe band made their premiere in the 2017 horror film American Satan which saw the lead singer make a deal with a devilish Malcolm McDowell to gain worldwide stardom. This week saw the premiere of a new short run season of eight episodes that brings back most of the cast as their pact still dangles in the background of a cheese riddled plot about stardom, battles with the paparazzi, sexual deviancy, chemical dependency and unwanted pregnancy. The resulting product is a rather lackluster affair that features some excellent scenery but hole filled writing and terrible performances from everyone inv
