Category: Film Review.
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Films With Friends Collection 6: Citizens on Patrol
Body Parts (1991) This horror sci-fi film was co-written and directed by Eric Red, the man who wrote the now cult classic Near Dark, The Hitcher and Blue Steel. And if you have ever seen any of those flicks, you would be impressed. Trust me. Jeffy Fahey is Bill Chrushank, a psychologist working with convicted…
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Films With Friends Collection 5: Eternal Sunshine of a Twisted Mind.
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973) Thriller: A Cruel Picture, or They Call Her One Eye, as it was later named in the U.S., is a Swedish revenge exploitation film, written and directed by Bo Arne Vibenius. Although it was released in 1973, it didn’t arrive in English speaking countries until 1974 and 75. Madeleine, as…
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Lost in the 90s Part 1: Such Sights.
Lost in the 90s: Collection 01 In the 1990s, I hit the video store multiple times a week. It was my church, and the films that lay dormant in its hollowed isles, where my religion. I watched everything that caught my eye, and I watched so many films that will forever live in my head.…
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Re-Watch Collection 5 – Dracula is the True Lord of the Dead.
Let’s take a look at some of the notable films featuring the most famous vampire in popular fiction. Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu (or as it’s sometimes-called Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror) was released on the 4th March 1922, and is the earliest surviving vampire film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, albeit loosely. It is directed by…
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Re-Watch 4: Once More With Feeling.
Number One With A Bullet (1987) In the 80s, with films like 48 Hours and Running Scared, the buddy cop genre was starting to take off. Before Lethal Weapon would define the genre, Cannon films made their own. But unfortunately, it was Number One With a Bullet. It features two cops with conflicting personalities (shock!).…
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Re-Watch Collection: With a Vengeance.
Visiting Hours (1982) Visiting Hours is a Canadian psychological thriller directed by Jean-Claude Lord, that also sits comfortably in the slasher genre of horror films. It’s a film that I’ve only seen once before, and I remember not liking it. Well, I can confirm, my younger self was wrong. Deborah Ballin (Lee Grant) is a…
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Films With Friends Collection Part 3: The Search For Spock
Galaxy of Terror (1981) When your friend discovers a movie they haven’t seen, sometimes you just wanna be there and watch it with them just to see their reactions to the film. And today’s film is just one of those. Galaxy of Terror is a 1981 sci-fi horror film from New World Pictures and Roger…
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Films With Friends Collection 2: Electric Boogaloo.
The second set of reviews originally posted to social media detailing the eclectic and baffling taste in film by myself and my long-suffering friends. Enjoy. The Batman (2022) Yeah, I know. I’m a bad movie/comic book geek. I only got around to watching this film a week ago, despite the fact that I had bought…
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Re-Watch: The First Collection.
Re-Watch Part 1 You know the feeling when a scene from a film pops in your head and kind of replays behind your eyes like the first song you hear on the radio in the morning. Well, when that happen, I have to watch that movie or that scene in my head won’t bugger off.…
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Films With Friends. Part 1: The Beginning.
Films With Friends – Part 01 Hello there people of the mystical land called Internet. I have returned. Well, kind of. Two thirds of my brain are arguing with each other, so the other bit (that’s me. HELLO) just popped out to post this. So, here is the first collection of my Films With Friends…
Exploiting Wonderland 