Movie Review: ‘Deadly Games’

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Director: René Manzor Cast: Brigette Fossey, Louis Ducreux, Patrick Floersheim, Alain Lalanne, François-Éric Gendron, Stéphane Legros Plot: A young child is left home alone at the large family house during Christmas. While his… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Don’t Open Till Christmas’

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Director: Edmund Purdom Cast: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, Gerry Sundquist, Mark Jones Plot: In the lead up to Christmas a couple of London detectives search for a pathological killer targeting anyone… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’

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Director: Joe Begos Cast: Riley Dandy, Sam Delich, Jonah Ray, Dora Madison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Abraham Benrubi Cast: A couple of young folk try to make the most of Christmas Eve, but their… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Tar’

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Plot: Lydia Tar (Cate Blanchett) is a world-renowned conductor and composer and the first female chief conductor at the Berlin Philharmonic. Although rich, famous, and on the verge of recording Mahler’s 5th symphony,… Continue reading

Holiday Review: ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’

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As I have mentioned before in a number of Retro Reviews, I am a frequent customer of the Black Lodge. As an institution here in Memphis, Black Lodge has a number of hallowed… Continue reading

Retro Review: ‘Ravenous’

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In addition to being a through-and-through horror fan I am also a history buff. As such any film that digs deep into the past for terrors is bound to get my interest. For… Continue reading

Doctor Who and Disney +

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Of all the unexpected news in fandom that came out this year perhaps none was as surprising as the fact that the BBC and Disney had reached an unexpected agreement to bring the… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’

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Director: Joel Crawford Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayak, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winston, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura Plot: Puss in Boots discovers that he’s on the last of… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Violent Night’

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Director: Tommy Wirkola Cast: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Cam Gigandet, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Leah Brady, André Eriksen, Beverly D’Angelo Plot: The wealthy and powerful Lightstone family gather on Christmas Eve,… Continue reading

Retro Review: ‘Blind Fury’

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Inspired by the Japanese film/TV character Zatoichi, actor turned producer Tim Matheson sought to create his own visually handicapped, sword-wielding hero. His vision was realized in 1990 when he and director Phillip Noyce… Continue reading