Replace Movie Review Kira (Rebecca Forsythe)’s skin starts to age rapidly, dry out and crumble away. But then she discovers that she can replace her own skin with somebody else’s. “Replace” is a film with an impeccable horror pedigree. Co-writer Richard Stanley is something of a legend with his films “Hardware”, “Dust Devil” and the
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Liberation Day Movie Review The Slovenian cult band Laibach becomes the first foreign rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of North Korea. Confronting strict ideology and cultural differences, the band struggles to get their songs through the needle’s eye of censorship before they can be unleashed on an audience never before exposed
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The Final Master Movie Review A Wing Chun master (Fan Liao of “Black Coal, Thin Ice”) has to defeat eight martial arts schools to open his own school. At the same time, he has become a chess piece in the local power dynamics. Right off the bat, anyone who loves good cinematography is going to
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Game of Death Movie Review Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death (affiliate link). Unfortunately, seven millennials have ignored that rule. Now each one’s head will explode unless they kill someone. In the simplest terms, this film is “Jumanji” (affiliate link) meets “Battle Royale” (affiliate link). Others have said
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Super Dark Times Movie Review Gavin’s Review of Super Dark Times Viewers of a certain age and upbringing will latch on to Super Dark Times (affiliate link) almost immediately. This was life in the pre-Internet era, circa 1992, with scrambled pornography on television being the most exciting thing a teenage boy could hope for. Perhaps
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The Villainess Movie Review Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin) was just a little girl when the assassin training started in Yanbian, China. After the death of her mentor, she went to South Korea to work as a government agent. They promised her that she would be free after ten years of service, but the truth was not
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Gavin Schmitt Interviews Ted Raimi Usually the opening paragraphs are where I explain who a subject is. But in the case of Ted Raimi, this seems completely unnecessary. Any horror fan will know he was part of that group from Michigan, including Bruce Campbell and his brother Sam Raimi, who made it big with ‘The
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Gavin Schmitt Interviews Marvin Young, Young MC Marvin Young, better known by his stage name Young M.C., is an English-born American singer, rapper, actor and now director. He is best known for his 1989 Grammy-winning hit “Bust a Move”. His debut album Stone Cold Rhymin’ found international acclaim. Also in 1989, Young collaborated with Tone
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Gavin Schmitt Interviews Mink Stole If you know the name Mink Stole, it is most likely in connection with John Waters. As of 2017, she has appeared in every single one of his feature films, going back to “Roman Candles” in 1966. She is perhaps best known for , simply because that is Waters’ most
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Gavin Schmitt Interviews Director Simon Rumley Simon Rumley has been a rising star in the world of cinema, both in the horror genre and beyond. He was described by Screen International as “one of the great British cinematic outsiders, a gifted director with the know-how to puncture the conventions”. Let’s be honest. He’s one of
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