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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nCastle Freak<\/em> \u2013 Horror fans might remember the\noriginal 1995 cult flick Castle Freak<\/em>, which was written and directed by\nlate, great genre film veteran Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator<\/em>, From\nBeyond<\/em>, Fortress<\/em>, Stuck<\/em>). This remake was actually produced\nby the co-star of the original film. It is set in Albania and follows a blind\nwoman who inherits a mysterious castle in a small town. After arriving, she\nbegins to believe that there may be a disturbed and dangerous figure living\nsomewhere on site. So far, reviewers have been reasonably positive about this\nreimagining. A small contingent called it a sleazy update that didn\u2019t work as\neffectively as the original. However, more suggested that it was well-acted and\ndelivered the required jolts. The cast includes Clair Catherine, Kika Magalh\u00e3es,\nJake Horowitz and Emily Sweet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dark Web: Cicada 3301<\/em> \u2013 In this independent\ncyber-thriller, a genius hacker discovers an incredible online treasure hunt. He\nteams up with his best friend and a cunning librarian to win the competition,\nbut the trio soon begin to realize that the event itself is a recruitment tool\nfor a secret and sinister society. The three find their lives in great danger\nas they try to these evade evil forces from the dark web. There aren\u2019t a lot of\nnotices out there for the flick at present. One that did appear online suggested\nthe feature was fun if you didn\u2019t take it very seriously. But another stated it\nwas all preposterous and laughable, stated that the hacker talk was equally\nridiculous. It stars Jack Kesy, Conor Leslie, Ron Funches and Alan Ritchson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t Tell a Soul<\/em> \u2013 Two teenage brothers decide to\nsteal some money in order to help their ailing mother. They take more than\n$12,000 dollars and a security officer pursues the pair, only to fall into a\nwell. Alone and trapped at the bottom of the pit, the guard attempts to\nconvince the kids to trust him and help get him out. This dangerous choice\nleaves the youths pondering their next move. Overall, reaction was positive\ntowards this indie thriller. A group thought it was too grim and didn\u2019t find\nthat any of the characters were sympathetic. Still, slightly more believed that\nthe movie was a lean and effectively disturbing effort that benefitted from a\nsolid concept and some unexpected shocks. It stars Fionn Whitehead, Jack Dylan\nGrazer, Mena Suvari and Rainn Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I Am Lisa<\/em> \u2013 A nasty small-town sheriff with a\nsadistic streak decides to torment a young teenager. She ultimately wounds the youngster\nand leaves her for dead in the forest. While alone, the kid is bitten by a\nwerewolf. She soon has supernatural powers and a score to settle. But can she\nadapt to her new, staggering powers and keep her homicidal tendencies under\ncontrol? This low-budget horror flick was well-received by genre film critics\nand bloggers. A few complained that the film couldn\u2019t settle on a proper tone,\nveering between drama and camp and ultimately failed to successful deliver either.\nStill, the majority commented that it was fun and that the engaging cast and\nmake-up effects made up for the movie\u2019s budgetary issues. Kristen Vaganos,\nJennifer Seward, Manon Halliburton and Carmen Anello headline the feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I Love My Mum<\/em> \u2013 In this independent comedy from the\nUK, a mother and her teenage son struggle with a rocky relationship. After a strange\nseries of events, they get themselves locked in a shipping container. When the\ndoors open, they find themselves in Morocco. Dressed only in their pajamas and\nwith little money or identification, they must find their way back to London,\nencountering all sorts of strange situations as they try to make their way\nhome. There aren\u2019t many reviews currently available for this title and the ones\nthat have appeared online aren\u2019t exemplary. Apparently, write-ups have\nsuggested that most of the gags don\u2019t work and the movie feels like a series of\nsketches that have been hastily thrown together. It features Kierston Wareing, Tommy\nFrench, Aida Folch and Dominique Pinon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Konga TNT<\/em> \u2013 Looking for something completely\nridiculous? This very low-budget independent feature is a monster movie about a\nlab gorilla who is injected with a strange serum from an alien spaceship. The\nape escapes and finds shelter with two kids. After befriending the primate, the\npair begin to witness it grow to an immense size. These kids try to protect the\ngiant but friendly animal from a military general who wants to eliminate the\nthreat. This title is premiering on DVD only and as of right now there are no\nnotices available for the feature. However, it comes from the director of Ouija\nShark<\/em>, Ghastlies<\/em> and Raiders of the Lost Shark<\/em>, so you should\nexpect an intentionally cheesy flick emphasizing laughs over horror. It stars\nJohn Migliore, Chance Kelly and Grayson Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Money Plane<\/em> \u2013 Speaking of so-bad-it\u2019s-good\nentertainment, this low-budget action flick may also fall under this heading.\nThe plot follows a professional thief and his team of agents. The group are\nhired by a demented millionaire who pays them to steal a priceless work of art.\nHowever, the hero soon discovers that he has been set up. With his life of his\nwife and daughter at risk, he and his group must steal money from wagering\ncriminals on a bizarre airline casino. Word on this picture is generally negative.\nThose who recommended the feature stated that it\u2019s intentionally bad, provides\nplenty of laughs and qualifies as a guilty pleasure. Still, most thought it was\nterribly put-together and made no sense from beginning to end. The cast includes\nAdam Copeland, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas\nJane, Denise Richards, Katrina Norman, Patrick Lamont Jr. and Joey Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PG: Psycho Goreman<\/em> <\/a>\u2013 Also known simply as Psycho Goreman<\/em>, this genre flick is like some of the previous titles feature in that it is also made in the spirit of weird and wild independent flicks. The plot follows a pair of small-town kids who find an ancient gem and resurrect an alien overlord who wants to take over the universe. Violence ensues, with more creatures arriving from outer space to do battle. The children soon get themselves involved in the bloodletting. Perhaps surprisingly, response was very upbeat towards this feature. A small number of critics called it disgusting to watch and unfunny because of its tone. Yet the vast majority wrote that the picture was enjoyably over-the-top and also suggested that it was so insane, it may very well become a low-budget cult classic. It features Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre and Matthew Ninaber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pinocchio<\/em> – This title was scheduled to be released\ntwo weeks ago but was delayed at the last minute. The tale of a wooden puppet\nthat comes to life is retold in this Italian production. The protagonist, who\nwants to be a real boy, travels and gets mixed up with bandits and other\nnefarious types as he attempts to turn his dreams into reality. In 2002,\nRoberto Benigni starred in another Italian adaptation as the title character.\nThe movie was well regarded in its homeland, but its North American release\nsuffered from atrocious English dubbing and flopped. This time out, the actor\nplays puppeteer Geppetto and the distributor has avoided trying to rerecord the\ndialogue into English. Notices were quite strong for the film. A few couldn\u2019t\nconnect with the wooden protagonist. However, all others said that despite a\nfew bumps in the road, the movie was compelling, beautifully shot and managed\nto tell the familiar story in an original manner. The movie was nominated this\nweek for two Academy Awards for make-up and costume design. The cast includes Federico\nIelapi, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini and Marine Vacth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Promising Young Woman <\/em>\u2013 This dark comedy\/drama tells the story of a 30-year-old med-school drop-out who lives with her parents. It is revealed that a horrific crime involving her best friend from university has inspired her to take revenge on male predators. She then targets those directly involved in the incident that scarred her, but questions her own actions after reconnecting with an old acquaintance. Reaction towards the feature was extremely positive and the movie earned several Academy Award nominations. A few thought the end results were misanthropic and manipulative. But everyone else stated that the lead performance was fantastic and called the movie a clever and effective revenge story with a modern spin. It stars Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Molly Shannon, Alison Brie and Connie Britton. To read this site\u2019s review of the feature, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Someday Isles<\/em> \u2013 Sometimes movies arrive with very\nlittle press or information available about them. Such is the case with this\nlow-budget title. In fact, there is only a press synopsis that says the\nfollowing about the story. A man known professionally as PayAttention tries to\nembrace his destiny through self-actualization. The story is intercut with a\nyoung woman from a wealthy Hong Kong-based family who is attending college in\nLos Angeles. She must also find herself and deal with her family\u2019s controlling\nnature. As mentioned, almost nothing else is currently known about the picture,\nso interested parties will have to go in completely cold and hope for the best.\nThe cast includes Shawn St. Cyr, Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan and Michelle Ip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Songbird<\/em> \u2013 Inspired by the recent COVID-19 pandemic,\nthis drama from producer Michael Bay (who directed Armageddon, Bad Boys, Bad\nBoys II<\/em> and the Transformers<\/em> movies) is set in 2024 during a new\noutbreak with an even more deadly coronavirus strain. A courier discovers he is\nimmune from the virus and races against time to save the woman he loves from a\nquarantine camp. The reaction of reviewers towards this picture was extremely\nnegative. A few critics described the feature as tense and a couple described\nit as entertainingly dopey. Still, the consensus was that this film was\nexploitative and in very poor taste, with a nonsensical story and didn\u2019t intelligently\naddress any of the issues it raised. The movie stars K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig\nRobinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario and Demi Moore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stay<\/em> \u2013 A couple going through a rough patch decide to work on their marriage by renting a creepy house in the country for the weekend. They also decide to take their best friends on the trip (one would think that their married pals might feel a little awkward about tagging along, but they do so anyway). After they arrive, the visitors are immediately creeped out by the home\u2019s gardener. Soon, tensions rise, secrets are revealed and all of their lives are endangered. This low-budget independent chiller is debuting on disc and so there are very few reviews available for it, but a couple have appeared online. One appeared to like it, calling the acting decent and calling the movie fun. The other said it was cliched, predictable and a waste of time. The cast includes Rob Mayes, Michele Martin, Scott Hamm and Nija Okoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Third Strike<\/em> \u2013 This documentary chronicles the\nimplementation of the Three-strikes Law in the US. For over 20 years, the\npolicy has been tearing families apart. The feature follows the work of The\nDecarceration Collective, who describe themselves as a small but mighty team of\nwomen who are fighting to release people who have been imprisoned for life for\nnonviolent drug crimes. Viewers see their work and meet prisoners who are\nspending their lives in jail because of the law. The press was exclusively\npositive about this feature film. They thought that it was direct and\nto-the-point, effectively making the strong case that many have been wasting\naway in prison for minor offences while those convicted of murder and violent\ncrimes are regularly freed from the system in a relatively short span of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are some fascinating older features arriving on store shelves this week. Arrow are putting out a double feature Special Edition Blu-ray that includes the Japanese feature The Invisible Man Appears<\/em> (1949) and a sequel-of-sorts called The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly<\/em> (1957). Apparently, they are Japanese riffs on the H.G. Wells classic that also borrow heavily from the classic Universal movie series. The first title is considered the first science-fiction film made in the country and the special effects were created by the man who would go on to bring Godzilla<\/em> to cinematic life. This is the first time these movies are being released in any form in North America. Besides the high-definition transfers of the flicks, the disc\u2019s special features include a short on the history of the character in film, trailers and image galleries for both titles. For a full review, just click this link<\/a>!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shout! Factory are offering limited edition Steelbooks of\ntwo Japanese well-regarded animated films from Studio Ghibli. The Blu-rays are\nbeing released are The Cat Returns<\/em> (2002) and Whisper of the Heart<\/em>\n(1995), which contain all of the familiar bonuses in addition to the new\npackaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kino have some excellent Blu-rays as well. In God We\nTrust<\/em> (1980) is a satire of organized religion co-written, directed and\nstarring Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein<\/em>). It also features Richard\nPryor, Andy Kaufman and Peter Boyle. The disc includes a commentary from\nFeldman\u2019s friend Alan Spencer (who created the TV series, Sledge Hammer), an\nentertainment journalist commentary track, trailers, radio spots, image\ngalleries and more. They also have The Last Remake of Beau Geste<\/em> (1977),\nanother movie in which Feldman worked both behind and in front of the camera.\nThis one pokes fun at cinematic adventure\/romance epics and features an\nall-star cast. You\u2019ll get two commentaries from the same people who recorded\ntracks on the previous release, as well as a track with co-star Michael York\ndetailing his experiences on the film. Of course, it also comes with all sorts\nof publicity materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The distributor is also releasing Positive I.D.<\/em>\n(1987) on Blu-ray. This psychological thriller follows a woman out for revenge\nafter being violently attacked. She plans a scheme to get the individual, but\nher deteriorating mental state causes issues as she goes about it. The disc\nfeatures a film historian commentary and a trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For those who enjoy action pictures, Runaway Train<\/em> (1985) is about as good as it gets. The story follows two escaped convicts in Alaska who jump aboard a locomotive, only to discover that the conductor has suffered a heart attack. It seems the two find themselves hurtling down the tracks on a speeding death trap with no brakes. It\u2019s a tense and exciting thriller that, strangely enough, is not as well-remembered as it should be. The movie was even nominated for three Academy Awards. Thankfully, this Blu-ray is helping people rediscover the feature. The movie has been given a new 2K master and extras include a commentary with co-star Eric Roberts and some film historians, as well a trailer. If you haven\u2019t seen it, check it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They also have the Irish crime flick, Taffin<\/em> (1988)\nstarring Pierce Brosnan as a tough debt collector. This title has also been\ngiven a new 2K master and includes a trailer. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Criterion is putting out the French New Wave film, C\u00e9line\nand Julie Go Boating<\/em> (1974). It\u2019s about two women from different\nbackgrounds, who meet, become friends and go on a comic adventure. This\ntwo-disc Special Edition present a 2K digital restoration of the flick, an\naudio critic commentary, a two-part documentary about the movie and filmmaker,\ninterviews with the cast members, a conversation between critics about the\ntitle, archival discussion with the cast and crew, as well as more\nbonuses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you enjoy genre flicks, you can also pick up a Special\nEdition Blu-ray of the low-budget heist thriller, Running Time<\/em> (1997)\nfrom Synapse. Filmed in black and white, it stars Bruce Campbell from the Evil\nDead<\/em> series and the entire film plays out in a single shot. You\u2019ll also get\na commentary with writer\/director Josh Becker and Campbell, all-new interviews\nwith the actor, Q & A footage from a film festival and the original\npromotional trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who remember the limited-edition Blu-ray release of\nthe long-lost dirt-bike flick Rad <\/em>(1986) a few months ago. This version\nsold very well, so fans will be happy to hear that Mill Creek have picked up\nthe rights to re-release the title as a Steelbook. It will include the same\ntransfer and many of the extras as the previously released edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dark Force has a Blu-ray of the international-set thriller, Journey\ninto Fear<\/em> (1975) with Sam Waterston, Vincent Price, Donald Pleasence and\nShelley Winters. Scorpion are releasing Tower of Evil<\/em> (1972) in high\ndefinition and Troma are going into their back catalog to deliver the horror\npic, Dolly Deadly<\/em> (2016). Full Moon are putting out a Blu-ray of Night\nof the Eagles<\/em> (1989), while Impulse Pictures are making the Japanese erotic\nthriller Flower and Snake<\/em> (1974) available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And there\u2019s more in the Grasshopper Film Blu-ray release of Two\nFilms by Pietro Marcello: The Mouth of the Wolf<\/em> (2009) and Lost and\nBeautiful<\/em> (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Warner Archive are making some made-to-order Blu-rays available too. This week, they have the Robert Mitchum film noir, Crossfire<\/em> (1947), which was nominated for Best Picture back in the day. Driving Miss Daisy <\/em>(1989) won the award several decades later and is also getting a new Blu-ray release. And they are releasing the comedy, What\u2019s Up, Doc?<\/em> (1972) starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O\u2019Neal. 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Digging for Britain<\/em>: Season 1
Family Business<\/em>: Series 1
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