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Mar 4, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter
Although it was designed to finish off the series, we can see in retrospect that Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter, turns out to...
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Feb 28, 2022
Movie Review - The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
For the guys in the #MutantFam, I’m happy to present the following: a date night horror movie. Now, don’t worry, there’s no musical...
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Feb 27, 2022
Movies Against Whitey! Ganja & Hess
Sure, I could have…and probably will…go with Blacula for our blending of Whitey Wednesday and Vampire Vednesday, but first I thought I’d...
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Feb 25, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 3 (in 3D)
So here we are, Friday the 13th Part 3…in 3D. And let’s be clear, the 3D gimmick is the driving force behind a lot of the decisions in...
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Feb 21, 2022
Movie Review - Spiral: From the Book of Saw
I have my brother to blame for my distaste for the Saw franchise. He’d been an aficionado of horror films for as long as I can remember...
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Feb 19, 2022
Samurai Saturday - Six-String Samurai
This one’s gonna be weird to write. I can’t even imagine how tough it would be had I not seen the movie before! Today, in this amalgam of...
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Feb 18, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 2
Five years later… The boy was never found. Still, to play it safe, Camp Crystal Lake is off limits for Friday the 13th Part 2. This...
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Feb 16, 2022
Movies Against Whitey! Dolemite
It was interesting…I wasn’t really sure how to review Dolemite until I looked into trying to order it on Blu-ray from Amazon. In...
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Feb 14, 2022
Impulse Buy Theater - Killer Sofa
Seriously…like, what the hell is going on down under? Is it something in the water? The food? Just the culture? Because, whatever...
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Feb 11, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (1980)
“Anyone can die at any time.” Of the many ways one can describe the body count of a ‘drive-in movie’, that’s definitely one of the most...
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Feb 10, 2022
Thriller Thursday - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Now this is what I’d wanted all along! But the weird thing is…well, wait a sec, let me find a better way to say this: critics definitely...
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Feb 9, 2022
Vampire Vednesday - Dracula (1979)
There are many reasons to get into horror films. Every horror fan will tell you a unique story as to how they came to embrace the genre....
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Feb 7, 2022
Movie Review - Mindwarp
With The Matrix Resurrections having come and gone from Theaters (mostly)…and maybe HBO Max briefly…we turn our attention to a pre-Matrix...
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Feb 6, 2022
Movies Against Whitey! Super Fly
I don’t want to say that I pick these films at random, but at the same time, I can honestly say that I didn’t plan this. But rather...
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Feb 5, 2022
Movies Against Whitey - Shaft (1971)
Maybe I’m just an east coast kind of guy. See, with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song [SSBS], all the action happened on the west coast,...
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Feb 4, 2022
Movies Against Whitey! Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Now this is how I wanted to start Black History Month. Welcome to the MAW – Movies Against Whitey! This segment won’t be confined to...
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Jul 31, 2021
KaiJuly: Shin Godzilla
In 2014, WB and Legendary Pictures launched their Monsterverse in earnest with their version of Godzilla. And, in 2016, as one would...
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May 6, 2021
Movie Review - Godzilla Vs Kong
“You be boss down there, I’m boss up here.” Those of you that have seen the movie will know what I mean, those of you that haven’t won’t...
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Apr 21, 2021
Impulse Buy Theater - Bravestorm (2017)
“And I hate givin’ bad news to good people.” Leading off with that quote, well, kinda colors the whole review, doesn’t it? I fought off...
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Apr 14, 2021
Impulse Theater: Bubba Ho-Tep
Sometimes, all it takes is a song and the right weather. Let me see if I can explain. The thing is, and on some level, it’s been a pretty...
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