★★★★★ Over three decades since its initial release, underrated bizarro masterpiece Freaked finally gets the overstuffed, magically wonderful 4K treatment it so rightfully deserves. Alex Winter and Tom Stern’s mutant satire—once misunderstood, mishandled, and prematurely discarded—always deserved so much more. Perhaps blowing up once it hit video rental and cable stations wasn't what they initially … Continue reading 4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Freaked
Brooklyn Horror 2025: Affection
★★★★ A genre-bending horror/sci-fi flick is always a welcome addition to any film festival. Enter: Affection, a twisty single-setting slice of horror with budding scream queen Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day) at the center. Going in blind was probably a good choice, as writer/director BT Meza crafts an exciting feature debut full of shocks and … Continue reading Brooklyn Horror 2025: Affection
Fantastic Fest 2025: V/H/S Halloween
★★★★ Eight movies deep, and still the unexpectedly brilliant found footage V/H/S franchise shows no signs of stopping. The latest, aptly titled V/H/S Halloween, presents a new frontier for a series that constantly reinvents itself with new blood thanks to its anthology format. This time around, the Halloween theme seeps into each separate segment. As … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2025: V/H/S Halloween
TV Review: Gen V – Season 2
Welcome back to Godolkin University, a sprawling campus overflowing with unique budding superheroes and a chaotic underground plot to overthrow the power of Homelander. In the interim between seasons, a lot has changed for the denizens of Gen V. Most notably, Chance Perdomo, who played one of the leads, Andre, tragically passed away. This lead … Continue reading TV Review: Gen V – Season 2
4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Jurassic World: Rebirth
★★★★ As a massive fan of the Jurassic Park franchise, it was difficult not to be skeptical of Rebirth. After all, the “end of the Jurassic era” just occurred merely three years ago with the massively disappointing Jurassic World: Dominion. Why would there be a series reboot so soon afterward, and would it have anything … Continue reading 4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Jurassic World: Rebirth
Film Review: The Toxic Avenger
★★★★ Troma's signature series, The Toxic Avenger, has been revived, keeping much of the same silly atmosphere that made the original so distinct. Emmy winner Peter Dinklage steps into the shoes of Toxie himself, though his performance mainly consists of the vocal variety since Luisa Guerreiro actually plays the physical Toxie under heavy prosthetics. There's … Continue reading Film Review: The Toxic Avenger
50th Anniversary Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
★★★★★ (Written by Guest Reviewer, Ronnie (Dorian) Clements) On 14 August, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened at the Rialto Theatre in London. Rocky is still the longest running movie in theatrical history, and the biggest cult movie of all time; no doubt there will never be another film to usurp it. Forget the 2016 … Continue reading 50th Anniversary Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fantasia 2025: All You Need is Kill
★★★ Japanese sci-fi novel All You Need is Kill has already been adapted into a famous manga and an arguably even more famous blockbuster action flick starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt entitled Edge of Tomorrow. This take lives in the world of anime, punctuated by gorgeous animation and mesmerizing visuals. By this point, the … Continue reading Fantasia 2025: All You Need is Kill
4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Small Soldiers
★★★★★ Far more than just a Gremlins clone from director Joe Dante, Small Soldiers left an indelible mark on the millennials who obsessively rewatched it. Its brand of dark humor and violent action with touches of horror certainly took some cues from Child's Play. Whether you were Team Commando Elite or Team Gorgonites, there was … Continue reading 4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Small Soldiers
Fantasia 2025: Hi-Five
★★★★★ The best movie screening at 2025's Fantasia International Film Festival is... a slapstick Korean superhero flick? Color me surprised, but Hi-Five truly delivers the goods in a way that many modern superhero origin stories simply do not. Of course, it all starts from the ground up. A ridiculous script from writer/director Kang Hyung-chul lampoons … Continue reading Fantasia 2025: Hi-Five