Posted in: The Reel World by Gino Sassani on October 14th, 2018
"That's one small step for (a) man. One giant leap for mankind."
July 20th, 1969. If you were alive and even somewhat old enough to be aware of your surroundings, you likely still remember that date. There are many such dates in history; unfortunately so many of them revolve around tragic events like 9-ll or the attack on Pearl Harbor. But on that night I was eight years old, and I know exactly where I was. I was watching Walter Cronkite on television as he brought us the first landing on the surface of the moon. Today that's a bittersweet memory.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 14th, 2018
31 Nights Of Terror just keeps giving and giving. This time our buddies at Mill Creek offer you a Joan Crawford horror double feature. Get William Castle's Strait-Jacket and Berserk on Blu-ray. Crawford is known for her real-life mother/daughter issues and these films put a killer edge on mothers and daughters. It's all yours for the taking.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 12th, 2018
Dwayne Johnson appears to be a pretty busy guy. In addition to the HBO series Ballers about to enter its fourth season, Johnson puts out a couple or more films a year. We're not talking about small independent films, but rather huge, high-budget and big f/x films. Next year will see Jungle Cruise and Jumanji 2, following with San Andreas 2, Suicide Squad 2, Black Adam, and a remake of Big Trouble In Little China, all arriving in the next couple of years. This year saw Rampage, which comes to home video next week. It's a busy life for Dwayne Johnson, who appears to have dropped "The Rock" from his name. I sure hope it didn't hit anyone on the head. Now he's starring in Skyscraper, which shamelessly combines elements of Die Hard and The Towering Inferno. In Skyscraper, Johnson shows us that he's intent on hanging around for a while... this time from 220 stories high.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 11th, 2018
31 Nights Of Terror is a time for giving. That means contests and goodies for you guys. This time Kino has given us a copy of an old classic staring Jaclyn Smith, Robert Mitchum, and James Franciscus. It's called Nightkill, and it's been remastered for HD. And now you can check it out for yourself.
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Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2018
"Acting is a very face-forward type of job. It's in direct conflict to being someone who anonymously kills people. You want to have a hobby or something, you could take up painting. Hitler painted. John Wayne Gacy painted. It's a good solid hobby. Never got in the way of what they were doing. You wanna have to go out there and burn a guy and have him say 'Hey, there's the guy from the chicken commercial?' "
Not since Dexter have serial killers been so much fun. Barry Berkman isn't exactly a serial killer.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2018
"We gather here today to remind ourselves what happens to the enemies of Wonkru. It doesn't matter who you are, if you choose sides against us, if you divide us, if you defy us then you are not us. Before we give these traitors a second chance to be called brother, sister or seda, we pay tribute to those who have died, so that we may live."
And there have been a lot of those folks. The series title once referred to the 100 teens who were sent to the surface of Earth a hundred years after a nuclear war to find out if it was habitable once again. By the time we reach the end of Season 5, there will only be four members of the 100 remaining alive.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2018
31 Nights Of Terror continues to roll with another giveaway. This time it's our old buddies at FOX that have given us a treat for our readers. They've given us a copy of American Horror Story: Cult on DVD for a lucky reader. It's the entire season on 3 DVD's and it's all up for grabs.
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Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 8th, 2018
Universal practically invented Halloween, at least for me. I owe my love of movies to watching the Universal Monsters on chiller and shock theaters with my Dad. Boris Karlof, Lon Caney, Jr and Bela Lugosi would become icons for me. Now Universal has brought a mega-collection of those classic monsters to one huge Blu-ray collection of 30 films that feature the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Our pals over at Universal have given us one of these film collections to give away as part of our 31 Nights Of Horror. It's been a while since our last contest. Now we're going to make it up to you BIG TIME! Enter to win a copy of this massive Blu-ray collection of monster movie history.
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Posted in: The Reel World by Gino Sassani on October 7th, 2018
"Eyes. Lungs. Pancreas. So many snacks. So little time."
The Marvel Venom character started simply enough with a desire to change the look of Spider-Man's costume in the 1980's. Spider-Man along with a collection of Marvel's heroes were abducted by a character called The Beyonder to fight on a battle planet. It's much like the iconic Planet Hulk story, which was used for the recent Thor film. When Spider-Man returns to Earth, he has a new black and white suit that he found in space. For quite a while the new look for the Web Crawler caused a debate in Marveldom about the hero’s new look.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 5th, 2018
"All I know for certain is if the four Mickaelsons come together, it will signal darkness like we've never known. So many possible tipping points, but without the benefit of hindsight, how can we know if we're at the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?"
We do have hindsight as Warner Brothers releases the final season of The Originals on DVD. This is the beginning of the end. It's a bit of a shame. This show always had better stories and a more compelling cast than The Vampire Diaries had on their best season.
