Film: Empire State Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Angarano Directed by: Dito Montiel I absolutely guarantee you that reading a liveblog of this movie would be far more entertaining than watching the film itself. Liam Hemsworth may have gotten notions after The Expendables 2, but any empathy incurred by his speedy dispatch in that […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Empire State
September 1st, 2013 
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UTG LIST: 10 Summer VOD Hits You May Have Missed
August 23rd, 2013 James Shotwell Summer 2013 has been one for the record books as far as movies are concerned. There have been many success stories, as well as a surprising amount of failures, and now as the dog days of summer begin to wind down we think it’s time to reflect on the best films you’ve yet to see. […]
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HOLY SH!T: A ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ Documentary Is Due Out In November
July 16th, 2013 James Shotwell With Comic-Con launching in San Diego this week, there could probably be no better time for news to break that Calvin & Hobbes documentary is headed to theater and VOD this November. Even better, we have the trailer. Dear Mr. Watterson is a fan-funded film that is literally years in the making. Creator Joel Schroeder […]
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Red Band ‘Hell Baby’ Trailer Is Pure Awesome
July 12th, 2013 James Shotwell Horror comedy is hard. For every one Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil that comes along there are a dozen lazy efforts made attempting to cash in on people’s love of parodies. We’ve had two soul-sucking films attemp to succeed in this genre already in 2013 (A Haunted House and Scary Movie 5), but this fall […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Breakup At A Wedding
June 17th, 2013 Angie Frissore Movie: Breakup at a Wedding Director: Victor Quinaz Writers: Anna Martemucci, Philip Quinaz, Victor Quinaz Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories Oscilloscope Laboratories‘ new comedy Breakup at a Wedding is a hilariously fresh take on the insanity surrounding weddings as it offers a behind-the-scenes view of a wedding that is doomed from the start. Produced by American Horror Story and Star Trek’s […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Rapture-Palooza
June 10th, 2013 James Shotwell Film: Rapture-Palooza Starring: Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson Directed by: Paul Middleditch Let’s say that at some point in the near future the rapture happens and you find yourself amongst those left behind on Earth. A solid chunk of the world’s population disappeared in the blink of an eye and now you, along with anyone else […]
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STAY HOME: ‘Upstream Color’ Added To Netflix Instant
June 7th, 2013 James Shotwell Every now and then a movie comes along that we have every intention of reviewing, but somehow never manage to push said review out of our minds for the public to consume. More often than not this is due to a simple lack of getting things done, but once in awhile it’s because the film […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Detention Of The Dead
June 7th, 2013 James Shotwell Film: Detention Of The Dead Starring: Jacob Zachar, Alexa Nikolas Directed by: Alex Craig Mann We would need to add a few people to the film staff if we hoped to cover every zombie film released in any given year, but every now and then a title comes along that seems to demand our coverage. […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: V/H/S/2
June 5th, 2013 James Shotwell Film: V/H/S/2 Directed by: Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, et al. Starring: Kelsy Abbott, Hannah Al Rashid Less than a year has passed since the majority of the world was able to experience the original V/H/S, and already the anthology horror project originally conceived by Bloody-Disgusting’s Brad Miska has birthed a sequel. […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Aftershock
May 16th, 2013 James Shotwell Film: Aftershock Starring: Eli Roth, Ariel Levy Directed By: Nicolás López Disaster movies are one of the trickier subgenres of the horror/thriller realm. On the one hand, audiences go to these films for the experience of world-ending terror (by monsters or mother nature), but at the same time they expect a certain level of relatable […]
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‘The ABCs Of Death 2’ Is Headed Our Way In 2014
May 15th, 2013 James Shotwell There have been a number of notable indie horror entries thus far in 2013, but none have been quite as strange, disgusting, obscene, and downright odd as The ABCs Of Death. Featuring twenty-six short films revolving around different ways one can leave this Earth, the film was a first of its kind and brought together […]
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Anna Kendrick and John Francis Daley Battle Craig Robinson In First ‘Rapturepalooza’ Trailer
March 11th, 2013 James Shotwell December 21, 2012 came and went with a slew of films conquering the topic of armageddon following in tow, but Anna Kendrick’s upcoming comedy proves there are still a few jokes left to be made about the end of times. Hitting select theaters and VOD May 10, Rapturepalooza stars Anna Kendrick and John Francis Daley […]
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