Tag Archives: 2016 reviews
Review: Hardbodies (1984) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
Hardbodies is the movie from my youth that was completely taboo. It was the type of movie that my dad you rent while I was still looking around the store for my selection. I remember this movie seeping in controversy
Review: Private Resort (1985) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
Beginning in 1987 there was a TV show you probably haven’t heard of called “21 Jump Street”. It stars a ‘where is he now’-actor Johnny Depp. Before Mr. Depp’s role as a baby-face undercover cop infiltrating the mean-street halls of
Review: Demolition (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Jake Gyllenhaal is always an interesting actor to watch onscreen. When given the right material in films like Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler and Brokeback Mountain, he shines, projecting vulnerability and pathos. He has a lot of range and can play extremes
Review: Hardcore Henry (2016)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
Everyone has an ideal paradigm; for a previous colleague of mine, the first person perspective was clearly that view. On numerous occasions, his pronounced zeal for the popular mode of gaming was clear but during a discussion of video game
Review: Future Cop: The Complete Series (1976) DVD Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
40 years ago a cop show dared to be different and only lasted a handful of episodes and a follow-up TV movie. Future Cop is a gimmick inspired through the success of The Six Million Dollar Man but also may
Review: Midnight Special (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Writer/director Jeff Nichols creates a film with grounded, realistic characters in a world on the edge of the fantastic and paranormal. Find out more in our review.
Review: Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Another clash of DC Comics institutions hits screens hot on the heels of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice with the latest feature installment in the shared DC Animated Universe, Justice League vs. Teen Titans. Does this match-up deliver a
Review: Party of Five: The Complete Series on DVD Release from Mill Creek Entertainment (2016)
Posted by Ann Rutkowski
As a remembrance of an earlier time period, and a dramatic recreation of coming of age, Party of Five is definitely worth revisiting in a new complete collection on DVD from Mill Creek. Read the review below!
Review: Nekromantik (1987) Blu Ray Release from Cult Epics (2015)
Posted by Kirby Nelson
Nearly 30 years after its debut, it’s quite the feat to find a film that still has the capacity to shock and awe audiences worldwide (including its banned status in multiple countries in Europe and Asia). Nekromantik, German director Jorg
Review: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
The Dark Knight takes on the Man of Steel in what may be one of the best comic book translations to come to the big screen with even larger world building connotations taking the center stage in the first step
Review: Spring Break (1983) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
Ahh, 1983, the year of Return of the Jedi and to me, nothing else mattered. I was too young to see a movie like Spring Break and did not have a desire to see it. A nerdy third-grader didn’t have
Review: Pee Wee’s Big Holiday (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Pee Wee makes his long awaited return to film after nearly 30 years. It was worth the wait and triple cool Joe Manganiello joins him to boot!
Review: The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
Posted by Ruby Tate
Allegiant, the latest film in the Divergent Series hits theaters this Friday March 18th. Does it tread new ground as the penultimate film in the dystopian young adult fiction franchise?
Review: Behind Convent Walls (1978) DVD Release from Cult Epics (2010)
Posted by Victor Moreno
“My wounds are but the pale reflection of the wounds Christ received on the cross.” We recently reviewed the 1974 nunsploitation film School of the Holy Beast from Toei and director Norifuke Suzuki here on Cult Following, which was released
Review: Car Cemetery (1982) DVD Release from Cult Epics (2010)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Imagine for a minute that there was a post-apocalyptic sci-fi meets punk rock version of the story of the Passion of Christ made in the 80’s as told by Alejandro Jodorowsky’s soul brother in the vein of Santa Sangre? Imagine
Review: They Look Like People (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
“If something really scary was happening, would you be on my side?” That line by Macleod Andrews, playing Wyatt in Perry Blackshear’s directorial debut They Look Like People, to his best friend, Evan Dumouchel’s Christian, lies at the crux of
Review: Luther The Geek (1990) Blu Ray Release from Vinegar Syndrome (2009)
Posted by Victor Moreno
“Alright Chicken-Man, Colonel Sanders wants to fry your ass!” Before the label “geek” became synonymous with comic book movies, Funko! Pop Vinyl collecting, and TV fandom conventions, its original meaning was derived from the circus sideshow freaks of yesteryear. These
Review: Pieces (1982) Blu Ray Release from Grindhouse Releasing (2016)
Posted by Victor Moreno
“You Don’t Have to Go to Texas for a Chainsaw Massacre!” When I was a burgeoning teenage horror fan, there were certain films which held a certain fixation because of their lurid box art and reputation. Movies like Faces of
Review: School of The Holy Beast (1974) DVD Release from Cult Epics (2010)
Posted by Victor Moreno
Our recent review of The Witch (2016), touched on how it is an unconventional horror film in the realm of Rosemary’s Baby, Carrie & Suspiria; films where social constructs force the female protagonist out towards the fringe & ultimately towards
Review: My Science Project (1985) Blu-Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)
Posted by Adam Rutkowski
Review: My Science Project (1985) on Blu-Ray (2016) I have fond memories of watching many “B” movies of the 80’s either from the local Video Update rental store or from such early cable entities such as Spectrum or HBO. The
