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Arnie’s Top 25 Films of the 2010s

I keep reading articles and posts about how movies aren’t what they used to be. From Martin Scorsese, bitter about his Irishman distribution woes, to Spielberg decrying the “movie-ness” of…

Arnie’s Best Films of 2019

As we approach New Year’s, it’s a time to look back at what 2019 brought…and that means best of/worst of lists. I readily admit my movie watching in 2019 was…

Now Playing Podcast’s Halloween Playlist: Like a Heart Attack On a One Way Street

Need a soundtrack to fuel your Halloween festivities? The Now Playing Podcast team did the work for you! To celebrate the spooky season, and one of our favorite times of…

Friday the 13th (2009) – Revisited

by Arnie Carvalho “No matter how much you love the original films in the Friday the 13th series, it’s virtually indisputable that the 2009 remake/reboot/re-imagining is far and away the best made of all of them.” — Adam-Troy Castro, Syfy.com “Can we now admit ‘Friday the 13th’ 2009 was damn good?” — Michael White, Bloody-Disgusting.com “It is one of the best film franchise reboots put out in theaters in the past 15 years.” — Jason Parker, Friday The 13th Franchise.com “I’ve always been of the mind (and it’s a hill I’ll die on), that it kinda just makes no sense to be a fan of the original Friday the 13th movies and yet not a fan of Friday the 13th ’09” — John Squires, Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting.com, on Twitter “Stay away from this movie. It really is one of the bad ones…Run from this movie. Do not reward the makers with your money” — Arnie, Now Playing’s 2009 Podcast review “In three years no one, absolutely no one, will remember that they saw it, that they liked it, it will have no aftertaste whatsoever. People will remember the original, they will not remember this movie.” — Stuart, Now Playing’s 2009 Podcast review Still Now Playing Podcast 10 Years…

Movie Review – The Theta Girl

The Theta Girl Director:  Chris Bickel Writer: David Axe Starring:Victoria Elizabeth Donofrio, Shane Silman, Darelle D. Dove Studio:  Barron Perter Productions Release Date:  October 13, 2017 The Theta Girl is a psychedelic horror/thriller made…

John Carpenter’s “The Fog” Getting a 4K Theatrical Re-Release

As Halloween fans wait patiently for this year’s John Carpenter-endorsed sequel, word comes that a bonafide Carpenter original is coming back to the big screen with a full 4K restoration….