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Sinister

It's Podcast Party '16!

Reviewed Oct 23, 2016

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Chopping Mall

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Reviewed Oct 14, 2016

High-tech robots equipped with state-of-the-art security devices have been recruited as the new mechanical "night watchmen" for the Park Plaza Mall. When a jolting bolt of lightning short-circuits the main computer control, the robots turn into "killbots" on the loose after unsuspecting shoppers! Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

If little Timmy doesn't get out of the cell, he's going t...

Reviewed Oct 4, 2016

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

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The Hitcher

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Reviewed Sep 30, 2016

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision. Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller

The Fly

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Reviewed Sep 9, 2016

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber. Genres: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

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Creepshow

It's Father's Day. I want my podcast!

Reviewed Sep 6, 2016

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Stand by Me

This is big time, baby!

Reviewed Aug 30, 2016

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives. Genres: Crime, Drama

Demons

Popcorn, punks, and possession

Reviewed Aug 26, 2016

A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers. Genres: Horror

The Shawshank Redemption

Get busy listenin', or get busy dyin'.

Reviewed Aug 16, 2016

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope. Genres: Crime, Drama

The Bourne Legacy

Jeremy Renner is the Bourne loser.

Reviewed Jul 19, 2016

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne. Genres: Action, Thriller

The Bourne Ultimatum

Damon is a natural Bourne killer!

Reviewed Jul 12, 2016

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him. Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Ghostbusters

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Reviewed Jul 8, 2016

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

The Bourne Supremacy

Matt Damon is Bourne again!

Reviewed Jul 5, 2016

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Short Circuit

Do you think we are doing this for our own self gratifica...

Reviewed Jun 30, 2016

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth. Genres: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction

The Bourne Identity

Parkour solves everything

Reviewed Jun 28, 2016

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for? Genres: Action, Mystery, Thriller

SpaceCamp

In Space, no one can hear you camp!

Reviewed May 27, 2016

Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home. Genres: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Proof that del Toro would rather hang out with creatures ...

Reviewed May 24, 2016

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation. Genres: Action, Fantasy

Hellboy

It's a boy meets girl meets demon love story!

Reviewed May 17, 2016

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces. Genres: Action, Fantasy

Captain America: Civil War

This is one Civil War Axl Rose MIGHT want...

Reviewed May 10, 2016

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Men in Black 3

Will Smith has to get back...to the future!

Reviewed May 6, 2016

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. Genres: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

The Running Man

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Reviewed May 3, 2016

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Men in Black

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Reviewed Apr 22, 2016

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

American Splendor

Did we Pekar your interest?

Reviewed Apr 19, 2016

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar. Genres: Comedy, Drama

Princess Mononoke

Don't let the Disney logo fool you -- Mononoke is no Jasm...

Reviewed Feb 2, 2016

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict. Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy