Tag Archives: direct to video

Getting Back to Zero

Released earlier this year, Getting Back to Zero is the story of two brothers. One of them, Derek (Nathan Anderson), is an uptight yuppie with a wife and kid (who are never seen on screen). The other, Charlie (Nathan Wetherington), … Continue reading

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Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

When I reviewed the first Hellboy Animated feature a few weeks ago, I didn’t intend to get to the second one quite so soon. But as it happened, it was available through the same service as the first, and it … Continue reading

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Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

If there’s one genre of live-action film that seems particularly prone to spawning spin-offs, it’s superhero movies. Both Marvel and DC Comics properties are known to get several direct-to-video animated features to coincide with or slightly trail their live-action releases, … Continue reading

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Super Hero Party Clown

It can sometimes be fun to check out a film that you know to be obscure. When Super Hero Party Clown showed up on Hulu’s new films page several months back, I added it to my queue noting that it … Continue reading

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Stingray Sam

There are certain times when you watch a film and aren’t quite sure what you’re watching, or what you watched when you’re through with it. Watching Stingray Sam provides one such experience. Its IMDb page genre listing describes it as … Continue reading

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Edison Force

Note: Due to spending some time on other projects (such as dealing with my spotty internet connection again), I didn’t have time to write an article for today. Instead, I’m digging up another old review of mine from my pre-blog … Continue reading

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Logos

Logos is an independent film directed and co-written by first-time director Michael Sorokorensky. It’s a new film for 2013 — so new, in fact, that as of this writing I can’t even give it a star rating on its IMDb … Continue reading

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Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road

There’s a scene early in Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road that sets both the tone and the theme of this peculiar little comedy. Ray, an eccentric doctor played by the eccentric Christopher Lloyd in a cameo, is administering a … Continue reading

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Camelot: The Legend

Oh, how Hulu loves to dig up obscurities. And just once in a while those obscurities ought to remain buried. I enjoy animated features, and I’m a big fan of Arthurian legend. So when I saw Camelot: The Legend in … Continue reading

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The Forger

With the exception of the Morbid Curiosity Files, where I know full well what I’m getting into, I always hope that the films I’m watching will turn out to be good films. Actually, I hope that they’re great films, even … Continue reading

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