BADSVILLE (2017) (imdb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4843618/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Twitter: @BadsvilleMovie) Director: APRIL MULLEN (imdb: www.imdb.com/name/nm0611983/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Twitter: @AprilMullen88) Producer: DAVID J PHILLIPS (imdb: www.imdb.com/name/nm1707109/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12 Twitter: @DJ_Phlips) Writers/Stars: IAN MCLAREN (imdb: www.imdb.com/name/nm3382898/?ref_=tt_ov_wr) BENJAMIN BARRETT (imdb: www.imdb.com/name/nm3796579/?ref_=tt_ov_wr Twitter: @BenABarrett) Very Special Guest: EL PERRO For video version: youtu.be/N2Y7mS6f2RU Badsville is now available On Demand, iTunes, VuDu and Amazon Prime For bonus content, become a Mind Reels Patron today! www.patreon.com/TheMindReels
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The Ipcress Files (1965) – Sidney J. Furie
The next big title in DK Canada’s The Movie Book is the classic The Third Man. Having previously reviewed it, I jumped right to the What Else to Watch list, and dove into this spy thriller from the 1960s starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer. Based on the novel and characters by Len Deighton, this…
12 Strong (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
Releasing on blu-ray and DVD today from Warner Brothers is the film adaptation of the true story as retold in the novel Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton. The day after 11 September, 2001, a group of soldiers volunteered to be the first on the ground in Afghanistan. The film tells that story, and of the…
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) – Michael Curtiz
As I continue my time with the Musical chapter in the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book, I dove into the biographical film, Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney. That gave me a pause. Despite everything I had ever heard about the film, I’d never seen him do anything like this. It was…
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1993) – The Phantom Train of Doom
Frank Darabont pens Indy’s (Sean Patrick Flanery) adventures this week when he encounters The Phantom Train of Doom. Originally broadcast as a television movie on 5 June 1993, this story sees Indy, with his friend Remy (Ronny Coutteure) returning to Africa, where they are promoted to lieutenant. The episode begins with the running gag that…
War of the Worlds: The Complete Series
Back in the late 1980s, I was first discovering classic science fiction film and was completely taken in by George Pal’s original War of the Worlds film from 1953. I was in my late teens, and as soon as I heard that there was a new series coming along picking up decades after the original…
Toronto After Dark 2017: Tragedy Girls – Tyler MacIntyre
BFFs, LOLs, LIKES, RETWEETs and MURDER. The Toronto After Dark film festival comes to a close this evening at Scotibank Theatre with the Toronto premiere of the exceptional dark comedy, Tragedy Girls. A Heathers for the cyber age, the film follows two students and best friends, Sadie (Brianna Hildebrand) and McKayla (Alexandra Shipp) who are…
The Mind Reels & Travelers
The science fiction drama Travelers from creator Brad Wright returns for Season 2 tonight at 9pm on Showcase. And believe me you want to tune in, because wow what a start to the new season! With stunning revelations, and great characters this winner, starring Eric McCormack, Nesta Cooper, MacKenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman and…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – Jess-Belle, and Miniature
There’s the road sign up ahead, it’s time to take a weekly turn into The Twilight Zone, as I delve deeper into Season 4 of The Complete Series on blu-ray, now available from Paramount Pictures. First up is a tale of love, jealousy and witchcraft with Jess-Belle. Written by Earl Hamner Jr. this spooky little…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – In His Image, and The Thirty-Fathom Grave
It’s time for Season 4 to get underway as I continue digging into The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. Beginning with Season 4, the series episodes became 50 minute affairs instead of 25, and things got underway with In His Image on 3 January, 1963 with this story by Charles…
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