Recently out on DVD and Blu-ray is Penitentiary, director Jamaa Fanaka‘s late-period blaxploitation classic. Leon Issac Kennedy stars as Martel Gordone who, after unwittingly getting involved with a prostitute and attempting to save her from being assaulted by a John,…
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Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Character from Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
Is Fast Times at Ridgemont High the funniest film of the eighties? Pretty much! Adapted from Cameron Crowe‘s long out-of-print book, this fast and funny look at Southern California teen life from high school to the mall is highlighted by…
Read more →You’re Gonna Love “Yor: The Hunter from the Future”
Stone-Age thrills mix with Space-Age action in this exciting fantasy saga, culled from a four-part miniseries that originally aired on Italian TV. Join Yor, a warrior from a primitive society, as he embarks on a dangerous quest to learn the…
Read more →The Joe Dante Cult Classic “Matinee” Gets a Deluxe Blu-ray Release
Originally released in 1993, director Joe Dante’s Matinee is witty and hilarious tribute to Cold War-era paranoia and monster movies. In his most underrated role, John Goodman shines as a B-horror filmmaker (lovingly based on “gimmick king” William Castle) who…
Read more →Cult Film Alert: George Peppard in the Western “Cannon for Cordoba”
Now available on DVD and Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics is the 1970 cult Western Cannon for Cordoba When the Mexican revolutionary Cordoba (Raf Vallone) steals six cannons from the U.S. military, Captain Rod Douglas (George Peppard) leads a ragtag…
Read more →The Bela Lugosi Shockfest “Return of the Ape Man” Lives Again
Just released to DVD and Blu-ray from Olive Films, Return of the Ape Man is Bela Lugosi‘s most interesting collaboration with Monogram Pictures — for whom he made several films in the early 1940s. Looking to prove their widely decried…
Read more →Happy Halloween from MovieFanFare!
It’s finally here! Halloween! We’ve waited for it all month long, and now the anticipation has paid off and we are set for an evening of scary viewing and trick-or-treating! From all of us here at MovieFanFare, we wish you…
Read more →Movie Monster Toys Don’t Get Any Bigger Than Godzilla!
Cue iconic scream! If there’s one movie monster who towers above his competition, it’s Godzilla. From his first appearance in 1954 through to 2016’s Shin Godzilla, he has captured the imaginations of filmgoers across the globe. And what’s not to…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Bruce Lee’s Classic “Enter the Dragon”
Because you can never have enough martial arts action, today’s trailer is for the 1973 Bruce Lee masterpiece Enter the Dragon. One of the biggest action epics ever filmed, the film finds karate master Bruce Lee hired by British agents…
Read more →Watch This Bizarre (Bizarro?) Deleted Scene from “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace”
One movie that nobody seems to be celebrating the 30th anniversary of is Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Hands down the worst Superman film (although Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is up there) this 1987 suffers from a…
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