What’s New At The Shop This Week?
Another week, another shipment of fine cinema old and new movies coming your way. Let’s take a look at a few of the titles shall we? For the first time ever the classic Addams Family movies from the early 90s hit Blu Ray together in this loving set. Growing up on these films never gets […]
This Halloween see HANDS OF ORLAC like never before!
It’s getting close to that magical time of year when our good friends at the Winspear Centre give us our annual treat on All Hallow’s Eve! In year’s past Edmonton’s most beautiful sounding building has presented such classics as NOSFERATU, CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on the big screen accompanied by […]
For The Love Of Filmmaking…GO SEE THIS MOVIE!
Every now and then a movie comes along that takes you completely by surprise and you can not help but tell your friends to go see it as quick as possible without actually telling them what they are getting into. Keep it simple. Just say it’s a beautiful movie made at a grass roots level […]
Warner Brother Archives Keeps On Bringing it!
Out of all the companies bringing us forgotten gems back to life on Blu Ray with gorgeous new transfers Warner Archives are slowly climbing the ladder of making us excited for what they have for us next. Today 5 new titles were announced. All getting glorious restoration transfers in sound and sight and hitting BLU […]
BOY!!!! 40th Anniversary of PHANTASM sees us finally get a proper boxset!
It is truly hard to believe that this year marks the 40th anniversary of Don Coscarelli’s PHANTASM. As a kid growing up in videostores in the 80s I was actually introduced to the TALL MAN with Phantasm 2 from 1988. Something about Angus Scrimm staring out at me on the VHS cover begged me to […]
A New Week Brings Us New Goodies At The Videostore…
As School is back in and the days creep closer to Halloween the magic of the videostore grows and it’s powers increase with amazing titles coming at us fast and furious. Here are a few of titles (old and new) coming into the shop this week… Remakes in the horror movie world are a mixed […]
AN ODE TO CHEERLEADER CAMP AKA BLOODY POM POMS..
I would like to start by saying I like bad cinema. I wanna double down and say I love slasher films. And I have to say I freaking love bad 80s slasher films! If there is one movie that I can not help but love no matter how terrible I understand it is is the […]
Metro Cinema and Boom Bap Cinema Present HOUSE PARTY this Saturday, Sept. 14th at 9:15pm!
Many memories from the 80s and 90s through my VCR still stand out in my younger years and KID and PLAY’s HOUSE PARTY is one of them. Even with mediocre to the bad sequels that followed those movies could not water down the impact of the original. The fact remains watching this 1990 flick is […]
Metro Cinema and DEDfemme Present TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID on Oct. 24th!
It is truly hard to believe that DEDFEST had the pleasure to screen Issa Lopez’s haunting film TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID almost 2 years ago now. Those who were in the theater that night at the Metro Cinema got to witness the work of an amazing new talent in the genre. Not only was the […]
Metro Cinema Brings John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE Back To The Big Screen On Sept. 21st!
Back in 1988 John Carpenter created a film that was rooted in the Reagan era of American politics and now in 2019 is just as relevant as it ever was. Over 31 years since it’s release THEY LIVE has grown to become one of Carpenter’s most beloved films. Instead of going with his usual right […]
