Cinemaniac Mark

  Fight your way to the closest theater playing THE FURIOUS (2025) and buckle up for the best action film in years. Full review here:

  If you're someone who's never had any interest in the MORTAL KOMBAT video game, TV, or film series, is there a point to going to see the new MORTAL KOMBAT II (2026)? If you like fun, funny, foul-mouthed, gory fantastical FU, the answer is YES! Full review here:

  Renny Harlin returns to both the Planesploitation and Sharksploitation genres with DEEP WATER, in which copilot Aaron Eckhard must keep save seabound survivors of a plane crash, while hungry CGI sharks savagely surround them. Kinda felt like a film better suited to streaming to me, but if you want big-screen shark attack action, catch it while you can. Full review here:

  Currently in limited release from Antenna Releasing is STOLEN KINGDOM (2025), from the makers of SECRET MALL APARTMENT. This documentary hops the fence into the world of urban exploration at Disney parks, and the black market in stolen props and artifacts that grew in its wake. Fascinating, funny, occasionally infuriating, and a look behind the curtain few have ever seen. Currently in limited theatrical release. Full review here:

  Film Masters brings a quartet of quirky 50s Sci-Fi monster flicks to Blu-ray, looking better than ever before, with copious commentaries and visual supplements! SEE! FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER roam suburban streets! SEE! THE MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL buzz up the jungle in black and white! SEE! John Agar with silver eyes in THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS! SEE! Jethro's uncle terrorize the California wilderness in GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN! Super fun set for those who remember these films from Saturday afternoon or late-night TV. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3O6Lg4E (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  This was one that never really connected with me, but the new Arrow Video 4K UHD release of RED SONJA (1985) is such a fun and informative dive into Italian genre filmmaking in its copious extras, featuring career-spanning interviews with various artists and stunt men, that it makes up for the film's shortcomings. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4sQhRL0 (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)