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DEATHGASM (review)

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Review by Joshua Gravel
Produced by Andrew Beattie,
Morgan Leigh Stewart, Sarah Howden
Written and Directed by Jason Lei Howden
Starring Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, 
Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure, 
Tim Foley, Sam Berkley, Daniel Cresswell, 
Nick Hoskins-Smith, Colin Moy, Jodie Rimmer


When Brodie is sent to suburban New Zealand to live with his overly religious Aunt and Uncle he has a hard time fitting in. But once he develops a crush on his cousin's girlfriend, Medina. and starts a band with fellow metal head Zakk and Dungeon’s and Dragons enthusiasts Dion and Giles he thinks things are looking up.

That is until the band, Deathgasm, start to experiment with sheet music they found in an old book stolen from one of their local metal heroes.

Suddenly their quiet suburb is under siege from the demonically possessed undead, and if that weren’t bad enough there are a group of occultists who do not want this onslaught stopped.

The best way to describe Deathgasm is to recall that time in the late eighties when Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi had a physical altercation in a practical effects studio while nothing but great metal played in the background.

What do you mean that didn’t happen?...

Well, it happened in my mind and I bet it happened in Jason Lei Howden’s mind as well since that is the easiest explanation as to his influences in writing and directing Deathgasm.

So let’s just get this all out of the way now, Deathgasm is fucking amazing, fun, shocking, and hilarious.

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FOG! Exclusive: THE LAST MAN ON EARTH Season One DVD Clip!

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In stores now, is the DVD release of The Last Man on Earth: The Complete First Season.

The year is 2020, and after a deadly virus has swept the planet, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller (Will Forte). He used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors. He has traveled to every city, every town and every outpost in the United States, Mexico and Canada, and has found no one.

As he returns to his hometown of Tucson, Phil comes to the painful realization that he is almost certainly the last living being on the face of the earth. All he wants is for someone – anyone – to find him in Tucson – preferably a woman.

After the jump check out an exclusive (and possibly NSFW) clip called "Phil and Carol in Bed" starring Forte and Kristen Schaal.

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SUMMIT (review)

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Review by Dean Galanis
Produced, Written and Directed by Christina Raia
Starring Lauren A Kennedy, Rob Ceriello, 
Emma Barret, Ricardo Manigat, Ryan Kramer


Five college friends embark on a ski trip but soon become very, very lost.

They take refuge from the extreme cold (to some extent) in an abandoned house.

Lack of facilities, heat and food soon take their toll, and….are they being watched…?

Summit boasts the kind of premise that can lead to a classic chiller or a forgettable hunk of crap, or a million things in between. The film begins with a shot of a woman’s dead, bloody body, and basically avoids any kind of violence or thrills until the last few minutes.

The result is far from disastrous; the actors, while certainly uneven, have a decent rapport and the slow-burn pacing has few dull moments (until, weirdly, the climax – but more on that later. No spoilers, promise).

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Stream On: Big Changes For October

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By Erin Maxwell

This month, the big news isn’t about what’s new to Netflix, but what is jumping ship, as the streaming service seems to lose almost its entire catalogue in the month of October.

All those familiar friends that have been sitting in your queue for the past year?

Gone.

That seemingly-endless option to watch Star Trek Into Darkness?

Gone.

Hell, even Charlie Bartlett to going away, a movie that has been available for so long I was half convinced that the movie was an essential part of how Netflix worked.

Here is a list of everything that will be leaving your queue.

Prepare yourselves:


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Thank the Panther God: On Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing BLACK PANTHER

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You guys: Ta-Nehisi Coates is going to write Black Panther.


TA-NEHISI COATES – Pulitzer Prize-winning author at The Atlantic, America’s premier writer on race and society, recent MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, blerd king par excellence– IS WRITING BLACK PANTHER!


When I first read the news last week, I had one thought: “I need this in my life.”


And I do! I need this in my life. All of this!



When the days are long and the nights are tough, I may whip out that New York Times article breaking the news, and read it a hundred times.


I may print the article, roll up the sheet of paper, and place it into a block of wood shaped like Black Panther’s mask, which I hang in a door frame and kiss upon entering and exiting my home.


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THE BOZZ CHRONICLES TPB (review)

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Review by Lily Fierro
Created & Written by David Michelinie
Illustrated by Bret Blevins and John Ridgway
Foreword by Brandon Graham
Introductions by David Michelinie and Bret Blevins
Afterword by John Ridgway
Published by: Dover Graphic Novels
Cover Price: $19.95
ISBN-13: 978-0486798516
Published: 9/16/15


The word ragtag was made for the members of the Boswell and Flynn, Consulting Detectives organization.

Bozz is a giant, super-intelligent alien whose spaceship crashed, leaving him stranded in Victorian England. Amanda (a.k.a. Mandy) Flynn is a former prostitute turned full time private detective and full time Bozz supporter/sponsor. And to round out our crew, we have Salem Hawkshaw, a Texas man on an extended pitstop in England who provides the muscle, the gruffness, and the spicy foods of The Bozz Chronicles.

The Bozz Chronicles, now with all 6 issues collected into a single volume for Dover Publications, focuses on the development of these characters via the various supernatural mysteries our detectives investigate and solve; when there’s something extraordinarily strange occurring, Boswell and Flynn are the ones to call.

Each member of the organization contributes an advantage to allow them to handle the uncommon mysteries and clients who employ them. The team has the perceptiveness, the brawn, the cleverness, and the intellect required to take on any challenge.

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Now Streaming on Shout! Factory TV: October 2015 Programming Highlights

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FILMS OF FRIGHTS, THE DICK CAVETT SHOW: HORROR HIGHLIGHTS, “WEIRD AL” BIRTHDAY BLOCK, AND MORE STREAMING ON SHOUT! FACTORY TV OCTOBER 1


This October, Shout! Factory TV has you covered for a month full of nights of frights, all in the comfort of your own haunted home. Several new horror films join the existing lineup of macabre movies available on Shout! Factory TV, alongside interviews with horror’s finest on The Dick Cavett Show, schlock-tastic episodes of MST3K and behind-the-scenes looks into the making of classic chillers on Shout! Factory TV’s Backlot.

This month’s content is exclusively horror…with the exception of a fan-favorite birthday boy. Shout! Factory TV is presenting a trilogy of “Weird Al” Yankovic starrers this month in celebration of the comedic genius’ birthday. The Compleat Al, The Weird Al Show, and Backlot UHF are all available on Shout! Factory TV October 1.

Discover, experience and binge-watch more than hundreds of hours of culture-defining entertainment for free on SHOUT! FACTORY TV by visiting ShoutFactoryTV.com on your desktop or through a mobile browser. Download the SHOUT! FACTORY TV app on Roku to watch through your television set.

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Double Feature Movie Show: ONCE IS QUITE ENOUGH

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The Green Inferno came out! The movie THEY didn’t want you to see!

Actually, whatever.

I’m one of the few people out here who likes Eli Roth and even I think this one’s a bit much. The previews make it look completely offensive in an “all Natives are savages” sort of way and Eli’s defense of it really didn’t help much.

But, as it’s supposed to, it brings to mind the slew of Italian films from the 70s and early 80s about cannibalistic Africans and South Americans ruining the lives (and genitals) of some incredibly obnoxious white tourists. You never once feel sorry for these people…but more on that in a bit.

I’ve seen a lot of these films and, let me tell you, once is really enough. They’re all basically the same and the images stay with you for quite a while.

Here are the two granddaddy’s of “Once Is Quite Enough” cinema.

(Keep in mind: I don’t hate these films. I’m not morally opposed to them in any way. I just don’t ever need to see them again.)


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THE ART OF PAN Reveals a Reimagined Neverland

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First conjured by author J. M. Barrie and appearing in his 1902 book, The Little White Bird, Peter Pan became the main character in Barrie's 1904 stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

In 1911, Barrie adapted and expanded the play's story line as a novel, Peter and Wendy, which placed the character and it's storyline firmly into popular culture.

The story of Peter Pan has been adapted to film several times including a silent film in 1924, a Disney animated film in 1953, a quasi-sequel, Hook, from director Steven Spielberg in 1991, and a live action version directed by P. J. Hogan in 2003.

Now, on October 9th, director Joe Wright explores the origins of the character in Warner Bros.' Pan starring Levi Miller as Peter, Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard and Garrett Hedlund as Hook.

To coincide with the film's release, our friends at Insight Editions have released their book, The Art of Pan, which provides a visually rich, behind-the-scenes look at this thrilling new take on the timeless story of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan.

This beautifully illustrated book provides a comprehensive inside tour of director Joe Wright’s Pan. Featuring a dazzling selection of never-before-seen concept illustrations, sketches, storyboards, and other preproduction materials, The Art of Pan reveals how Wright and his artistic teams have reimagined the classic characters and world. Insightful interviews with the director and key members of the cast and crew, including Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Amanda Seyfried, with additional commentary included from Adeel Akhtar and Levi Miller, make this book a must-have for anyone who has ever longed to revisit this world with Peter Pan as their guide. The Art of Pan was developed under license with Warner Bros. Consumer Products.

As with most art of film books, it's a rare and fascinating look behind the magic, providing its readers a chance to sample pre-production concepts and ideas that are often not used, but nevertheless enlightening and inspiring.

After the jump, check out some gorgeous spreads from the new book, available now!

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TV Geeks! Win The All-New 3-Disc HEE HAW COLLECTION!

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Conceived as a rural alternative to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, HEE HAW honed in on country music and rural Southern culture.With Roy Clark and Buck Owens co-hosting, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Archie Campbell and the rest of the HEE HAW gang traded knee-slappers and gut-busting one-liners in memorable sketches including "Doc Campbell," "PFFT! You Was Gone" and "Gordie's General Store"-- as well as the all-time favorites "Rindercella" and "Trigonometry" and the unforgettable menagerie of animated donkeys and pigs. And because HEE HAW was a favorite stop for country's greatest stars, the show featured hundreds of performances by top country stars at the peaks of their careers, like Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr. and so many more. Though the last "new" episode aired in 1992, HEE HAW remains one of the longest-running and best loved television variety shows of all time.

Now, Time Life invites home audiences back to rural Kornfield Kounty for some timeless, down-home entertainment with THE HEE HAW COLLECTION. This 3-disc collection features 5 episodes never-before-available at retail. These vintage episodes from the late 60s and early 70s, rarely seen since their original broadcasts, feature all the Kornfield Kounty regulars and their hilarious comedy plus country legends like Conway Twitty performing "Hello Darlin'," Merle Haggard singing his classic "Okie from Muskogie," Donna Fargo performing "Funny Face," Tammy Wynette performing her #1 hit "Ways to Love a Man," an unforgettable duet with Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn performing "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries," plus other country legends like Charlie Rich, Hank Williams Jr. and many other chart-toppers; gospel classics "I Saw the Light" and "I'll Fly Away" with Tennessee Ernie Ford and of course, even more country classics from HEE HAW co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark. The collection, certain to thrill any Kornfield Kounty denizen or classic TV aficionado, also includes bonus interviews with show regulars including Roy Clark, Lulu Roman, George Lindsey, Charlie McCoy and Jim and John Hager. Additional bonus programming includes all-time favorite comedy from the early years in "Hee Haw Laffs," featuring "Board Fence," "Cornfield," "Moonshiners," "Doctor Spot," "Old Philosopher," "General Store," "Haystack," "Schoolhouse" and other knee-slappers.
And we're giving away 3 copies of THE HEE HAW COLLECTION to Forces of Geek readers!

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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD Arrives on DVD and Blu-ray

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DEBUTING ON DECEMBER 1, 2015, THE BLU-RAY AND DVD
CONTAIN ALL SIX TERRIFYING AND THRILLING EPISODES

Anchor Bay Entertainment is bringing fans of the latest ingenious and pulse-pounding AMC original series, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON to Blu-ray and DVD on December 1st.

Created by Robert Kirkman (“The Walking Dead”) and Dave Erickson (“Sons of Anarchy”), the series hailed as “effortlessly creepy” (People), premiered in August as the #1 show in cable history. The 2-disc sets include character bios as well as “A Look at the Series.” Both fans of the show, as well as those who have yet to encounter the engrossing drama, will have the opportunity to own all six episodes. SRP is $49.99 for the Blu-ray, $39.98 for the DVD, with pre-book on October 28th.


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Boston Cinegeeks! We're Giving Away Tickets To THE LAST WITCH HUNTER Starring Vin Diesel

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The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including KAULDER, a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful QUEEN WITCH, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the QUEEN curses KAULDER with her own immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today KAULDER is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to KAULDER, the QUEEN WITCH is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race.


For the chance to receive two tickets to an advanced screening of THE LAST WITCH HUNTER on Tuesday, October 20th at AMC Boston Common at 7:00PM please visit: http://www.lionsgatescreenings.com/fog9witchhunter




Songs for 007: From Best to Worst

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The release of the 24th James Bond epic SPECTRE is just around the corner, and the theme song “Writing’s On The Wall” by Sam Smith has just been released. It’s put me in the mood for all things Bond, and with the new theme song still echoing in my head, now is a good time to rank and discuss my favorite and not-so-favorite 007 theme songs.

Among the points I’ve considered are how the lyrics relate to plot or character, how the title is worked into the song (or not), how readily the melody lends itself to the instrumental score and how firmly the 007 title tune stands on its own. To be fair, I haven’t ranked the new song from SPECTRE because I haven’t seen the movie, or witnessed how the new title song relates to the plot, or heard how composer Thomas Newman interpolates its melody into the instrumental score.


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GAME OF THRONES: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON Comes To Blu-ray and DVD

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Winner of 12 Emmy Awards Including Outstanding Drama Series

Season 5 of Iconic Series Available on Blu-ray and DVD March 15, 2016
All Episodes Available to Download Now on Digital HD

The "worldwide phenomenon" (USA Today) is back, breaking more records along the way. Winner of 12 Emmy Awards (the most of any series in one year) and a Guinness World Record holder for the largest simultaneous broadcast of a TV drama (in 173 countries and territories worldwide), Game of Thrones is bigger than ever in Season 5, and this spring, fans of the hit show will finally have the chance to add this legendary season to their collections before new episodes debut.  

Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season will be available on Blu-ray ($79.98) and DVD ($59.99) on March 15, 2016. The Blu-ray set features a free Digital HD copy of all 10 episodes, plus exclusive bonus content including a brand new feature that takes an in-depth look at the story behind the Targaryen civil war, known as the Dance of Dragons.


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Why a TERMINATOR Franchise Will Never Work

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For the second time an attempt to reboot the Terminatorfranchise has been aborted. As dull as the last two films have been, that’s not actually the problem. It’s that a franchise that will never work because there should have never been a sequel to the original Terminator.

The original film is a quasi-Hitchcockian thriller where an average woman is thrown into a high stakes battle for the future of mankind. It didn’t create any characters that we wanted to see what would happen to them next, or a universe where there was the possibility for new stories to be told.


Thus, like so many sequels, Terminator 2: Judgment Day or T2 is essentially a remake of the first but with a substantially larger budget. The premise is exactly the same with some reshuffling of the primary characters.

Frankly, T2 isn’t that great of a film.

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FLASH GORDON To Celebrate It's 35th Anniversary With BAFTA Screening & More!

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In December, 1980, the film Flash Gordon first hit cinema screens like a bolt of lightning.

Produced by Dino De Laurentiis and helmed by director Mike Hodges, the kaleidoscopic worlds and inhabitants of Mongo burst into life like no comic property seen before or since, all accompanied by a legendary Queen soundtrack.


Now, 35 years later, on November 28th, an event at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, iconic headquarters of the famous awards, celebrates this great film with a screening of the film that has been a fan favorite and inspiration since it's debut.

For the first time, many of the cast and crew that helped bring Flash Gordon to "life" will converge for one night only.

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Win MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ENCYCLOPEDIA!

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The most comprehensive single volume ever published on Marvel's premier Super Hero team, Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia is an expansive encyclopedia detailing the genesis of the team and its individual heroes and foes. Explore the origins and powers of more than 250 characters and 40 teams and lineups including fan-favorites such as Captain America and Black Widow.

Discover twenty of the most significant storylines in The Avengers' history and see prominent characters, such as Iron Man and Thor, explored in impressive detail, with special features including a lineup of Iron Man's many suits and all the characters who have wielded Thor's hammer.

Structured in a fun and accessible way and packed with fantastic comic book art, Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia is a must-have guide to Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

And we're giving away a copy to a FOG! reader!

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FOG! Chats With Writer JUSTIN JORDAN About His Sleepless Creation, JOHN FLOOD!

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Some nights I fall asleep reading comics until the iPad glass hits me in the face.

Man, I really hate going to bed.

Imagine what might happen if the government removed your ability to sleep? What nightmares await you when the brain can’t rest? Will it unlock a power you didn’t know you had?

The third issue of sleeper hit (pun intended)John Flood hits shelves this week from the waking mind of Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, Shadowman, Deep State). Justin took a few minutes away from his busy work and convention schedule to give us the skinny on his sleep deprived detective comic book over at BOOM!, available at your local store and digitally today.

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FOG! Attends LEGEND Premiere at Los Angeles Beyond Fest

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Written by Sharon Knolle

The opening night of Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on October 1 was also the Los Angeles premiere of Legend, in which Tom Hardy plays both twins of the famously brutal gangster brothers who ruled London in the '60s. Writer-director Brian Helgeland (who shared a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar with Curtis Hanson for 1997's neo-noir L.A. Confidential) was there for a Q&A after the film with moderator Jeff Goldsmith.

When Goldsmith asked Helgeland about what he learned by working with directors from Clint Eastwood to Richard Donner, a loud voice was heard warning Helgeland, “Be careful what you say.”

It was Dick Donner himself, who received a round of applause after being pointed out. Helgeland said that when he was working with Donner on Conspiracy Theory, he wasn't happy with the way Donner was directing a scene. Donner advised him that the only way a writer could get a project done the way he envisioned it was to direct it himself, and promptly handed Helgeland his first directing assignment on an episode of Tales From the Crypt.

Goldsmith cited the 1990s film The Krays as one of Helgeland's possible points of research, but the writer-director never acknowledged whether he'd seen it or not.

Here are the highlights from the Q&A.

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Win WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY on DVD Starring Rosamund Pike, David Tennant and Bill Connolly!

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A trip to the Highlands reveals more than one family desires when the entertaining and uplifting comedy, What We Did on Our Holiday. Starring Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Best Actress, Gone Girl, 2014), David Tennant (BBC’s “Dr. Who”) and celebrated comedian Billy Connolly (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), this story of one family’s journey through an unforgettable summer vacation was named “Best Comedy” at the inaugural UK National Film Awards in 2015.

Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation.  Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability... 

And we're giving away five copies!

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