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For good or ill, writer/director Seth Landau and I deliver the definitive Youngblood (1986) review.

Ontario, 1986. The struggling hometown Hamilton Mustangs are in need of a jolt to their hockey club. The jolt comes in the form of a hot new American prospect, Dean Youngblood. However, trouble is brewing for Dean. Carl Racki of the Thunder Bay Bombers is out for blood and the coach's daughter is out for love, which could spell disaster for his chances of ever making it into the pros.
Starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Ed Lauter, George J. Finn, Jim Youngs, Eric Nesterenko, Fionnula Flanagan, Ken James, Keanu Reeves, Peter Faussett, Martin Donlevy, and Walker Boone.
Music by William Orbit
Director of Photography Mark Irwin
Written and Directed by Peter Markle

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A devout priest welcomes a struggling couple into his home at Christmas time. However, his simple act of kindness soon becomes the ultimate test of faith once the sanctity of his home is jeopardized.
Starring Graham Skipper, Jeremy Gardner, Taylor Zaudtke, and Rigo Garay.
Music by Eric Romary
Cinematography by Rommel Genciana
Produced, Written, and Directed by Ric Pennycoff

After a manmade virus failed to reduce the world's overpopulated areas, global leaders resolved to institute a new program that would legitimize a new venture, a game show to make things interesting. Broadcast live daily, the streamed game show would become Exiled: The Chosen Ones.
Starring Sunny Pang, Hannah Al Rashid, Nick Kahn, James Jay Bryan, Oka Antara, Zack Lee, Jon Xue Zhang, Carl Wharton, Craig Edwards, and many more.
Music by Martin Rowberry
Cinematography by Loukas Akrivos
Written and Directed by Ranjeet S. Marwa

After a man-made virus failed to reduce the world's overpopulated areas, global leaders would start a new program that would legitimize a new venture in a game show. The game would be broadcast live, where random contestants would be exiled into a concrete jungle, forced to kill each other for their freedom. Viewers would place their bets on who had a chance at survival. Be that as it may...no one survives the game.
Starring Sunny Pang, Hanna Al Rashid, Nick Khan, Oka Antara, Billy the Butcher, James Jaysen Bryhan, Craig Edwards, Carl Wharton, and many more.
Music by Martin Rowberry
Cinematography by Loukas Akriyos
Written and Directed by Ranjeet S. Marwa

After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.
Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, E. Roger Mitchell, Troy Rudeseal, James Ransone, Miguel Cazarez Mora, and more.
Music by Mark Korven
Cinematography by Brett Jutkiewicz
Based on the short story written by Joe Hill
Screenplay by C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson
Directed by Scott Derrickson

In the wake of a killer earthquake, the beaches of California have been taken over by vicious Neo-Nazi punks. No one can halt the megalomanic reign of Adolf and his stiletto-heeled, leather-clad Eva, until they pick on the son of Eleanor "Mama" Washington. Now she's out for vengeance.
Starring Gail Neely, Barry Brenner, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Harden, Michael Sonye, Joel Hile, Dawne Ellison, Tom Shell, Gene Mitchell, and Bobbie Bresee.
Art Direction and Original Costume Design by Byrnadette di Santo
Edited by Craig A. Colton
Music composed and performed by John MacCallum
Director of Photography Rolf Kestermann
Screenplay by Jon Ayre
Directed by Peter George
Music composed and performed by John MacCallum

Out-of-work actor Eddy Pine stumbles upon the key to the universe and is drawn into an intergalactic conflict between killer clowns and sneaky green aliens. Now the fate of the planet hangs on his shoulders.
Starring Bodhi Elfman, Rebbeca Forsythe, Angeline-Rose Troy, French Stewart, Steve Agee, Nic Novicki, Verne Troyer, and Martin Klebba
Music composed and conducted by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Howard Wexler
Written and Directed by Richard Elfman

A strange twist of fate brings two young travelers, George and Edna, to a small town where an experimental agricultural machine may be bringing the dead back to life. As zombies infest the area and attack the living, a bull-headed detective thinks the couple are Satanists responsible for the local killings. George and Edna have to fight for their lives, and prove their innocence as they try and stop the impending zombie apocalypse.
Starring Ray Lovestock, Christina Galbo, Arthur Kennedy, and more.
Music by Giuliano Sorgini
Cinematography by Francisco Sempere
Special Effects by Giannetto De Rossi
Written by Sandro Continenza and Marcello Coscia
Directed by Jorge Grau

While visiting Hong Kong, a young Master Ip intervenes in a kidnapping attempt, unintentionally igniting a turf war with a ruthless human trafficking ring. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps one of Ip Man's closest friends, leaving him with no choice but to challenge the group's notoriously brutal boxing champion.
Starring Xie Miao, Hua Qilong, Chen Guanying, Zhao Yuxuan, Bai Long, Xiao Guang, Huang Siyu, An De, Qing Tian, and more.
Director of Photography Wu Guichuan
Written by Fang Lan and Liu Bayin
Directed by Li Xijie and Zhang Zhulin

Rule-flouting cop Fabio is deep undercover, chasing a globe-trotting ring of drug smugglers suspected to be operating out of Rome. Working with Mike Hamilton an Interpol agent with a hair-trigger temper, he sets out to worm his way into the group's confidence. But can these two rule-bending risk-takers stay one step ahead of the criminals long enough to bring them down from the inside?
Starring Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati, Massimo Vanni, Angelo Ragusa, Romano Puppo, Sergio Ruggeri, Johnny Loffredo, Leon Lenoir, and Gianni Orlando
Music by Goblin
Director of Photography Giovanni Bergamini
Screenplay by Massimo De Rita and Enzo G. Castellari
Directed by Enzo G. Castellari