Oh Riki you’re so fine. You’re so fine you blow my mind. Literally out the back of my skull! In the Hong Kong martial arts classic, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky! The film follows the titular Riki, who has been sent to jail for killing his girlfriend’s sort-of killers I think? Riki quickly establishes his penchant for justice by tearing people apart like they were suddenly made of rubber and corn syrup. Watch as our hero barely struggles against adversity and the random English speakers they pulled off the street to do the dub work hard for the 15 dollars they were promised.

Will our hero defeat the corrupt Wardens and free the inmates who are also probably in for violent crimes?

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The only things we fear in this world are giant monsters and math equations, which means we’re trembling at today’s topic: Godzilla Minus One! After a close encounter with the legendary beast, World War 2 pilot Koichi Shikishima must face both a radioactively evolved Godzilla and his own post-war survivors guilt. This latest entry in the franchise takes us back to Godzilla’s 1950’s roots as a humble metaphor for nuclear deterrence and anti-war sentiments.

But Americans don’t care about that! When does he go to Hollow Earth and shoot the laser beam at the giant apes? Where’s Millie Bobby Brown?? Where’s Shimo??!!!!

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What “Die Hard” did for high-rises, “Under Siege” does for battleships in this high seas action-thriller starring Steven Seagal in his best film to date from 1992. Chief petty officer and bouillabaisse expert Casey Ryback is all that stands in the way of thwarting the mutiny aboard the USS Missouri, led by William Strannix and Commander Krill. Ryback must assemble his ragtag group of friends and Woman in order to stop Strannix’s nuclear-fueled revenge.

Given what the future held for Mr. Seagal, it seems the only thing really Under Siege was his film career!

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It turns out the scariest part of the dystopian future in Terry Gilliam's “Brazil” isn’t the bureaucratic capitalist police state it presents, but the lack of duct and tube management! Lowly government worker Sam Lowry dreams of a brighter future in his dead-end life when he encounters a woman named Jill, whom he keeps seeing in his dreams. Famously, the film does not take place in Brazil itself.

Not since “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” has a title been this misleading. This is: The BRACcast!

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Cue the dog barks and roundhouse kicks, 'cause TRAC's gonna give it to ya in Cradle 2 The Grave! When jewel thief Anthony Fait and his crew steal valuable black diamonds, the group is unwittingly pulled into a dangerous game when the diamond's owner, the mysterious Ling, kidnaps Fait's daughter. Fait and Co. must work together with Taiwan intelligence agent, Su, to save Fait’s daughter and perhaps even the world itself. What does the title mean in relation to the movie’s plot? I don’t know, but it sounds cool!

Look, Jet Li kicked that guy one-handed! DMX ran up a wall and backflipped over a dog! The 2000s were weird!!!

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Oh sweet! Pure nightmares beyond comprehension!

This must be the work of today’s film, Skinamarink! Left home alone in the middle of the night, young Kevin and Kaylee awake to find their house turned into a dark and confusing maze of horrors. Meanwhile, they become haunted by an evil force who seeks to torment them.

The film features a star-studded cast such as: Hallway Door, Crown Molding, Public Domain Cartoons, Chairs, and even a special appearance by Ceiling! This experiment in horror will have you wanting to rip your eyes out, whether it be from pure terror, or pure boredom!

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From horror cinema darling James Wan comes his most horrifying feature yet: Aquaman! I mean… Dead Silence! After the wife of Jamie Ashen dies under mysterious puppet-related circumstances, Jamie returns to his hometown of Raven’s Fair to uncover the link between the murder and a 70-year-old curse upon the town. Meanwhile, Donnie Wahlberg is on the case as a wisecracking detective who’s never heard of shaving cream in his life. The film was seen as a disappointing follow-up to Wan’s previous film, Saw.

I guess you could say the real Dead Silence was from the audience all along! This is: The TRACcast.Your Cinematic Reviewers:

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From the director of Donnie Darko, a film no one wanted to see because 9/11 happened, comes Richard Kelly’s sophomore feature, Southland Tales. A film no one wanted to see because 9/11 made the script too confusing! Dwayne Johnson stars as Boxer Santaros, an amnesiac actor who becomes embroiled in an apocalyptic conspiracy along with Krysta Now, a psychic ex-adult film star, and Roland Taverner, also a coincidentally amnesiac World War 3 veteran. The film features an all-star ensemble cast who have absolutely no idea what’s going on around them. This can be remedied, though, by reading the prequel series comic, which is required if you want to know literally anything going on.

So if you like sci-fi comedy action dystopia epics, and you love homework, this is the film for you! This is The TRACcast.

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If those dinner parties you were invited to by your weird coworker were anything like the dinner party in Coherence, I’m sure you’ll be glad the sitter had to cancel! When eight friends arrive for a dinner party during the most inconvenient comet passing in history, strange occurrences begin to unfold and strain the already tense threads holding the group together. Through the eyes of Em, we must uncover the mystery while simultaneously trying to snoop what books director James Ward Byrkit owns in his house.

Will these Skype and Ketamine addicts come out unscathed? Will Hugh get to call his egghead brother?

Will Mike ever shut up? Let’s find out together !

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Instead of doing the sensible option of just filming large piles of money burning to ash, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse instead chose to waste even more money and make The Exorcist: Believer! This $400 million mistake from director David Gordon Green ruins another classic horror film by essentially making the same movie you know and love again. Only this time it sucks! The Exorcist was about a possessed little girl, so this time around it’s about TWO possessed little girls!

Ellen Burstyn’s return as Chris MacNeil is so short-lived; if you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen about 90% of her screen time. Now THAT’S the devil’s greatest trick!

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