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A new episode of the Revisited video series has just been released, and since we covered the 1991 science fiction tokusatsu film The Guyver a couple of months ago, with this episode we’ve decided to circle back and take a look at the sequel to The Guyver, the 1994 release Guyver: Dark Hero (watch it Here) – also known as Guyver 2: Dark Hero, or, if you saw it in the Philippines, Predator 3. You can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Directed by Steve Wang from a screenplay by Nathan Long that was based on both a story crafted by Wang and the Japanese manga series Bio Booster Armor Guyver by Yoshiki Takaya, Guyver 2: Dark Hero has the following synopsis: A year has passed since he defeated the Cronos Corporation, but Sean Barker continues to struggle with his ability to call upon the powers of the Guyver,...

God’s Country Song on Great American Pure Flix [Image Great American Family]

Fans of Great American Family’s drama movies can look forward to these five new, original movies coming in August 2024. Airing on the company’s streaming network, Pure Flix, the following is a brief plot description and casting news for the new upcoming movies according to the press release.

1. God’s Country Song God’s Country Song on Great American Pure Flix [Image Great American Family]

Starring: Justin Gaston, Mariel Hemingway, John Laughlin, Christopher Michael and Justene Alpert

Premiere date: Saturday, August 10, at 8 pm Et/Pt

Plot:

This powerful story is about Noah (Gaston), who is on the verge of becoming the next great star in country music and doesn’t want anything to get in the way of his newfound glory, not even his kids. God’s Country Song is about second chances and leading a purpose-driven life.

2. Nothing is Impossible Nothing is Impossible on Great American Pure Flix [Image Great American Family]

Starring: David A.R. White,...

Like many kids of the '90s, John Candy was my treasured movie uncle growing up. The beloved "Second City Television" funnyman turned comedic superstar could just as easily make you bust a gut laughing as he could tear your heart out. Heck, he was capable of doing both those things in the span of a single scene. That we were forced to bid farewell to him at the age of only 43 — when he died of a heart attack in 1994 — only makes the time we got him all the more precious.

Candy's fellow wise-cracking Canuck, Ryan Reynolds, paid his respects to the late funnyman on the 25th anniversary of his passing in 2019, posting a short video of clips from Candy's movies on Twitter as "a small tribute to a comedic genius and Canadian hero." Three years after that, however, Reynolds revealed he's also working on a far more labor-heavy love...

Sad that the Halloween season is over already? Have no fear, it has been extended! Check out the new Halloween shirts revealed by Terror Threads that get this edition of Horror Highlights rolling. Also: Kaleidoscope release details and trailer, Ghost Box short story collection edited by Patton Oswalt, a clip and trailer for My Little Sister, TV4 Entertainment and The Asylum's new Apocalypse streaming service, Beneath Us acquisition details, info on the new comic Rusty Revolver, and info on Christopher Michael Carter's new horror novels.

New Halloween Shirts from Terror Threads: Press Release: "Death has come to your little town! Terror Threads celebrates the night he came home with a collection of John Carpenter's Halloween apparel.

A whopping 16 exclusive, officially-licensed Halloween shirts are for sale, ranging from newly commissioned artwork to vintage production stills turned into unique shirt designs.

Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, the Myers house, and more...

President Trump has claimed that he alone — not Barack Obama or other past presidents — has called “virtually” all families of U.S. soldiers who have died in service since Trump took office in January.

But Gold Star families have since lashed out at Trump over his false claims about past presidents, recalling how they were comforted by Obama and former President George W. Bush as they grieved. Trump was soon forced to walk back what Obama aides called an “outrageous lie,” admitting that his predecessor “probably sometimes and maybe sometimes he didn’t. I don’t know.”

But now some...

Toronto prides itself on being the people's festival. But who are the people? And what do they think about it? Chris Michael delves into the madness to find out

It's 11:59pm in Toronto. A big, blue, inflatable alien is being batted around a cinema. A minute later, a man rescues and escorts it onstage. "You guys are so mean to immigrants," he says into the mic, putting his arm around the alien's shoulders. "They're taking our jobs!" someone in the crowd shouts back.

The man is Colin Geddes, and the crowd is Midnight Madness: 1,250 rowdy but sophisticated genre buffs. Joining Geddes is Joe Begos, the director of tonight's premiere, Almost Human. "You fuckers ready for some alien abduction slasher action?" he asks. There's a sports-crowd roar.

As the chainsaws rev and the slime oozes, it's easy to forget that earlier the same day the city was full of...

Your daily movie bulletin bringing you the skinny on 20 September

Coming up today

The Guardian Film Show is coming your way this morning, with reviews of Diana and R.I.P.D, plus a recap of what the Venice and Toronto film festivals mean for the Oscars race.

Five best moments looks back over the career of Naomi Watts, pre Diana

We've a preview of key films at the London film festival

And Chris Michael mingles with the crowd at that other people's fest, Toronto

And in the news:

• WikiLeaks has leaked the script for The Fifth Estate and branded it 'irresponsible'

• Cate Blanchett to make directorial debut

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The new Kristen Wiig film suggests all men need is a woman to help them scrub up their act, and all women need is a man to let them, says Chris Michael

Like the world's longest advertisement for cleaning products, Hateship Loveship might well have come with the tagline: scrub your way to a better life. Kristen Wiig is our hero, Joanna, a pathologically meek housekeeper hired by the elderly Bill (an unintentionally seedy Nick Nolte) to care for Sabitha (Hailee Steinfeld), his teenage granddaughter. Sabitha's mother is dead: the victim of a car crash in which Sabitha's deadbeat dad Ken (Guy Pearce), drunk and high, was at the wheel. Daddy now spends his time in exile snorting coke with Jennifer Jason Leigh, who defies zero casting expectations by playing yet another trashy lady on society's lower rungs.

In her prim lace and drab cardigans, Joanna is an easy target...

Your daily movie bulletin bringing you the lowdown on 9 September

Greetings from Canada, where it's just turned midnight and the clock has struck on the first weekend of the Toronto film festival.

Coming up today from Toronto

News on The F Word, Daniel Radcliffe's third breakout film festival hit of the year (after Kill Your Darlings and Horns), as well as on Belle and The Armstrong Lie. Plus for those who need it, an instructional video will bring you right up to speed on the weekend at Tiff.

Chris Michael reports from the sneak preview of Spike Jonze's new film, Her, and the Q&A afterwards.We'll have review of Jason Bateman's directorial debut, Bad Words, of Matthew (Mad Men) Weiner's first film, You Are Here, of Amma Assante's Belle, John Turturro in Fading Gigolo, Alex Gibney's The Armstrong Lie, Colin Firth in Devil's Knot, Keanu Reeves's directorial debut,...

With the exit from Iraq and the draw-down of troops in Afghanistan, the numbers of Americans killed continues to drop. Still, loved ones are mourning 311 lost, and as of Dec. 17, the wars' toll since 2001 now stands at 6,656. Edward Joseph Acosta, 21 Trevor Brandon Adkins, 21 Ahmed Kousay al-Taie, 46 Erica Paige Alecksen, 21 Tobias Christoph Alexander, 30 Joseph James Altmann, 27 Mabry James Anders, 21 Joshua Ryan Ashley, 23 Bradley Wayne Atwell, 27 Daniel Benjamin Bartle, 27 Jon-Luke Bateman, 22 Jonathan Batista, 22 Rayvon Battle Jr., 25 Taylor John Baune, 21 Jordan Logan Bear, 25 Clayton Ross Beauchamp, 21 Genaro Bedoy, 20 Bryan Richard Bell, 23 Russell Ryan Bell, 37 Jose Oscar Belmontes, 28 Kenneth Wade Bennett, 26 Keith David Benson,...