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The Insurrection, Tax Shelter Terrors and The Wretched

Last night's broadcast on the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops went off without a hitch. We're sure you caught it, but just in case, we proudly present the podcast version for your ear holes. No interviews this week, but we do have more reviews than you can shake a stick at. Like at least three. Maybe four? We'll go with four, just to be safe. Our feature reviews are the controversial Rene Perez action movie The Insurrection and the documentary Tax Shelter Terrors. The Insurrection struggled to find a distributor due to its anti-woke, anti-SJW conspiracy theories. Tax Shelter Terrors tackles the heyday of Canadian horror movies that followed the government's tax-shelter program. How do these flicks rate? Are they worth your time? Stick with us! And stay tuned, as Shawn has seen Netflix's Space Force starring Steve Carell. Is it a funny riff on work a la The Office? And Jason took in the only movie making the rounds at the North American box office -- The Wret...

The Wretched seeks Tax Shelter Terrors for The Insurrection

No interviews on deck when From The Basement takes to the mighty Radio NL 610 AM airwaves tonight. How do you follow up a chat with someone like Bruce McDonald? You don't. But Jason and Shawn do have several reviews on deck, and you'll hear them all starting at 6:05 in the P.M.! For starters, The Basement Boys tackle the controversial new action movie from Basement guest Rene Perez. The Insurrection takes an anti-woke/anti-SJW stance on Liberal media, and has ticked off pretty much everyone, forcing Rene to distribute the movie himself. What do Jason and Shawn think? Is The Insurrection worth the hate? Stick with us! And stick around, as The Dynamic Due tackle the Canadian documentary Tax Shelter Terrors, which spotlights the Canadian film industry's horror-movie heydays of the 70s and 80s. This is more Jason's thing than Shawn's, so we'll see how that goes. Plus, Jason has seen the only movie making the drive-in rounds in North America. It's calle...

Review: The Wretched

There's one -- count 'em one -- movie tearing up  the box office these days. It's playing at a handful of drive-ins across North America, and earning the top spot in terms of money made for five weekends in a row.  It's called The Wretched. That's right, IFC Midnight saw fit to stick with its release schedule despite COVID-19, and I'm glad they did. I was able to catch The Wretched on VOD and had myself a good time. From writer/directors Drew T. Pierce and Brett Pierce, The Wretched is very much a throwback to 80s horror, but takes place in the present day. It can best be described as Fright Night with a Witch, with a teenage boy trying to convince people an evil witch has moved in next door and is making people disappear. Now, The Wretched offers nothing new. It borrows heavily from a bunch of other movies, especially the aforementioned 80s flicks. But that's OK. The references are a kind of comfort food. I knew what I wanted, knew what I w...