Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Bugs and Thugs (1954)

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Phil Hall

Bugs and Thugs (1954)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Music by Milt Franklyn
Animation by Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis

Friz Freleng’s “Bugs and Thugs” is a reworking of his 1946 “Racketeer Rabbit” that pitted Bugs Bunny against the bank robbers Rocky and Hugo, which were caricatures of Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre. In this 1954 film, the criminals are originals – Rocky, a diminutive, stone-faced tough guy with a cigarette hanging from his lower lip and an outrageously oversized vertical fedora that obscured his eyes, and his large oafish partner Mugsy. Rocky had previously been used in Daffy Duck’s “Golden Yeggs” (1950) and the Sylvester and Tweety “Catty Cornered” (1953) with different (and more competent) oversized sidekicks.
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Panda Plan (aka Xiong mao ji hua) (2024) [Action Packed April]

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Emilie Black

Now available from Well Go USA

When action star Jackie Chan visits a zoo to open their brand-new panda exhibit, he soon finds himself embroiled in a plot to take a baby panda.

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Hello Beautiful (2025)

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Emilie Black

A woman of means with a solid modeling career finds herself diagnosed with cancer and her family facing multiple issues on top of it.

Trigger warning: Cancer, suicidality, death, assault, bullying

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Dead Mail (2025) [Shudder Exclusive]

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Bob Foster

A postal investigator finds a note indicating a kidnapping, putting him in the dangerous sights of the kidnapper in Dead Mail, an unnerving, deliberate Shudder exclusive.

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Rockshow (1980)

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Phil Hall

In the realm of concert films, “Rockshow” never seemed to get much love. The 1980 theatrical release – the first for the start-up Miramax – was relatively brief and not celebrated by either film or music critics. The initial home entertainment releases cut out several numbers, and then the film was out of circulation until a full restored re-release in 2013 that electrified Paul McCartney’s most die-hard fans but left everyone else mostly unmoved.
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Minted (2023)

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Emilie Black

Now on Netflix

Welcome to the world of NFTs where art, commerce, and crypto all comingle to create large gains and losses for those who take the risk.

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Quiet Cool (1986) [Action Packed April]

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Graylan Davis

A New York cop, a California teen, and a whole mess of violent cannabis growers are the perfect blend for this 1986 sleeper hit. Quiet Cool is a tale of vengeance worthy of a cult classic status.

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