Zelda will always benefit from being a franchise that doubles as a cultural icon, but recent releases haven’t necessarily been universally adored. As The Washington Post highlights, a look back at classics such as Skyward Sword have exposed exactly the areas in which Breath of the Wild lacked. With Zelda expanding again, now, and a TV show mooted for Netflix, it’s worth looking at the history of the Zelda, and where it succeeded, when considering the next generation of content.

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Call it a sequel, a reboot, a remake, or a re-imagining of the cult favorite series SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE from the 80’ and 90’s, but this updated story to the series does not belong anywhere near those classic horror films on your movie collection shelves. Overly campy with forced humor and comedy, 90 percent of the jokes fall flat in this gender-bending tale that could have been a really good next installment of the series if they would have just stuck to the original premise of the film.

We meet the daughter of one of the original girls from the series, as she and her friends return to the cabin where her mother escaped the clutches of Russ Thorn to finally take him out and put an end to the horrors they had been living with their whole lives.

Arrow Video Just released the directorial debut of Kaizo Hayashi (Circus Boys, Zipang) with his 1986 film To Sleep So as To Dream.

A love letter to the films he grew up on, Hayashi mashes as many genre’s as he is able to in this groundbreaking film that homages the films of the 1900’s thru 1950’s.

Harkening back to the serial detective stories, To Sleep So as To Dream begins when an elderly woman hires two fledgling detectives to help find a young actress from a forgotten film reel who appears to have been kidnapped by the movie company that made the film. Bungling their way thru leads that do not go anywhere, you get the feeling that this may not be a detective story after all, but a comedy in disguise when there hasn’t been any actual detective work during the whole first half of the film.

In 1895, a San Francisco mechanic named Charles Fey opened the first-ever slot machine workshop. Following his invention of the inaugural slot machine – that required an attendant to make a payout – Fey went on to deliver the revolutionary automatic payout slot machine, which led to the opening of his workshop in the late 1800s. 

Slot machines quickly became a popular form of entertainment in America. The mastermind of Fey wasted no time in creating alternative variations of the machine-like slot machines and one-armed bandits.

A few years before the turn of the 19^th century, Fey’s creative genius constructed the “Liberty Bell Slot Machine”, the most famous slot machine of its day and a device that can still be found in casinos, bars, and after one hundred years of its debut. The Liberty Bell would pay money when three bells aligned, and although variations have been made, most casino enthusiasts are all too familiar with this slot machine style.

You love movies and TV. In fact, you dream about someday selling something to Netflix or even seeing your work on the big screen. If this seems like something that will just have to stay a distant dream, think again. Talent, persistence and the right idea at the right time can make your dream come true, but you'll need to work hard to get there. A great way to get some experience and create a kind of calling card for yourself is to make a short film. The tips below can help you accomplish this.

Over recent times, Japanese anime and manga have become more mainstream than ever before, and this increase in popularity is not seeing a slowdown. Instead, it is continuing to rise in viewer numbers, and the huge social and online media phenomena are simply set to continue to grow. It is serving to broaden our understanding of Japanese culture but also provides a forum and platforms to meet similar-minded people. Global anime and manga conventions such as Anime Expo, OtakuCon, and JACON are now held around the world. It is a phenomenon that we should all understand end this article will serve to do just this.

You have a great idea for a product -- maybe a comic book. You have the talent, you have the processes. What you don't have is the money to get that ball rolling.

Thirty years ago, that may have stalled your project, or even stopped it completely before it got off the ground. But with the advent of crowdfunding, people have the unfettered opportunity to reach the masses with their ideas, and find out whether their idea has merit by the response of the audience -- specifically a monetary response, backing your project so that your dream can become their reality.

Arrow Video brings to Blu-ray THE BLOODHOUND,a thriller/mystery tale loosely re-imagined from Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale, FALL OF THE HOUSE OF THE USHER, written and directed by Patrick Picard in his feature-length directorial debut.

Francis (Liam Aiken) returns to the home of his long-time childhood friend, JP (Joe Adler), after hearing of JP’s waning health from an unknown affliction. Francis quickly begins to question this decision after seeing how JP has changed from when they were children. Living a life of seclusion off the family’s trust fund, JP and his twin sister Vivian (Annalise Basso), who is locked up in the basement of the home, set the stage for Francis’ downward spiral into the madness that overtakes him every minute he stays.

MVD entertainment brings to Blu-ray this month the 2008 film, Bryan Loves You, written and directed by Seth Landau.

Bryan Loves You is a found-footage movie told from the point of view of the main character, Jonathan (played by Landau), thru the lens of his camcorder and various security cameras positioned thru ought the film. Copying the style of The Blair Witch Project film that was insanely popular at the time, and packed with an all-star cast of horror and B-movie icons (George Wendt, Tiffany Shepis, Tony Todd, Brinke Stevens, and Lloyd Kaufman), this movie was sure to be a hit…right?

There can be few traumas, if any, that exceed the loss of a loved one. Where once was a person, full of vibrancy and passion, hopes and dreams, there remains afterward a void framed only with deteriorating memories and the sober profundity of grief. When the loss comes unexpectedly or at a young age--taken too soon, we say--due to illness, accidents, overdoses or, most tragically, from self-inflicted means, the despair is bleakest of all, for the questions and doubts thereafter that linger, the what-ifs and what-might-have-beens, can and often do haunt some individuals forever.

The Supergirl series is one that will be remembered as beginning with an entertaining, if light, introductory season, before spiralling uncontrollably into overworked, overwrought, identity-driven episodes. And, like most CW shows, once the series migrated from NBC to the CW, it was yet another opportunity for a lead character to take a back seat to a team of lesser heroes loosely based on other DC Comics trademarks.

The sixth season opens with what would have been the final episodes of the fifth season, cut short for Covid precautions. Kara (Melissa Benoist) must face down a now god-level Lex Luthor (Jon Cryer), sacrificing herself to the Phantom Zone, where she remains for a few episodes until her friends get her out.

We understand that “fifth wheel” feeling that comes when your friends are talking about a new map added to their favorite video games. It's nothing to worry about; your friends weren't born gamers; they started somewhere.

Major concerns that many intending gamers face include what pieces of equipment to purchase and what game or game genre they should dive into. Follow this guide to help you get started with your gaming experience. More so, do well to get Private HWID Spoofer to help you maneuver difficulties in your games without being detected.

Online gambling has always been an industry that has been viewed with much skepticism, but with the growth of technology in recent years, these fears have started to dwindle.

Enter to win this collection of all four Adventure Time: Distant Lands specials, brought together on Blu-ray.

You get the original Distant Lands special, as well as Obsidian, Together Again, and Wizard City, ready to be binged back to back to back!

To add this animation special to your home theater collection, just use the handy form below to gain entries in our giveaway. Each option has a different weight to it, and you can choose to take any or all of the options listed. Be sure to check our Rules and Regulations when entering. Good luck, and happy adventuring!

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It's hard to believe it was nearly 20 years ago that The Batman debuted on television (and don't even get me started on how many yesterdays it was since Batman: The Animated Series began!), but fans of the show can now binge the entire series with this 6-disc Blu-ray collection from Warner Brothers.

Kurt Russell reprised his surly Snake Plissken in John Carpenter's dystopic Escape From L.A., the sequel to his much better effort, Escape from New York. In this sequel, California has been destroyed by a cataclysmic earthquake, leaving the city of Los Angeles as an island. The rest of the union has fallen to the rule of a theocratic President (Cliff Robertson) who has turned the disconnected city into a prison for the nation's undesirables -- those who engage in activity that run counter to his faux-Christian fascism.

Snake is called into duty when a terrorist (Georges Corraface) entices the First Daughter, Utopia (A.J. Langer) to join in his revolution. Snake's mission is to retrieve Utopia and foil the terrorist's plans. But Los Angeles is a minefield of criminals, and the true motives behind Plissken's mission are even more twisted than the island's inhabitants.

Ahhhh, a vacation. To get away from the crushing rat race of the workaday world, to trade the million-and-one soul-corroding frustrations of modern life for exotic shores, white sandy beaches, blue skies, surf, sun, good food and plenty of umbrella-accented cocktails. To bask on your lounge chair, relax, and let your troubles slip away, steadfast in the knowledge that the ravenous horde of brain-hungry undead devouring the other beach combers will never get to you.

Wait, what? A zombie apocalypse on this beautiful tropical isle wasn't highlighted in the brochure at the travel agency. Is it too late to consider a refund?

Where the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been so intent on the continuity of portrayal in their films (to the extent they'd rather kill off the Black Panther rather than recast him), it seems DC and Warner Brothers have no issue playing "Batman, Batman, Who Plays the Batman?" Coming off a DCEU film series with Ben Affleck, the franchise finds itself bouncing back to Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight for the upcoming The Flash and Batgirl films. But neither Affleck nor Keaton would have been right for Matt Reeves' The Batman, a story set in the second year of Batman's career, and Robert Pattinson fills the cape and cowl quite fittingly.

Model/photographer Claire Bacon was featured in the Troma Trailer SHE DOGS OF THE SS, giving birth to her cosplay character, Slutty the Clown, who now finally has her own feature-length film premiering this month on the Troma Now streaming service. 

Its hard to tell you what the actual plot of the film is, because quite frankly it does not have one from what I could make out while viewing. It feels like a glorified snuff film at times. We follow Slutty from the opening until the end of the film, laughing her way thru an abandoned building littered with debris, body parts, and Teletubbies, (yes you heard me right... Teletubbies), stalking two very attractive, very scantily clad young females. Slutty exacts various tortures on them, from ripping one of their tongues out to sexual humiliation. This film is not for the casual viewer by any means.

Online casinos are a great way to spend your free time by playing games, betting and winning money. There are lots of online casino websites that offer quality games and gambling services. They can be accessed from mobile phones or PC whenever we want.

Be aware of the following things before you play on any casino website. Not all websites are safe, so if you want to play it safe and make sure that you are playing on a legitimate site, here are a few tips to keep in mind.

Legitimacy

When looking at what exactly gives an online casino legitimacy, there are two main points that should be considered. Firstly, any credible and respectable casino should have a fair, transparent and responsible game design in place with a strong code of conduct. Secondly, you should always check to see if the casino is licensed by an authority.