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With the season’s big holiday in the nation’s rearview and the majority of the summer’s blockbusters currently playing in cinemas, mid-July is now upon us. At this time of year, you’ll notice certain sensory shifts: the smells of sizzling barbecues, the noise of children in the street and the record heat you’ve been cursing becomes less bothersome. Why? Because you are, or should be, inside enjoying Shark Week.

Discovery Channel’s enduringly popular summertime TV event is back, for its 37th year, starting on Sunday and featuring a slew of new shows. Expect another wildly entertaining and at times informative variety with plenty of personalities. Giddy gratification and gory glimpses of the ocean predators are plentiful this year, as is some frightening and fascinating footage of the summer season’s seminal scallywag.

Here’s a brief look at some of the highlights below, with the full viewing schedule here.

Nick wades into another stack of DVD releases, including 80s action epic Remo: Unarmed And Dangerous, and lots more besides...

"Whatever happened to Fred Ward?" is a line surely on the tip of most people’s tongues. Apparently, the star of Tremors and The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult has mostly been doing TV work over the last few years, though you’ll almost certainly remember him as the charismatic star of 1985’s Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. No? Well, shame on you, because Remo, making a welcome Blu-Ray debut, leads this month’s action-packed, erm, action special.

If you weren’t one of the lucky few that grew up with the preposterous movie otherwise known as Remo: Unarmed And Dangerous punctuating their childhood, we’ll fill you in. Riding on the success of the Rambo films (essentially, the only tenuous link being the vaguely similar name), Bond director...

Here we are, kids. Movie number 876,591 with Danny Trejo on the cover. Will he actually be in this one, or will he just grace the cover and be in the movie for a few minutes as per usual? Only time will tell. In any event...

From the Press Release

A dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of New York’s abandoned subway tunnels is exposed in the action-packed thriller 20 Ft. Below: The Darkness Descending, descending on DVD and VOD March 18 from Vertical Entertainment.

In this pulse-pounding thriller, an eager, young documentary filmmaker (Kinga Philipps; Syfy’s "Legend Quest") ventures below the bustling streets of New York City to shed light on the homeless population living in abandoned subway tunnels. But once underground, she discovers a much darker reality than ever imagined.

In the depths of the massive, shadowy labyrinth, far beyond the reach of the law, dwells Angel...

Hollywoodnews.com: Join us at the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival. The festival will be screening the premiere of the short film ‘Susan’s Remembrance’ at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood.

‘Susan’s Remembrance’ will premiere on Saturday, October 22nd at 3:30 p.m.

About ‘Susan’s Remembrance’: Susan suffers from delusional schizophrenia and, over the course of three decades, is interrogated for double murder. She forcefully affirms her innocence but cannot speak for her multiple personalities.

To purchase tickets go here.

To read more about this film and others at the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival go here.

Cast and Crew of ‘Susan’s Remembrance’:

Director: Ryan LeMasters

Producer: David Bianchi

Writers: Ryan LeMasters, David Bianchi

Cast: Kinga Philipps, David Bianchi, Christina DeRosa

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