Aurélie Saada is a composer, actress, and writer who directed her first movie, released in 2021. Rose is a 103-minute drama about an older French woman that loses her husband and finds a new zest for life, which upsets her family. The movie starts with a glimpse of Rose and her husband’s relationship. At a…
Scott at the Tabletop #3 (May/June 2025) – Call of Cthuhu, The One Ring, Pendragon
Scott at the Tabletop #3 (May/June 2025) Welcome to the third edition of Scott at the Tabletop. This month will focus on recent releases by Chaosium Inc. including some recent Call of Cthulhu content and the Pendragon Gamemaster’s Handbook. Alongside, this we are going to take a long overdue dive into Free League’s The One…
In Custody/The Proprietor [Cohen Media Group] Blu-ray release
Cohen Film Collection released a double feature of In Custody and The Proprietor. Both films were directed by Ismail Merchant (of Merchant Ivory fame). “In Custody” tells the story of a scholar (Deven) who is given the task of writing a piece on a great Urdu poet, Nur Sahib. Arriving in the poet’s village, Deven…
Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau [Radiance Films] Blu-Ray Box Set Review
Are we feeling fatalistic? Yes? I knew it. Radiance has graced us with a box set of three of director Alain Corneau’s dark film noir crime thrillers. Beneath these broken streets lie corrupt cops, raving maniacs and escaped convicts, all looking to take a little piece of the pie and getting more than they bargained…
Three Comrades Blu-ray review
Frank Bozage’s Three Comrades is a 1938 romance drama that stars Robert Taylor (Waterloo Bridge, High Wall), Margaret Sullavan (The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm), Franchot Tone (Phantom Lady, Sadie McKee) and Robert Young (The Black Camel, The Defence Rests). Margaret Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in this…
Mystery Street Blu-ray review
Screen legend Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island, The Naked Gun, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn) was a Mexican and American actor who had an amazing career in film and television. Along the way, earlier in his career before achieving stardom, he was the lead in a couple of classic film noirs. One noir that…
Captain Planet and the Planeteers Blu-ray review
Back in the nineties, there was an animated superhero show that appealed to fans of cartoons and environmentalists that helped people become aware of dangers for polluting the Earth. Of course, I am talking about Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which was the immensely environmentally based animation series that is still popular to this day….
Devil Doll/Curse of the Voodoo [Vinegar Syndrome] Blu-ray Release
The Devil Doll opens with a well-dressed man who looks exactly how I picture the Devil in human form. He is being chauffeured through the city with a creepy looking ventriloquist dummy sitting beside him. The Great Vorelli, the man with the dummy, arrives at a theater and performs a mixture of hypnotism and ventriloquism…
Fear in the Philippines: The Complete Blood Island Films [Severin] Blu-Ray Review
The Blood Island series, directed by Gerardo de Leon and Eddie Romero (save the last film which was directed by Romero solo), is a run of four films all supposedly taking place on the same island, Blood Island, so designated conveniently for its brilliant red sunsets. All four films were shot in the Philippines and…
Cheyenne: The Complete Series Blu-ray review
When the Cheyenne: The Complete Series was announced for a Blu-ray release, a lot of fans rejoiced over the announcement due to its popularity. Because I do like Westerns, I decided to give this seven-year series a spin as I had never watched this television series before. There were a few delays for this Blu-ray…