The first time I saw Godzilla was on a mid-afternoon screening on a local horror show in New Jersey as a child. I couldn’t have been older than 6-7, the quality couldn’t have been great, all I can remember is that it made an impact. When that giant green lizard was on screen my mind…
Blu-ray Review – Fantastic Planet (Criterion)
Fantastic Planet is not so much a character driven film, but a species driven one. In this case we have 2 fictional species the humanesque Om’s, and the giant blue Draags. Both share space on a planet, though share is probably not the appropriate term as the Draags due to their massive size and intellectual…
Cobra Woman Blu ray review
Jon Hall, who starred in The Invisible Agent, and The Invisible Man’s Revenge for Universal, is visible here starring as Ramu in the 1944 adventure film, Cobra Woman. The key plot for this story is Ramu’s fiancée Tollea(Maria Montez) has been kidnaped, and along with his friend Kado (Sabu) venture off to a pacific island…
Blu-ray Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
The Harry Potter series of films ended in 2011 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. That left Warner Bros. without their largest franchise money-maker, and the DC films aren’t exactly of the same family friendly mold as the Potter films, so of course they were hungry for another trip into the Wizarding…
Hansel and Gretel (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
While driving to see his sick mother, Eun-Soo (Chun Jung-myung) loses control of his car and crashes near a mysterious stretch of woods. As he tries to find help he wanders into the woods and passes out. As he comes too he finds himself in the company of a strange little girl (Shim Eun-kyung). She…
Shin Godzilla (Funimation) Blu-ray Review
Suddenly one day, The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line floods over and starts spreading to the nearby cities. Fearing disaster, The Japanese government comes together to figure out what’s going on. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yaguchi (Hiroki Hasegawa) suspects that the flood was started by a mysterious giant creature. He is soon proven right when a giant sea…
Gifted (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
After working for the same company for 8 years, Min-soo (Beom-Jun Kim) finds himself without a job. Fearing what his financially obsessed girlfriend Soo-Jin (Jung-hwa Bae), will think, he tries to find a new job as soon as possible. Soo-jin finally gets a chance to buy a coffee shop of her own, but drama begins…
Eyeball (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
A group of tourists in Barcelona are menaced by a red raincoat wearing maniac. The killer could be any one of them, but all eyes are on Mark (John Richardson) who suddenly joins the group. Speaking of eyes, it seems the killer has a thing for them as it removes the victim’s left eye. The…
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney) Blu-ray Review
The early 2000’s was an uneven period for Disney animation. After the early 90’s brought them back to the forefront of animation with films like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King they began a decent in quality starting with Pocahontas. Starting around 2000 they started to change things up from the musical-feature…
Franco Forever Volume 1
Vampyros Lesbos, She Killed in Ecstasy, The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus on Blu-ray By Scott MacDonald It has now been over 2 years since we lost the great Jess Franco in April of 2013. Franco as a director had a career that spanned 7 decades, and over 200 films. Most of them bearing his distinct…