I play a lot of D&D, and read fantasy fiction in my spare time, so any anime that has wizards and fantasy settings I’ll at least give a shot to. I’ve been hearing about Black Clover for a number of years now, but really never gave it the time, especially with the basic comparisons as…
Blu-ray Review – Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Severin Films)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh is the second narrative feature film by director Sergio Martino (he directed one western, and some documentaries prior). It is also the beginning of Martino’s many collaborations with the legendary screen actress Edwige Fenech. These would include Your Vices is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key,…
The Way Back (Warner Bros) Blu-ray Review
Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck)’s life is a void of everything but hardships. His job is terrible, he has troubles with his family, and his separation from his wife has kept him for the dating scene. The only thing in life is his crippling addiction to booze. Things start to look up when he is offered…
Blu-ray Review – Horrors of Spider Island (Severin)
Horrors of Spider Island opens with Gary a nightclub owner in Singapore auditioning sexy women for his club. They come in by ones and in pairs, show off their “assets”, and either get selected or rejected (spoiler, they all get accepted). Gary than gets all these lovely ladies on to his plane to wing them…
Blu-ray Review – Escape from L.A. (Scream Factory)
Scream Factory has a fever, and the only cure for it, is putting out more John Carpenter films. Seriously, the label has pretty much put out every John Carpenter film on Blu-ray and with Twilight Time going under I feel like the rights to Christine will be going up soon, VCI might one day be…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: The Complete Series (Shout!) DVD Review
Shout! Factory sure have the market covered on unearthing notable pieces of obscure pop culture, and lavishing them with quality editions on DVD and Blu-ray. They have put out excellent editions of everything from Mystery Science Theater 3000 to The Howling, and if that wasn’t enough have the Nick at Nite crowd covered with wonderful…
The Muppet Movie (Disney) Blu-ray Review
It took a few decades of TV appearances, before the Muppets even got their own TV show, however with the wild success of the Muppet Show it was inevitable that Jim Henson’s most timeless and popular creations would make the transition to the cinema screen, and in 1979 they finally did with the eponymous The…
Murder Obsession (Raro USA) Blu-ray Review
Life is far from being a bed of roses and pasta primavera for Michael Stanford (Stefano Patrizi); the handsome and popular actor has a career fast on the rise and the love of the beautiful Deborah (Silvio Dionisio) to comfort him in times of despair. During the production of a horror film Michael embraces his…
My Neighbor Totoro (Disney) Blu-ray Review
The animated cinema of Hayao Miyazaki no longer needs an introduction. Over the last 3+ decades the man, and the studio he help created, Japan’s now famous Studio Ghibli have created a near non-stop barrage of animated classics. They range from complex plotted mythological wonders, to simple family tales. The one through-line between then all…
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. XIX (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
I have been a fan of MST3K from the moment I first saw it on Comedy Central in the mid-90’s. My friends and I were used to watching bad movies on shows like USA Up All Night, but never before had we seen a show that built itself around cheesy/bad movies. On top of that…