Arguably one of the most graphically violent films in the Western genre is the 1970 film Soldier Blue. Directed by Ralph Nelson, he holds nothing back in his revisionist telling about the Sandy Creek Colorado massacre. Frankly, having watched dozens of Westerns I have never seen any of them quite so offensive and brutal. The…
Pat and Mike (Warner Archive) Blu-ray Review
Pat Pemberton (Katherine Hepburn) is a PE teacher who finally has enough of her finance’s attitude when tells her to lose at a game of golf to impress his boss. It seems her whole life is just serving the men around her. She decides to enter a professional tournament of golf and soon gets the…
Girl Crazy (1943) (Warner Archive) Blu-ray Review
Danny Churchill (Mickey Rooney) is a young playboy with a love for the ladies. After making headlines in all the national newspapers with his near drunken self put in the center of a floor show, Danny’s father takes him out of Yale and transfers him to the boys only Cody College. To Danny’s shock, Cody…
Samurai Marathon (Well Go USA) Blu-ray Review
After the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry (Danny Huston) and his “Black Ships”, feudal Japan suddenly becomes aware of the issues of being closed off from the rest of the world. Fearing the unknown changes that will happen with the country opening up and agreeing with trade with the western world, the different regions try…
Doctor Who: The Sunmakers (BBC Video) DVD Review
Being a Doctor Who fan who only caught glimpses of the series on PBS as a kid, I feel there is a lot I missed out on. If you were to ask me the name of one complete serial I saw from my childhood, I couldn’t tell you a single one. However, I do recognize…
All I Desire Blu-ray review
One of the great directors of melodrama films in our history is German turned Hollywood director Douglas Sirk. He was a marvelous director, mainly known for his stylish dramas and romance themed films, particularly in the 1950s. Sirk’s career in filmmaking began in Germany during the 1930s. In 1937, Sirk left Germany not just to…
Shining Sex (Severin) Blu-ray Review
An exotic dancer named Cynthia (Lina Romay) hooks up with a swinging couple after a gig at a nightclub (or house), so that they can make the sex act. The couple is Alpha (Evelyne Scott), an interdimensional being disguised as a beautiful woman, and her human slave Andros (Ramón Ardid). Alpha infects Cynthia with that…
Doctor Who : Time and the Rani (BBC) DVD Review
I personally believe it’s easier to write about things you are disappointed with than things that you are pleased with. Doctor Who is my favorite show, probably favorite media, of all time, so I am usually very forgiving in my reviews of the show in any of it’s forms. I have seriously loved episodes like…
Panther Squad (Full Moon) Blu-ray Review
The “evil” environmentalist terrorist group C.L.E.A.N Space has come out with a brilliant plan. Since the Earth is doomed to be destroyed from pollution, they have collectively decided to rescue space from the same fate. To show the world they mean business they kidnap a space shuttle and threaten to destroy any object that leaves…
Massacre Gun (Arrow) Blu-ray Review
Most Japanese gangster movies of the 60’s and 70’s are little more than cleverly-achieved exercises in style over substance, with plenty of lurid violence and salacious sexuality to pleasure their thrill-seeking audiences. Maybe they’re fun to watch, but after your first viewing you might not feel compelled to grant any of them an encore. Massacre…