Every since I saw Accione Mutante as a teenager I was a fan of Alex De La Iglesia. The problem has always been that his film’s have always been hard to come by. I saw Day of the Beast when I managed to oddly find a copy at a Blockbuster I worked at (which also…
Blu-ray Review – Forgotten Gialli Vol. 3 (Vinegar Syndrome)
Vinegar Syndrome’s Forgotten Gialli box sets are some of the most exciting releases to hit the market in some time. I will admit to being an obvious mark for them running a site called EuroCultAV, but nonetheless, I anticipate each one highly, and Volume 3 was no different. The third box contained what I’ll say…
UHD Review – SexWorld – Vinegar Syndrome
Although 1978’s Sex World is a porno variation on the premise of Westworld, it’s not exactly a parody. The movie makes explicit what the earlier, PG-rated movie heavily implied – that, if a futuristic fantasy vacation like the one in the film existed, its main appeal would be for tourists to live out their wildest…
Director Spotlight: H. Tjut Djalil
You may be asking yourself right now, “who the hell is H. Tjut Djalil?” If you aren’t and actually know who this gentleman is, you are a cool person. And if you are indeed posing that question, then let me respond by telling you that H. Tjut Djalil is responsible for some of the most…
Blu-ray Review – Rick and Morty – Complete Seasons 1-5
I feel like Rick and Morty at this point really needs zero introduction. The animated smash-terpiece created by Gravity Falls Justin Roiland and Community’s Dan Harmon has just recently finished it’s 5h season to its usual critical acclaim, and apparently no breakout fights at fast food restaurants in the process. The show’s premise is simple….
Tabletop Review – Mork Borg – Free League
I have been playing tabletop RPG’s since the 1990’s when I got a box set of the “Classic Dungeons & Dragons” game at a local gaming shop, and it changed my life. Around the same time I found a love of heavy metal music that has never died. In my head it seems like games…
Blu-ray Review – Ahiru no Sora
I’ll admit I am not really a sports-guy, but once in a while I like to dip my proverbial toe into sports cinema, or anime. At the very least it’s usually good for a story that watches a group of underdogs taking on the world, and usually succeeding against great odds. Ahiru no Sora is…
Blu-ray Advance Review – Hunting Ground – Mondo Macabro
Up until last month’s Mondo Macabro Blu-ray release of Blood Ceremony (aka the Legend of Blood Castle), the only Jorge Grau film I had seen was his iconic zombie film “The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue” (aka Let Sleeping Corpses Lie). This Month Mondo Macabro is back with another essential release further exposing the non-undead…
TENET UHD 4K REVIEW
Tenet is a science-fiction action movie in which director Christopher Nolan has gone out of his way to confuse you. You thought Memento was confusing at first? Try Tenet. Tenet is an organization who has recruited a CIA operative, known as The Protagonist (John David Washington, Devil in a Blue Dress) to assist them in…
Director Spotlight: ‘Beat’ Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano began his career in the ‘70s and ‘80s as a comedian under the moniker ‘Beat Takeshi’, first as half of a comedy duo ‘The Two Beats’ and later on his own, becoming one of the biggest comedians in Japan. In fact, many Americans who don’t watch much foreign cinema may be most familiar…