Sentai Filmworks bets it all on a new blu-ray of the second season of Kakegurui. Did it payoff or did they sacrifice all their votes on a bluff? Let’s dig in and find out! Hyakkaou Private Academy is a weird place where social status is determined by gambling skill and the school is populated by…
UHD Review – Scream (5, 2022) – Paramount
I did not expect to like Scream 5 (Scream). I was not a fan of Scream 3 and 4 though I did enjoy Scream 4 more on 2nd viewing. I was a huge fan of Scream’s 1 and 2 as a teenager when they came out as I was in high school, and I felt…
A Star is Born 1937 Blu-ray review
William Wellman’s A Star is Born is a romantic drama from 1937 that stars screen legends Frederic March and Janet Gaynor. This picture was shot in Technicolor, making it that much more enjoyable to watch. This is the first version of the movie, having been remade in 1954,1976 and 2018. The story, for those who…
UHD Review – Sword and the Sorcerer – Shout! Factory
Sword and the Sorcerer is maybe one of the last films I have been searching out on Blu-ray since Blu-ray began. This is film that has been trapped needlessly in DVD hell for so long, that it has basically skipped Blu-ray and gone straight to 4K UHD (there is a Blu-ray included too). I know…
Blu-ray Review – Shaolin Mantis – 88 Films
It’s been a good few years since I’ve seen Shaolin Mantis, and oddly I did have a review of this for the prior Dragon Dynasty disc, but that most have disappeared with ECAV 1.0, alas this is just an opportunity to watch and write about another slice of martial arts greatness from mastermind Lau Kar…
Blu-ray Review – Come Drink With Me – Arrow Video
King Hu’s ‘Come Drink with Me’ was not the director’s first, nor his best film, but it could be argued that it would be the film of his that had the most impact on cinema. The Shaw Brothers produced Wuxia epic from 1966, basically kickstarted Shaw Brothers studios run of martial arts films, and basically…
Blu-ray Review – Deadly Games – Arrow Video
After her estranged sister is found murdered, journalist Keegan (Jo Ann Harris) returns to her hometown to find that a lot has changed, especially when it comes how some of its citizens interpret the word “monogamy”. All of her old pals -before they start getting offed by the sadistic killer- have more or less settled…
Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-ray review
Mervyn LeRoy’s Gold Diggers of 1933 is a musical pre-code film with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. It was staged and choreographed by the legendary Busby Berkeley. The film has an all-star cast with screen legends Warren William, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, and Ned Sparks. The film had often…
Captains of the Clouds Blu-ray review
Captains of the Clouds is one of the earliest War films after the United States entered World War II which tells the tragic tale of Canadian rugged bush pilots who bring their flying experience to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Screen icon James Cagney stars with many screen legends including Alan Hale, Dennis Morgan, George…