Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most celebrated and studied directors in film history. Taking the breath of the often cited in-depth interview with Francois Truffaut in which Hitchcock participated in 1966 and merging it with the laser-like focus of the scene-specific analysis of the documentary 78/52 (which, released the same year as this film,…
Vixen [Severin Films] Blu-ray Review
Vixen Palmer (Erica Gavin) is insatiable. She is married to pilot Tom (Garth Pillsbury), but his job inevitably takes him away from home for long stretches, leaving poor ol’ Vixen sexually frustrated and looking to get with anyone within thrusting distance. This leads her on a series of sexual misadventures that involves mounting a mountie,…
Yokohama BJ Blues [Radiance Films] Blu-ray Review
BJ (Yusaku Matsuda) is a beaten down private detective who lurks in nightclubs singing the blues on the side. Although if you asked him, he’d probably tell you he’s a blues singer who happens to do a little P.I. work as a side hustle. Regardless, BJ finds himself embroiled in a killer case involving the…
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II [Scream Factory] Blu-ray Review
This follow-up to the first Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey finds Cristopher Robin (Scott Chambers) ostracized from everyone in his hometown of Ashdown after they all believe he was responsible for the “Hundred Acre Massacre” in the Hundred Acre Woods depicted in the first film. No one, including his close friends, believes Christopher Robin’s story of…
Crust [Anchor Bay] Blu-ray Review
Vegas (Sean Whalen) is a washed up child actor who owns a grimy laundromat. He spends his days chatting with his loser friend Russ (Daniel Roebuck) and his nights jacking off into lost socks while weeping about how his life has slipped away from him. Through this magic of his semen and tears, the pile…
The Dead Don’t Hurt [Shout Factory] Blu-ray Review
It’s 1860s San Francisco and the strong and independent Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) finds herself drawn to the stolid Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). They soon marry and Holger and Vivienne travel back to Holger’s home in Elk Flats, Nevada to build a life together. After a time the American Civil War flares…
Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits [Severin] Blu-ray Review
From 1978 to 1993, the Scala Cinema near King’s Cross Station in London was the wildest, most out-there, transgressive counter-culture repertory cinema in the UK, bringing together freaks, geeks, outcasts, weirdos, those with alternative lifestyles, the LGBTQ+ crowd and just regular theater-goers looking for something off the beaten path. From their iconic themed monthly programs…
Eastern Condors [Criterion Collection] Blu-Ray Review
The Vietnam War is over but American soldiers have left a massive clutch of weapons in enemy territory. Lt. Lam (Ching-Ying Lam) along with the criminal Tung (Sammo Hung) is tasked with leading a ragtag group of Asian prisoners into Vietnam to destroy the weapons before the Vietcong can get their mitts on them. In…
Dario Argento’s Deep Cuts [Severin Films] Blu-ray Review
At various points in his illustrious career, celebrated Italian horror maestro Dario Argento took his talents to the small screen, beaming certified Argento productions into the homes of millions of viewers complete with his distinct brand of macabre menace. In 1973, he produced an anthology miniseries called Door Into Darkness which featured four episodes of…
Bones and All [Shout Factory] 4K UHD Review
Maren (Taylor Russell) is a detached teen girl whose father seems to move them from town to town a great deal, preventing her from making long-term relationships. We discover why when she is invited to a sleepover and bites off the finger of a girl trying to befriend her. It turns out that she possesses…