Silip Daughters of Eve is a Filipino erotic story from 1985 which takes aim at two sisters who take different paths with their sexuality Maria Isabel Lopez, a former Miss Philippines stars as Tonya who has chosen religion and celibacy to fight off her sexuality. She teaches catechism to the local children at a village….
Santa Fe Trail Blu-ray review
Santa Fe Trail is a Western film directed by legendary director Michael Curtiz (Doctor X, Casablanca) that features a fantastic cast that includes Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Van Heflin, and former United States President Ronald Reagan. The film takes place in 1854, just before the Civil War. The story mainly…
Straight Time Blu-ray review
Based on Edward Bunker’s 1972 novel No Beast So Fierce, Ulu Gosbard’s Straight Time is the tale of a man who gets paroled but is unable to go straight. The man also gets involved with a woman who doesn’t mind his criminal ways, if she doesn’t get involved in them. Max Dembo (screen legend Dustin…
The Naked Spur Blu-ray review
The Naked Spur is the third of five Anthony Mann-directed westerns. Screen icon James Stewart stars as Howard Kemp, a bounty hunter out to capture Ben Vandergoat, played by another screen legend Robert Ryan who is wanted for murder. Janet Leigh and Ralph Meeker are also part of the small, but great cast. The movie…
A Night the Opera Blu-ray review
A Night at the Opera is a comedy starring the Marx Brothers, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo. The trio made five films for MGM, with this one being the first. This movie was one of the studio’s biggest hits of 1935. The film starts in Italy, where Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx), a conniving business manager…
In the Good Old Summertime Blu-ray review
In what is essentially a musical remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime tells the tale of pen-pals who are in love but are working together in the same retail store where they loathe each other. The picture would later be remade again in the film You’ve Got…
The Window Blu-ray review
Director Ted Tetzlaff’s The Window is the story about nine year old Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll, Song of the South) who tells so many lies to his parents, that when something real actually happens to him, they don’t believe him, nearly causing Tommy his life. The tale of The Window is basically a ‘boy who…
Shadow of the Thin Man Blu-ray review
Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of six Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. In this caper, the married couple stumble upon another murder case that happens at a racetrack where a jockey is shot to death. Nick’s pal Lieutenant Abrams (Sam Levene, After the…
Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies Blu-ray review
Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies is a comedy horror that stars legendary actress Karen Black (Trilogy of Terror, Burnt Offerings) as a Satan worshipperand her four voluptuous fellow “nieces” Fawn (Kristine Ann Rose), Magnolia (Ava Fabian), Coral (Teri Weigel), and Sky (Pia Reyes) are known for making the yummiest meat pies. Auntie Lee has a top-secret…
The Tomb of Ligeia (Kino Lorber) Blu-ray review
Directed by the legendary Roger Corman, The Tomb of Ligeia is another classic horror film where he displays his master craftsmanship with what he can do on a limited budget with lavish set pieces and a small cast. The Tomb of Ligeia is based on the short story “Ligeia” by American author Edgar Allan Poe….