The Green Hornet is a 1940 thirteen-chapter serial from Universal Pictures that was based on a radio series from the 1930’s by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. Gordon Jones (The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The Big Shot) stars as both Britt Reid, publisher of The Sentinel newspaper, and the masked hero known as…
The Three Colors Trilogy UHD review
To be honest, I am not all that familiar with the works of director Krzysztof Kieślowski until recently and had the pleasure of watching his masterpieces Three Colors Blue, Three Colors White and Three Colors Red which are all part of his Three Colours Trilogy. These are all French classics, although these are all co-productions…
Demon of Paradise Blu-ray review
Demon of Paradise is basically, for all intensive purposes, a Filipino version of Creature from the Black Lagoon. The difference is, this movie is a cheesy horror film from the 80s with severely hammy acting, tons of gun violence and an odd-looking monster, as opposed to a well-made, well-produced and well-acted 50s B-movie, which Creature…
Tonight or Never Blu-ray review
Based on the Hungarian Play of the same name, Tonight or Never is a 1931 American pre-code comedy film that stars screen legends Gloria Swanson and Melvin Douglas. In this picture, Gloria Swanson (Manhandled, Zaza, Sadie Thompson) stars as Nella Vargo, a young opera singer who is having some trouble advancing her career according to…
The Magnificent Seven – 1960 UHD review (Shout Factory)
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock, The Great Escape). The film is a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and is a Western version of that movie. John Sturges’ film is also known for launching the careers of several iconic and legendary Hollywood…
Picpus and Cecile is Dead! (Inspector Maigret Double-feature) Blu-ray review
For those not too familiar with the character, Inspector Maigret is a French police detective who is not unlike Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan and Hercule Poirot. Maigret has been in many books, short stories, and films. Kino Lorber has been releasing many Inspector Maigret movies and television shows onto home video in recent years and…
Attack Force Z ( Severin Films) Blu-ray review
Attack for Z is a 1982 film based on true events during World War II. This film features screen icons Mel Gibson(Lethal Weapon, Apocalypto) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Omen III: The Final Conflict) in early roles and also stars screen veteran John Phillip Law(The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Danger:Diabolik). Tim Burstall directed this movie,…
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo Blu-ray review
Written, directed, and produced by Tom Chaney who even did the cinematography and editing for the film, Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (AKA Frostbiter and Wendigo ) is an independent horror comedy about a monster that is revived by a pair of hunters and wreaks havoc on some people staying at a nearby cabin in…
Programmed to Kill Blu-ray review
Programmed to Kill aka Retaliator is a science fiction action thriller directed by Allan Holzman that stars Robert Ginty and Sandahl Bergman with the latter that becomes a lethal cyborg with the desire to kill. Yes, it’s another movie that borrows some elements of The Terminator. In this movie, ex-CIA agent Eric Mathews (Robert Ginty,…
Warning Shot (1967 film, Kino Lorber) Blu-ray review
Produced and directed by Buzz Kulik, Warning Shot is 1967 mystery film about a cop who kills a man in self-defense, but the gun of the person he shot is missing, which makes the cop look as if he killed him for no reason and could be accused of murder! The film has a lot…