Arriving this month is a reissue of the card battle anime Fantasista Doll from Sentai with new cover art. Is this one worth checking out or will you want to trade in your cards for a new deck? Only one way to find out! Uzume Uno is a bright young high school student who was…
Three Between the Sheets (Ecstasy/Black Venus/Melody of Passion) Blu-ray [Severin]
Arriving on blu-ray from Severin on April 25th is this three-film set of erotic dramas two of which (Black Venus and Ecstasy under the title of Love Scenes) are upgrades of previous DVD releases. Meanwhile the weird ass Melody of Passion arrives on blu-ray for the first time. Let’s slip in something comfortable and see…
Last Hurrah for Chivalry Blu-ray [Criterion Collection]
It has been twenty-five years since Criterion released John Woo’s The Killer and Hard Boiled on DVD. While they elected not to release them on blu-ray (with them being put out in mediocre releases by Dragon Dynasty instead), Criterion FINALLY returns to the well of the great John Woo, this time going all the way…
Mexican Gothic: The Films of Carlos Enrique Taboada – Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
I am so happy to see that more and more Mexican horror cinema is hitting the format known as Bluish Laser Beam Diskette AKA Blu-ray. When I can look at my shelves and see titles like Rubén Galindo Jr.’s Cemetery of Terror (1985) and Don’t Panic (1987) sitting there, it fills my heart with a…
To Love Ru: The Complete Series Blu-ray (Sentai Filmworks)
Tripping and falling onto blu-ray once again from Sentai Filmworks is the seminal (heh) ecchi comedy series To Love Ru, this time collecting all four previously released seasons into one big package (heh heh) for a grand total of a whopping 64 episodes. It’s time to grab your interstellar betrothed and stumble into something soft…
Bio-Zombie – Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
Woody Invincible (Jordan Chan) and Crazy Bee (Sam Lee) are two losers who would give Beavis and Butthead a run for their money. They run a bootleg DVD shop in a mall and spend their days scamming, robbing, mooching, bullying, and harassing both customers and their fellow mall workers alike. They’re terrible dudes, but when…
Shaolin Invincibles + Seven To One Blu-ray Review [AGFA]
The maniacs at the American Genre Film Archive have unleashed another package of unbridled madness on an unsuspecting public with this kung fu two-fer both of which brings fun and unique qualities to your martial arts mayhem marathon. Grab a gorilla, crank up the Pink Floyd and let’s get cookin’! First in Shaolin Invincibles, Judy…
Kill Me Baby: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
This month, our friends at Sentai Filmworks is re-issuing the extremely wacky gag manga-based Kill Me Baby with a spiffy new cover. If you like your violence with the Silly turned up to 11, grab your bazooka and shurikens and grab a seat! Yasuna Oribe is your pretty standard, bubble-headed high school girl with a…
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…
Fate/Stay Night: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Sentai Filmworks, through their kinds hearts, have decided to re-release the fan favorite anime series Fate/Stay Night, previously having been issued as two 12-episode collections which are now out of print. This 3-disc set sees the entire 24-episode series in a single release. How does this show hold up? Let’s dig in! Orphan Shirou is…