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…
The Devonsville Terror – Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
Picture it: Devonsville, 1683. Some puritanical dickbagels burn three women at the stake. Why oh why did they do this? They think that these totally innocent people are witches! Here comes your fact-filled history lesson, so buckle up, kiddos. Puritans were somewhat anti-witch back in the day. That’s it. Three hundred years later, the same…
Love and Lies: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Can you have love without lies? Can you lie about being in love? It’s time we found out in this twelve-episode anime series reissued recently on blu-ray from our old friends at Sentai Filmworks. In the not-too-distant future, Japan is suffering severely declining birth dates (a problem they are already facing today) to the point…
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…
Revisions Blu-Ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Arriving recently on blu-ray from anime juggernaut Sentai Filmworks is the 2019 action sci-fi series Revisions. Hop into your mech and let’s fight some gross, mutant robot things! Daisuke is an off-kilter high schooler who has fixated on an incident in his childhood where he was confronted by a being from the future and told…
UHD Review – Justine/Eugenie (Blue Underground)
Blue Underground have been one of my favorite distributors since early in the DVD era. The reason simply being is that they have released many of my favorite films, or at least the type of films I enjoy onto the format in quality editions. They have continued that tradition into the Blu-ray era, but one…
UHD Review – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Dark Sky)
I remember being 12 years old, and popping in Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the middle of one of the many group horror marathons my friends and I would have at this age. We had heard about the title for years, and with it’s reputation and even the title, we expected to have a splattery good…
Quiet Days in Clichy – 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Review (Blue Underground)
Joey and Carl are two down and out reprobates- oops, I mean writers in Paris. These two walking hard-ons get into all sorts of ridiculous and impossible shenanigans involving sex, food, and money. Sometimes, all three at the same time. There are lots of beautiful women that come and go, and they are all treated…
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…