On August 31, 2021, Sentai Filmworks unveiled on blu-ray the first season of the critically acclaimed viking epic Vinland Saga. Grab an axe and a pint of ale and join me on a bloody crusade of vengeance! The Plot: A young boy named Thorfinn lives his days in peace in a small village outside the…
Blu-ray Review – A Day of Judgement – Severin Films
Sometime in the 1920s, the inhabitants of a small town are struggling financially and morally in their (comically miserable) daily lives. The local bringer of bummer, Reverend Cage (Charles Reynolds and not Nicholas Cage), is tired of watching his congregation dwindle and is set to retire. Luckily for him, the Angel of Death has rolled…
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…
Blu-ray Review – Resurrection – Vinegar Syndrome
Detective John Prudhomme (Christopher Lambert), who is both Chicagoan and Cajun, is still mourning the death of his son who died in a terrible accident when he gets put on the case of some vicious serial murders. The killer is a religious fanatic cutting the limbs from his victims one at a time in order…
Blu-ray Review – Tough Guys Don’t Dance – Vinegar Syndrome
Failed writer/successful alcoholic Tim Madden (Ryan O’Neal) wakes up with a wicked hangover and discovers his father (Lawrence Tierney) sitting in his kitchen. Tim tells his dad all about the total insanity of the last couple of weeks, including but not limited to a multi-million-dollar cocaine deal, murder, infidelity, a severed head, and a big…
Blu-ray Review – Death Screams – Arrow Video
The tranquility of a quiet town (located somewhere in the North Carolinian zone) is shattered when a crazed killer goes on a rampage, slaughtering the teen population. Woops, I kind of wrote myself into a corner with that one sentence plot summary. Damn it! There’s also a lengthy carnival sequence and adult-aged teenagers telling stories…
Blu-ray Review – Shallow Grave – Vinegar Syndrome
After nearly getting expelled for a Psycho-inspired prank, four college girls head off to Florida for some fun in the sun. Along the way, they meet some cute hunks and eat at a dive bar. But their good times come to an abrupt halt when a flat tire in the middle of nowhere spoils their…
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…
Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 1 Review
On September 24, 2001, Sentai Filmworks released this latest release in the ever-expansive Girls und Panzer anime series. Touted as the beginning of the end, how does it measure up? Let’s find out! The Plot: Momo Kawashima has failed her University entrance exams and is worried about having to repeat a year. To help her…
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…