While going on a blind date, Carol (Anne Archer), becomes a witness to a brutal mob hit. Thinking that she can avoid any trouble, she decides to hide out in her brother’s cabin in Canada. Carol doesn’t know that the man with the hitman was actually an infamous Mob Boss. A Los Angeles district attorney…
Massacre Mafia Style (Grindhouse Releasing) Blu-ray Review
I like to think of Duke Mitchell, not as a filmmaker, not as an actor, or a crooner, but as a mid-20th Century Renaissance Man. Mitchell was a Sinatra style crooner in the early portion of his career, before a producer paired him with Jerry Lewis clone Sammy Petrillo for a night club act. Although,…
Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition (Disney) Blu-ray Review
Mary Poppins is a film whose VHS tape I wore through quite easily as a child, and whose DVD (coincidentally purchased exactly 10 years ago this month as the 40th-anniversary edition) I have watched at least once a year with my own kids. Disney has just released the 50th Anniversary edition Blu-ray, which while not…
Metamorphosis/Beyond Darkness (Scream Factory, Blu-ray) Review
Metamorphosis stars Gene Lebrock as Dr. Peter Houseman, a scientist who believes he has achieved a way to cure death by tapping into the evolutionary memory of DNA. Frustrated by the small-mindedness of his colleagues, he experiments on himself to prove his theories. As his science becomes more and more mad, his relationship with university…
Kansas City Blu-ray review
There is nothing like watching a contemporary film that takes place during the 1930s, kind of like a remembrance of the golden age in both reel and real life. Kansas City is an American crime drama helmed by iconic director Robert Altman. The film explores themes of crime, racism, love, romance and politics during the…
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray review
Im a big fan of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, whether it is Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Peter Cushing, Christopher Plummer, among other actors that have played the iconic character over the years. I have seen most of the Holmes films over the years. One I had not heard of until it was announced by Kino Lorber…
The Light at the Edge of the World (Kino) Blu-ray Review
A troubled American miner named Will (Kirk Douglas) finds himself with the quiet and boring job as an assistant lighthouse keeper in the isolated shores of South America. He left behind a failed relationship after he killed a man in self-defense. Now his days are lazy and bitter. This all changes when a pirate ship…
Severin Films Mid-Year Sale Reviews (Blu-ray/DVD)
Severin Films have long been a EuroCult fanatics dream label. Their dedication to the cinema of Jess Franco alone should certainly endear fans of EuroCult cinema to the label. This time around the label have unleashed 8 titles for fans to pick up 6 new releases and 2 re-releases. One of which is Blood on…
Let’s Kill Uncle Blu-ray review
William Castle is one of my favorite directors. Movies like Homicial, The Tingler, House on Haunted Hill, 13 Ghosts and Strait-Jacket are some of his films that I have a real blast watching for decades. Most of these films were gimmicky films which is what he was known for, however in his 1966 film, Let’s…
Max and the Junkmen Blu-ray review
Max and the Junkmen is a French/Italian crime drama about a detective, Max (Michael Piccoli, The Day of the Jackal) a person who comes from a wealthy family, lives in Paris, making a living as a tough-guy detective. Max has grown frustrated because he hasn’t been able to catch a group of criminals. Max is…