Life is far from being a bed of roses and pasta primavera for Michael Stanford (Stefano Patrizi); the handsome and popular actor has a career fast on the rise and the love of the beautiful Deborah (Silvio Dionisio) to comfort him in times of despair. During the production of a horror film Michael embraces his…
My Neighbor Totoro (Disney) Blu-ray Review
The animated cinema of Hayao Miyazaki no longer needs an introduction. Over the last 3+ decades the man, and the studio he help created, Japan’s now famous Studio Ghibli have created a near non-stop barrage of animated classics. They range from complex plotted mythological wonders, to simple family tales. The one through-line between then all…
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (Severin) Blu-ray Review
Every horror and exploitation scavenger has likely had a run-in with the work of Al Adamson at some point. With titles in his filmography like Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969) and The Naughty Stewardesses (1974), how could any trash movie enthusiast resist? The son of low budget western actor/director Victor Adamson (AKA Denver Dixon), Adamson…
Mulholland Drive (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review
Betty (Naomi Watts) is an actress from Ontario, Canada who arrives in L.A. with gleeful positivity about her future in the movie business. She will be staying at her Aunt’s apartment for 3 months while her Aunt is away on a shoot back home in Canada. However, upon arriving at the apartment she discovers Rita…
Mad Max (Scream Factory) Blu-ray Review
It is interesting watching Mad Max with people who are not totally familiar with the film these days. The last few times I’ve watched the original film, it has been in the presence with someone who knew the series from the more popular sequels in the latter case this was my own fault, as the…
Major Dundee (Twilight Time) Blu-ray Review
As American is engaged in the Civil War, disgraced Union Calvary officer Major Amos Charles Dundee (Charlton Heston) – currently spending a once illustrious career in the military overseeing a prison stockade in New Mexico – is assembling an army to go into Mexico and capture or kill Sierra Charriba (Michael Pate), the vicious Apache…
Machine Gun McCain (Blue Underground) Blu-ray review
John Cassavetes was the man! Whether Cassavetes is behind the camera (as director), or in front acting usually the end result is fantastic. He is one of those actors that can be put into a bad movie, and elevate it to a higher standard, as long as he in on screen. I don’t mean this…
Macbeth (Olive) Blu-ray Review
Keanrick: We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the “Scottish Play”. Blackadder: What, *Macbeth*? Mossop, Keanrick: Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends. Macbeth is probably my very favorite of Shakespeare’s plays from the…
Madman (Vinegar Syndrome) Blu-ray Review
At the conclusion of camping season for gifted children at North Sea Cottages, everyone is gathered around the campfire singing songs and telling stories. Head counselor Max tells the story of a beast of a man farmer that went crazy and killed his family. It took ten men to capture him and hang him but…
Manos: The Hands of Fate (Synapse) Blu-ray Review
If you’ve read my reviews on EuroCultAV.com you might know I don’t really get into declaring extremes. Therefore you will rarely see at least myself declare a best of, worst of, or anything of that nature. Manos: The Hands of Fate was a film made by Harold P. Warren an El Paso fertilizer salesman in…