One of the most amazing things about film, especially powerful films, is their ability to change with the viewer. I have just watched Audition for the third time for this review. When I first viewed it close to ten years ago, I was an adventurous horror fan looking for my next scare, I knew what…
Autumn Sonata (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review
It took until 1978’s Autumn Sonata for cinema’s 2 greatest Bergman’s to come together on a project. The film directed by the legendary Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, and co-starring Casablanca/Notorious actress Ingrid Bergman. The film would come at the twilight of both of their careers, for actress Ingrid, Autumn Sonata would be the second to…
House by the River Blu-ray review
One of the greatest directors in our cinematic history, and a pioneer of German expressionism films was none other than Fritz Lang. He was well-known for directing pictures that were well ahead of their time (M, Metropolis). After leaving Germany for the United States, he embarked on a career directing Westerns, Noirs and other dark…
The Slasher aka Cosh Boy Blu-ray review
Cosh Boy, known as and titled The Slasher here in the United States is a tragic tale about juvenile delinquency. 16-year-old Roy Walsh (James Kenney) is the central figure in the story. He is a notorious leader of a gang that steals money from elderly women or attacks people that are a threat to his…
Room at the Top Blu-ray review
Room at the Top is a British melodrama about movie focusing on the familiar story about love affairs and love triangles which cause plenty of repercussions, as usual. Based on the novel of the same name that was written by John Braine, this is the story of a young ambitious, desires to rise ‘to the…
THE MAGIC SWORD BLU RAY REVIEW
Bert I. Gordon, who, along with Roger Corman were two major pioneers of the low-budget B-movie genre which took place during the mid-late 1950s. The two made, at first, movies with man-sized creatures or giant beasts, with the shoddiest of effects and the slimmest of budgets. Bert I. Gordon, who continued to make monster movies…
Konga Blu ray review
If Gorgo was The United Kingdom’s answer to Godzilla, then Konga was most likely their answer to King Kong. Konga is the story of Dr. Charles Decker (Michael Gough), a well-renowned scientist and botanist who has returned from Africa with man-eating plants and a friendly chimpanzee that he uses for a size growing experiment. The…
Dr. Cyclops Blu ray review
After watching Doctor Cyclops on television in the middle of the night over thirty years ago, I instantly became of fan of this film and watch it often. I’ve had this movie on my shelf in all formats, twice on DVD and now on Blu-ray. Based on a short story of the same name by…
Blu-ray Review: A Snake of June (Third Window)
Rinko (Asuka Kurosawa) is a phone counselor at a suicide prevention hotline, and married to Shigehiko, a cleanliness obsessed salaryman who tends to spend a lot of time away from the apartment, so much so that he and Rinko are more like roommates than a married couple. That being said their relationship on the surface…
Blu-ray Review: A THOUSAND AND ONE EROTIC NIGHTS/ A THOUSAND AND ONE EROTIC NIGHTS 2: THE FORBIDDEN TALES (Vinegar Syndrome)
After discovering his wife is cheating on him, The Sultan (John Leslie) requests a wild night with a concubine named Scheherezade (Annette Haven) to forget his troubles. The only problem is afterward the poor woman is set to be killed. So in an effort to spare her life, she tells the Sultan a series of…