Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai is an American film noir produced, directed by and stars the iconic Welles. The 1947 movie also stars screen legend Rita Hayworth (who he was married to at the time), Everett Sloane and Glenn Anders. The movie is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by…
UHF [Shout Studios] UHD Blu-ray Review
George Newman (Weird Al Yankovic) is an unemployed loser recently fired from Burger World along with his friend Bob (David Bowe) and girlfriend Teri (Victoria Jackson). But all that’s about to change when he is given a manager position at a local UHF station that his uncle Harvey won in a poker game. George manages…
Crocodile (1979) [Synapse Films] Blu-ray Review
We open with a ferocious storm that sets the stage for an environmental catastrophe in which lives will be lost. After a totally random opening credits sequence with naked women being eaten by a crocodile, we are introduced to Drs. Tony Akom and John Stromm, two men dedicated to their jobs to the point that…
Sting [Well Go USA] Blu-ray Review
We open with a mysterious object crash landing through the window of an old, dilapidated apartment building New York City. While I’m sure this rundown place is no stranger to creepy crawly pests, what climbs out of the egg that crashes is a spider unlike anything Earth has seen. Weird kid Charlotte is the one…
Dick Tracy RKO Pictures Collection Blu-ray review
Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy character and comic strip, saw his gritty cop star in several classic Dick Tracy serials and feature films. They are action-packed, hard-hitting thrill rides that I have enjoyed for many years. After the four Dick Tracy serials, the detective would move to RKO Radio Pictures and star in…
Hatchet: The Complete Collection [Dark Sky Selects] Blu-ray Review
The first release in Dark Sky Films’ new Dark Sky Selects line is a snazzy steelbook edition of all four Hatchet films. Let’s dig into each one to see how they fare! In the first Hatchet, Joel David Moore stars as Ben, a sad sack whose friends whisk him off to New Orleans to throw…
Last Stop in Yuma County [Well Go USA] Blu-Ray Review
We open with Jim Cummings as a knives salesman stopping for gas at an isolated station adjoining a diner in the middle of the desert. He is told that the pumps are temporarily out of gas but that a fuel truck should be on the way, so if he’d like, he can head next door…
Victims of Sin [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review
Ninón Sevilla is Violeta, a vivacious dancer, or rumbera, at Cabaret Changó but is soon plagued with mistreatment and assault at the hands of the suave but ruthless pimp Rudolfo. To make matters worse, Violeta loses her job at the cabaret when she rescues a baby from a trash can and brings it into work…
Bandits of Orgosolo [Radiance Films] Blu-ray Review
Michele and his little brother Peppeddu are Sardinian shepherds who manage to just barely scape by in their quiet and dignified life. Their lives are shattered when three bandits rustling pigs cross paths with them. When Michele is forced to give refuge to the bandits on the run from the law, he is mistakenly accused…
Sympathy for the Underdog [Radiance Films] Blu-Ray Review
Kôji Tsuruta is Gunji, a yakuza who has spent the last ten years in prison after partnering with the Daikato gang to take out a rival clan. Upon his return to Yokohama, he finds that the Daikato have basically taken over the town under the guise of going straight. Gunji decides to start over in…