Programmed to Kill aka Retaliator is a science fiction action thriller directed by Allan Holzman that stars Robert Ginty and Sandahl Bergman with the latter that becomes a lethal cyborg with the desire to kill. Yes, it’s another movie that borrows some elements of The Terminator. In this movie, ex-CIA agent Eric Mathews (Robert Ginty,…
Warning Shot (1967 film, Kino Lorber) Blu-ray review
Produced and directed by Buzz Kulik, Warning Shot is 1967 mystery film about a cop who kills a man in self-defense, but the gun of the person he shot is missing, which makes the cop look as if he killed him for no reason and could be accused of murder! The film has a lot…
Love on the Ground Blu-ray review
Love on the Ground is a French drama from 1984 that stars a pair of theater troupe members who are invited to a theater performance, and their lives are forever changed! Taking place in Paris, Emily (Jane Birkin, Dark Places, Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye) and Charlotte (Geraldine Chaplin, Z.P.G., The Age of Innocence)…
Ghost Warrior (Kino Lorber) Blu-ray review
J. Carroll’s Ghost Warrior (aka Swordkill) is the story of an ancient samurai brought back to life and must learn how to live, cope and survive in modern day Los Angeles which at this point was the eighties. Yoshi (Hiroshi Fujioka, Kamen Rider, Yamato Takeru) is a 400-year-old samurai warrior that is discovered in Japan…
Attack of the Beast Creatures Blu-ray review
Attack of the Beast Creatures, also known as Hell Island, is a regional independent horror film produced and directed by Michael Stanley. It was filmed in Stanford, Connecticut, and stars a cast of unknowns who are basically known for this one movie! Taking place in 1920, the story is about a group of travelers that…
Space Monster Wangmagwi Blu-ray review
Never, and I mean NEVER in my lifetime did I think I would ever get the opportunity to watch Space Monster Wangmagwi, let alone review it. Showing my age somewhat, I had first heard of this film and been wanting to see the movie for at least thirty years. SRS Cinema has done what for…
Wild West Days Blu-ray review
Based on the novel by W.R. Burnett, Wild West Days is a 13-chapter serial from Universal Studios. This 1937 serial was directed by Ford Beebe (The Phantom Creeps) and Clifford Smith (Secret Agent X-9). In this serial, Kentucky Wade (screen legend Johnny Mack Brown, The Oregon Trail, Female, A Woman of Affairs), Dude Hanford, Mike…
French Noir Collection Blu-ray review
For those that like French films and Noirs, Kino Lorber has assembled a trio of French Noir films for a Blu-ray release, called the French Noir Collection, which houses Speaking of Murder, Back to the Wall and Witness in the City. This is their first French Noir set offering on Blu-ray from Kino as far…
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things UHD / Blu-ray review
The 1972 horror flick known as Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things is one of the weirdest zombie movies out there. It’s every bit as chilling as Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, at least during the last half hour of the movie. The film was directed by Bob Clark (Black…
Fancy Pants Blu-ray review
Comedy icons Bob Hope and Lucille Ball team-up in the 1950 Technicolor film Fancy Pants, directed by George Marshall, where Bob gets in over his head with some crazy impersonation shenanigans. The film is a musical version of Ruggles of Red Gap. Fancy Pants was the second pairing of the two icons, as in 1949…
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