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…
The Rock-afire Explosion (American Genre Film Archive) Blu-ray Review
Find a person who claims to have grown up in the 1980’s but never heard of ShowBiz Pizza or its iconic band of animatronic animal musicians known as The Rock-afire Explosion, and chances are you have encountered a liar. Possibly. I mean, maybe they were huge fans of ShowBiz’s much flashier competitor, Chuck E. Cheese….
The Game of Clones: Brucesploitation Collection Vol. 1 [Severin] Blu-ray Review
When Severin dedicates time and energy to a big box set like this one, they do not do things in half measures. The Game of Clones: Brucesploitation Collection Vol. 1 is massive in every respect and is sure to deliver so much punching, kicking and insanity that you may not be able to handle it….
Founders Day [Dark Sky Films] Blu-ray Review
The town of Fairwood could be any town. We open as Mayor Gladwell (Amy Hargreaves) fights for her office in the upcoming re-election, campaigning against the blowhard, overbearing Harold Faulkner (Jayce Bartok). This political rivalry has divided the town, leading to altercations in the streets. But the violence amps up when a mysterious killer dressed…