The strange-but-true case of the disappearance of Katherine Durst, the wife of an emotionally unstable heir to a New York real estate dynasty who was long suspected of her murder but never convicted, has provided the inspiration for All Good Things, the first fictional film from documentary filmmaker Andrew Jarecki. Jarecki came to prominence in…
Alien Opponent (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
When white trash trophy wife Meghan Mazurski (Ashley Bates) is caught in a adulterous tryst with her himbo lover Braden (Cuyle Carvin) by her abusive and possessive husband Tom (Kevin Shea) she buries a hammer in dear ol’ hubby’s skull. At that point an alien spacecraft crash lands near where the murder occurred. When Tom’s…
Alamo Bay (Twilight Time) Blu-ray Review
Welcome to Port Alamo, Texas, a small community of fishermen along the Gulf Coast. Tensions have been rising in the town for a long time over the influx of Vietnamese immigrants moving in and taking a sizable bite out of the local fishing trade. The latest arrival to Port Alamo is Dinh (Ho Nguyen), an…
Astron 6 (Troma) DVD Review
When Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up in 2007 for their exploitation extravaganza Grindhouse the results were decidedly mixed: although the double feature homage overflowing with hot babes, cool cars, and glorious gore made a lot of the viewers who didn’t leave the theater after the first feature confused very happy and impressed most…
Asylum (I Want To Be a Gangster) (Synapse) DVD Review
Much like Henry Hill before him, all young Jack (Julien Courbey) ever wanted to be was a gangster, just like the ones he used to admire in the movies. But the work he’s getting as a low-level street thug while running a back room Russian roulette game with his partner (Abel Jafri) on the side…