During the early 2000s a bit of a gang war starts to brew. One leading member named Bin (Liao Fan) gets attacked and nearly killed before his girlfriend Qiao (Zhao Tao) steps in with a gun. When the police arrive Qiao is thrown into prison for five years for possession of an illegal firearm. When…
Godzilla (1954) (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review
The first time I saw Godzilla was on a mid-afternoon screening on a local horror show in New Jersey as a child. I couldn’t have been older than 6-7, the quality couldn’t have been great, all I can remember is that it made an impact. When that giant green lizard was on screen my mind…
Shin Godzilla (Funimation) Blu-ray Review
Suddenly one day, The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line floods over and starts spreading to the nearby cities. Fearing disaster, The Japanese government comes together to figure out what’s going on. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yaguchi (Hiroki Hasegawa) suspects that the flood was started by a mysterious giant creature. He is soon proven right when a giant sea…
Audition (Shout! Factory) Blu-ray Review
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…
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: Legend of the Demon Cat (Well Go USA)
Strange happenings start when a mysterious talking black cat show up to the Imperial Court. The whole kingdom gets shaken up when the wife of a General is suddenly possessed by an ancient demon that is hellbent on revenge. But an eccentric duo of a Japanese Monk, with a fondness for exorcisms, and an oddball…
Blu-ray Review: First Love (Well Go USA)
A successful young boxer named Leo (Masataka Kubota) discovers that he may be terminally ill with a brain tumor. His night soon gets worse when he saves a screaming woman and knocks out her attacker. But this is the first in a downward spiral of mayhem. First, the woman is actually a young hooker who…