Before I talk about The Batman (2022), I think it’s important that I give you my long and sordid history as a viewer and fan of this franchise- Just kidding, I wouldn’t put you through that. I’ll just start with the plot. Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) is a chronic insomniac and orphaned son of one…
UHD Review – Sword and the Sorcerer – Shout! Factory
Sword and the Sorcerer is maybe one of the last films I have been searching out on Blu-ray since Blu-ray began. This is film that has been trapped needlessly in DVD hell for so long, that it has basically skipped Blu-ray and gone straight to 4K UHD (there is a Blu-ray included too). I know…
UHD Review – American Werewolf in London – Arrow Video
ohn Landis’ 1980 film An American Werewolf in London has the personal distinction of being my 2nd favorite horror film of all-time (The #1 being Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond). I first saw this on tape over 25 years ago for the first time, and have owned copies in every format (in multiple editions) ever since….
Blu-ray Review – Krampus (The Naughty Cut) – Scream Factory
Christmas has lost its luster for young Max (Emjay Anthony) and his family. His adolescent years are right around the corner and he’s getting just a wee bit too old to keep believing in Santa Claus. The rampant commercialization of the holiday and the pressure to get along with their extended family at all costs…
UHD Review – Two Evil Eyes – Blue Underground
In the late 1980’s Dario Argento and George Romero tried to work together to create an anthology horror film based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Initially they were going to get 4 directors together, but ended up just making 2 short films at the length of one hour each between Romero and Argento….
UHD Review – Santa Sangre – Severin Films
Santa Sangre is one of those truly perfect cinematic visions created by an auteur with such a visionary intensity that the whole film appears to be an absolute realization of director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s dreamlike vision. Jodorowsky similar to the Italian master Sergio Leone only directed a handful of features throughout his career, but when he…
UHD Review – SexWorld – Vinegar Syndrome
Although 1978’s Sex World is a porno variation on the premise of Westworld, it’s not exactly a parody. The movie makes explicit what the earlier, PG-rated movie heavily implied – that, if a futuristic fantasy vacation like the one in the film existed, its main appeal would be for tourists to live out their wildest…
TENET UHD 4K REVIEW
Tenet is a science-fiction action movie in which director Christopher Nolan has gone out of his way to confuse you. You thought Memento was confusing at first? Try Tenet. Tenet is an organization who has recruited a CIA operative, known as The Protagonist (John David Washington, Devil in a Blue Dress) to assist them in…
UHD Review – Deadly Games – Dial Code Santa Claus (Vinegar Syndrome)
I’ll just straight out admit that I did not anticipate what I got with Deadly Games – Dial Code Santa Claus (36.15 Code Pere Noel). I thought I had the killer Santa movie thing down at this point and had seen them all. I was wrong, very very wrong, and what I got here was…
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS UHD REVIEW
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster Sherlock Holmes. The film brings back the several key actors, Robert Downey, Jr. Jude Law, Eddie Marsan and Kelly Reilly. While the consensus is sequels usually are not nearly as good as the first film this movie does succeed in being every…