After the events of The Thin Man, Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) arrive in San Francisco just in time for New Years’. After solving a murder on Christmas and dealing with the endless publicity (and drinks), Nick is ready for a rest. But nothing stays calm for too long in The…
The Severed Arm (Vinegar Syndrome) Blu-ray review
A group of friends plans the perfect camping trip for a relaxing vacation. They stumble across a hidden cave and decide to explore it. But the unstable walls crash and trap them deep inside. After being stuck for days, the group starts to become desperate and hungry. They come up with a plan to eat…
Best Friends (1975) (Vinegar Syndrome) Blu-ray review
Long time friends Jesse and Pat (Richard Hatch and Doug Chapin) have finally made it home after a tour of duty in Vietnam. To celebrate their newfound freedom, the guys decide to go on one last road trip with their girlfriends before they settle down and get married. The trip starts innocently enough, but it…
Pat and Mike (Warner Archive) Blu-ray Review
Pat Pemberton (Katherine Hepburn) is a PE teacher who finally has enough of her finance’s attitude when tells her to lose at a game of golf to impress his boss. It seems her whole life is just serving the men around her. She decides to enter a professional tournament of golf and soon gets the…
Mosquito (Synapse) Blu-ray Review
Visual effects artist Gary Jones (Army of Darkness, Moontrap) made his directorial debut with 1995’s Mosquito, an entertaining tongue-in-cheek homage to the giant monster and killer bug B-movies of yesteryear. Jones’ labor of love receives its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray courtesy of Synapse Films with a beautifully upgraded transfer and some terrific supplements that dig…
The Narrow Margin (1990) (Kino Lorber) Blu-ray review
While going on a blind date, Carol (Anne Archer), becomes a witness to a brutal mob hit. Thinking that she can avoid any trouble, she decides to hide out in her brother’s cabin in Canada. Carol doesn’t know that the man with the hitman was actually an infamous Mob Boss. A Los Angeles district attorney…
Massacre Mafia Style (Grindhouse Releasing) Blu-ray Review
I like to think of Duke Mitchell, not as a filmmaker, not as an actor, or a crooner, but as a mid-20th Century Renaissance Man. Mitchell was a Sinatra style crooner in the early portion of his career, before a producer paired him with Jerry Lewis clone Sammy Petrillo for a night club act. Although,…
Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition (Disney) Blu-ray Review
Mary Poppins is a film whose VHS tape I wore through quite easily as a child, and whose DVD (coincidentally purchased exactly 10 years ago this month as the 40th-anniversary edition) I have watched at least once a year with my own kids. Disney has just released the 50th Anniversary edition Blu-ray, which while not…
The Light at the Edge of the World (Kino) Blu-ray Review
A troubled American miner named Will (Kirk Douglas) finds himself with the quiet and boring job as an assistant lighthouse keeper in the isolated shores of South America. He left behind a failed relationship after he killed a man in self-defense. Now his days are lazy and bitter. This all changes when a pirate ship…
The Way Back (Warner Bros) Blu-ray Review
Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck)’s life is a void of everything but hardships. His job is terrible, he has troubles with his family, and his separation from his wife has kept him for the dating scene. The only thing in life is his crippling addiction to booze. Things start to look up when he is offered…