Category: FILM REVIEWS

The Return of The Power (1984), plus The Kindred (1987)

February 2, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
The Return of The Power (1984), plus The Kindred (1987)

As finishing touches are being added to a short camera test video tied to the upcoming reviews of jOBS (2013) and Welcome to Macintosh (2008), here are two reviews tied to filmmakers Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter: The Power (1984), new on DVD from Scorpion Releasing, and the still-unavailable The Kindred (1987).

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A Video Nasty: House on Straw Hill (1976), plus some Elio Petri & Joseph Losey

January 27, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
A Video Nasty: House on Straw Hill (1976), plus some Elio Petri & Joseph Losey

Lengthy review of a vintage Video Nasty, House on Straw Hill / aka Exposé (1976) from Severin on Blu-ray, plus a related review of Elio Petri’s amazing psychological thriller A Quiet Place in the Country / Un tranquillo posto di campagna (1968), and from the KQEK.com archives, Joseph Losey’s Eva / aka Eve (1962) from KINO.

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Video Tales I: Rewind This, Firing Up the Betamax, and The Magic Beta Case

January 11, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Video Tales I: Rewind This, Firing Up the Betamax, and The Magic Beta Case

The Editor’s Blog goes in-depth with much personal blather about Josh Johnson’s new documentary on VHS collecting, Rewind This! (MPI). In addition to a review of the doc, there’s a review Charlie Sheen’s No Man’s Land as watched on Betamax, a short-short film on “The Magic Beta Case,” and a review of David Gregory’s great doc on Britain’s Video Nasty era – Ban the Sadist Videos! (Severin Films).

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Nikkatsu Naughties, Part 6: Nurses-in-Training!

December 29, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Nikkatsu Naughties, Part 6: Nurses-in-Training!

Yes, in addition to several classic and horror film reviews on the way, there is some smut from Impulse Pictures / Synapse Films: Nurse Diary- Wicked Finger / Kangofu nikki – waisetsu na karute (1980), and Story of White Coat – Indecent Acts / Hakui monogatari – Midasu! (1984), directed by Debauchery’s Hidehiro.

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Despotism, Hedonism, and Outrageous Conduct

December 29, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Despotism, Hedonism, and Outrageous Conduct

Newly reviewed are Christoph Waltz in one of the best TV mini-series you’ve never heard of, Konig der letzten Tage (ARD Video), Sam Spiegel’s last great epic Nicholas and Alexandra on Blu (Twilight Time), and Franco Nero in the period drama The Sack of Rome / aka Oro, aka Zoloto (One 7 Movies).

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Nikos Papatakis’ Gloria Mundi (1976)

December 25, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Nikos Papatakis’ Gloria Mundi (1976)

Yup, the power’s finally back, so on with the review uploads, starting with Nikos Papatakis’ Gloria Mundi / Tortura / In Hell from One 7 Movies, starring Olga Karlatos.

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Presenting Tobias Lindholm

December 20, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Presenting Tobias Lindholm

Reviews of the Danish films The Hunt / Jagden and A Hijacking / Kapringen, plus the TV series Borgen: Season 3.

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Forms of Action

December 18, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Forms of Action

Blu-ray reviews of The Odd Angry Shot from Synapse, and Universal’s loaded edition of Fast and Furious 6 / Furious 6.

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Twilight Time’s Body Double (1984) + Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

December 12, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Twilight Time’s Body Double (1984) + Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Reviews of Twilight Time’s nice Blu-ray editions of Brian De Palma’s Alfred Hitchcock riff Body Double (1984) and Henry King’s sleek romance Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).

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Double-Trouble from Tinto Brass

November 23, 2013 | By | Add a Comment
Double-Trouble from Tinto Brass

Reviews of two Tinto Brass films recently released to disc: Private (Cult Epics), looking & sounding quite nice on Blu-ray, and Snack Bar Budapest (Mya Communications), a marginalized hybrid of erotica and gangster film homage shot with a look reminiscent of Blade Runner.

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