Hands of a Stranger (1962) DVD Review: Different Take, Same Ol’ Story
By Luigi Bastardo |
The umpteenth film incarnation of “The Hands of Orlac” is a botched operation unto itself.
An American Hippie in Israel Blu-ray Review: The Rocky Hebrew Picture Show
By Luigi Bastardo |
A mind-warping lump of coal that has magically turned into gold.
Hands of the Ripper Blu-ray Review: Jack the Ripper’s Bastard Daughter Goes Psycho!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Never mind her hands – take a look at those perky l’il boobies!
The Frozen Dead (1966) DVD Review: Pre-Hip Unhip Nazi Zombies
By Luigi Bastardo |
Triumph of the shrill.
The Accursed [aka The Traitor] (1958) DVD Review: Early Christopher Lee? Sold!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Every once in a while, something gets pried out from within cracks of time.
The Devil’s Backbone Criterion Collection DVD Review: Hell Is for Children
By Luigi Bastardo |
“I don’t think I need a spine. It’s holding me back.” – Satan
Babette’s Feast Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tale of Love, Life, and Food
By Luigi Bastardo |
A venerable banquet unto itself.
Rick Moranis: My Mother’s Brisket & Other Love Songs Album Review: Mazel Tov, You Hoser!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Yes, he’s still alive.
The Beasts Are on the Streets DVD Review: Live-Action Hanna-Barbera Mayhem!
By Luigi Bastardo |
The forgotten disaster flick from the famous animators finally makes its home video debut.
Mitchell (1975) DVD Review: Uncut, Uncensored, and Uncouth – The Way It Should Be!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Break out the Schlitz and enjoy.
Bus Stop (1956) Blu-ray Review: Marilyn Monroe Finally Goes to Acting School
By Luigi Bastardo |
The “too little, too late” spot on the route.
Bullet to the Head (2012) Blu-ray Review: Stallone Takes Us Back to the Past. Again.
By Luigi Bastardo |
Think of it as enjoyably brainless entertainment.
Blood and Sand (1941) Blu-ray Review: Three-strip Technicolor Death in the Afternoon
By Luigi Bastardo |
The torrid tale of a man who dreams of single-handedly exterminating the world of its excessive amounts of male bovines.
In Old Arizona Blu-ray Review: Proof Not All Classics Are Classic
By Luigi Bastardo |
Tonight, on Racial Stereotype Theater.
Man of Steel (2013) Movie Review: A Movie Made Solely to Sell Kiddie Meals
By Luigi Bastardo |
I wish I had Superman’s powers, just so I could spin the world around backwards and turn back time just long enough to prevent this film from being made.
Teenage Rebel DVD Review: Without a Clue (or Widescreen)
By Luigi Bastardo |
Who knew Michael Rennie could get down and boogie so well?
Call Me Mister DVD Review: That’s MISTER Mister to You
By Luigi Bastardo |
A seldom-seen and unsurprisingly not-so-memorable mediocre (but still entertaining) musical.
Jubal Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Shakespeare in the Wild West
By Luigi Bastardo |
Glenn Ford and Charles Bronson as buddies? SOLD!
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker DVD Review: Unremarkable Non-Anamorphic CinemaScope Fluff
By Luigi Bastardo |
With seventeen children in two cities, it’s clear that Mr. Pennypacker has been packing more than pennies.
Wake Up and Live (1937) DVD Review: Fun Vintage Semi-Musical Hijinks
By Luigi Bastardo |
Probably the only instance in film to see The Tin Man and Batman ride around in a car together.
The Wild Geese Blu-ray Review: When Brits Go Badass
By Luigi Bastardo |
Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Roger Moore blowing the piss out of people. What more could you want?
The Oranges Blu-ray Review: A Conventional Tale of Unconventional Romance
By Luigi Bastardo |
TV’s Dr. House, Maeby Fünke, and Seth Cohen – together at last.
Whispering Ghosts DVD Review: Milton Berle, Ghost Hunter
By Luigi Bastardo |
No, we don’t get to see Uncle Miltie’s legendary penis in this one, either. Get over it already.
The Moon Is Down DVD Review: Suicidal Norwegians vs. the Nazi Menace
By Luigi Bastardo |
Solution: lunar antidepressants.
Surf Party (1964) DVD Review: How NOT to Throw a Beach Party
By Luigi Bastardo |
Come on in: the water’s completely and unapologetically tepid!
Pierre Etaix: Criterion Collection DVD Review: Affordable Pricelessness
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Criterion Collection brings us a wonderful set from a fine French comic you probably never heard of.
Texas Chainsaw 3D Blu-ray Review: Wither Heatherface?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Yes, it’s good to be bad. But this is much worse.
Heavenly Shades of Delight: Twilight Time’s Blu-ray Releases, Volume Three
By Luigi Bastardo |
Under scrutiny here: Bonjour Tristesse, The Rains of Ranchipur, Beloved Infidel, The Blue Lagoon (1980), Lost Horizon (1973), Experiment in Terror, and Our Man Flint.
Berlin Correspondent DVD Review: A Nifty L’il WWII Espionage B-Flick
By Luigi Bastardo |
Dana Andrews matches wits with Martin Kosleck in Nazi Germany – and it’s fun!
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe DVD Review: For Curiosity Seekers Only
By Luigi Bastardo |
Edgar Allan Poe and Sherman T. Potter: College Roommates.
Carnival in Costa Rica DVD Review: An Endless Unfunny Rom-Com Musical
By Luigi Bastardo |
A movie full of Caucasian Ricans and a hero who looks like frickin’ Matthew Lillard.
George A. Romero’s Knightriders (1981) Blu-ray Review: The Most Sincere, Underrated Drama About Adult Outcasts Ever Made
By Luigi Bastardo |
“It’s real hard to live for something that you believe in.”
John Dies at the End DVD Review: Hey, Thanks for the Spoiler Alert!
By Luigi Bastardo |
As genius as what might have happened had Douglas Adams taken LSD.
Warlock (1959) DVD Review: A Dynamic Western Presented in an Outdated, Eviscerating Format
By Luigi Bastardo |
Because displaying a movie in its proper widescreen ratio is passe, right?
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! DVD Review: Oh, Brother!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Typical run-of-the-mill ’50s War of the Sexes fare, notable only for being Tony Randall’s film debut.
The Marriage-Go-Round DVD Review: James Mason, ’60s Swinger at Large!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Lesson learned: don’t punch holes in the lid of the bottle for the lightning to breathe.
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence DVD Review: Or, Before They Were Stars: The Movie
By Luigi Bastardo |
No, it’s not a documentary about America produced by the Tea Party.
Pier Paolo Pasolni’s Trilogy of Life Criterion Collection DVD Review: Make Mine Bunuel
By Luigi Bastardo |
Picaresque neorealism, or artsy-fartsy stuff from a bipolar loon? You decide.
Ripper Street: Series One Blu-ray Review: As My Teachers Always Said: Needs Improvement
By Luigi Bastardo |
It’s no Sherlock, but it certainly could be worse.
Raiders from Beneath the Sea DVD Review: ‘As Far As I’m Concerned, You Stink of Trouble!’
By Luigi Bastardo |
A laughably bad scuba heist drama that never heard the expression “sink or swim.”
Parental Guidance (2012) Blu-ray Review: Usually, Jokes are Funny – But Hey, Why Kill Time Laughing?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Billy Crystal challenges everything in contemporary society – including the patience of his audience.
Heavenly Shades of Delight: Twilight Time’s Blu-ray Releases, Volume Two
By Luigi Bastardo |
Under scrutiny here: Cover Girl, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, High Time, Bye Bye Birdie (1963), The Sound and the Fury, Steel Magnolias, Enemy Mine, and Night of the Living Dead (1990).
She Played with Fire (Fortune Is a Woman) DVD Review: Jack Hawkins, Ladies Man?
By Luigi Bastardo |
A fun, forgotten English film noir.
Heavenly Shades of Delight: Twilight Time’s Blu-ray Releases, Volume One
By Luigi Bastardo |
Under scrutiny here: Bite the Bullet; Demetrius and the Gladiators; Bell, Book and Candle; Désirée; Journey to the Center of the Earth; The Big Heat; As Good as It Gets; and The Wayward Bus.
Night of the Devils (1972) Blu-ray Review: Sexually-Charged Psychosomatic Italian Horror at its Finest
By Luigi Bastardo |
All this and full frontal nudity, too, guys and gals. Definitely a keeper in my book.
A Late Quartet Blu-ray Review: Christopher Walken Finally Gets to Play a Real Person!
By Luigi Bastardo |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment brings us this real sleeper of a winner.
Two-Lane Blacktop: Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Monte Hellman’s Masterpiece
By Luigi Bastardo |
Is it weird that I can relate to every single main character in this film? Oh, well!
Red Dwarf X Blu-ray Review: Series IX? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Series IX!
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Boys from the Dwarf make their long-awaited return with a full six-episode series in glorious High-Definition.
Police Academy: The Animated Series, Volume One DVD Review: From Caddish to Kiddie
By Luigi Bastardo |
Some things simply will not lay down and suffer a painfully natural death like they should.
V/H/S DVD Review: Definitive Proof as to Why Beta Was Better
By Luigi Bastardo |
Not only is it a contemporary SOV flick, but it’s a found footage flick, to boot. Joy, eh?