Savages (2012) Blu-ray Review: Oliver Stone Makes a Torture Porn Flick
By Luigi Bastardo |
Guaranteed to give you a bore-gasm.
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family DVD Review: The Defining Moment of an All but Dead Subgenre
By Luigi Bastardo |
A highly-enjoyable family adventure flick about a group of dirty stinkin’ hippies.
Lili DVD Review: When Is a Musical Not a Musical?
By Luigi Bastardo |
A surprisingly song-less song-and-dance film with Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Blu-ray Review: Most Righteously Recommended, Dude
By Luigi Bastardo |
The first Bill & Ted in High-Def? Why, in time, we’ll be dancing in the streets all night!
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines DVD Review: Who Needs Originality When You Have Direct-to-Video?
By Luigi Bastardo |
When is this series going to make a right turn? Oh, ask a silly question…
Bones: The Complete Seventh Season Blu-ray Review: Enter the Pregnant Lady
By Luigi Bastardo |
There’s really nothing new under the sun here except for some old, brittle, sun-bleached Bones.
Alcatraz: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: More Mysterious Mystical Crap from J.J. Abrams
By Luigi Bastardo |
More fodder for my ever-worsening mental condition.
The Game (1997) Criterion Collection DVD Review: Edgy and Uneven, But It Grows on You
By Luigi Bastardo |
Lesson learned: never accept a gift from Sean Penn.
The Robert Mitchum Film Collection DVD Review: A Gallant Line-up of Shamelessly Repackaged Releases
By Luigi Bastardo |
Any actor who shares the same name as my deodorant is A-OK in my book.
Les Visiteurs du Soir Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Medieval Tale of Love and Fate
By Luigi Bastardo |
As God said to Cain: “If you want to cast people into the deepest depths of despair, send in a couple of French folks.”
People Like Us (2012) Blu-ray Review: Wait, This Isn’t the Sequel to Spies Like Us
By Luigi Bastardo |
A movie that doesn’t live up to its title: I don’t like these people at all!
Best of Bond…James Bond: 50 Years – 50 Tracks Review: An Outstanding Collection
By Luigi Bastardo |
A wonderful set containing timeless theme songs and intense incidental music as well.
Bait 3D (2012) Blu-ray Review: Sharks in a Supermarket
By Luigi Bastardo |
This shark is even more dangerous roaming the aisles of a grocery store than I am.
October Baby DVD Review: Pro-Life Christian Propaganda from a Hate Group
By Luigi Bastardo |
Wake me up when October ends.
Confessions of an Opium Eater DVD Review: Would You Like a Side of Beef, or a Side of Man?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Casting Vincent Price as a “good guy” action hero is a sure sign of drug use itself.
Chillers (1987) DVD Review: Generic Grape Juice Does Not Fine Wine Make
By Luigi Bastardo |
A cheapo horror film gets an equally cheapo DVD release.
The Living Daylights Movie Review: It’s Not Easy Being the New Guy, Especially When You’re the New Guy’s Substitute
By Luigi Bastardo |
Just like Frankie, Elvis, and Sid, Timothy Dalton did it his way.
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Ninth Season DVD Review: How to Carry On After Your Star Gets Fired
By Luigi Bastardo |
Ashton Kutcher is given the unenviable task of stepping in to fill Charlie Sheen’s cocaine-stained shoes; and he immediately starts winning.
Lonesome (1928) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Sometimes, Happiness is Just a Neighbor Away
By Luigi Bastardo |
Criterion brings us the lost fairy-tale romance from Paul Fejos, along with two other Fejos curiosities.
Revenge: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Very Little Here You Can’t Find in a Daytime Soap Opera
By Luigi Bastardo |
Once again, ABC has taken a routine movie formula and turned it into an overlong TV series.
Moonraker Movie Review: Even an Established Film Franchise Can Bow to a New Trend
By Luigi Bastardo |
007 goes toe-to-toe with Star Wars, and the result is nothing short of amusing.
Hercules, Samson and Ulysses [Ercole sfida Sansone] DVD Review: Sea Monsters! Lion Strangling! Hamstrings!
By Luigi Bastardo |
The last major peplum flick from the director of the original Hercules.
Death Wish II / Death Wish 3 / Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Blu-rays Review: The Cannon Days
By Luigi Bastardo |
Five years. Three films. One ass-kicking elderly star.
The Hedgehog [Le Hérisson] (2009) DVD Review: Eccentric Esoteric French Fare. Golly Gee.
By Luigi Bastardo |
No, it’s not another documentary on Ron Jeremy. Thank God.
Mondo Bastardo: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Dreadful
By Luigi Bastardo |
From Roy Rogers to Jonah Hill, and from Willem Dafoe to Seann William Scott: who makes the grade?
Leverage: The 4th Season DVD Review: Like a Needle Stuck in a Groove
By Luigi Bastardo |
For fans only. The rest of us tuned out long ago.
Get the Gringo [aka How I Spent My Summer Vacation] DVD Review: Mel Gibson is Back in Action
By Luigi Bastardo |
An enjoyable, exploitative throwback to Mel Gibson’s cinematic past.
Operation Bikini DVD Review: Frankie Avalon and Tab Hunter in World War II!
By Luigi Bastardo |
The lost forerunner to the more-delightful Frankie Avalon days of AIP.
The Three Stooges: Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault DVD Review: An Excellent Collection of Odds and Ends
By Luigi Bastardo |
A release that definitely lives up to its name.
Spin a Dark Web [aka Soho Incident] DVD Review: Forgotten British Film Noir
By Luigi Bastardo |
Ever wonder where both Bernard Fox and Ken Adam got their start?
Mirror Mirror (2012) Blu-ray Review: Please, Make It Stop!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Julia Roberts delivers yet another god-awful performance in this abysmal comedy.
Wilfred: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Thank You, Australian Television
By Luigi Bastardo |
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to love it or loathe it.
Mondo Bastardo: Spaghetti, Sleaze, and Mysteries
By Luigi Bastardo |
Luigi Bastardo takes a look at six recent Blu-ray releases guaranteed to either delight or degrade.
The House on Garibaldi Street DVD Review: Primetime TV Nazi Hunters
By Luigi Bastardo |
The man who captured Eichmann before Arliss Howard.
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Complete Series DVD Review: Wham-Bam, They’re in a Jam!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Keye Luke’s elevation to the character of Charlie Chan hits DVD via the Warner Archive.
Thin Ice (2011) / The Convincer Blu-ray Review: Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin Reunite
By Luigi Bastardo |
“Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice appears under your feet.”
Outlaw Trail DVD Review: The Trails Blazers Save the Day (Again)
By Luigi Bastardo |
Another enjoyably bad brain-dead b-western from Monogram Pictures.
Women in Danger: 1950s Thrillers DVD Review: Highly Recommended
By Luigi Bastardo |
If you love classic noir, this is a must-have.
Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) DVD Review: Hammer Films’ Contribution to the War Genre
By Luigi Bastardo |
A taut World War II drama from the studio that dripped blood.
Act of Valor Blu-ray Review: Better Than You Might Expect
By Luigi Bastardo |
An enjoyable B-Movie that fires real bullets and shells.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Blu-ray Review: Food for the Mills of Hell
By Luigi Bastardo |
A serious contender for Worst Film of 2012.
Bad Ass Blu-ray Review: A Film that Absolutely Reeks of Mediocrity
By Luigi Bastardo |
Don’t you mean “Badass”? You’re talking about a putrid heinder otherwise!
The Last Posse DVD Review: An Overlooked B-Western Gem
By Luigi Bastardo |
An excellent example of what happens when an above-average story is shipped off to the B-Unit department.
This Means War Blu-ray Review: More Absolute Yuck from McG
By Luigi Bastardo |
A contemporary, colorless take on Design for Living.
Without a Trace: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Primetime Filler
By Luigi Bastardo |
A lousy show, but a great presentation.
Sherlock: Season Two Blu-ray Review: Contemporary Genius
By Luigi Bastardo |
Robert Downey, Jr. and Guy Ritchie should take notes.
Red Tails (2012) DVD Review: George Lucas Drops the Ball Again
By Luigi Bastardo |
How do you get into a World War II flick when someone says “A’ight”?
Inch High, Private Eye: The Complete Series DVD Review: Kick-Ass Hanna-Barbera Fun
By Luigi Bastardo |
It takes a little man to accomplish a big feat. Or something like that.
The Last Mile (1959) DVD Review: Mickey at His Rooniest
By Luigi Bastardo |
A low-budget prison drama from Amicus Productions’ Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky.
The River: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Oren Peli’s Paranormal Holocaust
By Luigi Bastardo |
There’s magic out there. Well, maybe not in this series.