Charlie Chan 3-Film Collection DVD Review: Honorable Circle, Now Complete
By Luigi Bastardo |
Confucius say: ‘Last of previously unreleased titles from franchise finally find way to disc. Hell, yes.’
Twilight Time Presents: Dramatic Epics from Time (and Even Space!)
By Luigi Bastardo |
An infinite number of stars. Six movies. Positively no refunds.
Killer Dames: Two Gothic Chillers by Emilio P. Miraglia Blu-ray Review: Killer Queens?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Arrow Video places two more (partly) forgotten gialli on the map in a box set that some folks will kill for.
Blood Bath (1966) Blu-ray Review: Alternately Bloody Good and Awfully Bad Stuff
By Luigi Bastardo |
Arrow Video brings us the ultimate release of the Roger Corman horror film best known for its bizarre and convoluted production history.
When Everything is WAC: A Visual Buffet from the Warner Archive
By Luigi Bastardo |
From one of Lucille Ball’s first big roles, to one of John Carradine’s last, this assortment of odds and ends from the Warner Archive Collection has it all.
Dillinger (1973) Blu-ray Review: Times Were Tough, So He Got with the Times!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Arrow Video brings us John Milius’ directorial debut, featuring eager performances by Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton, and Richard Dreyfuss.
The Stuff (1985) Blu-ray Review: The Thing Nightmares Are Made From
By Luigi Bastardo |
Larry Cohen’s comical, horrifying look at rampant commercialism, American gluttony, and corporate greed gets another chance to creep around thanks to Arrow Video.
Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Review: Arrow Strikes Giallo Gold
By Luigi Bastardo |
From deadly strolls about in High Heels to casual executions committed at Midnight, this two-fer from Arrow Video USA is sure to make a killing among fans of classic Italian thrillers.
Twilight Time Presents: Our Own Personal Freedoms
By Luigi Bastardo |
A quintet of moving pictures that are guaranteed to hear your prayers (or at least be your friends when you’re feeling unknown and all alone).
And Then There Were None (2015) Blu-ray Review: And Then There Was Yet Another
By Luigi Bastardo |
There can be only one. But is this much-anticipated (and greatly needed) BBC miniseries event truly ‘it’?
John Carradine Goes Fishing DVD Review: Oh, the Horror
By Luigi Bastardo |
After nearly 70 years of anticipation, the documentary nobody ever asked for is unearthed from the sands of tides ‒ and it still stinks to high heaven.
Wild Bill Hickok Rides / Roughshod / Station West DVDs Review: Girls Run the West
By Luigi Bastardo |
Three 1940s westerns ‒ each with a stronger-than-usual female presence ‒ make their home video debut courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
American Horror Project, Vol. 1 Blu-ray Review: In One Word, ‘Yes!’
By Luigi Bastardo |
Arrow Video USA’s most ambitious undertaking yet is worth its notable weight in gold.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Blu-ray Review: When You’re Craven Zombies
By Luigi Bastardo |
Wes Craven’s noble attempt at returning the walking dead to their deep religious roots receives an HD makeover from Scream Factory.
Pray for Death (1985) Blu-ray Review: More Revenge of the Ninja? Fo’ Sho!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Arrow Video unsheathes yet another B-movie featuring ’80s martial arts icon, Sho Kosugi.
Bad Boy (1949) DVD Review: You Make Us Feel So Good
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection asks ‘Wha’cha gonna do?’ about this juvenile delinquent problem.
Fatherland (1986) / Sense and Sensibility (1995) Blu-rays Review: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
By Luigi Bastardo |
Two transitionary tales from the West make their HD debut from Twilight Time.
The Littlest Hobo (1958) DVD Review: The Dogs Must Be Crazy
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection unleashes one of B moviedom’s greatest unsung canine performers in this weird critter noir.
My Pal Wolf DVD Review: Dog Gone Girl
By Luigi Bastardo |
Child actress Sharyn Moffett has to learn how to cut one’s wolf loose in this forgotten RKO ditty, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Shadows and Fog Blu-ray Review: or, Smoke and Mirrors
By Luigi Bastardo |
Even with an unmistakable style and fine supporting cast, Woody Allen’s final Orion Pictures production is a bittersweet one indeed.
The Doughgirls DVD Review: When Girl Comedies Didn’t Need Fart Jokes
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection unveils a vastly underrated WWII comedy about three groomless brides, with scene-chewing support from Eve Arden and Charles Ruggles.
Scorpio (1973) Blu-ray Review: A Different Kind of Zodiac Killer
By Luigi Bastardo |
Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon shoot the breeze ‒ and just about everything else in sight ‒ in Michael Winner’s oft-criticized (but still enjoyable) espionage flick.
Never a Dull Moment (1950) DVD Review: Why You Never Say Never
By Luigi Bastardo |
Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray do their best with subpar situational comedy material in this recent obscurity from the Warner Archive Collection.
Broken Lance Blu-ray Review: The Open Range (Robert) Wagnerian Opera
By Luigi Bastardo |
Twilight Time presents the Oscar-winning western remake that inspired even more movies.
Forbidden Hollywood, Volume 9 DVD Review: Bogart’s Face and Bette Davis Eyes
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection ups the ante with their latest release of pre-Code rarities, adding a fifth bonus flick into the fray.
It’s in the Air (1935) DVD Review: Benny and the Debts
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection unties a rare Jack Benny comedy featuring the even rarer sight of Ted Healy playing the stooge.
Man-Proof DVD Review: Pidegon Shoots Down Tone Deaf Loy
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection unveils an uneven war of the sexes dramedy featuring an unbeatable cast.
The Mad Genius / The Great Man Votes DVDs Review: Unburiedmore
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection digs up two forgotten starring vehicles of cinematic titan, John Barrymore.
Murder in the Private Car DVD Review: A Pre-Code Mulligan Stew
By Luigi Bastardo |
Wisecracking Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel highlight this odd comedy-romance-mystery that is as outdated as rail travel itself.
Hitler’s Madman / Hitler’s Children (1943) DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Propaganda
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection unveils two similarly dissimilar movies from the movie industry’s “rushin’ front.”
Wild Bill Elliott Western Collection DVD Review: The End of an Era
By Luigi Bastardo |
The last of the hard-hitting, two-fisted B movie cowboys takes his final ride off into the sunset in this eight-film set from the Warner Archive Collection.
Blood Rage (1987) Blu-ray Review: Because Florida
By Luigi Bastardo |
Cult cinema’s perennial Thanksgiving slasher flick finally finds a home for the holidays.
The Strangler (1964) DVD Review: There’s Always the Son
By Luigi Bastardo |
The great Victor Buono stars as a bastardized Boston serial killer, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Twilight Time Presents: Various Vamps, Visitors, Bats and Vats
By Luigi Bastardo |
As another dreadful holiday season falls upon us, there is perhaps no better time to re-celebrate Halloween with this line-up of killer October chillers.
Another Language / What Every Woman Knows DVDs Review: The Helen Hayes Code
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents several forgotten starring vehicles for the First Lady of the American Theater.
The Bat (1959) / A Bucket of Blood Blu-rays Review: The Film Detective Goes Public (Domain)
By Luigi Bastardo |
A new indie label releases BD-R versions of two late ’50s cult classics.
Bobby Ware Is Missing DVD Review: And Starring Neville Brand as Indiana Jones
By Luigi Bastardo |
One missing little film featuring two lost little boys has been rescued by the great big Warner Archive Collection.
Cry of the Hunted / Wind Across the Everglades DVDs Review: Attack of the Swamp Features
By Luigi Bastardo |
Two entirely different ’50s bayou flicks ‒ now available on home video from the Warner Archive Collection ‒ receive a mite good scrutinizin’.
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die Blu-ray Review: The Head of No Class
By Luigi Bastardo |
The decapitated grandparent of grindhouse cinema gets a beautiful HD makeover in this, the definitive release of a true cult classic.
Please Believe Me (1950) DVD Review: A Romantic Comedy from Val Lewton?
By Luigi Bastardo |
The famous horror visionary’s penultimate film ‒ which stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens, and Peter Lawford ‒ finally hits home video thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Twilight Time Presents: Hard Pills to Swallow and Hard Acts to Follow
By Luigi Bastardo |
From tales of vengeance to yarns of violence, this quintet of feature films shows some great men who are truly down on their luck.
Twilight Time Presents: Five Selections of Summer
By Luigi Bastardo |
From Peter Gallagher’s superfluous face and body hair to the bloody waters of a Samuel Fuller bathhouse, this quintet has it all.
The Beginning or the End (1947) DVD Review: Are You Gonna Drop the Bomb or Not?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Hollywood’s first depiction of the Manhattan Project ‒ itself a bomb at the box office ‒ hits home video at last thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
The Hoodlum Saint DVD Review: When Nick Charles Met Jessica Fletcher
By Luigi Bastardo |
William Powell, Esther Williams, and Angela Lansbury star in a forgotten footnote of film history, newly available to DVD via the Warner Archive Collection.
Back to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Once More Around the Clock
By Luigi Bastardo |
As good as it gets. Unless you have a time-traveling DeLorean lying around and were planning on joining me at the theater back in 1985.
Trader Horn (1931) / Eskimo (1933) DVD Reviews: A Pair of Van Dykes
By Luigi Bastardo |
W.S. Van Dyke’s early pre-Code adventures shot in Africa and the Arctic make their digital media debuts thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Dick Foran Western Collection DVD Review: The Singing Cowboy Who Could Actually Sing
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection wants you to know Dick. And what better way is there than this?
Tremors 5: Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: There’s Nothing New Under the Ground
By Luigi Bastardo |
Michael Gross returns for another direct-to-video sequel about giant killer worms that, sadly, doesn’t so much as scratch beneath the surface.
Manos: The Hands of Fate Blu-ray Review: As Close to Perfect as It Will Ever Be
By Luigi Bastardo |
The infamous, long-standing contender of The Worst Movie Ever Made is ready to recruit new followers in this eagerly awaited release from Synapse Films.
Kirby Grant and Chinook Adventure Triple Feature, Volume 3 (1949-1953) DVD Review: Chinook of the North?
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive Collection takes off to the Great White North (eh!) for another trio of Northern adventures of RCMP Corporal Rod Webb.