I reviewed the Blu-ray release of the staggering box set from Severin– The Dungeon of Andy Milligan, but it wasn’t until the other day that I actually held it in my hot little hands. I have to admit I was…
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A batch of loony delights on Blu-ray this month, from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s hallucinogenic Santa Sangre; the outrageous Alex de la Iglesia film The Day of The Beast; even the deliriously enjoyable girl-gang movie Switchblade Sisters. Also, a rare Klaus Kinski–…
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In this glorious Blu-ray box set from Criterion is seven 4K restorations of the films of the great Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai. Included are making-of documentaries, copious interviews with the director and cast, and short films by the director,…
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The arrival of the uncut, restored, director’s cut of Perdita Durango on Blu-ray is almost enough excitement for an entire month. But then there’s the whacked-out horror film from Argentina- The Curious Dr. Humpp; a huge, limited edition, Andy Milligan…
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Talk about some bloody Blu-ray valentines- this month’s crackpot collection includes Tennessee Williams’ twisted, dark comedy Baby Doll; the heart-ripping Canadian slasher My Bloody Valentine; not to mention a terrific, paranoid thriller- The Parallax View; some guilty-pleasure color musicals from…
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I really think I’m finally losing my marbles. Why else would I be so ecstatic about the Blu-ray release of Blue Monkey, a 1987 Canadian sci-fi/horror flick starring Steve Railsback about a giant insect stalking the halls of a hospital. …
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So many brain-melting cult films are out on Blu-ray this month. Not to mention a great box set of films by Luis Bunuel; a restored Nick & Nora Charles mystery; an exploitation movie about a gorilla-worshiping tribe in the Congo;…
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True, this is not your ordinary holiday season. But thank Christ for these crackpot Blu-rays, released just in time to ease the sting of a Covid-Christmas. From David Cronenberg’s furiously fucked-up- Crash, to the jazz-infused melodrama of Young Man with…
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There are so many deliriously deranged Blu-rays out this month (that I desperately need), I’ll be living on white rice for the next 5 months. From the glorious Fellini box set from Criterion to two drive-in classics How to Make…
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Wait- there’s new footage in Alfred Hitchcock’s influential shocker- Psycho? As it turns out when Psycho came out in 1960 these few seconds were in the film. It’s only when the film was later re-issued in theaters and eventually released…
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