It all started with a Perry Mason TV episode. Doesn’t it always? I find I can only go to bed after midnight when I watch a MeTV Perry Mason show. I need that psychic joypop of watching someone breaking down…
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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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If you have HBO you need to be watching the truly unhinged, supernatural epic- 30 Coins by the Spanish master of the bizarre Alex de la Iglesias. The same director who showed is Carmen Maura walking on the ceiling as…
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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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When people crave action movies it’s easy to head for the James Bond films or the Jason Bourne, Mission Impossible or Die Hard franchises. Or any John Woo film. But there are a few kick-ass, action-packed, cinematic excesses that I…
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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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For me the best thing about the new year is that I finally get to watch the final season of one of the truly great TV series- Spiral, streaming on MHz Choice. When people talk about some of the best…
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Now, we don’t watch cheesy horror and sci-fi movies for the witty, sparkling repartee. But occasionally one of these low budget wonders lets loose with dialogue that makes you laugh out loud. Over the years, I keep a notepad ready…
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During the depths of the pandemic I found myself re-watching a wacky Warner Brothers musical from the 1930s- Ready, Willing and Able– the one where Ruby Keeler dances atop a giant typewriter at the end of the film. This time…
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Sometimes I can get in a wormhole on YouTube, especially when I’m in the mood for an “old dark house” movie from the 30s and the 40s. I just get a hankering for cantankerous families gathered at crumbling mansions for…
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