It distresses me to hear all the arguments concerning straight actors playing gay roles. Those who think only gay actors should be offered gay roles are also limiting gay actors at what they are allowed to play. I thought it…
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A treasure trove of Blu-ray restorations of some offbeat greats- from the twisty Italian thrillers director Umberto Lenzi made with the wonderful Carroll Baker; Vanessa Redgrave’s passionate performance as the fiercely iconoclastic dancer Isadora Duncan; restored shorts by comedy legends…
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Now, I wonder what series Jesus would stream if he was stuck inside during this rotten pandemic? You can imagine how much he would want to participate in some kind of a gathering. It certainly must be disheartening for him…
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As each state slowly outlines plans for opening up businesses and re-booting the economy I am reminded of the scene in The Wizard Of Oz where Glinda the good witch sings for the Munchkins to, “come out, come out, wherever…
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While surfing Amazon Prime the other night I came on an Italian thriller I have been hunting for that never surfaced on home video in America. It was The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, a 1974 film directed by Giuseppe Bennati…
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One of the most startling things I heard during this endless pandemic was the statement, “I’m even sick of porn!” I can sympathize- to a point. I’m not about to give a thesis on porn or weigh the social and…
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I am so overjoyed that I soon will own a Blu-ray box set of the films of one of my favorite Exploitation auteurs- Al Adamson. Not to mention new Blu-ray restorations of other favorites like the fantastic “giallo” The Strange…
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When Roger Corman‘s biker movie The Wild Angels was unleashed in theaters 1966 it made a killing at the box office, made a star out of Peter Fonda and spawned scores of similar exploitation movies. But I remember at the time…
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Despite the outrageous premise, writer/director & star Tyler Cornack’s film plays it (sort of) straight, which makes for an unforgettable, jaw-dropping, 99 minutes of celluloid madness. Cornack plays the lead- sad sack Chip Gutchell, an office IT drone in a…
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Something wicked this way comes to a small lakeside resort town in brothers Brett & Drew Pierce’s skillful, genuinely creepy, chiller. Troubled teen Ben (John-Paul Howard) has been sent to live with his dad (Jamison Jones) and work the summer…
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