Now I am all for the idea that animals can be therapy for damaged souls. I’ve seen moving news segments on how dogs truly help soldiers suffering PTSD. But lately the term “emotional support animal” has devolved because of…
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Where do I begin with this month’s amazing selection of deranged Blu-ray treats? Running the gamut from digitally restored 50s sci-fi and horror movies; beloved Bette Davis movies; a Roman Polanski horror comedy; a heartwarming Preston Sturges romp; a…
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When you shatter your ankle like I did this summer and find yourself with your bandaged leg up on the couch for months while the bones heal, friends are always suggesting all these series to watch on Netflix and…
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Models are many things. They’re young, beautiful, thin, glamorous, mysterious. Some say they are capable of secret powers. Like X-ray vision. Or the ability to fly. But actresses, in many cases, they’re not. Director Rouben Mamoulian, filming the famous close-up…
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Dolemite Is My Name, which premiered Friday on Netflix is a glorious, funny and funky tribute to trail-blazing comedian Rudy Ray Moore. Eddie Murphy give one of his best performances as the frustrated comic, who created a persona “Dolemite”…
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Mixing comedy with horror is a tricky venture but when it works like Re-Animator, Shaun Of The Dead, or Peter Jackson’s fabulous gory/funny Dead Alive you crave to see more. Here are 10 more that really deliver- they’re witty without forgetting…
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Thank God for Blu-ray/DVD company Mondo Macabro, continuously unearthing crackpot films from around the world. Well, they’ve come up with a lulu this time- on October 22 they are releasing a Blu-ray of a rare 1975 Spanish film- The…
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What a golden batch of Blu-rays this month, from remastered Mario Bava, a Bette Davis classic, rare “Giallos,” an offbeat John Huston film, to a blood-drinking fetus in the French cult fave Baby Blood. Hercules In The Haunted World…
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Playing at the Quad cinema on October 11th is a 4k restoration of a loony, little-seen 1976 film by Serge Gainsbourg that plays like the ultimate anti-erotic crackpot romance. Set in American, but feeling like it’s unfolding on another…
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Ah, what a gorgeous day. Flowers raise their frilly yellow heads in Central Park. Birds chatter enthusiastically outside the window. People are walking along with blissful grins as the sun shines down on them. What better way to spend a…
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