Recommended The Movie: Made two years after the seminal Re-Animator and once again produced by Charles Band and Empire Pictures, Stuart Gordon's Dolls is part horror movie, part black comedy and part fairy tale and while it does tend to lean towards the clich s often associated with horror films, that doesn't diminish the film's entertainment value.
Highly Recommended The success of the James Bond movies, Thunderball (1965) particularly, launched a worldwide spy movie craze that lasted about five years and resulted in probably close to 200 knock-offs. Although several very good spy movies were made around this time, notably The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965) and The Quiller Memorandum (1966), the vast majority, including the two Derek …
Highly Recommended The Sopranos – Complete Series – Blu-ray Review Few television series have had the level of impact that TheSopranos had. Not only did it help to make HBO an even largersuccess (with original programming becoming one of its staples of itsentertainment),this was clearly a show that almost singlehandedly helped to change thetelevision landscape into what it has become today …
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Serge Bourguignon's Sundays and Cyb le , a 1962 drama that went on to win the Best Foreign Language Oscar the following year, is a unique movie. The only other film it brings to mind is Ren Cl ment's Forbidden Games , the tale of two young …
Rent It The Movie: A grimy tale of corrupt grave robbers run amok in 19th century Scotland, 1985's atmospheric thriller The Doctor and the Devils was one of the non-comedy films executive produced by comedic legend Mel Brooks. Though (justifiably) not as well-regarded as Brooks' other not-funny producing ventures The Elephant Man and The Fly , this moody, impressively cast movie nevertheless has …
Recommended The Movie: Previously released on DVD by Media Blasters/Shriek Show, Rino Di Silvestro's notorious Werewolf Woman (alternately known in domestically as The Legend Of The Wolf Woman ) lives again, now on Blu-ray courtesy of Raro Video. Those expecting something akin to a Lon Chaney or even a Paul Naschy style werewolf movie will no doubt walk away from this one scratching their heads …
Recommended The Movie: Kingpin was originally released in 1996, between the Farrelly brothers' two biggest box office hits as comedy directors, their debut film Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary . To date, Kingpin remains their lowest grossing film in theaters (ignoring their contribution to Osmosis Jones , which isn't hard to do). And yet, Kingpin is easily one of the duo's best …
Rent It I first saw Sergio Corbucci's Compa eros (1970) when it was part of a five-movie DVD boxed set called Once Upon a Time in Italy , released ten-odd years ago by Anchor Bay. Despite its reputation among Spaghetti Western buffs, I found the picture less interesting than three of the other titles in the set ( A Bullet for the General , Four of the Apocalypse , and Keoma ).
Recommended The Movie: The third and final part of Sion Sono's so-called Hate Trilogy (preceded by the film's Love Exposure and then Cold Fish , both of which are definitely recommended for fans of this director's outsider filmography), 2011's Guilty of Romance debuts on Blu-ray in North America for the first time thanks to Olive Films.
Recommended The Movie: Set in a Japan recently ravaged by a powerful Tsunami, Sion Sono's 2011 picture Himizu takes place in a country that has essentially lost a war, not with another country, but with mother nature. Large portions of the populace have lost their homes and in tents and while what's left of the army and police forces do what they can to maintain law and order, as it stands the …