88 FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Shaolin Mantis (1978)
Wei Fung (David Chiang, King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung) has been given an assignment from the Emperor himself: work his way into the Tien Clan rebels, gain evidence of their connection to a series of enemies and report back. If he fails, his entire family will be punished. Complicating the mission is the fact that he’s already […]
CANNON MONTH: Maria’s Lovers (1984)
One of two Cannon movies shot near my hometown of Pittsburgh* — actually Brownsville, West Brownsville and surrounding Fayette County using locations such as the long gone Fredericktown Ferry, the gorgeous Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in West Brownsville and now closed High Point restaurant in Coal Center — this movie amazes me as Nastassja Kinski and […]
CANNON MONTH: Up Your Anchor (1985)
Up Your Anchor may be the sixth Lemon Popsicle film, but it truly feels like the sixtieth I’ve watched. Benji (Yftach Katzur) and Huey (Zachi Noy) are back and this time, they’re on a cruise ship. Not returning would be Jonathan Sagall, who played Bobby in all of the films up until Baby Love. He clashed with […]
CANNON MONTH: The Lover (1986)
Directed, written and starring Michal Bat-Adam, this adaption of The Lover, a novel by A. B. Yehoshua, had been in development by Cannon for nearly a decade, with Boaz Davidson and Dan Wolman both attached to direct at one point or another. The novel was a big deal because of the taboos it broke in […]
CANNON MONTH: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Kelly “Special K” Bennett (Lucinda Dickey), Orlando “Ozone” Barco (Adolfo Quinones), and Tony “Turbo” Ainley (Michael Chambers) are back, seven months after Breakin’ and while that movie is great, Breakin’ 2 exists in a world that is not our own and we’re all the better for it. Directed by Sam Firstenberg — who delivered some of Cannon’s best […]
CANNON MONTH: Missing In Action (1984)
Once upon a time, the story goes that James Cameron wrote a treatment for Rambo: First Blood Part II and everyone in Hollywood wanted to make it. The people that wanted to make it the most were our beloved friends at Cannon, who somehow rushed this out two months before Stallone’s character returned to rescue the […]
ARROW STREAMING: Knocking (2021)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We watched Knocking at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021. It’s now streaming on the Arrow Player. Head over to ARROW to start your 30-day free trial. Subscriptions are available for $4.99 monthly or $49.99 yearly. ARROW is available in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland on the following Apps/devices: Roku (all Roku sticks, boxes, devices, […]
Ghost Story Episode 10: “Elegy for a Vampire”
Coeds are being drained of their blood on a small college campus, the same place where the departed Professor Pendergast had been studying the hypothesis that vampires suffer from a blood disease. And since he’s been seen at two of the attacks… David Wells and Frank Simmons (Hal Linden and Mike Farrell, great casting!) are […]
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