MILL CREEK BLU RAY RELEASE: Ultraseven X – The Complete Series (2017)
The 20th entry in Tsuburaya Productions’ long-running Ultra Series, Ultraseven X is a revival of the 1967 series Ultraseven and the first Ultra show to be made exclusively for an adult audience. In a world where all war has been eliminated, Jin deals with amnesia and a new life, as he’s given a mission by a secret […]
CANNON MONTH: Appointment With Death (1988)
After numerous other theatrical and made-for-television adaptions where Peter Ustinov played Hercule Poirot, including Murder On The Orient-Express, this would be the actor’s last time playing the role. This time, he was directed by Michael Winner, who you probably wouldn’t consider for the restrained world of Agatha Christie. He spoke to this by saying, “You […]
CANNON MONTH: Bloodsport (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We watched this during our week of Van Damme on July 10, 2019. This has been updated and added for our month of Cannon films. You can also read Ten things you should know about Jean-Claude Van Damme to understand just how beloved he is on our site. Jean-Claude Van Damme — the […]
CANNON MONTH: Alien from L.A. (1988)
Based — loosely based! — on Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth with a little part of The Wizard of Oz as several actors play parts above and below ground, Albery Pyun’s science fiction fantasy tells the story of Wanda Saknussemm (Kathy Ireland), a nerd — as if — who gets dumped for not having […]
Interview with Ed Glaser, author of How the World Remade Hollywood part 3
In the second part of this interview, we learned from Ed Glaser, the author of How the World Remade Hollywood, exactly what Santo, post-apocalyptic movies and sharks have to do with remake and remix cinema. Today, it’s all about Italian movies and if riffing ruins a film. B&S: But sometimes in the midst of these […]
CANNON MONTH: Bernadette (1988)
Leave it to Golan and Globus to make a Catholic movie. In 1858, a 14-year old asthmatic and illiterate girl named Bernadette (Bernadette Soubirous) saw a light with a beautiful young woman inside. You may know the miracle by the town she lived in, Lourdes. Made two years after Alain Cavalier’s Thérèse, this Cannon-produced movie […]
An Approximation of Their Barbarous Manners (2021)
Director, writer and actor Christian Serritiello has made a movie that revolves around the making of a movie, one that features 87-year-old American character actor Bruce Glover missing from the first day of shooting and the cast and crew unravelling. Other than the video of his audition and a phone call, Glover is absent from […]
SPACE IS THE PLACE FOR THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE!
I won’t be around this weekend — Becca’s father’s celebration of life is Saturday and family will be in nearly all week — but you should join Bill and GG Graham Bill and me this Saturday at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube page! Up first is the singular wonder that is Liquid Sky. You […]
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