Arnold Week: Red Heat (1988)
Walter Hill and Arnold Schwarzenegger had wanted to work together for some time and Hill kept playing with concepts, saying “I didn’t want to do sci-fi and it’s tough to use Arnold credibly in an American context with his accent. I thought it would be interesting if he could play a Russian cop in the […]
Arnold Week: The Running Man (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on August 15, 2017. There are three things I want to immediately say that I’ve learned upon rewatching this film: Mick Fleetwood is playing himself, it’s aged worse than movies with a much smaller budget, and most importantly, so much of the dystopian future of this movie […]
Arnold Week: Predator (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This first ran on June 5, 2021. As Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” blares, helicopters carrying Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Poncho (Richard Chaves), Billy (Sonny Landham), Mac (Bill Duke), Hawkins (Shane Black), Blain (Jesse Ventura) and Dillon (Carl Weathers) lands in Central America to free a foreign cabinet minister and his aide. On their […]
Nope (2022)
There was a time, however briefly, when blockbusters were made by the same directors of the New Hollywood and weren’t just product placement intended to get toys into Target for a 6 week cycle, but actual movies that stirred up emotions and made us look into the unknown with wonder or terror. With just three […]
Arnold Week: Raw Deal (1986)
Dino De Laurentiis made this so he could make a quick buck and then make Total Recall. De Laurentiis would eventually file for bankruptcy and sell the rights to Carolco Pictures, who would make the movie with Arnold, who Dino never saw as the lead in that Phillip K. Dick story. As for Schwarzenegger, if he […]
Arnold Week: Commando (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on July 14, 2020. If you want even more Commando love, read my interview with Vernon Wells. Do you remember that feeling where you wanted to be a character in a movie? As we grow up, that feeling goes away. Well let me tell you, I can […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Giallo Essentials: Red Edition
Did you know I liked giallo? Oh, that Letterbox list of three hundred plus movies let you know? Well, whether you’re new to the genre or have loved these black gloved killer movies for decades, Arrow Video’s Giallo Essentials: Red Edition is perfect with its new 2K restorations of the film from the original camera negative […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Giallo Essentials: Black Edition
Arrow Video has restored three giallo films and provided their usual impressive range of in-depth bonus features with this new box set, featuring Smile Before Death, The Killer Reserved 9 Seats and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive. Smile Before Death (1972): Smile Before Death* was a revelation to me. I came in expecting nothing and was rewarded with […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Giallo Essentials: Yellow Edition
Arrow Video continues its exploration of Italian cult cinema with a second volume of Giallo Essentials that has three fashion, murder and psychosexual madness-filled films. What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974): By 1974, the giallo was waning and the poliziottesco was starting to win over the Italian box office. This offering is a hybrid […]
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