MILL CREEK BLU RAY RELEASE: Peter Falk 4-Film Comedy Collection: The Cheap Detective (1978)
Directed by Robert Moore (the director of the stage version of The Boys In the Band) and written by Neil Simon, The Cheap Detective stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a private investigator trying to clear himself of the murder of his partner. It’s similar to another Moore and Simon film, Murder By Death, which also has Falk […]
MILL CREEK BLU RAY RELEASE: Peter Falk 4-Film Comedy Collection: Luv (1967)
As a kid, I only saw the end of Clive Donner’s directing career — TV movies like Babes In Toyland and Spectre and weird stuff like Old Dracula, The Nude Bomb and Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen. At one point, he was a big part of the British New Wave, making movies like What’s New Pussycat?, Nothing but the […]
RONIN FLIX BLU RAY RELEASE: Body and Soul (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally appeared as part of a Cannon Month on March 3, 2022. I’m excited to report that this once out of print film is now available on blu ray from Ronin Flix. It looks great and comes with an interview with Leon Isaac Kennedy and the film’s trailer. You can get it […]
ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: The Vagrant (1992)
Chris Walas’ special effects work is within the hearts and minds of every single genre fan. I mean, he did the facemelting in Raiders of the Lost Ark, created the Gremlins, designed the makeup for Jereeba Shigan in Enemy Mine and was the creature designer for The Fly, House II, Arachnaphobia, Naked Lunch and so many more films, as well as […]
GET WEIRD AND WILL ON THE DIA SOUBLE FEATURE!
This week, A.C. Nicholas joins us for two far out transmissions from alternate dimensions: The Plants Are Watching AKA The Kirlian Witness and Jess Franco’s Venus In Furs. First live segment at 8pm EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube channel. You can find The Plants Are Watching on YouTube. Watch the show to see us discuss the film, show […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Un capitán de quince años (1973)
A Fifteen-Year-Old Captain is based on a novel by French writer Jules Verne and when I think “classic Jules Verne book” I would pick Jess Franco to make the movie. I mean, I’d pick Jess to make a lot of movies, to be fair. The hero is Dick Sand (José Manuel Marcos) and he’s a […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Viaje a Bangkok, ataúd incluido (1985)
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included has Jess Franco in pulp adventure mode, making a loose adaption of an Edgar Wallace story. Colonel Daniel Blimp (Howard Vernon) of the British Secret Service is in Bangkok investigating the murder of the British ambassador by a blind man. Blimp is joined by another younger singer agent played by José […]
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