Killer Kites (2023)
Directed by Paul Dale and Austin Frosch, who wrote the movie, also worked with most of the same cast on Sewer Gators. When her grandmother dies, all Abby (Manon Pages) inherits is a kite, one her brother Brian (Charlie Early) instantly knows is an occult tool of the Third Reich, much like the haunted merry-go-round horse […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES WEEK: Rollerball (1975)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the May 30, 2023 episode of the Video Archives podcast and can be found on their site here. The game of Rollerball was so realistic that the cast, extras and stunt personnel played it between takes on the set. On ABC’s Wide World of Sports, director Norman Jewison and star […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES WEEK: The Hospital (1971)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the April 25, 2023 episode of the Video Archives podcast and can be found on their site here. Directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Paddy Chayefsky — the winner of the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as the narrator and the man who had […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES WEEK: The Con Artists (1976)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the April 18, 2023 episode of the Video Archives podcast and can be found on their site here. Also called Bluff, High Rollers, The Switch and The Con Man as well as its Italian title, Bluff – storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (Bluff – Histories of Scams and Cheaters), this movie […]
VIDEO ARCHIVES WEEK: The Fourth War (1990)
VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the April 18, 2023 episode of the Video Archives podcast and can be found on their site here. Colonel Jack Knowles (Roy Scheider) is a tough soldier awarded for his bravery in Vietnam. Colonel Valachev (Jürgen Prochnow) is the same way, but on the other side of the […]
MVD BLU RAY RELEASE: Redline (2007)
Redline was the working title of The Fast and the Furious, a movie that definitely — alright, totally — inspired this movie. The controversy around the film may be a bigger story than the movie, as it was produced by Daniel Sadek, who also wrote this movie. Sadek dropped out of school in Lebanon in the […]
MILL CREEK DVD RELEASE: Heaven Sent (2023)
Elise (Karen Abercrombie), a grandmother hurt by her past, and Patrick (Leon Pridgen), a widowed pastor have given up on love. But can faith bring them together? Directed by Joanne Hock and written by Tara Lynn Marcelle and star and executive producer Karen Abercrombie, this is the first time I’ve seen Dallas star Charlene Tilton in a movie for […]
MILL CREEK DVD RELEASE: Go On – The Complete Series (2012, 2013)
Radio talk show host Ryan King (Matthew Perry) has barely taken any time to get over the death of his wife. He just wants to get back to work, but his boss Steven (John Cho) won’t allow him back on the air until he goes to grief counseling. Ryan joins a support group but he could […]
ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: Hand of Death (1976)
When Golden Harvest first released this movie, no one knew who director and writer Wu Yu-sheng, actor Chen Yuen-lung or fight choreographer Hung Chin-pao were. Today we know them as John Woo, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. After Shih Shao-Feng (James Tien), a traitor to the Shaolin eliminates thousands of their number for his own power, a […]
ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: Waterworld (1995)
The most expensive film ever made at the time, Waterworld lives in the same rarified air as Ishtar and Heaven’s Gate, except that it was one of the highest grossing films of 1995. The thing is, while it cost $175 million, it made back $264.2 million worldwide, as well as having a profitable video and cable release. It’s still making […]
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