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 […]
ARROW BLU RAY BOX SET: The Game Trilogy (1978, 1978, 1979)
At the end of the 1970s, Toru Murakawa’s Game Trilogy launched actor Yusaku Matsuda as the Toei tough guy for a new generation. Sadly, he would die from cancer at the way too early age of 40 after appearing in Black Rain. As Shohei Narumi, he’s a killing machine who speaks little, shoots often and never falls […]
ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: Mallrats (1995)
Let’s be straight: I could type out the entire script of this movie by memory. That’s how important this movie was to a 23-year-old me. I even worked in an ad agency inside a mall and often felt like the characters in this, walking the shops and stores of Station Square with no shopping agenda. […]
ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: Warriors Two (1978)
Sammo Hung made his directorial debut with The Iron-Fisted Monk and was ready to show more of who he was with this, his second film. Starring Casanova Wong as Cashier Hua and Hung as his friend Fat Chun, this is what happens when Hua is left for dead after discovering a conspiracy against the mayor. […]
LIBERATION HALL DVD RELEASE: Noon Wine (1966)
Originally airing on November 23, 1966 on ABC Stage 67 and now made available on DVD thanks to Liberation Hall and the UCLA Library Film & Television Archive, Noon Wine was directed and written by Sam Peckinpah. At the time, the legendary cantankerous director was a Hollywood outcast — I wonder when the time happened when he made […]
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