WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Adios Amigo (1975)
Richard Pryor may have co-written Blazing Saddles, but didn’t star in it. Fred Williamson thought it was too silly, so the two of them got together and made their own Western comedy. The script was just 12 pages, and Pryor ad-libbed most of it. Williamson said, “I wanted to give him an idea, a concept, and then just […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Act of Aggression (1975)
Directed by Gérard Pirès — who wrote the story with the author of the book that it’s based on, Jean-Patrick Manchette, although John Buell’s novel The Shrewsdale Exit has also been cited as an inspiration in other places — L’agression is the story of Paul Varlin (Jean-Louis Trintignant), who obviously has road rage issues. Well, after some bikers […]
ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal: The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (1991)
Takanishi (Hideki Saijo) just watched his lover Reiki get killed in a Yakuza crossfire. Instead of just letting it pass, he’s in a V-Cinema movie, which means that he’s going to kill everyone who did him wrong. And because this was directed by Teruo Ishii (The Executioner, Shogun’s Joy Of Torture, Horrors of Malformed Men), that means […]
ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal: Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat (1991)
I’ve written at length about the Female Prisoner Scorpion series, as they’re some of my favorite movies ever—Beast Stable is one of the best things the human race has made—so I wasn’t really looking forward to seeing a direct-to-video reimagining of the first movie. Man, I was wrong. Nami Matsushima (Meiko Kaji) is — was? — […]
ARROW VIDEO UHD RELEASE: Jason X (2001)
In 2010 — 9 years in the future from when this was made, 15 years in the past from when this was written! — Jason is captured by the U.S. government but can’t be killed, so government scientist Rowan LaFontaine decides to place the killer in suspended animation. Of course, a bunch of soldiers screws […]
ARROW VIDEO UHD RELEASE: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
At Camp Crystal Lake, an undercover government agent lures Jason into a trap, blowing him up real good. I saw this scene in a movie theater in Youngstown, OH (former murder capital of the US!) and the crowd cheered their name being mentioned as a place Jason had been seen. Soon after, the body is […]
MVD REWIND COLLECTION BLU RAY RELEASE: The Bikini Car Wash Company Bubble Feature (1990, 1993)
This Blu-ray release from the MVD Rewind Collection marks the first high-definition appearance of both features, presented in their original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Because both films were originally shot and edited on standard definition videotape, they’ve been carefully remastered using advanced AI upscaling from 480p to 1080p resolution. Packaged with a collectible slipcover, this release […]
ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal: Burning Dog (1991)
Directed by Yôichi Sai, who wrote it with Wui-Sin Chong, this has a gang of criminals trying to steal a few million dollars from American marines in Okinawa. Seiji Matano plays the leader of these rugged and rough crooks, a long-haired, brooding bad guy who remains in control of every situation while being as cool […]
ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal: Carlos (1991)
A Brazilian-Japanese criminal plays yakuza gangs against each other, but bites off much more than he can chew. Inspired by a story that director Kazuhiro Kiuchi read about a Taiwanese gangster going to Japan to escape arrest, this is the story of Carlos (Takenaka Naoto), who finds himself in the middle of a gang war […]
Murder, She Wrote S1 E14: Paint Me a Murder (1985)
The birthday celebration for a renowned Mediterranean artist is cut short when the guest of honor winds up dead. Season 1, Episode 14: Paint Me a Murder (February 17, 1985) Tonight on Murder, She Wrote… Diego Santana (Caesar Romero), Jessica’s old friend, has his life threatened when she comes to visit. She is Death! Who’s in […]
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