ANCHOR BAY BLU RAY RELEASE: Sour Party (2023)
Gwen (Samantha Westervelt) and James (Amanda Drexton, who co-directed this with Michael A. Drexton and co-wrote this with him and Westervelt) are going nowhere and doing nothing. They still have to get to a baby shower for Gwen’s sister, where the only gift left on the registry is Baby’s First Wellness Kit, complete with essential […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2025: Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024)
This movie is so perfect for me. Just imagine, a more well-thought-out Midsommar that has actually seen The Wicker Man — and on drugs, mind you — but also knows about collecting records, the joy of finding lost media and understands the allure of strangeness like the Arica, Source Family/Father Yod/Ya Ho Wa 13 and the Process […]
Murder, She Wrote S1 E20: Murder at the Oasis (1985)
An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety. Season 1, Episode 20: Murder at the Oasis (April 7, 1985) Tonight on Murder, She Wrote… Jessica gets close to showbiz again, and someone dies. Who’s in it, outside of Angela Lansbury, and were they in any exploitation movies? Johnny Shannon is […]
MILL CREEK BLU RAY RELEASE: Rad (1986)
If there was one movie that was hard to rent at my neighborhood mom and pop video store, this would be it.* Leonard Maltin gave this movie his dreaded BOMB review, comparing it to 1950s car races and 1970s roller disco movies. Yeah, Leonard. Wondering why everyone liked it so much? Shot in Alberta, Canada […]
ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: The Stuff (1985)
I fear sounding like a broken record, but Larry Cohen’s films contain themes that remain timeless, regardless of when they were released. Take The Stuff, for example—consumerism, corporate greed, celebrity culture, junk food—none of the themes in this film have gone away. If anything, they’ve only increased in importance. The Stuff — a yogurt-like white […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: The Great Outdoors (1988)
June 16-22 SNL Week: Saturday Night Live is celebrating 50 years on the air, can NBC last for another 50 years? Howard Deutch directed two other films for John Hughes — who wrote this — Pretty In Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful. He also came from advertising before movies; he also directed the videos for […]
JUNESPLOITATION: The Cheerleaders (1972)
June 22: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Teenagers! Stephanie Fondue, who stars in this as Jeannie, had an even more incredible real name. Enid Finnbogason. She was in Hollywood from Winnipeg, got hit up at lunch to try out for this movie and got it. She’d never […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2025: Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada ‘S’ (2025)
Directed and written by Alberto Sedano — who produced Jess Franco’s 2010 Paula-Paula — Severin goes deep into Spanish cinema — well, at least the kind we all want to watch — with this doc. Here’s what they have to say for themselves: “Under the Franco dictatorship, Spain’s rigid censorship laws had repressed any form […]
88 FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Lady of the Law (1975)
Leng Rushuang (Shih Szu) is hunting for a criminal, Chief Jiao Tianhao (Lo Lieh), who was once the security for a convoy. Yet the Forest’s Four Evil Spirits gang have kidnapped his son, as well as framed him for rape and murder. Sure, Leng thinks he could be innocent, but she’s also looking to get […]
88 FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Lady With a Sword (1971)
Directed by actress Kao Pao-shu, this finds Feng Fei Fei (Lily Ho) facing a challenge. She wants revenge on the three men who killed her sister and almost ended her nephew. Getting that bloody payment isn’t the hardest thing in the world for her, as she’s the fiercest swordsperson in perhaps all of the martial […]
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