WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Point Blank (1967)
Yeah, Lee Marvin might be the coolest person to ever live. And Point Blank? This film has more swagger in its first five minutes than most modern action movies have all put together. Marvin was in London filming The Dirty Dozen, but already had his sights set on his next move: an adaptation of Donald Westlake’s […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Hot Fuzz (2007)
DAY 10: Private Eyes! Hot Fuzz isn’t just a blockbuster. It’s a masterclass in genre homage. It’s the kind of movie that feels like it was curated by a record store clerk who spent his entire teenage years alternating between Michael Bay blowouts and classic British murder mysteries. It’s loud, it’s bloody, it’s hilarious, and […]
JUNESPLOITATION: The Wages of Fear (1953)
DAY 9. Thrillers! Forget your standard-issue action movies where the hero waltzes through gunfire with a quippy one-liner. Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear is the cinematic equivalent of a panic attack stretched across two and a half hours. It makes modern thrillers look like Sunday afternoon cartoons. We find our quartet of heroes — […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Kung Fu Zombie (1981)
DAY 8: Zombies! Pang (Billy Chong), a skilled martial artist, lands a local thug, Lu Dai, in jail after foiling a robbery. Upon his release, a vengeful Lu Dai hires a bumbling Taoist priest named Wu Lung to animate a small army of zombies to take down Pang. Lu Dai is killed by his own […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E4: Old Habits Die Hard (1987)
Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister and winds up searching for a nun’s killer. Season 4, Episode 4: Old Habits Die Hard (October 11, 1987) Jessica arrives at a convent to visit an old college friend who is now a nun. As you’d expect, they soon discover that the convent’s unofficial […]
MGM/ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT 4K UHD RELEASE: Crime 101 (2026)
We’ve all seen the heist movie formula. You’ve got the methodical thief, the grizzled cop who doesn’t play by the rules and a labyrinth of L.A. freeways that might as well be a character themselves. Usually, these things play out exactly how you expect. But Crime 101? It feels like director Bart Layton (the guy […]
RADIANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: Splendid Outing (1978)
Gong Do-hee (Yoon Jeong-hee) is at the top of the food chain as a successful corporate tycoon living the high life. But she’s haunted. After a vivid, chilling dream about her deceased twin sister, she decides to ditch the boardroom and take a drive to the coast, looking for a little peace. Instead, she finds […]
RADIANCE FILMS: The Betrayal (1966)
Raizo Ichikawa, a name that should be etched into the brain of every genre fan for his work in the Shinobi series, plays an honorable samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice. When a murder goes down, he steps up to take the rap, protecting his clan with the promise of a quiet exile and a […]
RADIANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: Through and Through (1973)
Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s Through and Through (or Na wylot, if you want to be authentic) makes your standard crime thriller look like a Saturday morning cartoon. We’re in 1930s Kraków, and the world is gray, hungry and cruel. Jan (Franciszek Trzeciak) is an architect who can’t catch a break, and Maria (Anna Nieborowska) is his partner […]
RUBY MAX ENTERTAINMENT/MVD BLU-RAY RELEASE: Badland (2007)
Badland drops us right into the wreckage of Jerry Rice’s life. He’s a guy who made it out of Fallujah only to find himself trapped in a different kind of war back home. Between a soul-crushing job at a gas station and a marriage that’s hitting the rocks, it doesn’t take much for the pressure […]
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