CBS LATE MOVIE: Ruby (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ruby was on the CBS Late Movie on May 25, 1979 and March 5, 1980. In 1935, a lowlife mobster named Nicky Rocco is betrayed and executed in the swamps as his pregnant girl Ruby (Laurie) watches. The moment he dies, she goes into labor. Fast-forward sixteen years and she’s living with a mute daughter named […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Manitou (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Manitou was on the CBS Late Movie on May 11 and August 29, 1984. “Evil does not die…it waits…to be reborn…” Yet sadly, this would be the last movie for William Girdler, who died in a helicopter crash while scouting locations for his next movie. It’s a shame because Girdler had a talent for […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Miracle Bunny 2 (1988)
Week 12 (Sept 6 – 12) – Japanese V- Cinema: V-Cinema is shorthand for the Japanese direct-to-video wave of the 90s and 00s. These movies were often produced by major studios on very low budgets, but they allowed the filmmakers a great deal of creative freedom as long as they could deliver the “exploitable elements.” This proved […]
GENRE BLAST X Shorts Blast #2: Where the Buses Don’t Run
Severed (2025): Megan Duffy directed, co-wrote — with Danielle Bauman — and stars in this short as Abigail, a woman who keeps finding fingers in the streets of her town. There’s been an epidemic of missing digits, whether that’s through accident, a finger cutter or a strange disease. Her partner Mark (Ben Giroux) doesn’t even […]
NEON 4K UHD and BLU-RAY RELEASE: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025)
Following up on his 2022 biographical film, director Baz Luhrmann delivers something entirely unique in the Elvis canon with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. Rather than a traditional documentary or standard concert film, this project functions as a staggering archival resurrection. The production is built upon a monumental discovery: 68 lost boxes of 35mm and […]
NEON 4K UHD/BLU-RAY RELEASE: Keeper (2025)
For their first anniversary, Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland) takes his girlfriend Liz (Tatiana Maslany) out to a secluded cabin in the countryside for what is supposed to be a romantic weekend. Upon arrival, Liz finds a boxed cake waiting for her, which Malcolm insists is a thoughtful gift from the caretaker. The quiet isolation is soon […]
88 FILMS BLU-RAY RELEASE: On the Run (1988)
In the gritty wake of his wife’s murder, honest cop Heung Ming (Yuen Biao) uncovers a rot of deep-seated corruption within the police force, forcing him to go on the run to survive. As he fights to stay one step ahead of both the law and the underworld hit squads gunning for him, his only […]
MAGENTA LIGHT BLU-RAY RELEASE: Protector (2025)
Set in a scorched, broken future in the year 2042, where the United States has collapsed beneath the weight of water wars, famine, and a devastating plague known as “the Rot,” Protector is a high-energy post-apocalyptic action ride. With widespread infertility making children an extreme rarity, humanity’s future hangs by a thread. The story zeroes […]
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