Coming Home arrived the same year as The Deer Hunter and The Boys In Company C, 1978, not many years after the end of the Vietnam War. Of course, there had already been several films about Vietnam that were not technically “Vietnam movies”—so many of the “New Hollywood” films had Vietnam as a central issue—and then … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Coming Home →

Border is about a customs officer, Tina (Eva Melander) who has a sense of smell that allows her to sniff out illegal activity. One day an odd-looking guy appears called Vore (Eero Milonoff), who looks a bit like her. She smells something suspicious about him, but also finds him strangely attractive—there is obviously some connection … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Border →

From the screenwriter of such illustrious and transcendent masterpieces of cinema as The Hangover II and III and Scary Movie 3 and 4 comes the story of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. He did direct the mildly amusing superhero send-up The Specials, but that was written by none other than a young James Gunn. The directing … Continue reading DVD Review – Chernobyl →

Lust in the Dust was one of only a handful films that Divine did without John Waters—and it was a movie that Waters actually turned down, because he doesn’t direct films that he didn’t also write. Polyester had done pretty well when it came out, especially given its tiny budget, and both Tab Hunter and … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Lust in the Dust →

Putney Swope is a film directed by Robert Downey Sr., and made on a minuscule budget, that became a cult sensation. It was probably his most famous film as a director (these days he’s better known as the father of actor Robert Downey Jr.). He’s retired as a director these days—probably doesn’t need the money … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Putney Swope →