This double set of horror films directed by Lamberto Bava has been released on Bu-Ray by Arrow. Produced by Dario Argento, who was also a co-screenwriter on the project, they are both basically the same movie. The first one is better film; the second is a not-quite-as-good retread. In Demons I, a group of people … Continue reading Demons 1 & 2 – Blu-Ray Review
Month: February 2021
Mogul Mowgli – Blu-Ray Review
This Bassam Tariq-directed (and co-written) film stars Riz Ahmed, a great actor well-known from Four Lions, Nightcrawler and a likely Oscar contender this year for Sound of Metal. Mogul Mowgli came out at around the same time, and is about a British-Pakistani rapper who has been in the US for a while, He comes back … Continue reading Mogul Mowgli – Blu-Ray Review
Mindwarp – Blu-Ray Review
Mindwarp is a not-very-good Bruce Campbell movie made in the early ‘90s. It stars Angus Scrimm from the Phantasm series along with Campbell, although the protagonist is Judy (Marta Alicia), a woman whose mind has been placed in this post-apocalyptic landscape. In the meantime, most other humans are mutant garbage-miners in Outworld, but some others … Continue reading Mindwarp – Blu-Ray Review
Columbia Noir, Vol. 2 – Blu-Ray Review
These sets of Columbia Pictures Film Noirs rom Indicator has obviously been doing pretty well, as the company has already announced a third volume. The films in the collection are mostly fairly short, with the economical storytelling that is typical of most films noir. None of the films in this set are extremely well known … Continue reading Columbia Noir, Vol. 2 – Blu-Ray Review
Batman: Soul of the Dragon – Blu-Ray Review
Batman: Soul of the Dragon is the latest in the DC Animated Originals line of Batman movies—although it’s actually more of a fake Bruce Lee film. As the title suggests, it’s an Enter the Dragon sort of Batman story. It’s much more the story of a character called Richard Dragon, who is clearly and rather … Continue reading Batman: Soul of the Dragon – Blu-Ray Review