Mr. Topaze, or I Like Money as it's sometimes retitled, represents the one and only time that Peter Sellers directed a film solo in his sadly shorter than anybody would have hoped career. He did also direct a large chunk of his final film, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, but was uncredited on the … Continue reading Mr. Topaze – Blu-Ray Review
The Feral Detective is Jonathan Lethem's latest novel, and his first "detective" story since arguably his most famous novel, Motherless Brooklyn. It's also one of many books coming out in the wake of the Cheetoe-in-chief's presidency. Lethem has jokingly referred to himself as a "Bernie Bro" and he also donated to Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign, … Continue reading The Feral Detective – Book Review
Black Moon Rising arrived at the height of the oddball action film, the mid '80s. It's based on an old writer-for-hire script from none other than John Carpenter. However, by the time it was put into production, he gave them his blessing and was an executive producer, but had nothing more to do with it. … Continue reading Black Moon Rising – Blu-Ray Review
The Children came out the same year as Friday the 13th, and used a lot of the same crew—but the difference in terms of production values and filmmaking competence is staggering. It's no wonder that Troma Entertainment ended up with the rights for The Children, while Paramount bought Friday the 13th. The connection to Friday … Continue reading The Children (1980) – Blu-Ray Review
In the Cold of the Night is directed by that "Palme D'or winning auteur" Nico Mastorakis, responsible for such transcendent slowcore masterpieces as Hired To Kill, The Zero Boys and Island of Death, to name just a few of the films that won him critical acclaim around the world. No, sorry, none of that is true. … Continue reading In the Cold of the Night – Blu-Ray Review
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