Alien from L.A. is directed by Albert Pyun. There’s a bit of a cult around Pyun, although some people say he’s the modern-day Ed Wood. His first film was The Sword and the Sorcerer, and other notable credits include the original Captain America movie, which was a mostly direct-to-video release made with Menahem Golan’s 20th … Continue reading Alien from L.A. – Blu-Ray Review
Punk The Capital: Building a Sound Movement is a documentary about the early days of the Washington D.C. punk scene from roughly 1976 to 1983, a period that saw the demise of Minor Threat, perhaps the best-known band to come out of the scene at that time. The documentary ends with a clip of the … Continue reading Punk The Capital: Building a Sound Movement – DVD Review
Six-String Samurai was an instant cult sensation at the tail end of the ’90s but in more recent years it has fallen into obscurity. Thanks to the folks at Vinegar Syndrome, we now have the film in a lavish 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray dual set. The film was a labour of love from director Lance Mungia and … Continue reading Six-String Samurai – Blu-Ray Review
Mirror was Andrei Tarkovsky's most personal film, and arguably his most indulgent. It was made between his two sci-fi films, Solaris and Stalker, but even the most abstract aspects of those films still have a narrative line through them (Tarkvosky considered Solaris a “failure” because it was too much of a conventional science fiction film.) … Continue reading Mirror (1975) – Blu-Ray Review
Bringing Up Baby is a Howard Hawks movie, and one of his key screwball comedies. It wasn't a particular successful at the time. It stars Katherine Hepburn, who at that point was box office poison after initially being very successful (The Philadelphia Story was her big comeback movie) and Cary Grant as Dr David Huxley. … Continue reading Bringing Up Baby – Blu-Ray Review
