Sam Peckinpah's long fought relationship with the studios started right here with Major Dundee. Exactly what his cut was is long debated, with stories including an alleged nearly five-hour cut, another over two and a half hours, but we are stuck with the premiere cut, which is 136 minutes, and the shortened 122-minute cut that eventually … Continue reading Major Dundee – Blu-Ray Review
Murder by Decree was undoubtable the most "classy" entry in Canadian director Bob Clark's baffling career. He was coming off his earlier exploitation films, most notably Black Christmas, but it was before he transitioned to mainly working in comedy with Porky's 1 AND 2, Rhinestone, Turk 182 AND of course his other Christmas film, A … Continue reading Murder by Decree – Blu-Ray Review
This is the sixth volume in the ongoing attempt of Indicator to bring loads of Hammer films back to life on Blu-Ray. Shadow of the Cat is in the “killer cat” vein (although Tabitha the cat isn’t the guilty party here). It’s a weird one, because while it’s a Hammer movie, for some reason that … Continue reading Hammer Volume Six: Night Shadow – Blu-Ray Review
The Boys is far and away the best long-form superhero series currently showing on the various streaming platforms or terrestrial television. Ironically, a show inspired by Alan Moore's Watchmen premiered on HBO, but despite being based on its own comic book series, The Boys is actually far closer in tone to the Watchmen comic book than Watchmen. The problem with Watchmen is that it … Continue reading The Boys – Season 2 – Blu-Ray Review
Friendship’s Death is the only solo feature as a director from Peter Wollen, who is better known as a film theorist. His key work was the book Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, which to this day is required reading in film theory classes. His most notable film credit, however, is that he was one of the credited … Continue reading Friendship’s Death – Blu-Ray Review
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