Mothra is the origin film for one of Godzilla’s main foes. It has the same director as the original Godzilla, Ishirō Honda, who also did Destroy All Monsters and worked extensively with Akira Kurosawa throughout his career. While the film isn’t as good as Godzilla, as with all of the kaiju films, it has the … Continue reading Mothra – Blu-Ray Review →

Dawn of the Dead is the second film in George A. Romero’s Dead series, and probably the best of the lot. It’s not as important of a film as Night of the Living Dead, which I see as the most important horror film of all time because it really changed how you could made horror movies and the fact the hero … Continue reading Dawn of the Dead (1978) – Blu-Ray Review →

Waxworks (1924) is an early horror anthology movie directed by Paul Leni. The wraparound story is about a young student (William Dieterle) who is hired to write the backstory of all the figures in the wax museum, which include Jack the Ripper (sort of), Ivan the Terrible and the Caliph of Bagdad. He meets the … Continue reading Waxworks (1924) – Blu-Ray Review →

Emerald City was in development for a while before being picked up by NBC. As the title suggests, it’s loosely inspired by the Oz book series written by L. Frank Baum. Eventually the series was directed by Tarsem Singh, one of the great cinematic stylists of the last 30 years, from R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” … Continue reading Emerald City – Blu-Ray Review →

Sweet Charity was Bob Fosse's first feature film as a director, coming after years of work as a dancer, choreographer and director on stage. He has done some screen work, and even had a MGM contract in 1953, but it wasn’t until 1969 when he graduated to helming a feature film. Fosse and his long-suffering … Continue reading Sweet Charity – Blu-Ray Review →