Category: Blu-ray / DVD Film Review

DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1930

DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1930

March 24, 2017 | By

When a primitive Neanderthal scratched petroglyphs to chronicle the day’s hunting with Fred & the boys, you knew someone was standing nearby, with a giant ember glowing brightly above his creative, crafty little head. The adult mind will always be among the first to exploit the potential of a new technological milestone…

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DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1920

DVD: Vintage Erotica – Anno 1920

March 24, 2017 | By

The first installment in Cult Epics’ Vintage Erotica series covers a collection of surprisingly elaborate and funny shorts made in France during the 1920s, with costumes, brief plots, literary riffing, and inter-titles elevating standard bonking into something a bit more engaging…

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BR: Our Man in Havana (1959)

BR: Our Man in Havana (1959)

March 23, 2017 | By

A bone-dry dark comedy, Graham Greene’s screen adaptation of his 1958 novel also gave director Carol Reed an opportunity to show he possessed a wicked sense of humour, riffing some of the stylistic elements from The Third Man (1949) and walking a fine line between comedy, satire, and genuine drama…

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DVD: Appointment in Honduras (1953)

DVD: Appointment in Honduras (1953)

March 23, 2017 | By

Jacques Tourneur’s career was given a big boost at RKO, especially when he directed a series of low-budget shockers for their B-division, namely Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), and The Leopard Man (1943), and although he moved into westerns and eventually TV…

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DVD: Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon / Nurse Diary 3 / Kangofu nikki: kemonojimita gogo (1982)

DVD: Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon / Nurse Diary 3 / Kangofu nikki: kemonojimita gogo (1982)

March 22, 2017 | By

Although director Naosuke Kurosawa made his directorial debut with the stylish and repugnant giallo / Roman porno Zoom In: Sex Apartments (1980), Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon seems to show an effort by studio Nikkatsu to not only tone done the nastiness of their adult line, but reign in directors who sought to make more narrative works…

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