Category: FILM REVIEWS

Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D (2012)

Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D (2012)

February 3, 2014 | By | Add a Comment

As promised, I’ve uploaded a review of Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D (MPI / IFC), and added reviews of the director’s last two films, Giallo (2009) and Mother of Tears (2007), from the old site. Also in today’s blog: some teaser images of a camera test using a rare video camera that appears as a prop in the meh biopic jOBS (2013).

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The Return of The Power (1984), plus The Kindred (1987)

The Return of The Power (1984), plus The Kindred (1987)

February 2, 2014 | By

As finishing touches are being added to a short camera test video tied to the upcoming reviews of jOBS (2013) and Welcome to Macintosh (2008), here are two reviews tied to filmmakers Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter: The Power (1984), new on DVD from Scorpion Releasing, and the still-unavailable The Kindred (1987).

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Video Tales I: Rewind This, Firing Up the Betamax, and The Magic Beta Case

Video Tales I: Rewind This, Firing Up the Betamax, and The Magic Beta Case

January 11, 2014 | By | Add a Comment

The Editor’s Blog goes in-depth with much personal blather about Josh Johnson’s new documentary on VHS collecting, Rewind This! (MPI). In addition to a review of the doc, there’s a review Charlie Sheen’s No Man’s Land as watched on Betamax, a short-short film on “The Magic Beta Case,” and a review of David Gregory’s great doc on Britain’s Video Nasty era – Ban the Sadist Videos! (Severin Films).

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Twilight Time’s Body Double (1984) + Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Twilight Time’s Body Double (1984) + Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

December 12, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Reviews of Twilight Time’s nice Blu-ray editions of Brian De Palma’s Alfred Hitchcock riff Body Double (1984) and Henry King’s sleek romance Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).

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Double-Trouble from Tinto Brass

Double-Trouble from Tinto Brass

November 23, 2013 | By

Reviews of two Tinto Brass films recently released to disc: Private (Cult Epics), looking & sounding quite nice on Blu-ray, and Snack Bar Budapest (Mya Communications), a marginalized hybrid of erotica and gangster film homage shot with a look reminiscent of Blade Runner.

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