Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

Leaps, Bounds, and Explosions: Fast & Furious Mad Max on a Mission Impossible Gone Rogue

Leaps, Bounds, and Explosions: Fast & Furious Mad Max on a Mission Impossible Gone Rogue

January 7, 2016 | By

Reviews of three top action franchises from 2015 – Furious 7 (Universal), Mad Mad: Fury Road (Warner), and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Paramount) – plus an update on BSV 1172.

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A Philip Yordan Trio: Broken Lance (1954), House of Strangers (1949), and The Man from Laramie (1955)

A Philip Yordan Trio: Broken Lance (1954), House of Strangers (1949), and The Man from Laramie (1955)

January 4, 2016 | By

Reviews of 3 films written by / story by prolific Hollywood scribe Philip Yordan: Broken Lance (1954) + The Land from Laramie (1955) from Twilight Time on Blu, and House of Strangers (1949) from Twentieth Century-Fox.

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Pale Shades of Erotica

Pale Shades of Erotica

December 30, 2015 | By

Lengthy examination of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), the over-hyped film version of E.L. James’ novel and seminal erotic franchise released in rated and unrated versions on Blu via Focus / Universal.

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Meet the Worst Movie Ever Made: Manos – The Hands of Fate (1966)

Meet the Worst Movie Ever Made: Manos – The Hands of Fate (1966)

December 29, 2015 | By

Review of Synapse Film’s fine Blu-ray Special Edition of Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966), arguably the worst film ever made.

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Scorpio (1971) + Innocent Bystanders (1972)

Scorpio (1971) + Innocent Bystanders (1972)

December 18, 2015 | By

Reviews of two espionage thrillers: Michael Winner’s Scorpio (1971) from Twilight Time, and Peter Collinson’s Innocent Bystanders (1972) from Olive Films + some editorial blather on the spy genre.

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