Reviews of Bobby Roth’s 1984 drama Heartbreakers, starring Peter Coyote and Nick Mancuso + Tangerine Dream’s soundtrack CD (Silva Screen), plus links to a Betamax-related short and a recent Mancuso podcast.
Although not emotionally deep with dark dramatic moments for its characters, Bobby Roth’s drama of two competitive, womanizing best buddies taking baby steps towards transitioning into adulthood – wanting romance instead of easy sex, yearning for long-term relationships instead of egotistical conquest…
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / D . Film: Good/ BR Transfer: Excellent/ BR Extras: Good Label: Scorpion Releasing/ Region: All / Released: December 18, 2012 Genre: Horror / CanCon Synopsis: Survivors of a sunk cruise ship do not in any way find safety aboard a drifting rust bucket that runs on human blood. […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / M . Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Good Label: Warner Home Video / Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: March 29, 1982 Genre: Suspense Synopsis: A couple trek into northern Canada’s mining country in search of a missing friend, and find themselves at the mercy of […]
Film: Very Good DVD Transfer: Very Good DVD Extras: n/a Label: Echo Bridge Region: 1 (NTSC) Released: 2007 Genre: Drama Synopsis: Based on a true story, family and friends attempt to kidnap and deprogramme a young man after being trapped in a cult. Special Features: n/a Review: This multi-Genie nominated film won Best […]
Now Where Were We? Right. Let’s go back to LAST NIGHT (1998)
Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT (1998) is the first review after a long pause in activities at KQEK.com
Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)
Review of AN ANGEL FOR SATAN / UN ANGELO PER SATANA (1966), Barbara Steele’s last Italian Gothic, on Blu-ray from Severin Films
Spanish Giallo I: When a Cannibal is not a Cannibal, but When a Scream is Indeed a Scream
Severin Films showcases the work of Eloy de la Iglesia via two fine Spanish gialli entries: NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM (1973) + CANNIBAL MAN (1972)
ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise
For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.
Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)
Alongside a podcast with CanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky are revised reviews of Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + John Huston’s PHOBIA (1980), both from KINO Lorber / Unobstructed View.
Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner
Podcast interview with ANNE WITH AN E’s composing team Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.
Assorted characters collide and interact in the lead-up to Earth’s demise at precisely midnight.
BR: Angel for Satan, An / Un angelo per Satana (1966)
Had Barbara Steele remained in Europe – especially Italy – during the early 1970s, she may well have appeared in giallo thrillers…
BR: Cannibal Man / La semana del asesino / Apartment on the 13th Floor, The (1972)
Cannibal Man has a palpable crime-drama feel – the events unfold after daily title cards – and one can sense Hitchcockian sensibilities…
BR: No One Heard the Scream / Nadie oyó gritar (1973)
After the grisly thriller Cannibal Man (1972), Spanish auteur Eloy de la Iglesia opted for a far less graphic thriller which is part giallo…
DVD: Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, The (2014)
Produced and released around the same time as Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), the approach by director Hilla Medalia is a more authorized chronicle…
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