Lone Samurai is a new release and a slow burn but once it ignites the second half is full of epic fights. After defeating the crew of an invading ship, the samurai Riku (Shogen) is shipwrecked on an island. He...
While we wait for the long awaited Spaceballs 2, MVD rereleased the short lived animated series on DVD. I had never seen it so it was fun to see. Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers and Daphne Zuniga did their voices. The...
The thriller of the holidays, The Housemaid, is now on digital 4K ahead of its March 17 physical media release. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t read any spoilers. The twists are really juicy. The lavish mansion where Millie...
Robert Clause got a lot of work off Enter the Dragon which was largely Bruce Lee’s showcase. He did Jackie Chan’s first Hollywood vehicle which Chan hated though it’s better than many of his American films. He did vehicles for...
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment released the 1959 Ben-Hur on 4K UHD last month. Because it’s three and a half hours (two 4K discs!) it took me into March to watch it. But even though it’s long, it really moves....
She Shoots Straight might not be as landmark as Police Story or Yes, Madam but it is a solid Hong Kong police movie. Hong Kong adds acrobatic jumps and flips to most shootouts making even the average cop movie a...
Oliver Stone made his Jim Morrison biopic a psychedelic trip through Los Angeles nightlife, the desert and Morrison’s mind. The 4K UHD mostly emphasizes the blackness of the nights, the clubs and essentially his soul. Back in the ‘90s, movies...
In the 45 years since Excalibur, Hollywood has failed many attempts at the Arthurian legend. From First Knight to King Arthur to Legend of the Sword, none have achieved the epic scale of John Boorman’s gritty, realistic approach. And he...
After HBO’s mind-blowing adaptation, revisiting the original Westworld is simpler fun. Michael Crichton imagines robotics as a theme park and the robots inevitably run amok. It limits the scope to a contained environment, where The Terminator would speculate that A.I....
If you liked that Jimmy cameo in 28 Years Later, boy you get more Jimmy in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. The sequel follows Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) leading his gang of Jimmys, and it’s not pretty. They are...