Eureka Entertainment, via Arrow in the U.S., released three Shaw Brothers spy movies in this collection. Modern day movies were rarer but not unheard of for the Shaw Brothers. The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fists and The Singing...
I got Drag Me To Hell after it came out around Halloween but still in time to review it before Christmas. Sam Raimi’s last full horror movie, though he certainly included elements in Doctor Strange, remains a hoot, relentlessly escalating...
Jackie Chan’s Project A movies came out in 4K in October, but as a devotee of Hong Kong movies I couldn’t let the year end without taking a look at the collection. The first film was a landmark in establishing...
I love this trailer. It’s ripped right out of comic books. And it definitely is not in the same world as Henry Cavill’s Superman. Which is what I wanted. Since they didn’t go with Henry, I didn’t want this to...
I’ve been so happy the Criterion Collection has been adding Hong Kong cinema classics to the collection. Of course, in the laserdisc era they were the ones to bring John Woo’s The Killer and Hard Boiled to U.S. collectors, but...
Transformers One told the story how Optimus Prime became the leader of the Autobots and how Megatron became evil. On Cybertron, they were Orion Pax and D-16. Spoiler alert, but it’s a prequel and you’ve had some time to know...
What the ‘90s thought the future would be is a fascinating subgenre to me. Most are Blade Runner knockoff dystopias like Highlander 2 and Freejack, but Demolition Man went the opposite way! Everything’s peaceful and lush, but it sucks! The...
