Here’s a film that’s a little different from Anchor Bay’s usual fare of obscure horror and action films. Klaus Kinski stars as Sir Stephen in ’Fruits of Passion’, which is also known as ’The Story of O Continued’. The film concerns O [...]
When it comes to adult films, it seems that most people either want a movie that’s all action with no plot or they want one that has some semblance of a plot, while offering plenty of steamy sex-play. This begs the question, is it possible for an adult [...]
The old saying in Hollywood goes, "You’re only as good as your last picture." But, people are always looking forward to your next picture as well. When George Romero decided to follow-up his international hit "Dawn of the Dead" with [...]
As a rule, your average biography does a good job of telling the life story of the person on which it’s focusing. But, rarely does a biography take on the persona of that person. This is the case with "Man on the Moon", which tells the life [...]
’Snow Falling on Cedars’ is a film, which is based on a prize-winning novel by David Guterson. It has a very serious, and detailed plot, which gets somehow lost in the lush camerawork by director Scott Hicks. The film takes place in the Pacific [...]
Disney continues their monthly ’Gold Collection’ DVD releases with 1995’s ’Pocahontas’. As with the other titles in the ’Gold Collection’, ’Pocahontas’ offers a mixed bag as far as overall quality and bonus features. The film itself is [...]
Cliches run amok in the newly released horror thriller, ’Dead of Night’. (The film was released as ’Lighthouse’ in the UK, but it got a new title for its American video debut.) The film plays like a tribute to John Carpenter, as it combines [...]
Most classic films have earned that classification because the sum of the movie’s parts add up to a total package of entertainment. That is, all of the various ingredients of the film come together to make a wholly satisfying product. Of course, the [...]
Lately, it has seemed that I am a magnet for bizarre films from Europe. But, at least my latest offering isn’t as obscure as some of the other recent films. Many horror fans caught ’Possession’ on video when it was first released by Vestron in the [...]
When we think of genre films from Japan, we generally think of rubber monster suits, "Pokemon", or Anime. Well, apparently Godzilla, Pikachu, and Akira are all out of town, because Synapse Films is bringing us the darker side of Japanese film [...]
