Rent It The Collection: Although this newly released DVD set from stand-up comic and actor Richard Lewis has been titled Bundle of Nerves , it might have been more appropriate to call it Bundle of Crap I Found Lying Around My House . This new title would better speak to the lack of cohesion and consistency of the four selections spread across these two DVDs, as well as providing the only …
Highly Recommended The Movie: After a seven year break from filmmaking following the 1981 release of Polyester , Baltimore’s John Waters returned to directing films and made what would be his first shot at ‘the mainstream.’ This picture, 1988’s Hairspray , would also be the last film he’d make for New Line for a decade. The film would also be a historic moment in his career as it would make the …
Rent It The Movie: Friends of mine had occasionally praised the merits of Boiler Room long before The Wolf of Wall Street had become a cinematic reality. While the films share similar backdrops, their story appears to be told at two different levels, one as the ground level of a broker, the other an owner, but both in stock brokerage firms
Recommended The Movie: Made fast and cheap to cash in on the slasher craze that was dominating the box office in the eighties, Slumber Party Massacre from Roger Corman’s New Concorde productions proved popular enough to spawn two sequels. While these were originally released on DVD years ago by Corman’s label, they went out of print but thanks to the efforts of Shout! Factory and their line of …
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Man’s ego versus nature’s uncontrollable power Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Big adventure Likes: Steven Spielberg, dinosaurs Dislikes: Mawkish sentimentality, post-production 3D conversions Hates: The very idea of velociraptors The Movie I remember anticipating the release of Jurassic Park as a young teen, thinking that this movie could potentially change the …
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson With 1970’s The Vampire Lovers , the Hammer House of Horror took a turn toward softcore exploitation. It stars the short-lived but long admired scream queen Ingrid Pitt, a husky-voiced Eastern-European beauty who over the years has become an icon for Hammer fans and one of the genre’s most attention-getting sex symbols
Recommended The Movie: Directed by Jean Rollin in 1978, The Grapes Of Death is an interesting mix of Night Of The Living Dead and I Drink Your Blood , a horror movie with an environmental twist and a uniquely French tone. The picture begins with an opening scene in which a few men in rural France are dealing with some pesticides in use all around the grape fields of this particular area, known …
Recommended The Movie: When I reviewed the San Francisco Giants’ Collector’s Edition of Blu-ray discs that commemorated their 2012 World Series win , I bemoaned the fact that the set was as complete as could be, minus the addition of a season in review film, or even one covering the Giants’ move through the postseason. Lo and behold, it turns out MLB Video (in coordination with A&E) actually did …
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Brilliant ’80s time capsule in cult-classic form Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Crazy plots Likes: Don Coscarelli films Dislikes: Gore Hates: When people can’t handle originality The Movie Unlike many fans of Repo Man , I discovered the film a bit later in life. I was always aware of the film, even if I did sometimes confuse it with another Emilio Estevez favorite …
Recommended The Movie: Kind of a British hybrid consisting of elements from the original Godzilla (or, if you will, Gojira ) with a little bit of King Kong thrown into the mix for good measure, 1961’s Gorgo was directed by Eugene Lourie who had previously helmed The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms in 1953 and The Giant Behemoth in 1959. Produced by the UK’s King Brothers, the film was distributed …