The Gambler
I first encountered The Gambler (1974) in my freshman year of college. I picked up a used VHS of the film from TLA Video. I liked James Caan and I… Read more »
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Portrait Of Jennie
Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) is a struggling painter whose career is going nowhere until he meets a mysterious young woman named Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones). Jennie seems to move through… Read more »
Prime Evil
Prime Evil (1988) is classic Roberta Findlay. It’s sleazy and low budget. Findlay characteristically makes the most of limited means to create a film of Satanic terror that looks far… Read more »
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park (1993) and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) had two of the most iconic and popular action figure lines of the nineties. The toys for these… Read more »
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
When I was in film school there was this one guy in my class who, no matter what our assignment, attempted a post-apocalyptic film on a shoestring budget. His efforts… Read more »
Private Property
For decades Private Property (1960) was thought lost. Upon being discovered and restored the film became widely available via a Blu-Ray release through Cinelicious Pics. Back in the hands of… Read more »
Cute Girl
I first saw Cute Girl (1980) way back when the Dutch home video label CINEMATEK issued its triple feature boxed set of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first three features. At the time… Read more »
The Doll Squad
I was about halfway through Ted V. Mikels’ The Doll Squad (1973) when it occurred to me that it would make a great double bill with David A. Prior’s Mankillers… Read more »
I Paladini: Storia d’armi e d’amori
I Paladini: Storia d’armi e d’amori (1983), aka Hearts & Armour, is a very loose adaptation of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso. The film centers around the romances and conflicts between… Read more »
Night Watch
Night Watch (1995) is the sequel to Death Train (1993). Lead actors Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul return as dashing UN agents, though this time they are after stolen paintings… Read more »
