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Crash isn’t a movie I found all that great though my interest was mainly for some of the controversy and honestly as strange as the “plot” and characters were, it’s not that out of bounds at least nowadays.
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Beverly Hills Cop II might a shell of the original but still holds some fun entertainment value with Eddie Murphy taking more control over not only the character but behind-the-scenes as well.
Candyman might not be some horror classic in my book, but it was incredible enjoyable with a few good twists with taking it down an unexpected path, at least compared to others in the supernatural-horror subgenre; but what was especially noteworthy were the performances from Madsen and Todd.
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The Carey Treatment debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Jaems Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill and Pat Hingle and arrives on Blu-ray on May 10th.
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Death Wish II isn’t a great sequel by any means and like the first, hard to really “enjoy” the film or find it terribly entertaining given the assaults early on, though seeing the scumbags getting their justice had satisfying elements at least.
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Lockdown is the latest of the slew of direct-to-video action-thrillers, this one starring Michael Pare and Bai Ling. It’s cheap and a throwaway movie that not even the good-bad crowd would find all that entertaining.
Twisting the Knife is the next collection of films from filmmaker Claude Chabrol and includes The Swindle, The Color of Lies, Nightcap and The Flower of Evil and has a plethora of bonus features for each film.
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Moonfall might’ve made for an entertaining disaster film but the film feels dated feeling and looking like a relic of the 1990s and a cast that includes Halle Berry who clearly looks disinterested. I suppose if you’re interested this might be worth a rental.
Rundown of the major releases from the April 2022 Arrow Films including 12 Monkeys (4K Ultra HD), Robocop (4K Ultra HD), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (4K Ultra HD) and The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter.
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VI presents three more crime-dramas by Kino Lorber and includes Singapore, Johnny Stool Pigeon and The Raging Tide. This set was released on April 26th.
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Dirty O’Neil is an interesting crime-drama to say the least, a bit slow early on and the central character isn’t terribly interesting, not helped by Morgan Paul who doesn’t have a whole lot of charisma.
American Flyers debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Kevin Coster, David Grant, Rae Dawn Chong and Alexandra Paul.
Jigsaw, based on the novel “Sleep Long, My Love”, is a British crime-mystery starring Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis and Yolande Donlan arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th from Kino Lorber.
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Desperate Riders is a western-suspense-thriller starring Drew Waters, Vanessa Evigan, Trace Adkins and Tom Berenger and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th.
Rogue Cops and Racketeers: Two Crime Thrillers by Enzo G. Castellari features two solid Italian films released by Arrow Video, and includes great video and audio transfers to go along with a good selection of bonus features.