Heartworn Highways is a music-documentary on what is called “outlaw country” and features interviews with the stars of the era including Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Steve Earle. Available on Blu-ray and DVD April 27th.
The Switchblade Sisters has an uneven story but I still found it to be entertaining and the lead actresses were pretty fun in their roles, Joanne Nail especially.
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.
There’s no doubt filmmaker Nico Mastorakis marches to his own drum which is commendable, but Death Has Blue Eyes was some… thing. I’m not sure what I was watching, I wouldn’t suggest watching alone, this movie deserves to be viewed in a group setting.
Hercules and the Captive Women comes to Blu-ray for the first time through The Film Detective with a new film restoration and a fine selection of bonus features.
Rush Week is one of those quentisential movies that gets lost in the shuffle and frankly, while not bad and actually competently edited and directed, deserves to be amongst the forgotten horror-slashers.
The Day of the Beast is an oft warped horror/black comedy that, even with the dated effects, is still plenty of fun thanks to the performances and oddball storyline.
From time to time there are movies that I get to watch that I normally probably wouldn’t have heard of or passed by, and Irma Vep came as a pleasant surprise with a wholly engaging character-centric story.
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.
The Bermuda Depths debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Leigh McCloskey, Carl Weathers and Connie Sellecca.
Damn Yankees comes to Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston.
The Great Caruso debuts on Blu-ray through the Warner Archive Collection program featuring a new 1080p transfer, a documentary and trailer.
Test Pattern is a drama-thriller from filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford and starring Brittany S. Hall and Will Brill, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on April 20th from Kino Lorber.
Spaceballs is a classic comedy from Mel Brooks, one that I’ve seen a few times over the years and while it’s not a favorite of mine, still makes for and fun and enjoyable 96-minute watch.
Perdita Durango was an engaging and, in a twisted way, entertaining romantic-thriller featuring two fantastic performances by Rosie Perez and Javier Bardem, both of whom should’ve gotten some major award recognition.