Rogue River (DVD) Still waters run deep. So Rogue River is rated R for bloody violence, torture, and “aberrant sexuality.” Yeah, this’ll be a fun time at the movies. Mara (Michelle Page) drives out to the middle of…
3 Classic Films By Claude Chabrol (Blu-ray) Drip, drip, drip. Slowly, ever so slowly, the prodigious film catalog of French new wave film pioneer Claude Chabrol (Les Cousins) makes its way to English speaking audiences. This latest triple-feature…
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Blu-ray) The strangest things can happen suddenly. Whenever I start lamenting the lack of good roles for women in mainstream Hollywood movies — something that I do every year save…
A character study in search of a story. I’ve long held the belief that films don’t need to tell a complete story, that sometimes–sometimes–a simple meditation on a theme or character can be enough. But often the most…
I’ll see your five souls, and raise ya ten. Noah is a self-centered architect who falls into a coma the day he learns that a building he designed collapsed and killed four people (what a way to avoid…
“Why spend your time looking back, when you got so much to look forward to?”–Scotty Initially I was not a fan of Channing Tatum (Magic Mike), but I must admit that I’m really starting to like the guy —…
Actions have consequences. 419 is the number of the Nigerian penal code for fraud. The famous ‘Nigerian Prince’ scheme is a something for nothing scam that has stolen millions of dollars from people all over the world since…
How many zombies does it take to terrorize college kids? I’m sure just one would do the trick. Six med students are doing their forensics field training on an abandoned island that once housed a penitentiary. Secret experiments were conducted…
See for yourself — if you dare! For some 17 years beginning in 1941, William Castle was a director of second features, ranging from several entries in the Whistler and Crime Doctor series during the 1940s to a…
My sidekick is cooler than me. The Green Hornet character has been around since the 1930s, and he has shown up off and on in pop culture throughout the decades. His debut was on the radio, and from…