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Play It Cool

Play It Cool

Screen Reviews

One of the last films of Japanese film studio Daiei, Play It Cool makes its first home video appearance outside of Japan on a new Blu-ray.

Furious (1984)

Furious (1984)

Screen Reviews

Tim Everitt & Tom Sartori’s 1984 kung-fu fantasy, Furious, sends up both classic martial arts movies and made-for-video American schlock in a high kicking, chicken blasting, magical kung-fu romp.

Cloakroom

Cloakroom

Music Reviews

Last Leg of the Human Table (Closed Casket Activities). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Five Eight

Five Eight

Features

Legendary for a reason, Athens cult spectacular Five Eight release “Take Me To The Skate Park” with a new video featuring Maggie Mantione.

Tiger 54

Tiger 54

Music Reviews

Tiger 54 (Distortida Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Mogwai

Mogwai

Music Reviews

The Bad Fire (Temporary Residence Ltd.). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Nineteen Valentines for the Brokenhearted

Nineteen Valentines for the Brokenhearted

Features

Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.

Rampo Noir

Rampo Noir

Screen Reviews

Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.

Incubus

Incubus

Screen Reviews

Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.

Massy Ferguson

Massy Ferguson

Music Reviews

You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.

Rontronik

Rontronik

Music Reviews

Zero Nine (Tygr Rawwk Rcrds). Review by Peter Lindblad.

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Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

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The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

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Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

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