The Bikini Carwash Company Double Feature
From the golden age of direct-to-video T&A comes The Bikini Carwash Company I & II, a nostalgic double feature comedy newly re-released from MVD Rewind.
From the golden age of direct-to-video T&A comes The Bikini Carwash Company I & II, a nostalgic double feature comedy newly re-released from MVD Rewind.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, one of the most divisive entries in the Friday the 13th series, gets a 4K makeover and a shot at redemption.
Hideo Gosha’s 1986 film, Yakuza Wives, tells its tale of gangland power struggles through the true stories of Yakuza members’ wives and girlfriends.
One of the rare martial arts films directed by a woman, Kao Pao-shu’s Lady With a Sword is out for revenge.
Don’t Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci’s 1972 giallo thriller, is in some ways more disturbing and subversive than the Italian Godfather of Gore’s masterpiece, Zombies (1979). Check out Phil Bailey’s review of the 4K UHD limited edition release from Arrow Video.
After a decade of being blacklisted, famed director Seijun Suzuki returned in 1977 with minor masterpiece A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness, a surreal exploration of the horrors of fame. Radiance Films gives the film a nice, new Blu-ray release.
Criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse resurfaces in Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse at CCC: 1960–1964, a six-film package produced by German outfit CCC Film in the early 1960s and newly reissued with a plethora of extras.
88 Films gives new life to The Lady Assassin, Tony Lou Chun-Ku’s delightful mix of kung fu, Wuxia swordplay, and palace intrigue.
Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a very Generation X movie, mirroring our 1970s lives in important and disturbing ways. Phil Bailey reviews the new 4K UHD version.
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.
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.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
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.
Film noir meets Sci-fi horror in Evan Marlowe’s bizarre puppet film Abruptio. Phil Bailey promises you have never seen anything quite like it.
Cheerleader’s Wild Weekend, aka The Great American Girl Robbery, entered the fray in 1979 with its odd mashup of hostage drama, comedic crime caper, and good old fashioned T & A hijinks. Phil Bailey reviews the Blu-ray release.
Seijun Suzuki’s 1958 widescreen film noir feature, Underworld Beauty, comes to Blu-ray.
Phil Bailey reviews quirky sexploitation film Facets of Love (1973), a saucy Hong Kong costume drama from director Li Hsang-han of kung fu powerhouse Shaw Brothers, now out on Blu-ray.
Another gem in Marco Bellocchio’s oeuvre, journalism thriller Slap the Monster on Page One is as relevant today as it was in 1972.
Don’t let the stats fool you. Zyzzyx Road may have been the lowest grossing movie in history, but is it worth checking out? Phil Bailey explores the new 4K UHD from Dark Arts Entertainment.
The first film based on Junji Ito’s manga, Tomie, makes its US Blu-ray debut from Arrow Video.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.