Reviews

When John Mayall passed away in July at 90, most of the obituaries focused on how Eric Clapton quit the Yardbirds to join Mayall’s Bluebreakers. Mayall was well respected in the early ’60s for his devotion to the blues. Clapton wasn’t the only noted rock star to have been a

Whenever I went into the Record Hole during the late ’80s, owner John Swain always seemed to have a UFO record at the front of a bin. The British band was part of the same wave of hard rock and heavy metal that gave us Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and

Under normal circumstances, seeing Jackie Chan in a Shaw Brothers films would immediately create the assumption that it’s an action film. You’d expect to see feet and fists flying and stunts galore. While The Golden Lotus was Chan’s first major acting role; he was there to act and not deliver

Have you seen The Traitors series on Peacock? The gameshow features a group of people (reality show vets) staying at a Scottish castle where Alan Cumming (Goldeneye) secretly makes a few of them traitors. Those tapped have the power to “murder” the “faithful” contestants overnight. After they various money earning

Vinegar Syndrome isn’t slowing down with school back in session. This month they’re bringing Go Fish to Blu-ray. The indie lesbian comedy was a smash in the early ’90s. You can read about its release in John Pierson’s Spike Mike Slackers and Dykes book. There’s also a 4K UHD of