Reviews

For quite a long while Seijun Suzuki (real name Seitarō Suzuki) was the third most famous director from Japan behind the iconic Akira Kurasowa and Godzilla’s Ishirō Honda. Suzuki achieved this status in the late ’90s when his movies Branded To Kill and Tokyo Drifter arrived in America on DVD. The

I’ve seen a lot of horror hosted shows over the decades from Elvira to Mystery Science Theater to Svengoolie to Joe Bob Briggs and even Dr. Gangrene. I enjoyed having someone guiding me through the classics. Dracula’s Drive In replaces the human host dressed up with CGI hosts of famous

The post Monday Movie: The Thing, by Jack Fleischer appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Thing originally ran as a theatrical review. John Carpenter’s The Thing is a movie with sanctified status. While a casual Carpenter fan I

The post Home Video Hovel: Inglourious Basterds, by Rudie Obias appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Here’s something different. I usually review releases from the Criterion Collection, especially over the last two years or so. I rarely write about other boutique home video distribution companies, like Shout! Factory, Kino Lorber, Oscilloscope

So I’m behind again, but it’s because I’m trying to reread or skim recent past issues before reading new ones, and clear out some piles around here. I miss having enough time to keep up… Best Comic of My Week: The New Gods #2 – I think I can confirm