By The VCR revolutionized not merely how we’d watch films, but what films we could watch. You were no longer at the mercy of the local movie theater or the programmer at the TV station. Smart local video stores understood that they could rent out cult movies that never played in
Goodbye Uncle Tom says Hello to 4K UHD in April
During the ’70s, movies sought to be a bit more sleezy and graphic in order to get people to leave the safe confines of their living room and TV set. Goodbye Uncle Tom was one of those films that disturbed film critics and lured viewers to the rundown downtown theaters.
More Details on Sonny Chiba’s Beast Fighter arriving in June
Sonny Chiba might be the only person I’d be willing to bet money could handle a bull and a bear. The Japanese martial arts proved one of the great beatdown artists as seen in The Street Fighter and Kill Bill. Why wouldn’t he be able to handle two of the
Lousy Carter: Talking Yourself to Death, by Scott Nye
The post Lousy Carter: Talking Yourself to Death, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Writer/director Bob Byington has carved out an enviable, if regrettably low-profile, place in the film industry, regularly turning out expertly-tuned comedies with stellar casts that rarely get wide enough distribution to be seen by
The Game of Clones: Bruceploitation Collection kicks apart June
When Bruce Lee died in 1974 right before the release of Enter the Dragon, martial arts fans were shocked. How could the ultimate fighter be gone at 32? Once the shock wore off, people wondered who the next Bruce Lee would be. It was like when James Dean died after
