I often bemoan the death of the erotic thriller that used to play late night on cable TV including Cinemax After Dark. Now you tune in at midnight and they’re showing boy wizard and superhero flicks. Nothing too shocking or seductive. But there are still people out there who can
Shout! TV launches Hong Kong Fight Club FAST Channel
The excitement and action of classic Hong Kong Cinema has its own FAST Channel with Hong Kong Fight Club arriving from Shout! TV. The 24/7 you can tune into see films starring Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li, Anita Mui and more. The bullets and the fists will fly across
Blu-ray Review: The Golden Triangle
Growing up in the ’70s, you’d hear quite a bit about the Golden Triangle. This was a region spread between Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) that grew the opium poppies that eventually would be processed into heroin. The Golden Triangle rivaled the poppies cultivated in Afghanistan that
DVD Review: Race War (Unrated)
Ever since people were able to post videos on the internet; trailers for not quite yet real movies have been streaming away. Some of them were part of fundraising efforts to make the real film. Others were spoofs of Hollywood blockbusters. Quite a few were original ideas so outrageous that
The Weekly Round-Up #815, 816, & 817
I’m back from two weeks overseas, and now I want to tackle this ever-growing pile of comics I’ve been neglecting. I’m trying to catch up on titles, so you might see me discussing them in batches for the next little while (except for books that need to be read in