One of the interesting things I like about the boom of interest in Exploitation film after Grindhouse, along with the rise of DVDs as a media format is the rise of the Trailer DVD – a DVD chock full of trailers for various exploitation films from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. They make for a great snapshot of a moment in time, showcasing both how films were sold (and what you could get away with in trailers), along with the movies being sold. Continue reading
I had a new viewer on the stream, so we have a recap of some of the changes Super Robot Wars V has from earlier games in the series. Continue reading
We finish off this group of Dragons and interview our new aces. Continue reading
The macabre house hunting expedition continues with an Amicus Anthology film featuring Donald Sutherland, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee. Continue reading
We get new upgrades for the Shin Getter Robo and for Mazinger Z, as we overcome Brocken (with more dragons to go). Continue reading
The crew of Londo Bell continues their patrols, and end up running into the forces of Brocken. Continue reading
Movie Review: Sugar Hill (1974)
“Blacksploitation”, is something I’d describe more as a cinematic movement more than a genre. This is because it spans just so many genres of cinema – action films, gangster movies, science fiction films, and horror movies – and sometimes even multiples at the same time. Such is the case with Sugar Hill. Continue reading
Film Review: Don’t Breathe
One of the issues with modern horror films, particularly those with a human antagonist, is the filmmakers feel the need to give a grounding to their villain’s methods that they feel believable, and they have the same need to make the protagonists just unlikeable enough that when bad things happen to them, things don’t feel overly cruel. The problem is that when this goes wrong it comes across to a degree like victim-blaming – and leads to a toxic message like the one put forward in your standard ’80s slasher film. Don’t Breathe manages to avoid that – barely. This review will contain a few spoilers. Continue reading
The Yamato now has a new crew member, and she gets a warm welcome. Continue reading
We turn the tide, until OMG HAX! happens, and we learn that Amalgam had a mole… Continue reading
Moving back to Dark Horse comics, we have Louise Simonson returning to the Star Wars universe with Dark Horse Comics Continue reading
The fight goes on, as Team Londo Bell takes on Leonard Testarossa and his enforcers. Continue reading
Bad News! The Jupiter Empire and Gamillan forces have just joined Amalgam. Good news! Londo Bell and the Yamato have arrived and with reinforcements. Continue reading
Movie Review: Inferno (1980)
Suspiria was what I’d describe as one of the best films Dario Argento ever made, with a tremendous visual esthetic, particularly through the use of color in the film, combined with the excellent score by Goblin. So, it’s not surprising that Dario made a semi-spiritual sequel. The second film, Inferno, introduced the thematic series that Argento named “The Three Mothers” trilogy, with the films based around three witches drawn from Thomas De Quincey’s Suspiria de Profundis. Inferno aims to basically be “like Suspiria but more so,” but it doesn’t quite work. Continue reading
Film Review: Suspiria (1977)
When it comes to giallo, the work of Dario Argento is something of a gap in my knowledge, which is a shame since he, like Bava and Fulci, are legends of the genre. Indeed, Argento probably had the greatest mainstream penetration of any work of Italian horror, through this work – Suspiria.
Sousuke and Kaname head back to their old school, to think about the future – only to get an unpleasant interruption. Continue reading
It’s time for the Nadesico and Celestial Being teams to try to head back to their universe, and in turn, figure out if they’ve found a reliable way to universe jump. Continue reading
I start off my October House of Horrors with a look at Roger Corman’s adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s classic “The Fall of the House of Usher” Continue reading
Some of the Londo Bell crew are rather annoyed by all the bishounen they’re finding themselves surrounded by. Continue reading
Beecha is doing well in command of the Argama… aside from moving way the hell out into the open. Continue reading
Book Review: The Run-Out Groove
The Vinyl Detective was an interesting launch to a mystery series, with a mystery novel steeped heavily in 1940-50s jazz music, and in record collecting. The question to a book like that is how do you follow a work like that up and keep the framework fresh? Continue reading
Film Review: Krull
Krull feels like a film that is trying to cash in on a variety of trends. It’s a fantasy film like Conan. It’s a grand heroic epic like Star Wars, but it doesn’t quite pull all of them off. However, Krull has its strengths that make it worth watching. Continue reading
In our next DLC mission, Beecha returns to the commander’s chair of the Nahel Argama… just in time to fend off a Neo Zeon attack! Continue reading
Fu mo fu Mo fumo fu, fo mo fu fu mo fu mo fu… Fumo-fu!
(Translation: It turns out Gates isn’t dead, so it’s time to put him in his place… with Bonta-Kun!) Continue reading