On March 12th, Disney will release James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi action classic ALIENS in a brand new 4K-Ultra HD Edition. If you happen to be both a fan and home video collector, this will surely be the ultimate state of the badass art, must own set as it contains an […]
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Midnight Killer (1986) (orig. Morirai a mezzanotte) – Director: Lamberto Bava – 6/10 (good)One could argue Midnight Killer essentially constitutes a budget version of Dario Argento’s Tenebre: though it is nowhere as visually sophisticated as the original, most of its elements ultimately coalesce into a perfectly serviceable and adequate whole. […]
Heroes Shed No Tears (Ying xiong wu lei) is a 1986 actioner by John Woo, and probably among his least well known films. Woo’s movies have had a hard time ever since the advent of digital technology: because original materials in Hong Kong of many of his movies had been […]
On May 28th, Criterion Collection will release a newly restored edition of David Lynch’s surreal 1986 neo noir classic BLUE VELVET on BluRay. David Lynch is an auteur known for his truly bizarre cinematic visions and Blue Velvet is the kind of movie that slowly pulls you into its dark […]
Michael Mann’s 1986 classic crime thriller MANHUNTER will be coming to BluRay from Scream Factory on May 24th. BUY FROM AMAZON The film focuses on Special FBI Agent Will Graham (William Petersen), a brilliant but psychologically damaged detective who is pulled out of retirement to help stop a new serial […]
Michael Mann’s 1986 crime thriller MANHUNTER remains one of the best efforts of his career. At the time he made the film, he was also producing the hit TV series Miami Vice and much of that show’s MTV style editing and contemporary aesthetic shows up. Based on the novel Red […]
“Why don’t you call me sometime when you have no class?” There was something about the decadent 80s and comedy films that went together perfectly. One of my favorites that I saw at the movies in 1986 was BACK TO SCHOOL. Rodney Dangerfield, the late great legendary comedian stars as […]
PSYCHO (1960, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock) When the “Master of Suspense” set out to make this movie it was to be a modest, low budget thriller shot by the crew of his popular TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. As with almost all of his projects, it soon became something much more […]
In Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986), the sequel to The Hustler, we meet up with Fast Eddie Felsen (Paul Newman) 25 years after he walked away from the game he was so extraordinary at. Eddie is now a liquor salesman and he’s done well for himself, bringing the […]
Two of our favorite film classics are hitting Blu Ray! Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 conspiracy masterpiece The Conversation starring Gene Hackman and David Lynch’s 1986 psychological mystery thriller Blue Velvet starring Kyle McLachlan, Isabella Rosselini, Laura Dern and Dennis Hopper. Both these movies have garnered a devoted following from film […]