Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Continuing on my journey of checking out early Blu-ray releases, next on the list is 2004's "The Punisher", starring Thomas Jane as the black clad vigilante.
Doing this little project has allowed me check out films that I haven't seen in many, many years. I remember seeing "The Punisher" in theaters but I don't think I ever visited it on DVD or Blu-ray, which is a shame because I really, really enjoyed this re-watch.
Let's face it, compared to a…
I'm continuing my journey through the early days of Blu-ray releases, and lucky for me, "xXx" was in that first wave of Blu-rays released in June of 2006. If you read the early review on blu-ray.com, the reviewer didn't seem to blown away by the picture quality, stating that the overall presentation was disappointing. Well, instead of purchasing the original release from 2006, I went with the 2017 "15th Anniversary" re-release that came out promoting the new Vin Diesel starring…
Had the pleasure of seeing "The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe" last night via a 35mm screening at the Hollywood Theater. Starring Chen Lee, who looks to have starred in only four films (all Italian according to the IMDB), plays Shanghai Joe, a kung fu master wandering the desolate "Old West" and running into trouble. Due to his race and his dangerous expertise in kung fu, Joe becomes a target of the white community. Soon a large bounty is placed…
"Five Superfighters" doesn't look like your typical "Shaw Brothers" film. The director didn't do too much for the studio, the actors seem to be "Shaw Brothers" jobbers, and the setting and plot are reminiscent of more independent martial arts films.
Basically, a stranger comes to small village on a quest to eliminate bad kung-fu. He enters a dojo, forces the class to scatter, then beats up the master. Three students leave to find training elsewhere so that they can get…