A housewife and her housekeeper commit murder and escape to the fascist enclave of Mortville in John Waters’s 1977 trash epic Desperate Living, now on 4k UHD & Blu-Ray via Criterion.
Author Archives: Bob Foster
The Magnificent Bodyguards [1978] [88 Films 3D/2D Blu-ray LE]
A group of martial artists, including Jackie Chan, make their way across a strange and dangerous mountain, in 3-D (if you want), in Wei Lo’s 1978 flick The Magnificent Bodyguards, now on Blu-Ray in 3D & 2D via 88 Films
Leviticus [2026] [Pride 2026]
A pair of gay teenagers try to survive being targeted by an entity taking the form of the person they are most attracted to: one another. Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus is a tight, impeccably performed slice of horror.
The Death of Robin Hood [2026]
The legendary outlaw slightly struggles with his past in Michael Sarnoski’s gorgeous but dull The Death of Robin Hood.
Supergirl [2026]
Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, on a galaxy-wide birthday bender, is pulled into a young girl’s quest for revenge in Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl. The second DCU film is a fun, quick-paced, albeit saddled with a generic plot and villain, space adventure.
Wake in Fright [1971] [Arrow Video 4k UHD & Blu-Ray LE]
A schoolteacher loses his grasp on humanity while stranded on the edge of the outback in Ted Kotcheff’s disturbing and affecting 1971 film Wake in Fright, on 4k UHD and Blu-ray via Arrow this month.
Mortal Kombat Kollection [1995/1997] [Arrow 4kUHD/Blu-Ray LE]
GET OVER HERE! And read this review of the 1990s action adaptation duolology of the parents-pearly-clutching bloody fighting game Mortal Kombat! Both the fondly remembered 1995 Paul WS Anderson film and its less fondly remembered 1997 sequel, Annihilation, by John R. Leonetti, are collected on 4K & Blu-Ray with a fantastic and large set of features, due at the end of June 2026.