Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
Hellcat [2026]
Stuck inside a moving trailer, a woman has to figure out how to escape and uncover the truth about her situation. Brock Bodell’s uneven but compelling enough film is now on Shudder.
Ben-Hur (1959)
William Wyler’s 1959 “Ben-Hur” is a film that generates respect, if not adulation. And there is no reason to feel guilty about not loving this mammoth three-and-a-half-hour epic. Gary Giddins, writing in the New York Sun, probably summed it up best: “Watching ‘Ben-Hur’ all at once is like sitting down to a 10-course meal and finding that every course consists of potato dumplings, except for the seventh, which is strawberry shortcake (that would be the chariot race).”
Seven Snipers (2026)
A former sniper and her daughter have to depend on her tactical team to defend them from a hostile warlord who comes looking for revenge.
Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
The Last House (2026)
An ordinary day for a family of four turns into a desperate struggle for survival after they wake up to find themselves mysteriously trapped inside their home.
Identity [2003] [Arrow Video 4kUHD LE]
Ten people find themselves stranded at a motel, and someone starts picking them off. This, along with a whole bevy of weirdness, makes 2003’s Identity a tight, tense slasher-thriller. Directed by James Mangold, Identity checks into the murder motel on Arrow Video 4k this month. Continue reading