A divorced father who’s let himself go faces the reality of losing custody and visitation of his son. As he tries to make things right, he discovers more about himself during a last hoorah weekend in Milwaukee with his son and best friend.
I Spit on Your Grave (1978): Collector’s Edition [Blu-Ray] (3 Disc Set)
Meir Zarchi’s revenge rape thriller is a movie that continues to inspire immense bile from movie critics and movie buffs since its release in 1978. Much like its contemporary “Cannibal Holocaust,” Zarchi horror movie is deeply upsetting and requires the viewer to endure it in a certain state of mind. It’s a film you’ll either love or despise, and it gets a very good treatment from Roninflix who brings it home to fans like yours truly.
The Bootleg Files: The Laundromat
BOOTLEG FILES 747: “The Laundromat” (1985 HBO drama directed by Robert Altman).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Most likely due to a problem with rights clearance.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Unlikely at this time.
During the early 1980s, Robert Altman seemed intent on creating his own version of the American Film Theatre by taking theatrical works and creating adaptations that were closer in style to the original proscenium-framed productions than to works of cinema. With “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” (1982), “Streamers” (1983) and “Secret Ceremony” (1984), Altman was plumbing dramatic emotions from claustrophobic chamber pieces rather than using the widescreen canvas to explore a greater world of tumult and chaos.
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Shall We Play? (2020) [BITS 2020]
A teen girl downloads an app meant to communicate with the dead in an effort to understand her past and her own self. Of course, this does not go well for her and those around her.
Five Memorable, Horrific Movie Castrations
This year “I Spit on Your Grave” was given a deluxe box set on Blu-Ray and 4K allowing fans a new vision for what is easily one of the most upsetting, polarizing, and controversial films ever made. The Meir Zarchi film that popularized the volatile sub-genre rape-revenge films has spawned dozens of cinematic carbon copies (along with infamous bile from Roger Ebert), and features one of the most notorious castration scenes ever depicted. In commemoration of “I Spit in Your Grave” being released to fans yet again, I thought I’d sound off five of some of the more grotesque movie castrations ever filmed.
Dead Dicks (2020) [Rising Sun Festival 2020]
A suicidal man finds out that he can’t really die when each attempt leads to a copy of himself being sent into the world through his apartment. With his sister, they try to understand what is going on.
Come True (2020) [BITS 2020]
While looking for a warm place to stay the night, a runaway finds a sleep study that she can participate in. Once signed up and started, things take a turn for the unusual.