A softcore starlet is murdered, and her lady lover sets up a revenge plot by finding a new starlet who looks just like her in Theodore Gershuny’s Sugar Cookies, a 1972 early Troma written by Lloyd Kaufman, and now on Blu-Ray via Troma Entertainment
Tag Archives: Crime
Aesthetics of a Bullet [1973] [Radiance Blu-Ray LE]
An excitable patsy is sent into gang territory to incite a gang war in Sadeo Nakajima’s 1973 film Aesthetics of a Bullet, now on Blu-Ray via Radiance
Spider-Noir [2026]
Former superhero and now full-time private eye Ben Reilly has to mask up to break a case in the spectacular Spider-Noir, a gripping and clever twist of the Spider-Man mythos to Depression-era detective stories.
Marlowe [1969] [Arrow Blu-Ray LE]
Raymond Chander’s signature detective, played by James Garner, looks for a missing man and uncovers a conspiracy in Paul Bogart’s MARLOWE, coming soon to Blu-ray via Arrow Video.
Reckless (2026)
A man out on parole goes after his part of the take from the crime that put him inside while evading the police.
Out on VOD Friday May 22nd, 2026.
SIFF Capsule Reviews [2026] [SIFF2026]
Bob presents five seventy-five-word reviews for Seattle International Film Festival features: Beat the Lotto, Body Blow, Franz, Ghost in the Machine, and Hen.
Confessions of a Police Captain [1971] [Radiance Films LE Blu-Ray]
A cynical police captain and an idealistic prosecutor differ in the method to unravel a conspiracy connected with a mob boss in Damiano Damiani’s compelling 1971 Polizi film; on Blu-Ray via Radiance Films in April, 2026.