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Got it at local Best Buy for$16 but had to ask for it. They didn't have it out on the shelves.

Has anyone reported problems with playing the Machete Blu? I have a brand new Sony BDP-BX57, that is updated as of December. When I put the Machete Blu in, the Fox logo plays and then nothing. The menu never appears and the movie never plays. This is my second copy and same result. I want to get...

This movie comes with tongue planted firmly in cheek - The dialog was pretty hilarious and the final confrontation between Machete and Segal was wonderfully absurd. Lots of hot chicks, including the babysitter twins as nurses, but I think Michelle Rodriguez stole the show. Robert Rodriguez has a...

I finally saw Toy Story 3 and I have to agree - it rocked. Seeing a bunch of toys prepare for death - who else would have the cojones to put something like that in a kids movie and make it work so well? Between that and Buzz in 'Spanish' mode, it really ran the full gamut of emotions. I think...

I love this movie but am reluctant to buy it because of what Sony did last time with Sinbad, releasing it on Blu and then following it up months later with a Harryhausen box that included the same film with a bunch of other films exclusive to the box. This is how Sony has conditioned me - afraid...

I watched almost no movies in June. I did buy a bunch and they are all gathering dust on top of my Blu-Ray player. This weekend though, HBO had one of those free preview deals, so I recorded and watched a bunch of movies I wouldn't have seen otherwise. The Hangover - Boy this movie was...

Where can one get a copy of Worlds Greatest Sinner? I've been looking for that forever.

Hang 'Em High (Blu) - Interesting to watch this directly after watching the Leone trilogy. The Spaghetti Western influence is apparent in some of the visuals and the overall tone of the film, and especially in the music, which outright robs Morricone, but not nearly so much as would later be the...

Orson Welles - The Paris Interview - Very brief but very entertaining and compelling interview with Orson, circa 1960. He is on his best behavior here and does not bog things down with the peevish petulance he would often display in later years. The interviewer is deferential to the point of...

I think Rollercoaster was the first movie made in Sensurround! which used loud booming noise to give the effect of being on an actual rollercoaster. I think they put a subwoofer under every seat. And Sparks had one song, 'Big Boy' that played incessantly throughout the carnival scenes. For years...

Man with No Name Trilogy - (Blu) I'm still ticked off about the GBU double dip but I guess it means I can pass my 'extra' copy of GBU on to my dad. If the studios want me to be extra cautious and wait forever to buy a movie then that's what I'll do. Anyway, it sure is nice to have the first two...

I went to Fry's to get something else and ended up getting Being There because it was so cheap. I don't think I had seen this movie since it was released, and since I was a dorkus teenager at the time, I don't remember it making much of an impression. I have to say, I really enjoyed watching it...

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'Truth'. Hell Ride is just another one of those Grindhouse homage movies made in the wake of Death Proof and Planet Terror. Sukiyaki Western Django was another one and there have been others as well, which I haven't seen yet (Black Dynamite, Bitch Slap to...

Rona isn't too old - she is still hot as heck and she kicks butt. I still say she was to the manor born when it comes to Laura Croft. Even if they did have a Laura that was a little older, that wouldn't be the end of the world. These heroines don't always have to be teenagers. They should take...

Well the trickle of Fuller titles on DVD has been slow but steady, so I'm optimistic. I'm sure they'll all get released eventually. I think I've managed to get copies of everything that's been released so far. Even his worst film, Shark, has it's Sam Fuller moments. Thanks again for the info.

They all deserve Criterion releases as far as I'm concerned - I mean, if White Dog can make it.... Especially good news on Run of the Arrow. We might see that sooner than later and that is one I'd really like to see. Thanks for the info.

So with the release of Verboten, I think Park Row, China Gate and Run of the Arrow are the only Sam Fuller films that haven't been released on DVD in the US. Anyone know who owns these movies? I know Sam financed some of them independently.

My favorite audition moment was the chick who did the Taxi dance thing with her DAD. The dance was creepy, the Dad was creepy and the girl was all creepy and defensive when the judges pointed out how off-putting the whole thing was. Maybe she thought she was auditioning for 'So you think you can...

North West Frontier - Hmm. I thought this was going to be a western. Instead, it's a British adventure yarn about a small group of people taking a rickety train across the vast Indian badlands to try and save a young Indian prince from bloodthirsty Muslim rebels. Naturally, one of the party is a...

Clash by Night is a favorite of mine simply because of the performances. Robert Ryan's turn as Earl the Projectionist is one of his best roles, to my mind. The only thing Earl hates more than himself is everybody else, and his arc through this movie is truly fascinating to watch. Ryan had a real...

Howard the Duck was such an oddball comic book - it might be interesting if someone revisited the material but played it straight and didn't cute it up for the kids. Then again, some comic books were meant only to be comic books and that's that. I picked up the Alice in Wonderland Blu-ray...

I love 'Lady from Shanghai'. Like so many of Orson's films, it is kind of a mess, and yet his sheer talent as a film maker still manages to shine through. There is so much crazy business that he is trying to achieve in the various scenes in that movie; it's one I appreciate more and more every...

Looking forward to picking up the Django BluRay. There have been so many good bargains lately, I suddenly have a nice new stack of Blu's to work through. Armagedon - The guiltiest of guilty pleasures - pure, unadulterated, indefensible hokum from start to finish. Usually, when a movie is...

Marked for Death - Steven Seagal throws a mute Danny Trejo into the trunk of his car and goes after some Mexican drug dealers, but things go awry and his partner is killed by a naked stripper, so Steven decides to retire to his home in the Chicago suburbs. While visiting his old war buddy, Keith...

Logan's Run - Like so much of 70's cinema, this film is badly dated by the ridiculously hip costumes, not to mention the cheesy looking sets, yet it still manages to entertain the heck out of me. I'm not sure if there is a genuine quality to the film or if it's just such an iconic part of my...

Macgruber - Saw this on a whim and was surprised to find I was only one of five people in a very large theater. That is, til the film started. I'm not sure I get why the critics are just raving about this, as a lot of it is so over the top that it misses entirely. When it does occasionally find...

The Most Terrible Time in My Life/Stairway to a Distant Past/The Trap - Three movies that make up the 'Maiku Hama: Detective' trilogy about the adventures of a young, hothead private eye with a heart of gold who lives over a movie theater and takes missing person cases that always lead to crazy...

So we'll probably end up with a Japanese Blu-ray release sans subtitles like theyre doing with the Godzilla movies. You can't win! (Unless you speak Japanese!) Thanks for the info!

If they went to the trouble of creating a hi-def transfer, why not release this on Blu as well? Is this one of those situations where they release the SDV first and then follow up with the Blu a few weeks later? Never quite understood that philosophy. Do they think this will be less saleable on...

Here is the list of Noirs link - I don't agree with some of it but it's pretty fascinating: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir250noirs1.htm I'm eyeing that Navy vs the Night Monster movie too. Gamera also. I picked up an amazing book - 'Keep Watching the Skies' by Bill Warren. It...