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Yojimbo + Sanjuro — 4K

by Glenn Erickson

Kurosawa’s witty samurai classics are back, in 4K Ultra HD. The master of cinema greeted the 1960s with American pulp cynicism in Japanese period costume, creating what was essentially a Japanese western. Toshirô Mifune is a riot as an amoral sword for hire in Yojimbo, promoting a turf war for fun and profit. In the…

Invasion of the Bee Girls

by Glenn Erickson

Is it exploitative junk or a radical feminist manifesto?  Or just an out-of-control genre mashup between Sci-fi and a skin flick?  It’s Denis Sanders’ final feature and Nicholas Meyer’s first script, but the real auteur may be the producer who put voyeurism above all other concerns. Scores of males in Peckham are dying in the…

Gabriel Over the White House

by Glenn Erickson

With the economy in collapse and millions out of work during the Great Depression, a few Hollywood thrillers proposed radical political changes. William Randolph Hearst was the impetus behind this bizarre tale of a President ‘possessed by an Angel’ who assumes dictatorial powers. The Cabinet and Congress are pushed aside, labor camps are set up…

Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXIII

by Glenn Erickson

Kino keeps finding noir thrillers for its Dark Side series; classic-era stars decorate collection Number 23. Paul Henreid tortures Burt Lancaster for diamond secrets in Rope of Sand, witnessed by Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and sultry Corinne Calvet. Ruthless crook James Cagney woos Helena Carter and foolishly doublecrosses Barbara Payton in Horace McCoy’s Kiss Tomorrow…

Companion

by Terry Morgan

Appropriately enough for a columnist writing for trailersfromhell.com, I’ve always loved movie trailers. I enjoyed the bombast of the classic ones (THE GREATEST ADVENTURE EVER PUT ON FILM!) and the way they skillfully promoted the films without ruining any of the plots. Alas, that time has long passed. Trailers today deliberately show you the entirety…

Movies About Movies

by Randy Fuller

Pairing wine with movies!  See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. This week, we pair wines with a trio of films about one of our favorite subjects: movies. If you think making movies is a dream job, 1995’s Living in Oblivion is for you….