Tim Salmons

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Review Date: May 05, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc Martin Goldman/Larry Spangler/Ron O’Neal/Arthur Marks 1972-1973 (January 25, 2025) Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros./General Film Corporation (Imprint Films/Via Vision Entertainment) Film/Program Grade: See Below Video Grade: See Below Audio Grade: See Below Extras Grade: B- Overall Grade: B [Editor's Note: This is a Region-Free Australian Blu-ray import.] The use of the portmanteau term “blaxploitation” has meant many things: a source of income...

1 week ago | thedigitalbits.com | Tim Salmons

Review Date: May 02, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc José Mojica Marins 1964-2008 (March 11, 2025) Indústria Cinematográfica Apolo/Olhos de Cão/Gullane Filmes (Arrow Video) Film/Program Grade: See Below Video Grade: See Below Audio Grade: See Below Extras Grade: A- Overall Grade: A- José Mojica Marins invented the persona of Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) in 1964, co-writing, directing, and starring in the first Brazilian horror film, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul. Achieving immediate success, he...

2 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Tim Salmons

Review Date: Apr 30, 2025 Format: 4K Ultra HD Tinto Brass 2000 (October 22, 2024) Lion Pictures (Cult Epics) Film/Program Grade: N/A Video Grade: A Audio Grade: A+ Extras Grade: B+ In 2000, erotic comedy extraordinaire Tinto Brass entered the new millennium with one of the final projects during his latter day filmmaking period: Tra(sgre)dire, released elsewhere in the world as Cheeky! The original Italian title is a mix of trasgredire (transgress) and tradire (cheat), which this film’s...

3 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Tim Salmons

Review Date: Apr 23, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc Shōhei Imamura 1997 (April 15, 2025) Imamura Productions/Shochiku Co., Ltd. (Radiance Films) Film/Program Grade: B Video Grade: B Audio Grade: B Extras Grade: B- Director Shōhei Imamura was in the twilight of his life and his career before the release of The Eel (aka Unagi) in 1997.

3 weeks ago | thedigitalbits.com | Tim Salmons

Review Date: Apr 17, 2025 Format: Blu-ray Disc William Hanna, Joseph Barbera 1964-1966 (March 25, 2025) Hanna-Barbera Productions (Warner Archive Collection) Film/Program Grade: B Video Grade: A- Audio Grade: B Extras Grade: C+ Hanna-Barbera Productions continued its streak of first-run syndicated cartoon extravaganzas with wacky anthropomorphized characters in The Magilla Gorilla Show, airing for three seasons from 1964 to 1966 before being chopped up for re-runs. Magilla Gorilla, a dopey...