tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11304264521439984262015-01-24T18:44:10.515+14:00Selections from the work of Canadian freelance writer John Charles, Associate Editor/Contributor to Video Watchdog Magazine (1992 - ) and author of The Hong Kong Filmography 1977-1997 (2000/2009). Everything I write here is ©2011-2015 John Charles.John Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680147447691697779noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130426452143998426.post-51531347914876037232015-01-02T09:19:00.001+14:002015-01-02T09:34:45.529+14:00

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In the early days of hardcore pornography, one way to get around a possible obscenity bust was to present the explicit sexual acts in the context of a documentary. One such production was AMERICAN SEXUAL REVOLUTION (1971; available on DVD-R and as a download from Something Weird Video), which entertains mainly through its time capsule collage of vintage "tenderloin" theatre marquee footage. While

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VENGEANCE Joko invoca Dio... e muori   “Joko Invokes God... and You Die”  aka ROKO'S REVENGE 1968, Image Entertainment #ALF9858DVD, DD-1.0/LB/16:9, $24.99, 100m 9s, DVD-A By John Charles Originally published in Video Watchdog #72 Although he may be better re­membered today for his peplum roles and a series of dreadful ninja films from the

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<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> With resources like Internet Archive and YouTube and those gigantic Mill Creek DVD packs, there cannot be much of a market left for single DVD public domain releases.  Nonetheless,  Pennsylvania-based Alpha Video continues to issue a regular slate of unprotected movies and TV programs packaged in their characteristically colorful covers. They switched

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GRINDHOUSE TRAILER CLASSICS 4 2014, Nucleus Films, £11.99, 111m 4s, PAL DVD-0 Certificate 18 (passed uncut) By John Charles Nucleus Films’ latest trailer compilation dispenses with the guest hosts this time out and concentrates on delivering the exploitation movie goods.  While the input of experts like Stephen Thrower and Kim Newman added to the value of the earlier discs (which I covered

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