Enter the Video Store: Video VengeanceDirected by Peter Maris/Mario DiLeo/Cullen Blaine/Vic Armstrong. Starring Dolph Lundgren, George Segal, John Schneider, Kristian Alfonso, Geoffrey Lewis, Beau Starr, Nick Chinlund, Ken Foree, Jan-Michael Vincent, James Tolkan, Michelle Phillips, Kim Delaney, George Kennedy, Yaphet Kotto, Michael Paul Chan, Lou Ferrigno, Margaret Trigg, John Saxon, Lee De Broux, Carroll Brandon […]
4K Ultra HD Review – A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection
A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection, 2025.Directed by Wes Craven, Jack Sholder, Chuck Russell, Renny Harlin, Stephen Hopkins, and Rachel Talalay. Starring Robert Englund, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Jsu Garcia, Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley, Linn Shaye, Mark Patton, Robert Rusler, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager, Marshall Bell, Hope Lange, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Wasson, […]
R.I.P. Yaphet Kotto (1939 – 2021)
Yaphet Kotto, famous for being a member of the iconic crew of the Nostromo in Ridley Scott’s Alien, as well as his dual roles in 1973 Bond favourite Live and Let Die, has passed away at the age of 81.The news was broken by Kotto’s wife, who posted a loving tribute to the actor on […]
Blu-ray Review – The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man, 1987.Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Dawson, Jim Brown, Dweezil Zappa.SYNOPSIS:In 2017 a TV show host seems to hold sway over what happens in America – yeah right!Viewing The Running Man in 2019 is a very strange experience for many […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 1 – Alien (1979)
Alien, 1979.Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt.SYNOPSIS:The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo receives a distress signal from a nearby planet and while investigating, one of the crew is attacked by a parasite which implants an embryo in his body. […]
Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run: Collector’s Edition (1988)
Midnight Run, 1988.Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina and Joe Pantoliano.SYNOPSIS:Midnight Run arrives on Blu-ray in the US in a new Collector’s Edition from Shout! Factory that includes a new interview with Robert De Niro along with the interviews that were part of the Blu-ray […]
Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run (1988)
Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Wendy Phillips and Philip Baker Hall. SYNOPSIS: Ex-cop-turned-bounty-hunter Robert De Niro has to escort a bail-jumpig Charles Grodin across the country with the FBI, a rival bounty hunter and the mob on their trail. […]
Live and Let Die’s Yaphet Kotto says James Bond “cannot be black”
Last month former 007 Roger Moore caused some controversy when he was quoted as saying that James Bond should be “English-English” when asked for his thoughts on Idris Elba potentially playing the superspy. Although Moore subsequently suggested his quotes had been “lost in translation”, Yaphet Kotto – who played the villain Dr. Kananga / Mr. […]
