Black Tight Killers is the Blu-ray Pick of the Week

I assume it is obvious that I like lots of weirdo cult films. When I was younger I really enjoyed finding obscure films to watch as it gave me certain bragging rights. I could ask my movie nerd friends if they’d seen some completely unknown film and then feel a bloated sense of superiority when they hadn’t seen it yet. As I’ve gotten older and pretty much every film imaginable has become available at the click of the button the bragging rights have gone, but I still love obscure, weird movies.

Obviously, I watch a lot of movies and the more you watch the more you come to understand the formulas and cliches of cinema. So to find something that truly does something different is pretty cool.

I have no idea if Black Tight Killers is any good, but I love the summation of it. A war photographer tries to rescue a waitress from the clutches of an all-girl band of stylishly dressed ninjas who use records as weapons. Tell me that isn’t something you want to see!

Radiance Films is a fairly new label but they seem to be doing good work. This one comes with a new transfer and lots of extras.

Also out this week that looks interesting:

Wonka (2023): There was a bit of hilarious chatter when this new adaptation of the beloved Roald Dahl book came out because some people went to see it without knowing it was a musical. The Gene Wilder version had a lot of songs, but I guess this one is a full-on singing and dancing musical and a lot of folks don’t like that. Personally, I like musicals, but I see no reason to see yet another adaptation.

The Roaring Twenties: The Criterion Collection presents this Roal Walsh-directed film about some soldiers getting mixed up in the mob. James Cagney stars.

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVII: Kino Lorber continues to put out these nice boxed sets of three relatively obscure film noirs. I asked Cinema Sentries to get me a copy to review, but I haven’t received it yet. This set contains the following films: Vice Squad, Black Tuesday, and Nightmare.

Hollow Man: Wal-Mart is doing an exclusive Steelbook release of this Kevin Bacon vehicle that is yet another take on the whole Invisible Man scenario. I remember not liking it when I watched it in theaters.

I Know What You Did Last Summer: Another Wal-Mart exclusive type deal. Both this and Hollow Man are coming from Mill-Creek who are notorious for their cheap releases.