Gutterballs (Blu-ray) by Ian Jane The Movie: Written and directed by the late Ryan Nicholson, 2008's Gutterballs opens at a bowling alley where a group of young women and a pre-op trans friend await a match with some rival frat boy types lead by Steve (Alastair Gamble). Things quickly get out of hand shortly after another group of guys show up. There's a lot of trash talking and Steve assaults the trans bowler only for one of the other guys, Jamie (Nathan White) steps in to try and stop him. Eventually a bowling ball is dropped on Jamie's foot but not before the frat guys make cat calls and crude remarks to one of the female bowlers, Lisa (Candice Lewald), who is wearing a shirt so shot it barely qualifies as a skirt and who also happens to be going commando.' The bowling alley clerk shows up with a shotgun in hand and the groups scatter. Unbeknownst to her friends, Lisa is left alone inside and is brutally rape...Read the entire review »

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema (Big House, U.S.A., A Bullet For Joey, He Ran All the Way, Storm Fear, Witness to Murder) (5 (Blu-ray) by Oktay Ege Kozak The Movies: A Bullet For Joey: More of a cold war thriller/anti-communist propaganda than straight film noir. The humdrum and predictable story is worth watching for two reasons: It's a rare cold war thriller that takes place in Canada, and Edward G. Robinson's methodical Canadian inspector, who's tasked with solving a conspiracy that involves Iron Curtain spies kidnapping a scientist for their own nefarious plans (Maybe Top Secret stole that plot), is reminiscent of one of his most famous characters, Barton "little man inside" Keyes from Double Indemnity. 2/5 Bighouse, U.S.A.: Again, not really a film noir, but more of a b-movie prison escape thriller. The protagonists aren't really film noir anti-heroes, but downright criminals and murderers who end up escaping the hoosegow to get their paws on the ransom money a child kidnapper (Ral...Read the entire review »