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Nico Mastorakis has an uncanny ability of pulling ideas from various sources and running them through the Cuisinart of his peculiar sensibility, producing something altogether idiosyncratic. The six films assembled in Arrow Video’s new box set—one evocative religious allegory and five bawdy action comedies—testify to Mastorakis’s skills as a pop-cultural bricoleur. As a result, they serve as a series of variably amusing time capsules, deploying plenty of medium-specific references that might just delight viewers who came of age in the 1980s and early ’90s. Others will have to spend some time doing due diligence on Wikipedia.

The Time Traveler, from 1984, stars Keir Dullea as a man who fell to Earth, found naked along the Mykonos shore by expat American widow Andrea (Adrienne Barbeau). The new arrival soon names himself Glenn (as in astronaut John Glenn) and proceeds to learn the ways of the world. Unsurprisingly, a...

The folks at Arrow have unveiled their lineup of genre variety and goodness for the month of June. We will get four films from Nico Mastorakis: The Time Traveller, Sky High, Glitch! and Terminal Exposure. Currated programs included films about witches, slashers and homicidal maniacs. Everything you need to know about June's programming follows. Arrow Player Announces June 2024 Lineup B Movie Brilliance from Nico Mastorakis Arrives on Service June 2024 Seasons: Quarxx Selects, Witch!, Chatanooga Film Festival Selects, Home Invaders, Slashers, Crazed Killers Arrow Video is excited to announce the June 2024 lineup of their subscription-based Arrow platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Enjoy a...

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"The Love Boat" holds a fascinating place in pop culture history. While most of the shows with reruns playing in heavy rotation today were in some way groundbreaking upon their initial release, "The Love Boat" is a novelty the likes of which modern TV rarely – if ever – tries to emulate. An anthology-like rom-com set aboard a cruise ship, "The Love Boat" featured a revolving door of guest stars and little connective tissue to speak of aside from the cast playing the crew aboard the ship.

The deeply '70s series earned high ratings for much of its run, yet was considered pretty silly even at the time of its release. John J. O'Connor called it a "dreadful porridge of a conception" in The New York Times, while the Orlando Sentinel's Noel Holston said it needed "sharper writing, better casting, more original situations, an end to the indefatigable laugh track or,...

Exclusive: CAA has landed Oscar-winning blockbuster composer Hans Zimmer as a client in the areas of touring, producing, scoring, speaking engagements, podcasts and content creation.

Zimmer was previously with WME.

This year, Zimmer’s scores will be heard on MGM’s No Time to Die, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune and Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick.

Early on in his music career, the Frankfurt native was a wonder with keyboards and synthesizers, working with the pop band The Buggles known for the 1979 hit single “Video Killed The Radio Star.” In the 1980s, he cut his teeth under The Deer Hunter composer Stanley Myers in the UK, where the two ultimately co-founded the London-based Lillie Yard recording studio. As a duo they composed on such movies as 1985’s Insignificance and the 1982 Jeremy Irons movie Moonlighting. Zimmer’s first solo score was Terminal Exposure for director Nico Mastorakis in 1987, for which he also wrote the songs.

Fans of cult cinema are more than familiar with the name, Nico Mastorakis. The director behind such fare as “Island Of Death,” “Zero Boys,” and “Terminal Exposure,” kicked off the ’90s co-helming “Hired To Kill.” It’s an entry into his oeuvre fans will want to track down, and thanks to Arrow Video, its arriving on home […]

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While Hans Zimmer is better known these days for his relationship with directors like Christopher Nolan, it was Nico Mastorakis who helped first get his foot in the door of the industry. One of Zimmer’s earliest credits was on Mastorakis’ slice of ‘80s horror nastiness “The Zero Boys” (he would also score the director's next effort, "Terminal Exposure") and the film has now been given a fresh 2K restoration by Arrow Video for its upcoming Blu-ray release. Kelli Maroney leads the movie that follows a group of friends who head to the woods for a weekend of survival games, only to wind up fighting for their actual lives against a group of inbred, bloodthirsty maniacs. Featuring some gruesome scenes that would lay the path for pictures like “Hostel” and “Saw,” this one is a must for horror buffs. Check out our exclusive clip from the movie below which teases...