Archive for May 2014
Ripper Street: Season Two Blu-ray Review: Hey, Things Are Improving!
It’s not quite dead. It’s getting better.
Read MoreSIFF 2014 Review: Strictly Sacred: A Film about Girl Trouble
I believe with all of my heart that you would enjoy this film.
Read MoreAtlantis: Season One (2013) Blu-ray Review: Let’s Get Mythical
Sometimes, placing all your eggs in one basket pays off.
Read MoreLike Someone in Love Criterion Collection Review: An Authentic Illusion
Iranian filmmaker creates vision of Japanese intimacy.
Read MoreRepublic of Doyle: Season 1 DVD Review: Conventional Mysteries, Unconventional Setting
Father and son PIs solve crimes and crack wise in rustic Newfoundland.
Read MoreBook Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 4: 1953-1954 by Milton Caniff
This volume demonstrates what a talent Caniff was as both a writer and an artist.
Read MoreDeath Spa Blu-ray Review: Light on Creativity, Heavy on Cringe-Worthy Acting
I’d rather work out than watch it again.
Read MoreAn Adventure in Space and Time Is the Pick of the Week
I do very much enjoy Doctor Who in all of its incarnations and am very interested in how it began.
Read MoreBachelor Flat DVD Review: Everybody Loves Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas’ attempts to steer clear of his female fans, including the adorable Jessica the dachshund, provide the real laughs in Bachelor Flat.
Read MoreCardinal Richelieu / Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! DVDs Review: There’s a Reason They’ve Been Forgotten
It’s brilliant that these sorts of films are finding their way to DVD but…
Read MoreFavorite Time-travel Movies
Read it now before someone goes back in time and changes the responses.
Read MoreConcert Review: Billy Joel Says Hello to Hollywood Bowl – 05/17/14
A very satisfying set filled with greatest hits and deep cuts in front of “a pretty good crowd for a Saturday.”
Read MoreNikita: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: The Short Kiss Goodnight
Action series completes its run with an abbreviated final arc.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Enemy of the World DVD Review: A True Gem Dug Up in Africa
We’re really quite lucky to have it, and ultimately, it is quite enjoyable.
Read MoreThe Women (1939) Blu-ray Review: Their Own Worst Enemy
The main characters’ strength, intelligence, and independence is inevitably undermined by their decisions.
Read MoreThe Monuments Men Is the Pick of the Week
A darn good cast and a fascinating story is enough for me to make it this week’s pick.
Read More3 Days to Kill (2014) Blu-ray Review: Not As Advertised
It’s an okay flick as long as you know what you’re getting.
Read MoreLongmire: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: A Standout Show Worth Watching
Tensions slowly rise through the 13-episode season, leaving lives in balance and ensuing chaos.
Read MoreThe Pleasures of Being / Out of Step Movie Review: Jazz Critic Nat Hentoff Gets the Soft-bop Treatment
It is unfortunate director David L. Lewis fails to provide the investigation a polemic figure like Hentoff so obviously deserves.
Read MoreBob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Review
A great example of having something for everyone.
Read MoreConversations with Robert Osborne DVD Review: Enlightening Interviews from the TCM Vaults
An outstanding set for those fascinated by the Classic Hollywood era.
Read MoreStar Dust DVD Review: B-movie About Hollywood
Linda Darnell shines in a lesser-known good, but not great dramedy about Hollywood.
Read MoreFavorite Monster Movies
We unleash our picks upon the world.
Read MoreThe Deep End Blu-ray Review: An Excellent, Realistic Thriller
Well worth watching.
Read MoreThe Class: The Complete Series DVD Review: An Updated, Expanded Friends
The Warner Archive set features all 19 episodes of the “lost” 2006-07 series.
Read MoreTrust Me (2014) Movie Review: Jerry Maguire with an Unfortunate Ending
It’s so good until it suddenly isn’t.
Read MoreHer Is the Pick of the Week
It’s just the sort of story that Spike Jonze does well.
Read MoreWhen Jews Were Funny DVD Review: Looking for Mr. Goodman
The potential of what could have been is squandered.
Read MoreGreen Lantern: The Animated Series Blu-ray Review: Don’t Let It Escape Your Sight
Get yourself a copy and make your friends green with envy.
Read MoreSongs Ruined by Movies
Pandora’s box was opened when original music not written for the screen was incorporated into soundtracks.
Read MoreCold in July Movie Review: Suspense Thriller Degenerates into Gratuitous Violence
Michael C. Hall and other good actors wasted in a pseudo-profound drama culminating in a pointless blood bath.
Read MoreRiot in Cell Block 11 Criterion Collection DVD Review: Stuck in Folsom Prison
By removing any pointless embellishments and focusing on the action, Siegel weaves a tale that is as authentic as can be.
Read MoreThe Art of the Steal (2013) DVD Review: A Canadian Caper Film
Kurt Russell and Matt Dillon team-up for a funny, slick caper flick heavy on the dialogue and light on the excess.
Read MoreIl Sorpasso Criterion Collection Review: An Endearing, Incisive Road Movie
Risi’s film is simultaneously breezily fun and slyly satiric, a film full of immediate pleasures and more thought-provoking asides.
Read MoreBullets Over Broadway Panel Discussion: How Woody Allen Burst into Song
Director/choreographer Susan Stroman reveals the trajectory from 1994 film comedy to hit Broadway musical
Read MoreThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre Blu-ray Review: Thar’s Murder in Them Hills!
Owning The Treasure of the Sierra Madre on Blu-ray is easier than finding the treasure itself.
Read MoreThe Maltese Falcon (1941) Blu-ray Review: The Stuff Dreams Are Made of
When Huston, Bogart, Astor, and the rest of the crew got together it was movie magic.
Read MoreVeronica Mars (2014) Is the Pick of the Week
I’m kind of excited that they were able to publicly fund a movie so many years after cancellation.
Read MoreMidsomer Murders: Village Case Files DVD Review: Probably the Greatest Current British Mystery Series
If you enjoy a good British mystery, here are 16 of them in a very reasonably-priced package.
Read MoreIt’s A Wrap: The 2014 Humphrey Bogart Film Festival
It is quickly becoming a wonderful tradition for film buffs and Bogie enthusiasts – in a relaxed and beautiful setting.
Read MoreBook Review: Superman: The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies, Volume 2: 1961-1963: Super-Ridiculous, Super-Fun
A terrific collection of strips that would otherwise be lost to the world.
Read MoreMaster of the House Criterion Collection DVD Review: As Boring as it is Important
For film buffs and those interested in movie history, it is essential.
Read MoreMost Anticipated Movies of Summer 2014
The Sentries and friends are looking forward to the following films.
Read MoreBook Review: Popeye: The Classic Newspaper Comics, Volume One: 1986-1989 by Bobby London: Absolutely Fabulous
This anthology of Bobby London’s Popeye comic strips of the late ’80s is mandatory for fans.
Read MoreBook Review: Weird Fantasy, Volume 1: Glossy Reprint of Classic SF Comic
The latest hardcover EC Archives release features the first six issues of this series digitally recolored.
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