Archive for October 2014
Rifftrax Live: Anaconda Movie Review: A Slithering Halloween Treat
Come sail down the Amazon with the Rifftrax crew!
Read MoreA Handful of de Havilland: Three Obscure Olivias from the Warner Archive
Olivia de Havilland encounters the plights and perils of a gold rush, a wartime rush, and rushed productions in a trio of forgotten films.
Read MoreEarth to Echo Blu-ray Review: Steven Spielberg’s Lawyers Ought to Be Happy
A nostalgic family film that wants to remind you of classic ’80s adventure movies, but instead made me chuck things at my TV.
Read MoreGood People Blu-ray Review: Good People, So-So Movie
Not as good as its cast might imply.
Read MoreDr. Katz Live Album Review: The Classic Animated Comedy Live and on Stage
There’s no squigglevision, but the laughs are as strong as they ever were.
Read MoreSnowpiercer (2013) Blu-ray Review: Off to See the Wizard
Intelligent, thought-provoking sci-fi drama with winning performances and production design.
Read MoreMy Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks Blu-ray Review: Entertainment for the Entire Family
Equestria Girls proves that friendship and music really is magic.
Read MoreLooking for Johnny: The Legend of Johnny Thunders DVD Review: Even in Death, He Still Slings Six-strings
Spanish filmmaker Danny Garcia unravels the mysterious sadness of a guitar god.
Read MoreGallagher: I Am Who I Pretend to Be Album Review: A Final Farewell from a Once Great Comedian
A reminder of how great Gallagher once was.
Read MoreDeliver Us from Evil (2014) Is the Pick of the Week
Surprisingly, it’s a weak week for scary movies, but a good one for everything else.
Read MoreMaleficent Blu-ray Review: Gorgeous to Look at, but Hard to Watch
It is an entertaining, well performed, family film that lacks a coherent vision and feels like it was made by a committee instead of a filmmaker telling a singular story.
Read MoreThe Blues Magoos: Psychedelic Resurrection Album Review
Psychedelic Resurrection is the first album from garage rock band the Blues Magoos in four decades.
Read MoreOne Night at Susie’s DVD Review: Makes a Hardened Man Humble
The Warner Archive presents vintage film enthusiasts with one of the few surviving films of actress Billie Dove.
Read MoreHorns Movie Review: Daniel Radcliffe Can’t Handle the Truth
Harry Potter trades his magic wand for a devil’s pitchfork in a horror movie providing scares and chuckles before turning loony-cartoony
Read MoreJohn Wick Movie Review: Keanu Reeves Gets His Wick Debt
A nice change of pace action/thriller that will hopefully inspire others to emulate instead of imitate.
Read MoreOh, Sailor Behave DVD Review: Olsen and Johnson Liven a Dud to Death
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. And an entire nation – if not universe – can sleep soundly with that assurance.
Read MoreThe Lusty Men DVD Review: An RKO Rodeo Picture
Robert Mitchum and Arthur Kennedy are two wild studs that only Susan Hayward can handle.
Read MoreBegin Again DVD Review: Sorry, Once Was Enough
Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley trapped in a sappy, predictable music industry backstager from the maker of Once.
Read MoreShoot-Out at Medicine Bend DVD Review: The Feel-Good Flick of ’57
OK, so Randolph Scott, Bret Maverick, and the Green Hornet walk into a bar dressed as Quakers…
Read MoreBook Review: Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics by Van Morrison: You’ve Heard the Songs, Now Read the Lyrics
Have I told you lately that I love Van Morrison?
Read MoreSon of a Gunfighter DVD Review: Sundown of the American Gundown
The Warner Archive brings us the home video debut of an odd, early Euro western prototype.
Read MoreBook Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 1 & Issue #3 by John Byrne
Byrne’s work is like watching a long-lost episode play before our eyes.
Read MoreLovejoy: Series 2 DVD Review: Ian McShane Is Back for More Antiques, Crime and Fun
Ian McShane is charming and funny and even a little bit tough when necessary. He is wonderful as Lovejoy, and his show is as charming as its star.
Read MoreBook Review: Percy Crosby’s Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933: Long-forgotten Magic
With any luck this collection will bring Skippy back to the public consciousness – it certainly deserves it.
Read MoreUnder Fire (1983) Blu-ray Review: Nick Nolte Knows How to Shoot (a Camera)
Twilight Time’s new Blu-ray release is most assuredly the best possible way to experience this underrated gem.
Read MoreSupermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Movie Review: An Amazing Documentary
The story of entertainment manager, Shep Gordon, who does business a little differently.
Read MoreThe Two Faces of January Movie Review: Sex and Suspense from Three Strong Actors
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac in an entertaining tangle of greed, lust, and guilt from Patricia Highsmith.
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “No Sanctuary”
In which we start with blood and end with fire. In between Carol kicks ass.
Read MoreSnowpiercer Is the Pick of the Week
This week’s releases include a highly acclaimed science fiction movie, several complete television collections, an HBO special, and more.
Read MoreSilent Witness: The Complete Season One and Seventeen DVDs Review: Ch-ch-ch-changes
BBC Video releases the earliest and latest seasons of the long-running crime drama series.
Read MoreThe Adventures of the Wilderness Family Triple Feature DVD Review: The Off Grid Trilogy
Those lovable stinkin’ hippies return in a compressed, single-disc/three-feature release for those of you on the cheap.
Read MoreAlabama & Friends at the Ryman CD/DVD Review: Celebrating 40 Years
Highly entertaining from beginning to end.
Read MoreYoung Justice Blu-ray Review: A Super(hero) Show from Warner Archive
While using teenage main characters could have led to a series best suited for children, the realistic characters and smartly plotted stories make it accessible for all.
Read MoreBook Review: Owsley and Me: My LSD Family by Rhoney Gissen Stanley with Tom Davis
Making music, love, and enough LSD to get the whole world high.
Read MoreClassic Shorts from the Dream Factory, Volume 3 DVD Review: The Lost Stooges
The Warner Archive brings us six rare pre-Code shorts featuring The Three Stooges, including a previously thought-to-be-lost short rediscovered in 2013.
Read MoreThe Believers (1987) Blu-ray Review: That Old Black Magic Has Me in Its Spell
Martin Sheen is in trouble, for he does not practice Santería. Nor does he have a crystal ball, for that matter.
Read MoreSteven Spielberg Director’s Collection Blu-ray Review: Finally, Duel in HD!
Universal unveils the HD debuts of four of the iconic director’s works in this eight-film set.
Read MoreThe Honorable Woman DVD Review: A Slow, Dense and Immensely Entertaining Thriller
A densely plotted drama that loses none of its depth while remaining thrilling to watch.
Read MoreThe Vanishing (1993) Blu-ray Review: So Bad That It Actually Becomes Good
That smudged printing on Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland’s résumés can be seen in a much clearer light now.
Read MoreThe Adventures of Marco Polo DVD Review: “The Princess Bride” of Its Day?
The Warner Archive re-releases a highly enjoyable epic of a box office bomb from 1938.
Read MoreAre You Here Blu-ray Review: Never Fleshes Itself Out
Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakas blow smoke for emotional growth in Matthew Weiner’s feature-film debut.
Read MoreAudrey Rose Blu-ray Review: An ‘Exorcist’ for the Neil Simon Crowd
Twilight Time brings vintage horror movie lovers a misaligned tale of reincarnation and possession.
Read MoreX-Men: Days of Future Past Is the Pick of the Week
The film matched all of the promise of the concept.
Read MoreThe Blob (1988) Blu-ray Review: Everybody’s in the Pink Now
Twilight Time delivers a dazzling HD re-release of the cult favorite ’80s remake and it’s swell, kids!
Read MoreFather Brown: Season One DVD Review: Uninspired Priest Detective Series
Catholic priest detective isn’t particularly Catholic, nor much of a detective, in this BBC series.
Read MoreInspector Manara: Season Two DVD Review: Crime and Amore
Luca’s intuitive yet iconoclastic approach to crime-solving is a lot of fun to watch, but it is the romance of Luca and Lara that is sure to keep viewers interested and involved.
Read MoreCamp X-Ray Movie Review: Exploring the Gray in Guantanamo Bay
Kristen Stewart finally shows her talent in this thought-provoking drama.
Read MoreBook Review: The Art of John Alvin by Andrea Alvin
You know his work. Now get to know the man.
Read MoreIn the Flesh: The Complete Season Two DVD Review: The Undead Return. Again.
Because who doesn’t long for a BBC drama that includes gay zombie love?
Read MoreChef Blu-ray Review: Not the Easiest to Digest
Many small scenes that work by themselves but when strung together they do not connect even though on paper they should.
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