Archive for December 2015
Hitler’s Madman / Hitler’s Children (1943) DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Propaganda
The Warner Archive Collection unveils two similarly dissimilar movies from the movie industry’s “rushin’ front.”
Read MoreBone Tomahawk DVD Review: Rare Horror Western Hybrid
Matching a Western setting with a horror story, Bone Tomahawk is that rare genre hybrid that gets both parts right.
Read MoreBone Tomahawk Is the Pick of the Week
Probably the most disappointing week releases brings us a gory Western, a very flawed Fatal Attraction ripoff, a robbery flick that went nowhere, and more.
Read MoreEverything I Have Is Yours DVD Review: A Disjointed MGM Musical Programmer
Husband-and-wife duo Marge and Gower Champion get upgraded to top billing.
Read MoreMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials Blu-ray Review: Diminishing Returns
Second film in the Maze Runner cycle fails to build upon the strengths of its predecessor.
Read MoreTell Them Who You Are Movie Review: A Captivating Documentary about Cinematographer Haskell Wexler and His Son
A wonderful exploration of a father-son relationship that is identifiable to anyone who has been a parent or child.
Read MoreWild Bill Elliott Western Collection DVD Review: The End of an Era
The last of the hard-hitting, two-fisted B movie cowboys takes his final ride off into the sunset in this eight-film set from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreSpy (2015) Blu-ray Review: License to Laugh
Writer/director Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy continue to be a comedy partnership viewers can trust.
Read MoreBlood Rage (1987) Blu-ray Review: Because Florida
Cult cinema’s perennial Thanksgiving slasher flick finally finds a home for the holidays.
Read MoreNight and the City Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Jules Dassin’s Marvelous London Noir
Add this movie to your collection by whatever means necessary.
Read MoreWake Up and Kill Blu-ray Review: Gritty but Unengaging Criminal Bio-pic
This true crime story has a lot on its mind, but it doesn’t translate into arresting storytelling.
Read MorePan is the Pick of the Week
A rather dull week brings us another take on Peter Pan, another take on Bobby Fischer’s life, a two very different takes on religion.
Read MoreThe Strangler (1964) DVD Review: There’s Always the Son
The great Victor Buono stars as a bastardized Boston serial killer, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe End of the Tour DVD Review: How to Make Talking Interesting
It has some interesting things to say about writing and America and simply being alive.
Read MoreThe Who: Live in Hyde Park DVD Review: The 50-Year Anniversary Show
A really great bookend to an amazing career by an amazing band.
Read MoreJellyfish Eyes Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Surprisingly Unsurprising
Takashi Murakami’s first film is fun for the whole family but sorely lacking his usual artistic iconoclasm.
Read MoreBook Review: Star Wars FAQ by Mark Clark
Everything left to know about the trilogy that changed the movie business.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Various Vamps, Visitors, Bats and Vats
As another dreadful holiday season falls upon us, there is perhaps no better time to re-celebrate Halloween with this line-up of killer October chillers.
Read MoreThe Great American Dream Machine DVD Review: Could Be a Nightmare for Some
It makes a good Christmas present to either give to a fan of television or to bring to a white elephant gift exchange.
Read MoreJACO DVD Review: Portrait of a Tortured Genius
JACO presents a complicated yet fascinating portrait of a gifted musician who reinvented the bass.
Read MoreAnother Language / What Every Woman Knows DVDs Review: The Helen Hayes Code
The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents several forgotten starring vehicles for the First Lady of the American Theater.
Read MoreMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us a couple of Italian horrors, some early Hitchcock, impossible
missions, and more.
Blood Rage Blu-ray Review: One of Arrow’s Top Releases
“It’s not cranberry sauce, Artie.”
Read MoreWhat Have You Done To Solange? Blu-ray Review: Giallo at Its Finest
Sex, violence, and style, or everything you want in an Italian horror film.
Read MoreSinatra: All or Nothing at All Blu-ray Review: That’s His Life
A thorough documentary that still leaves the viewer curious to learn more about Sinatra and explore his work.
Read MoreThe Bat (1959) / A Bucket of Blood Blu-rays Review: The Film Detective Goes Public (Domain)
A new indie label releases BD-R versions of two late ’50s cult classics.
Read MoreBobby Ware Is Missing DVD Review: And Starring Neville Brand as Indiana Jones
One missing little film featuring two lost little boys has been rescued by the great big Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreCry of the Hunted / Wind Across the Everglades DVDs Review: Attack of the Swamp Features
Two entirely different ’50s bayou flicks ‒ now available on home video from the Warner Archive Collection ‒ receive a mite good scrutinizin’.
Read MoreThe Big Short Movie Review: Adam McKay Tries to Get Serious
Despite its dramatic aspirations, ‘The Big Short’ is cut from a similar cloth as McKay’s bro-y comedies.
Read MoreMarvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us a couple of obscure Criterions, a hungry serial killer, silly little yellow creatures and lots of super heroes.
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: ‘Start to Finish’
The season comes to a half end and after a little time to think about it, Kim and Shawn react.
Read MoreCarol Movie Review: A Moving, Gorgeous Melodrama
Todd Haynes builds a deeply felt romance from deferred moments.
Read MoreThe Brain That Wouldn’t Die Blu-ray Review: The Head of No Class
The decapitated grandparent of grindhouse cinema gets a beautiful HD makeover in this, the definitive release of a true cult classic.
Read MoreWalt Before Mickey Movie Review: Missing the Magic that Made Disney Disney
A difficult film to recommend to even the most die-hard Walt Disney fan.
Read MoreFathom Events and TCM Present Roman Holiday
Once again, Fathom Events and TCM have put a wonderful classic on the big screen.
Read MoreAmy Blu-ray Review: The Permeability of Private and Public Footage
Asif Kapadia’s documentary on Amy Winehouse transcends the typical with an unusually and uncomfortably intimate collage.
Read MoreBest of Enemies DVD Review: The Whole World Was Watching
How the 1968 Debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal shaped our current news reporting.
Read MoreCooties Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us an ice-skiing Robert Redford, an inside look at Amy Winehouse, Roger Waters performing The Wall, and lots of zombies.
Read MoreRequiescant Blu-ray Review: Massacred Mexican Communist Revenge
Offbeat scenes and a determined Communist undertone offset this otherwise standard tale of Western revenge.
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