Archive for August 2016
The Jungle Book (2016) Blu-ray Review: Much More Than the Bare Necessities
Jon Favreau’s live action/CG remake hits the mark.
Read MoreRKO Varieties Triple Feature DVD Review: The Very Definition of Below Paar
Don’t let these innocent looking obscurities from the Warner Archive Collection fool you: the jokes are so bad, they could cause blindness, hemorrhaging, or ‒ if you’re lucky ‒ death.
Read MoreGene Wilder’s Other Films
2016 takes another one of my heroes.
Read MoreThe Jungle Book (2016) Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us a Disney remake, a couple of Orson Welles’ Criterion releases, a hotel manager, and more.
Read MoreMichael Fiore and Eric Sharkey Talk Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
The directors of Floyd Norman: An Animated Life talk Disney, their subject and free art.
Read MoreFloyd Norman: An Animated Life Movie Review: Delightfully Animated
Floyd Norman’s life is landmark, no matter what.
Read MoreHell Hunters (1986) DVD Review: No Need to Hunt for It, It’s Right Here
An incompetently made West German jungle adventure with Stewart Granger, Candice Daly, George Lazenby, and Maud Adams receives an equally subpar digital debut from Film Chest.
Read MoreTell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Blu-ray Review: A Neglected Curiosity Comes to Home Video
A typically odd late-period Otto Preminger film showcases a fine Liza Minnelli performance.
Read MoreThe Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) Blu-ray Review: Hey, Where’s the Swingin’?
The appropriately misleading exploitation flick from Jack Hill gets a deluxe treatment from Arrow Video.
Read MoreAsh vs Evil Dead: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: The Return of the King, Baby
All involved can take great pride with the results.
Read MoreThe Arrow Video Roundup for August
What’s worth purchasing from Arrow Video this month.
Read MoreThe Bloodstained Butterfly Blu-ray Review: The Unconventional Courtroom Giallo
Duccio Tessari’s bizarre giallo/poliziotteschi/krimi hybrid hatches once again thanks to the diligent efforts of Arrow Video.
Read MoreLucifer: The Complete First Season DVD Review: You’re in for a Devil of a Time
Tom Ellis brings the infamously infernal Vertigo/DC Comics character to life, giving boring cop shows a fresh, much-needed twist.
Read MoreTop 10 Films of the 21st Century (so far)
Did your favorites make the cut?
Read MoreDarker Shades of Blu: Film Noir from the Warner Archive
From Humphrey Bogart to Alfred Hitchcock, the WAC offers up some of the best mysteries ever available now on Blu-ray.
Read MoreDC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Brings the Fun Back to Comic Book-related Shows
It ties in well to the Arrowverse and may be the best comic-book show on TV right now.
Read MoreFathom Events and TCM Bring Back National Lampoon’s Animal House
A chaotic classic worth seeing again.
Read MoreMicrowave Massacre Blu-ray Review: This Comedy Is Overcooked
Who knew a comedy about a cannibalistic serial killer could be this unfunny?
Read MoreGotham (2014): The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: So Far, So Good
Warner and DC Comics’ small-screen reboot of the Batman franchise grows, leaps, and slays in great strides.
Read MoreA Taste of Honey Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Taste of Adolescence
Tony Richardson’s tale of the sweet and sour gifts life delivers to us.
Read MoreThe Bloodstained Butterfly Blu-ray Review: A Giallo Version of Zodiac
Arrow Video releases Duccio Tessari’s classic giallo film in a stunning new Blu-ray edition.
Read MoreMicrowave Massacre Blu-ray Review: Surely Someone Will Enjoy This
Not really horror, not really funny, but definitely dark, and definitely takes too long.
Read MoreAsh vs Evil Dead: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us the return of the Evil Dead, more zombies, the devil living in L.A., and much more.
Read MoreWizard World Chicago 2016: Kids Day at the Con
A little kindness goes a long way in making a good convention great.
Read MoreAmerican Ninja / American Ninja 2: The Confrontation Blu-rays Review: The Dawn of Dudikoff
Olive Films unleash one of the Cannon Group’s greatest franchises in High-Definition via releases fans are sure to get a high-flying kick out of.
Read MoreThe Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos Album Review
Trust us: “You oughta try it, you really oughta try it…”.
Read MoreWoman in the Dunes Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Digging out a Life in Sand
Hiroshi Teshigahara’s enigmatic, hypnotic tale of a man trapped is equal parts Twilight Zone and Kafka, and completely absorbing.
Read More11.22.63 Blu-ray Review: A Thoughtful Story about Relationships
This is not your typical Stephen King tale.
Read MoreSpeedy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The End of an Era
Harold Lloyd hits a comedy home run in his last silent film.
Read MoreFemale Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: She’d Have Killed Bill in the First Movie
Meiko Kaji and her incredible cheekbones star in four Japanese women’s prison movies with varying levels of insanity.
Read MoreWar Dogs Movie Review: It’s a Dog Alright!
Todd Phillips hopes lightning strikes with his aggressive tale of bros, guns and international arms dealing.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Breaking the Rules of a Lovelorn, War-torn World
From bitter one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed veteran vigilantes in Santa Barbara to faithful female Jewish writers smuggling money into Nazi Germany, this lot of features proves all is indeed fair in love and war.
Read MoreSupergirl: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: A Lighter, Refreshing Superhero Tale
Overall, the show was entertaining, filled with good storylines, villains of the week, and an overarching story that came to a satisfying conclusion.
Read MoreRaiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us fan films, angry birds, murders by appliances, Elvis, and more.
Read MoreAfter the Fox Blu-ray Review: An Unremarkable Collaboration
Vittorio De Sica, Neil Simon, and Peter Sellers are a comedy dream team, right?
Read MoreRaiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Review: An Incredibly Involving Documentary
A wonderful and inspiring look at fandom, friendship, and childhood dreams come true, no matter what the cost.
Read MoreThe Immortal Story Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Marvel of Deep Emotion and Haunting Spareness
A minimalist, but soulful depiction of lost souls in the 19th century.
Read MoreFlorence Foster Jenkins Movie Review: Glittering British Banality
One woman’s mediocre rise to fame looks good, if nothing else.
Read MoreCrimes of Passion Blu-ray Review: Kathleen Turner Gets Kinky
Not enough crime, too little passion, far too much Anthony Perkins with a giant vibrator.
Read MoreConcert Review: Sting & Peter Gabriel, Hollywood Bowl, 07/18/16
It was such a treat to see musicians so filled with joy playing together.
Read More11.22.63 Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us time travel, holograms, superheroes, and more.
Read MoreSuicide Squad Movie Review: I Didn’t Care for It
Will Smith being fatherly is always kind of hot, so that gave me a few moments of happiness.
Read More‘Neath the Arizona Skies Blu-ray Review: A Satisfying, Inconsequential Western
John Wayne takes on bad guys. What more do you need?
Read MoreSuicide Squad Movie Review: DC Commits Suicide with Latest Blunder
DC’s latest superhero film is heavy on action, woefully undercooked everywhere else.
Read MoreKristen’s Book Club for August 2016
What’s hot on the shelves this month?
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: Preacher: “Call and Response”
“I love this show in a way that other comic adaptations have fallen short.” – Shawn
Read MoreGun the Man Down (1956) Blu-ray Review: Fleeting Oater Fodder, But Still Fun
Producer John Wayne gives newbies James Arness, Angie Dickinson, and Andrew V. McLaglen a chance to strut their stuff.
Read MoreKey & Peele: The Complete Series Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us the funniest comedy duo of the decade, a sci-fi remake, a sci-fi original, a motion comic, and more.
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