Archive for March 2017
Five Cool Things and Christopher Walken
This week’s cool things include the Filmstruck app, a Kurosawa film, a couple of shows I’m catching up on, and a new teaser trailer.
Read MoreRobert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg Movie Review: He’s Got His Mojo Working
The comedians’ favorite comedian gets an affectionate if overlong portrait that is loaded with laughs.
Read MoreI Am Not Your Negro Movie Review: A Film That Needs to Be Seen and Taught
Director Raoul Peck gives the audience a lot to consider and to question.
Read MoreThe Delinquents Blu-ray Review: For Robert Altman Fans Only
Juvenile delinquency has never been this boring.
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Something They Need”
“Aside from the season opener, this was the best episode this season.” – Kim
Read More45 Years Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Art of Quiet Devastation
Charlotte Rampling does extraordinary work in the third feature from British filmmaker Andrew Haigh.
Read MoreSilence (2016) Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us a Martin Scorsese film about faith, some fantastic beasts, our own planet in HD, and much more.
Read MoreRules Don’t Apply DVD Review: Warren Beatty’s Overlong Ego Trip
Dull movie about that fascinating monster Howard Hughes; a charming performance by Alden Ehrenreich is wasted.
Read MoreBook Review: Tarzan on Film by Scott Tracy Griffin
Highly recommended for fans of Burroughs’ character as well as those with an interest in Hollywood history.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and My Birthday
Cool things this week include Legion, Alfred Hitchcock, Better Call Saul, Cinema Paradiso, and Van Morrison.
Read MoreBook Review: LOAC Essentials Vol. 8: King Features Essentials 1: Krazy Kat 1934 by George Harriman: Rare Dailies of the Kraziest of Komics
Finally, a new, readily available collection of one of the best comic strips ever.
Read MoreDig Two Graves Movie Review: Gothic Horror Disappoints
Supernatural mystery looks beautiful but loses itself in an unimaginative script.
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “The Other Side”
“Wouldn’t watch that episode again. Not even if you paid me.” – Kim
Read MoreRomanzo Criminale: Season 1 & 2 DVDs Review: Excellent Italian Crime Series
The violent rise and horrible fall of an Italian crime family.
Read MoreEmerald City Comicon 2017 Review: A Smaller Convention Coming into Its Own
So after a few years of mulling it over, I decided that this would be the first year I would attend.
Read MoreLive by Night Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us a gangster flick from Ben Affleck, a disgusting one from John Waters, singing animals, and much more.
Read MoreCinema Paradiso (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray Review: A Love Letter to the Cinema
A beautiful, loving tribute to the magic of movies.
Read MoreCanoa: A Shameful Memory Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Harrowing but Important
A visceral and eye-opening docudrama of sheer true-life horror.
Read MoreSeptember Storm (1960) Blu-ray 3D Review: The Stars That Didn’t Steal the Night Away
A forgotten, completely forgettable underwater treasure-hunting flick receives more love than it probably deserves in this fully restored, fully loaded 3D release from Kino Lorber
Read MoreFive Cool Things and St. Patrick’s Day
Cool things this week include Howl’s Moving Castle, Snotgirl, the Hulk, and more.
Read MoreCinema Paradiso (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray Review: A Timeless Classic
An extremely moving and lyrical tribute to the power of Cinema.
Read MoreThe Lovers on the Bridge Blu-ray Review: A Realistic Portrait of Homelessness and Love
One of those films that many people seem to love or hate.
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Bury Me Here”
“Dumbing down the show just makes it dumb.” – Shawn
Read MoreDeluge Blu-ray Review: Deserving to be Rediscovered
A primitive but interesting pre-Code disaster flick of its time.
Read MoreDrive-In Massacre (1976) Blu-ray Review: Well Worth the Price of Admission
Severin Films presents one of the best bad movies ever, fully restored from original elements discovered ‒ naturally ‒ in the remains of a drive-in.
Read MoreFences Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us Denzel Washington in a critically praised drama, Will Smith in a critically hated one, a sci-fi adventure with Chris Pratt and much more.
Read MoreMoana Blu-ray Review: While a Nice Addition to the Disney Catalog, It’s Severely Lacking In Storyline
It doesn’t stand out quite like a Disney film should and the musical numbers are not very memorable.
Read MoreShut In Blu-ray Review: Naomi Watts Deserves Better
Good cast, terrible movie.
Read MoreGhost in the Shell (1995) Limited Steelbook Blu-ray Review: Philosophical Animated Noir with Boobs
Terrifically stylized anime asks deep questions about technology we’re still trying to answer today.
Read MorePsychomania Blu-ray Review: Inexplicable Zombie Biker Cult Movie
Bikers come back from the dead, and it’s pretty groovy in this early 70s cult obsession.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Robert Osborne
This week in cool brings us a Deadpool 2 teaser, Ghost in the Shell, All About Eve, and more.
Read MoreDoctor Strange (2016) Blu-ray Review: Marvel Goes Into the Mystic
An entertaining blockbuster on its own and as yet an other chapter in the MCU.
Read MoreThoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Say Yes”
“I don’t have any more points to make, because I’m very underwhelmed by this show these days.” – Kim
Read MoreMoscow on the Hudson (1984) Blu-ray Review: Relocation, Relocation, Relocation!
Robin Williams turns in an exceptionally fine dramatic performance in this must-see classic from Paul Mazursky, now available in High-Definition from Twilight Time.
Read MoreFathom Events and TCM Present “All About Eve”
The Bette Davis classic gets a run on the big screen thanks to TCM and Fathom Events.
Read MorePolice (1985) Blu-ray Review: Pialat’s Procedural
Gérard Depardieu is a not-so-brilliant cop with a not-so-successful personal life.
Read MoreMoana Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us the best Disney music in a decade, a critically praised biopic, a Criterion drama, a creepy flick from Portugal, and Japanese animation.
Read MoreMondo Bastardo: Odds and Ends from the International World of Exploitation
From Brazilian horrors to 3D European westerns, this assortment of weird and unusual films knows its target audiences quite well.
Read MoreWe Are the Flesh Blu-ray Review: Grotesquely Beautiful
Mexican horror film aims for something high, falls short into extreme violence and sex.
Read MorePanther Girl of the Kongo Blu-ray Review: The Claw Monsters Strike Back
Phyllis Coates and Myron Healey star in the penultimate Republic Pictures serial, which gets a new lease on life from Olive Films.
Read MoreSolace (2015) Blu-ray Review: Quantum of Bollocks
Anthony Hopkins stars in a four-year-old dud based off of a decades-old, rejected sequel to ‘Se7en,’ ineffectively re-written to rip-off the recently revoked ‘Hannibal.’
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Logan
Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Bruce Springsteen, and more are all cool things I discovered this week.
Read MoreBooks Review: Star Trek: New Visions Issue #3 “Cry Vengeance” and Issue #4 “Made Out of Mudd” by John Byrne
Oh, how the comic book world has changed!
Read MoreCameraperson Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Beautiful, Sad, Wonderful
Cameraperson tells the story of one filmmaker through the dozens of movies she’s shot.
Read MoreIt’s Always Fair Weather (1955) Blu-ray Review: Gene Kelly’s Blues
The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents something anyone can sing and dance to: a Cynical Musical from the otherwise sunny 1950s.
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