Archive for September 2017
Arrow: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: A Period of Uncertainty Awaits Team Arrow
Well worth checking out for DC Comics fans.
Read MoreKid Galahad (1962) Blu-ray Review: Elvis. Bronson. Sold.
Twilight Time brings us the only film in history to feature Elvis Presley and Charles Bronson, which automatically makes it awesome by default.
Read MoreLongmire: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review: The Best Season to Date
Season Five continued the series’ successful formula.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Annihilation
This week’s cool things include Body Double, Cafe Society, Wilco, and more.
Read MoreBook Review: Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji by Tom Mes
Arrow Books presents a critical overview of Lady Snowblood’s entire career.
Read MoreHome for the Holidays Blu-ray Review: An Unfairly Neglected, but Wickedly Funny Take on Family Dynamics
It’s essential to those who want their own escape from conflicts by laughing and relating to those of other families.
Read MoreThe Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) Blu-ray Review: Deep Red Something
Sergio Martino’s wild giallo/poliziotteschi/comedy hybrid is just as jaw-droppingly amazing as it sounds.
Read MoreWonder Woman (2017) Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Uplifting, and Empowering
The viewer is invested because the good guys are compelling, thanks to the writing, and charming, thanks to the cast.
Read MoreDavid Lynch: The Art Life Is the Pick of the Week
This week’s new releases bring us a couple of Criterions, a couple of live albums, Texas football, and something scripted by Ed Wood.
Read MoreChildren of the Corn (1984) Blu-ray Review: Killer Kids Get Religion
Cult movies aren’t the same as good movies. Good movies generally have decent production values, interesting stories and scripts, nuanced performances, and resonant themes. Cult movies can have any or all of the above, but can often dispense with most or even all of the markers of quality to create their cult moments. That weird…
Read MoreCaïn: Season 1 & Season 2 DVD Review: Like House Meets Sherlock, but French
French crime series is enjoyable but never quite enthralls.
Read MoreTV Review: Star Trek: Discovery: “The Vulcan Hello”
Star Trek: Discovery seems better suited for those who know little about Star Trek and those without hard, fast rules of what it should be.
Read MoreBook Review: A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Edited by Zachary Auburn
So much more than expected!
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Joan Crawford
Cool Things I (re)discovered this week include Swiss Family Robinson, E.T., Hawkeye, Lost at Sea, and Blow-Up.
Read MoreThe Big Knife (1955) Blu-ray Review: Poison Pen Letter to Hollywood
Based on a Clifford Odets stageplay, this story of 50s Hollywood corruption is melodramatic candy for classic cinema fans.
Read MoreThe Moderns (1988) Blu-ray Review: Land of the Lost
Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, and a dolled-up Wallace Shawn highlight this fascinating piece set in Roaring ’20s Paris.
Read MoreThe Big Sick Blu-ray Review: The Most Heartfelt and Realistic Romantic Comedy of the Year
We need films like this, especially now more than ever.
Read MoreHana-bi Blu-ray Review: Violence, Beauty, and Beautiful Violence
Takeshi Kitano’s first international success is unique, enigmatic and frequently beautiful.
Read MoreLoving Vincent Movie Review: Painting Life
The world’s first film to be made entirely with oil painting is a visually stunning work of art.
Read More8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) Blu-ray Review: As Braindead as Its Name Implies
Joe Pesci’s waning career gets ahead of itself in this delightfully dumb film now available in HD from Twilight Time.
Read MoreThe Crimson Kimono (1959) Blu-ray Review: A Crash Course in Orientation
Samuel Fuller’s powerful (and still topical) look at racism gets a beautiful HD release from Sony Pictures and Twilight Time.
Read MoreWonder Woman Is the Pick of the Week
This week’s new releases include a couple of DC superheroes, a really old Marvel one, plus Ken Burns in Vietnam, and more.
Read MoreTCM and Fathom Events Present E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
See it again on the big screen, bring your family.
Read MoreEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) Blu-ray Review: Who’s Afraid?
Twilight Time brings us Woody Allen’s legendary farce, highlighted by appearances from such greats as Gene Wilder and John Carradine.
Read MoreState Fair (1962) Blu-ray Review: Suppose They Held an Exhibition and Nobody Came?
Jose Ferrer directs Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, and Ann-Margret in an awkward musical remake of a musical remake.
Read MoreTom Sawyer (1973) / Huckleberry Finn (1974) Blu-ray Review: Wild Oates and Foster Kids
Twilight Time proudly proclaims “I’ll be your Huckleberry” with these ’70s Mark Twain musicals from Arthur P. Jacobs and Reader’s Digest.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and The Shape of Water
Cool things I discovered this week include a new season of Top of the Lake, an old Doctor Who, and a red band Guillermo del Toro trailer.
Read MorePhantasm: 5 Movie DVD Collection Review: The NeverEnding Horror Story
Don Coscarelli’s franchise has always reflected the times. Now, the time has come to repackage and re-release it. Again.
Read MoreSoul on a String DVD Review: Astonishing Vistas, Ambiguous Story
Zhang Yang’s Tibetan Buddhist western is long on beautiful landscapes, short on clear narrative.
Read MoreStormy Monday Blu-ray Review: Not As Bad As Tuesday
Mike Figgis’ directorial debut is an effective stylish néo-noir (as long as you don’t watch Body Heat right after).
Read MoreBlood Alley / The Sea Chase (1955) Blu-rays Review: The Duke Turns to the Drink
John Wayne runs ashore with Commies, Nazis, Lauren Bacall, and Lana Turner in two seafaring melodramas from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreIt Comes at Night Is the Pick of the Week
This week’s new releases include a superhero in his underpants, a bunch of classic Universal monsters, a not-so classic updating of the Mummy, and more.
Read MoreThe Mummy (2017) Blu-ray Review: The League of Rather Average Gentlemen
Tom Cruise teams up with visually-impaired paint-by-numbers artist Alex Kurtzman to bring us something as old as ancient Egypt itself.
Read MoreFathom Events Presents Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Kirk scream “Khaaaaaan!” on the big screen.
Read MoreSupernatural: The Complete Twelfth Season Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Comprehensive Season
The Winchesters may know how to deal with monsters and demons, but have no clue how to handle the return of their mother.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Don Williams
Cool things this week include two neo-noirs, a classic Doctor Who, Close Encounters, and a Handmaid’s Tale.
Read MoreRunning on Empty (1988) Blu-ray Review: Fam on the Run
Sidney Lumet’s stunning drama, featuring a standout performance by an Oscar-nominated River Phoenix, hits BD from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreBlack Sails: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: An Exciting Final Season Filled with Action and Surprising Twists
If you like pirates, it is very authentic to the genre and is certainly worth watching.
Read MoreBeatriz at Dinner DVD Review: A Great Feel-bad Film of the Trump Era
Salma Hayek’s brilliant performance highlights a brutal dramedy of today’s cultural insanity.
Read MoreThe Flash (2014): The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: The Fastest (and Best) Superhero Show On TV
Season Three had some growing pains and is overloaded with characters but is still the shining star on the CW.
Read MoreSeven Days in May (1964) Blu-ray Review: The Terror from Within
John Frankenheimer’s political paranoia thriller ‒ featuring a script by Rod Serling ‒ receives a beautiful makeover from the Warner Archive.
Read MorePeanuts by Schulz: School Days DVD Review: I Still Highly Recommend This Series
Another three hours of new animation based on the classic strips.
Read MoreThe Loved One (1965) Blu-ray Review: I’m Lovin’ It
The Warner Archive unleashes an outrageous black comedy cult classic that covers a lot of desecrated ground.
Read MorePhantasm: 5 Movie DVD Collection Review: More Silver Balls Than a Tall Man Can Handle
Collecting the entire franchise together for the first time in one cheaply made box.
Read MoreRowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Highly Recommended for the Comedy Fan
While the first season has a late-’60s sensibility and some of the references might slip by modern viewers, Laugh-In remains fresh and delivers a lot of laughs.
Read MoreEffects (1980) Blu-ray Review: The First Snuff Movie to Get Snuffed Out
The AGFA releases the previously lost flick bout an entirely different sort of in-house FX, co-starring and featuring make-up by Tom Savini.
Read MoreDown Down the Deep River DVD Review: A Tribute to an ’80s Childhood
Okkervil River’s songwriter expands a song into an intriguing short film about nostalgia.
Read MoreJust Shoot Me!: The Complete Series DVD Review: A Classic Sitcom That Should Be Known As One of the Greats
Even 20 years later from the airing of the first episode, this show holds up.
Read MoreWhere the Boys Are (1960) Blu-ray Review: Life Was a Beach Even Then
Where the Boys Are still entertains admirably.
Read MoreRebecca (1940) Is the Pick of the Week
This week’s new releases include a new season of The Flash, an old Hitchock plus Scarlet Johansson getting raunchy, and Pablo Escobar being bad.
Read MoreBeggars of Life (1928) Blu-ray Review: All Aboard
Kino Lorber reveals the dynamic Silent Era offering starring imposing vagabond Wallace Beery and a crossdressing, rail-hoppin’ Louise Brooks.
Read MoreDean DVD Review: Funny, Uncomfortable, Emotional, and Beautiful
A film about the first thing you never get over.
Read MoreThe Bridge at Remagen (1969) Blu-ray Review: A Much Shorter Longest Day
Cigar-chomping George Segal and Ben Gazzara act against Nazi Robert Vaughn in this WWII action flick, now available in beautiful High-Definition from Twilight Time.
Read MoreNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Trilogy Blu-ray Review: More Frenzied Yakuza Madness
Returning to his Yakuza series a whole six months after the last, Fukasaku covers similar ground, but finds new angles.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Hurricane Harvey
Five cool things this week include seeing Castle in the Sky on the big screen, the entire Phantasm series on the little screen plus Arrow Video’s release of Re-Animator, and the comics Paper Girls and The Boys.
Read MoreHell and High Water (1954) Blu-ray Review: CinemaScope Claustrophobia
Richard Widmark and Samuel Fuller sink to new heights in this wonderful Cold War sub thriller, now available in HD from the folks at Twilight Time.
Read MoreDC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: Much Stronger and More Coherent Than Season One
Facing off against the Legion Of Doom may not be good for the world, but it makes for an exciting adventure.
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