Archive for June 2019
The Dick Cavett Show: ‘And That’s The Way It Is…’ DVD Review
These interviews are more engaging conversations than entertaining spectacles but they are certain to please news junkies and history aficionados.
Read MoreYesterday (2019) Movie Review: Oh-Blah-Di, Oh-Blah-Da
A movie in which the Beatles never existed should be much more interesting than what we’re given.
Read MoreGone to Earth / The Wild Heart Blu-ray Review: One Story Cut Twice
Powell and Pressburger’s melodrama is beautiful to look at but a bit old-fashioned to watch.
Read MoreThe Chambermaid (2019) Movie Review: A Wonderfully Facile Character Study
Lila Aviles’s directorial debut is incredibly thematic without being overtly so.
Read MoreUniversal Horror Collection, Volume 1 Blu-ray Review: Bela Lugosi Versus Boris Karloff
A nice collection of four films starring the Universal Horror icons.
Read MoreHedwig and the Angry Inch Criterion Collection Review: Visually Stunning and Aesthetically Engaging
A beautifully curated addition to the Criterion Collection.
Read MoreSwing Time Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Fine Film
A charming film that gets so many things right it’s easy to overlook its flaws and just enjoy it.
Read MoreHedwig and the Angry Inch Is the Pick of the Week
John Cameron Mitchell’s 2001 cult classic rounds out a pretty great week of new releases.
Read MoreDouble Face Blu-ray Review: Could Have Used a Face Lift
A subdued Klaus Kinski stars in this krimi/giallo mashup that is never thrilling but often quite dull.
Read MoreBAMcinemaFest 2019 Review: De Lo Mio Is a Sincere Directorial Debut
An impressive directorial debut from Diana Peralta done with such profundity.
Read MoreBook Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror by Tipton, Tipton, et. al.
The plotting is smart and fun, and it shows the writers have a good understanding of the characters and both universes
Read MoreFrankenstein Created Woman (Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: Hammer Created a Gothic Tale of Revenge
Scream Factory created a Blu-ray for fans to enjoy and study.
Read MoreNight of the Creeps Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Blood, Guts, and Laughs
This 1980s horror comedy borrows from 1950s sci-fi to create the perfect late night cable movie.
Read MoreThe Dick Cavett Show: Inside the Minds of… Volume 1 DVD Review
Episodes included find Dick Cavett joined by Robin Williams, Gilbert Gottfried, Richard Lewis, and Bobcat Goldthwait.
Read MoreMississippi Burning Blu-ray Review: How Can We Sleep When Our State Is Burning
A problematic but powerful look at racism in 1960s America.
Read MoreUnder the Silver Lake DVD Review: A Mind-Bending Ode to Hollywood and the Noir Genre
David Robert Mitchell’s latest is kind of a mess, but it’s also kind of fascinating.
Read MoreThe Girl Most Likely To… Blu-ray Review: Very Dark, Very Funny
Stockard Channing is great in her first starring role as an ugly ducking in this dark, funny comedy from Joan Rivers.
Read MoreShe-Devils on Wheels Blu-ray Review: I Just Don’t Get It
She-Devils on Wheels has nothing going for it.
Read MoreThe Quiet One Movie Review: Explores Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman’s Life Through His Media Archives
Wyman’s story is told through his extensive archive of film, photos, audio recordings and memorabilia.
Read MoreUs Is the Pick of the Week
Jordan Peele’s creepy second work headlines a new, interesting release week.
Read MoreKilling Eve: Season Two Blu-ray Review: Missing Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Season Two has all of the fun of the first season, but the story ventures a little too far into the bushes.
Read MoreYakuza Law Blu-ray Review: Gory Fun Yakuza Anthology
Three fun but gory short stories of the Yakuza taking the law into their own hands, filled with bloody torture.
Read MoreMen in Black: International Movie Review: A Neuralyzing Experience
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. That is all.
Read MoreThe Silent Partner Blu-ray Review: An Underseen Gem
No need to be quiet about this great little thriller.
Read MoreUs Blu-ray Review: A Stunning Second Effort by Jordan Peele
The writer/director crafts a horrifying portrait of humanity forced to look at itself, definite flaws and all.
Read MoreThirst (2009) Blu-ray Review: A Wicked Love Story
A stylish, disturbing, and super cool tale of vampirism from one of the finest Korean directors alive.
Read MoreThe Thing from Another World Blu-ray Review: A Classic of the Sci-fi Genre
Available from Warner Archive, the Blu-ray offers impressive high-def video and pleasing audio.
Read MoreBook Review: Strange Cures by Rob Zabrecky
Zabrecky details his journeys into art, failed employment, music, addiction, and ultimately, recovery.
Read MoreSinatra in Palm Springs: The Place He Called Home Blu-ray Review: A Look at the Love Affair Between the Singer and the City
The documentary is worth watching for sure.
Read MoreBatman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blu-ray Review: Fun, If Over-packed, Crossover Event
The mutant turtles join the Caped Crusader as Foot ninjas descend on Gotham city.
Read MoreKidnapped (1971) Blu-ray Review: More Political than Adventurous
Robert Louis Stevenson’s grand adventure tale loses a lot of its adventure to get bogged down in boring political details.
Read MoreSwing Time Is the Pick of the Week
An Astaire and Rogers classic headlines a somewhat pivotal week of new releases.
Read MoreFatso Blu-ray Review: Starring the Great Comedian Dom DeLuise
A bittersweet, slightly satirical look at the dark side of food love.
Read MoreModest Heroes Blu-ray Review: Eat Their Shorts
Studio Ponoc is back with three animated shorts about modest people
doing extraordinary things.
Dark Phoenix Movie Review: A Frustratingly Regressive Conclusion
When even James McAvoy can’t save this, you know it’s underwhelming.
Read MorePavarotti Movie Review: A Fine Look at the Opera Legend
Ron Howard’s new documentary on Luciano Pavarotti is informative, but also has viewers begging for more.
Read MoreBright Angel Blu-ray Review: A Coming-of-Age Road Trip
Kino Lorber Studio Classics presents this forgotten gem that’s given a second chance on Blu-ray.
Read MoreThe Batman Four Film Collection 4K UHD Review: Long Live the Bat
Holy ultra hi def, Batman!
Read MoreStarfish (2019) Movie Review: A Wonderfully Ambitious Sci-Fi Pic About Grief
Starfish has a jumbled narrative yet is wonderfully jumbled due to its inventiveness and focus on human emotion.
Read MoreLet the Sunshine In Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love Is…Brutally Human
There’s no sunshine in Claire Denis’s low-key and bleak anti-romantic comedy about the absurdity of what we do for love.
Read MoreA Star is Born: Encore Blu-ray Review: As Great As the Original Version
An additional 12 minutes of footage and a new song are added into this special edition.
Read MoreMa Movie Review: Octavia Spencer Elevates Campy Thriller
Despite Ma being merely serviceable, Octavia Spencer is delightfully maniacal as the titular antagonist.
Read MoreThe New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: A Solid Entry in the Franchise
Celebrity guest stars crossover to help solve mysteries with Mystery Inc.
Read MoreThe New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Is the Pick of the Week
The baton is being passed on.
Read MoreAlways Be My Maybe (2019) Movie Review: Charming and Incredibly Subversive
This insurgent romantic comedy thrives thanks to its hilarity and dramatic heft.
Read MoreLa Prisonnière Blu-ray Review: Cluzot Gets Modern
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s final film is a visually sumptuous, but flawed masterpiece.
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