Archive for September 2020
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3 Criterion Collection Box Set Review
Scorsese guides viewers through little-known gems from around the world.
Read MoreSplit Second (1992) Blu-ray Review: Blade Runner and Alien’s Stupid Baby
Combines two great sci-fi movies to make a not great horror film, taking place in the distant future of 2008.
Read MoreKilling Eve: Season 3 Blu-ray Review: Girl Power to the Max
Killing Eve gets to the ethereal pleasure of watching television, and it is as colorful and outrageous as Eve’s fabulous fashion choices.
Read MoreLittle Monsters (Vestron Video Collector’s Series) Blu-ray Review: A Fun Romp for Children
A film created with a kid’s, specifically a young boy’s, sensibilities.
Read MoreAgatha Christie’s Death on the Nile (2004) Blu-ray Review: Poirot Solves Multiple Murders
Death on the Nile will be fun to watch for anyone who enjoys a good vintage Christie and has ever been to Egypt (or dreamed of going).
Read MoreBlumhouse of Horrors 10-Movie Collection Blu-ray Review: A Mixed Bag
Ten of the most popular Blumhouse horror films get a nice boxed set.
Read MoreThe Elephant Man Is the Pick of the Week
David Lynch’s most conventional but beautifully humanistic 1980 masterpiece tops a new week of releases.
Read MoreHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America Blu-ray Review: The Presentation Is First Class
Six songs that may or may not have shook the world are featured in this documentary series.
Read MoreThe Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels Live (Atlantic City, NJ, 1989) DVD Review: Sucking in the ’80s
In 1989, the Rolling Stones played New Jersey. It was a night to forget.
Read MoreVariety (1983) Blu-ray Review: A Revealing Character Study of a Woman Rediscovering Herself
A moody and very provocative depiction of female obsession and sexuality.
Read MoreFlash Gordon (1980) 4K Ultra HD Review: Garish and Spirited Comic Action
Whether it’s too camp or in the proper comic spirit, Flash Gordon’s elaborately colorful production bursts onto 4K.
Read MoreTIFF 2020 Review: Get the Hell Out Is an Incredibly Bonkers Zombie Comedy
An overly stylized yet incredibly energetic feature debut from I-Fan Wang.
Read MoreTIFF 2020 Review: Violation Mixes Heavy-Handed Symbolism with Harrowing Trauma
One of this year’s TIFF Midnight Madness selections offers a searing look at sexual violence and trauma.
Read MoreBlack Test Car + The Black Report Blu-ray Review: Japanese Businessman Noir
Two ’60s crime thrillers by director Yasuzo Masumura that explore the dark side of post-war industrialized Japan.
Read MoreShivers Blu-ray Review: My Favorite Horror Film Ever
David Cronenberg’s controversial and super underrated 1975 feature debut celebrates its 45th anniversary.
Read MoreThe Best of Cher Volume 1 & 2 DVD Review: Take It Home
You can turn back time and watch hours of Cher.
Read MoreFull Metal Jacket 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Kubrick’s harrowing 1987 anti-war masterpiece headlines a new week of releases.
Read MoreRonnie Wood: Somebody Up There Likes Me Movie Review
The documentary reviews Stones’ guitarist Ronnie Wood’ musical career, his triumph over addiction, and his second career as a visual artist.
Read MoreSupergirl: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: Full of Feel-good Moments
Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season celebrates the show, the comic book, and the positivity in the pursuit of diversity.
Read MoreChrist Stopped at Eboli Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Emotionally Captivating
A beautiful film about living in exile and discovering an unknown way of life.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Fifth Season
Are you ready for Slasher September?
Read MoreHis Dark Materials: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Lyra and Daemons and Bears, Oh My!
His Dark Materials has an interesting premise, but the weakness in the scripts overshadows the strong moments of the eight episodes.
Read MorePitch Black 4K Ultra HD Review: Riddick Starts Here
The first film in what became a sci-fi trilogy is a fun throwback action thriller, now in 4K UHD.
Read MoreRoman Holiday Blu-ray Review: Audrey Hepburn Epitomizes Charm in Italian Locations
It’s one of the best and most memorable romantic comedies of all time.
Read MoreWeathering with You Blu-ray Review: Anime Girls Make the Rain Stop
The new blockbuster anime film by Your Name director Makoto Shinkai again pits teenage love against supernatural disaster.
Read MoreShivers Is the Pick of the Week
David Cronenberg’s highly underrated directorial debut top a new week of interesting releases.
Read MoreBeau Travail Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Mysterious, Haunting, and Transformative
Claire Denis’s 1999 masterpiece of jealousy, erotic/repressed desire, and personal destruction makes its long-awaited debut to the Criterion Collection.
Read MoreThe Devil All the Time Movie Review: Actors Elevate Excessively Grim Crime Drama
Sebastian Stan and Riley Keough stand out in this distended indictment of toxic masculinity and religious hypocrisy.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Two Jules Dassin Films Get the Criterion Treatment
What a marvelous week for cool things.
Read MoreSuperman: Man of Tomorrow Blu-ray Review: A Hero Grows in Metropolis
Although as a longtime Superman fan I could do without yet another origin story, this iteration by screenwriter Tim Sheridan is an interesting take.
Read MorePizza, A Love Story Movie Review: A Loving Tribute to New Haven’s Tomato Pie
The only drawback is that it will undoubtedly leave you hungry for some tomato pie.
Read MoreBeyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint Blu-ray Review: An Artist for the Ages
Through this documentary and hopefully, more exhibitions of her work in the future, we will watch, in real time, as art history is rewritten.
Read MoreBrute Force & The Naked City Criterion Collection Blu-ray Reviews: A Jules Dassin Double Feature
Two classics film noirs from Jules Dassin get the Criterion treatment.
Read MoreThe Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K UHD Review: Four Masterworks of Suspense
Four of the Master of Suspense’s most popular films make the leap onto 4K UHD.
Read MoreThe Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Is the Pick of the Week
A new 4K collection of four Hitchcock classics headlines a new week of solid releases.
Read MoreWe Bare Bears: The Movie DVD Review: A Satisfying Send-Off
Join Panda, Grizz, and Ice Bear as the brothers take on one final journey.
Read MoreA Stranger Among Us Blu-ray Review: A Shiksa Cop Out of Water
The viewer, like Emily, may feel like a fish out of water watching the rules and customs of the Brooklyn Hasidim, but they will be captivated in the neighborhood and the character of Ariel as well.
Read MoreEntwined Movie Review: An Ingenious yet Underdeveloped Horror Pic
An atmosphere creepy woods picture with masterful ideas that often become tangled up.
Read MoreMr. Soul! Movie Review: There Has Never Been Another Show Like It
A documentary that explores the history of the ground-breaking show Soul! and its creator Ellis Haizlip.
Read MoreBook Review: Blade Runner 2049 – Interlinked – The Art by Tanya Lapointe
A terrific book that gives fans a look at the concept art behind one of the most visually arresting films ever made.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and No Time to Die Trailer
I’ve really been enjoying a lot of older films that aren’t quite up to classic status lately.
Read MoreThe B-52’s: Live at US Festival DVD Review: Will Make You Feel a Whole Lot Better
A fantastic snapshot of the band’s original line-up at their peak and it serves as a very good entry point for those new to the band.
Read MoreI’m Thinking of Ending Things Movie Review: Charlie Kaufman’s Eccentric Foray into Horror
A slow-burn melancholic horror romance only someone like Charlie Kaufman can pull off.
Read MoreThe New York Ripper 4K Ultra HD Review: Sleazy Exploitation American Giallo
A beautiful, terrible slasher film is a document of early ’80s New York and its director’s grotesque, murderous obsessions.
Read MoreThe House by the Cemetery 4K Ultra HD Review: ‘Damn Tombstones!’
Lucio Fulci’s atmospheric, if baffling horror film arrives in a premium, beautiful 4k video release.
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