Archive for October 2020
The Plot Against America DVD Review: A Bland ‘What If’ Drama
HBO’s miniseries offers an alternate glimpse of American during the 1940s and makes obvious comparisons to today’s events.
Read MoreBurt Sugarman’s The Soul of The Midnight Special: Volume 1 (1973-1976) DVD Review: A Soulful Nostalgia Trip
Be instantly transported to soul, funk, and disco’s golden era in this five-DVD set.
Read MoreCold Light of Day (1989) Blu-ray Review: Portrait of a British Serial Killer
Obscure British serial killer film details the grubby life of a real life (if slightly fictionalized) murderer.
Read MoreParasite Is the Pick of the Week
Bong Joon-ho’s modern masterpiece headlines a new week of stellar releases.
Read MoreParasite (2019) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Rich Fam, Poor Fam
Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning drama gets the Criterion treatment.
Read MoreThe Deeper You Dig Blu-ray Review: A Terrific Low-budget Horror
A perfect addition to your Halloween viewing schedule.
Read MoreAFI Fest 2020 Review: My Psychedelic Love Story
One doesn’t need to be a fan of Leary or the ’60s counterculture to find My Psychedelic Love Story intriguing.
Read MoreThe Gunfighter Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Price of Fame
A film deserving of recognition thanks to a story that could be told in any genre and a great leading performance by Gregory Peck.
Read MoreAFI Fest 2020 Review: Belushi
A wonderful remembrance yet also a great frustration.
Read MoreThe Mothman Legacy Movie Review: For an Audience New to the Legend
If you are well-versed on this red-eyed harbinger of doom, you may not gain a lot of new insight.
Read MoreGraveyards of Honor Blu-ray Review: Grim Yakuza Renegade Dramas
Two adaptations of the same novel, made decades apart, about a yakuza too violent and self-destructive even for gang-life.
Read MoreAFI Fest 2020 Review: Wolfwalkers
A classic film animation fans will revisit and future generations will continually discover.
Read MoreBack to the Future Trilogy 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
One of the greatest trilogies in film history gets another upgrade and headlines a new week of releases.
Read MoreSeat 20D Movie Review: Suse Lowenstein Shines a Light with Her Sculpture ‘Dark Elegy’
A documentary how art can give tangible context to our grief and how it can help those left behind.
Read MoreThe Captains Collection Blu-ray Review: Exploring Star Trek with William Shatner
These films take viewers behind the scenes and also puts them in the spotlight as the original Captain Kirk examines the cultural phenomenon.
Read MoreThe Forty-Year-Old Version Movie Review: A Winningly Profound Directorial Debut
A manifold crowd-pleaser from multi-hyphenate talent Radha Blank.
Read MoreWarning from Space Blu-ray Review: Starmen Waiting in the Sky
The first Japanese science fiction film shot in color is as surprisingly stylishly made as it is old-fashioned.
Read MoreClaudine Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Ahead of Its Time
An excellent and truthful depiction of African American life and love that still feels all-too modern.
Read MoreScream Factory’s The Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition Is the Pick of the Week
One of horror history’s most iconic franchises tops a new week of solid releases.
Read MoreBatman: Death in the Family Interactive Movie Review: Ready Viewer One
The extra shorts are a welcome bonus especially for DC fans who know the obscure characters.
Read MoreTotally Under Control Movie Review: Timely and Timeless
A conscientiously infuriating and trepidatious documentation of a systemic failure.
Read MorePierrot le Fou Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Still Feels Modern and Fresh
Jean-Luc Godard’s violent and unpredictable 1965 road movie comes back to Criterion.
Read MoreA Rainy Day in New York Movie Review: Woody Allen Covers Overly Familiar Ground
Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez are comedic standouts among the talented cast.
Read MoreIvansxtc Blu-ray Review: Extremely Modern and Dead-on
A difficult, disturbing, but creepily accurate depiction of the perils of Hollywood.
Read MoreMomma’s Man Blu-ray Review: A True American Independent Original
A quietly sublime and unassuming portrait of desperate adulthood and hard lessons.
Read MorePierrot le Fou Is the Pick of the Week
Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 stylish masterpiece starts off a new week of releases.
Read MoreFocus Features 10-Movie Spotlight Collection Blu-ray Review
A fine collection of films from one of my favorite studios.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Dune (2020)
Enjoy these cool things.
Read MoreFirst Cow Blu-ray Review: Striking Gold and Finding Friendship
Kelly Reichardt’s lovely western focuses more on character than it does genre tropes.
Read MorePossessor Movie Review: Layered with Terror
Brandon Cronenberg’s sophomore effort is ridden with anxiety, distress, and shock. But you’ll crave for more.
Read MoreAirplane! Blu-ray Review: Surely, It Hasn’t Been 40 Years
It has, and don’t call me “Shirley.”
Read MoreHappy Halloween Scooby-Doo! DVD Review: Good on Many Levels
This Festival of Fright puts the franchise in a good light at their most appropriate holiday.
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