Cinema Sentries

Some of the best action sequences in years are on display in Wilson Yip’s latest martial-arts romp!

Not my favorite film of the year, but a bold and unbridled effort nonetheless.

Despite its talent, Mojave trades on incomprehension as opposed to tension.

It has some interesting things to say about writing and America and simply being alive.

A really great bookend to an amazing career by an amazing band.

How the 1968 Debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal shaped our current news reporting.

An entertaining movie with serious themes that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

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Creed ranks as one of the top films in the Rocky franchise while creating a beautiful new road to travel.

Genre? Cast? Plot? Storytelling? What factors entice you to tune in to a show, or take a pass?

The Inhabitants thinks about venturing into new territory but too often falls into convention despite solid acting and storytelling.

HBO’s newest series creates a complex and confusing web of intrigue worth watching and rewatching.

Two “thinking machines” face off in this excellent pastiche that pits Sherlock Holmes against a Victorian precursor to the computer.

Excellent performances abound in this simultaneously bouncy and somber biopic.

Director Alex Gibney’s book report on Walter Isaacson’s more impressive exploration of the Apple founder.

The documentary reveals the darkness and the light behind the man who invented the mouse.

Alicia Silverstone shows she’s still clueless in this 1990s erotic thriller lacking in both areas.

Little life or suspense is contained in this sluggish Hitchcock homage.

Twilight Time releases this beautifully rendered ode to art and life for the first time on Blu-ray.

If you are the kind of person who watches a Dante movie waiting for the Dick Miller appearance, and then get excited when you see him, this is for you.

A slow-burn examination of drugs and police corruption is revealed in Kino’s recent Blu-ray release.

Twilight Time releases this underseen 1990s noir.

While not as raunchy as The Room, Sharknado 2 has the Rifftrax guys doing what they do best.

For fans of ’80’s action / exploitation / genre films, this disc is a must-have.

MTV-esque white trash masquerading as a surf movie.

The dialogue is snappy and clever, and those improbable story lines are fun.

Kristen Wiig made a bold venture in doing this film.

Evocative and intriguing, and worth checking out.

Errol Morris looks at obsession, sex, and media in Tabloid.

Rifftrax gets down and dirtier than normal with Tommy Wiseau’s magnum opus of ridiculousness.

“We’re just weird enough to enjoy it!” – Bill Corbett

The bloated runtime leaves little time for characterization, but a whole lot of time for things to go BOOM!

One of 2014’s best films hopes to discover new eyes on Blu.

Covering Tarantino’s body of work and his rai·son d’ê·tre for each film.

“What I hope for the audience: that they will be thrilled and challenged.” – Meryl Streep

His work will live long and the audience will prosper from it.

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper unite their considerable talents in what may well be the best Eastwood film yet.

If you enjoyed MST3K at all, you will want to check this out.

Beloved children’s classic from the 1970s finally gets its turn on the big screen.

There’s a mystery to be solved, and it will be solved.

If these are five of the best animated shorts, then it would appear to be a poor year for animated shorts.

Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers team up for a subversive, slightly racist classic.

Did we mention yours?

German director David Wnendt’s misguided and NSFW tale of filthy femininity finds its on to Blu-ray.

Run, don’t walk, to the merry ole land of Oz with TCM and Fathom Events!

A good old-fashioned bad-guys-getting-their-butts-handed-to-them kinda movie.

New Jersey underground rockers take a look back at a career unknown.

The choice of films makes the usefulness of this book; well, not very useful.

Documentarian Mary Dore’s celebration of 2nd Wave Feminism opens in limited engagements in New York and Los Angeles.

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig turn dysfunction into emotional drama in The Skeleton Twins.