Jack Cormack

For my money, Cameron never made a tighter, meaner movie.

Jessica Farm is less like a conventional story and more of a deranged diary.

For all its contradictions—sleazy yet stylish, exploitative but suspenseful—Torso deserves its place in the gialli pantheon.

The De Palma Decade is an entertaining celebration of a thrilling era in De Palma’s career.

If you’re a devotee of Burns and crave darker, experimental comics, this collection is essential reading.

If you’re a Fassbinder completist, Querelle might be worth a look.

It’s a miracle this movie exists.

It’s Leone’s warped, epic dream of the ultimate Western movie.

As it stands, Rolling Thunder is great trash—the definitive vetspoitation film.

Few filmmakers capture an extended dream state (or dream-space) on celluloid quite like Tarkovsky does.

On its own terms, Death Rides a Horse satisfies.

Am I glad to have the Kino Lorber Blu-ray of the movie? You bet I am.

Point Break is a slick, fast-paced action film that aims to entertain us.

The Train is an exciting, thoughtful action film.

It’s a small movie with solemnity on the margins—with an epic, bittersweet vision on the brain.

The Sorrow and the Pity is an incredible document.

The ensemble prevents Clue from being a total mess.

The new Criterion 4K release has deepened my appreciation for it.

The heightened nature of the production helps dramatize the lyrical, deeply emotional impulse to live and be free that churns behind Celie’s initial passivity.

Having a piece of Bava on a lustrous Blu-ray is always a gift.

Monica is a modern classic.

Carlito’s Way is a sad, albeit semi-exciting, street opera.

Three Days of the Condor is a solid conspiracy thriller.

The movie would suck a nunchuck through a garden hose were it not for Lee’s incredible, graceful athleticism.

It’s a great, fun film.

In cinema, as in life, so much comes down to the details.

If anyone wins the movie, Chevy Chase does.

Creepshow depicts five stories of scum getting their due.

It helps lift the veil on how Hipgnosis created some of their most lasting art.

It’s better than the book.

The actors save it.

The movie haunts me.

Is it worth the bucks you’d pay for it?

Heavy-handed, but very well made.

If you’re in the mood for a smart, crackerjack thriller ripped from the headlines by a talented team of filmmakers, Black Sunday may be your cup of meat.

A great showcase for Paul Newman and cinematographer Conrad Hall.

A brazen, poison love letter to Hollywood made by a guy who’s fascinated by film and film lore.

As a time capsule, it gives a valuable history lesson.

All said, the five-disc MGM/Warner Bros. 4K UHD set brings value.

Training Day is more than just your average crime thriller.

The Magnificent Seven remains a fun, respectable western.

If you’re a fan of Linklater’s classic, you owe it to yourself to pick up the Criterion set.

This set may please the Truffaut completist.

Pulp Fiction is a wonderful movie.

It’s a curiosity that never quite gels.

A Christmas Story is a crowd-pleaser that sidesteps cheap laughs and goopy nostalgia.

Blue Hawaii is, without a doubt, a travesty.

Any self-respecting horror connoisseur will dig it.

Dressed to Kill is a near-masterpiece.

Both movies are fun, if antiquated, sci-fi benchmarks.