Gone with the Wind Movie Review: He Looks Like He Knows What I Look Like Without My Shimmy
By Greg Hammond |
Victor Fleming’s version of Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With the Wind, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable as Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler, stands as one of the most impressive films ever made.
The Sting Movie Review: Phenomenal Cast Leads Raucous Entertainment
By Greg Hammond |
George Roy Hill’s The Sting, co-starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw is an absolute classic that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School 4K UHD Review: Do Your Parents Know You’re Ramones?
By Greg Hammond |
Allan Arkush’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, starring P. J. Soles and The Ramones is a classic “B”-movie that includes all the extras.
Book Review: War on Gaza by Joe Sacco
By Greg Hammond |
Joe Sacco’s War on Gaza, produced by Fantagraphics, is a painful, important read about the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7th raid into Israel.
Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 1 by Milo Manara
By Greg Hammond |
The Palette and the Sword: Book 1 by Milo Manara is a beautifully drawn
and depicted story about Caravaggio’s first important foray into Rome.
A Simple Plan Blu-ray Review: You Work for the American Dream. You Don’t Steal It.
By Greg Hammond |
Scott B. Smith’s and Sam Raimi’s A Simple Plan is a perfect little bit of darkness in the midst of small-town America.
Book Review: Life Sucks by Jessica Abel
By Greg Hammond |
Life Sucks by Jessica Abel is a mishmash of Clerks and Reality Bites that, except for the artwork, completely misses the mark.
Watchmen Chapter 2 Blu-ray Review: The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom
By Greg Hammond |
Brandon Vietti’s Watchmen Chapter 2 continues a visually remarkable re-telling of the classic twelve-part limited comic book series.
Valkyrie Blu-ray Review: Ensemble Cast Saves Middling Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as part of an ensemble cast in a historical drama, delivers excitement without any of that bothersome characterization.
Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vols. 1 – 4 Blu-ray Review: Button Up Your Tonsils and Enjoy a Looney Ride
By Greg Hammond |
Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vols. 1 – 4 is a great place to start for those who would like to begin a stellar Looney Tunes collection.
Bill & Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy Review: “Sorry. They Melvined Me.”
By Greg Hammond |
Bill and Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy from Shout! Studios brings the laughs from over three decades of space-time.
Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Broodingly Atmospheric Revenge Stories
By Greg Hammond |
Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories is an excellent addition to any horror aficionado’s collection.
Separated Movie Review: Harm to the Children Was Part of the Point
By Greg Hammond |
Errol Morris’s Separated elucidates the recent government policy of separating parents from their children at the U.S. – Mexico border.
Watchmen Chapter 1 Blu-ray Review: Checking the Time on the Doomsday Clock
By Greg Hammond |
Brandon Vietti’s Watchmen Chapter 1 is a visually remarkable re-telling of the classic twelve-part limited comic book series.
Book Review: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet
By Greg Hammond |
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet is a stellar adaptation of McCarthy’s brilliantly bleak novel.
The Watchers (2024) Blu-ray Review: Weak Plot but Strong Direction from Ishana Night Shyamalan
By Greg Hammond |
The Watchers, starring Dakota Fanning, is a strong directorial debut for Ishana Night Shyamalan.
Knuckles Blu-ray Review: Strong TV Show Bolsters Sonic Universe
By Greg Hammond |
Knuckles the six-episode tv show is a great springboard from the hilarious Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to the to-be-released at Christmas, Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
Game Night 4K UHD Review: Game of Life Offers Monopoly of Laughs
By Greg Hammond |
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein co-directed Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and created a hilarious game of cat and mouse.
Book Review: What We Mean By Yesterday, Vol. 1 by Benjamin Marra
By Greg Hammond |
Benjamin Marra’s What We Mean by Yesterday, Vol. 1 is a drug-fueled trip through one man’s life on the edge.
IF 4K UHD Review: The Opposite of a Magical Adventure
By Greg Hammond |
John Krasinski’s IF is too scary for the very young, too boring for teens, and a complete disaster to any discerning adult.
Observe and Report Blu-ray Review: Two Jokes and Ray Liotta
By Greg Hammond |
Jody Hill’s Observe and Report stars Seth Rogan and Anna Faris in a comedy that relies on Ray Liotta to tell all its jokes.
Risky Business Criterion Collection Review: Introducing Tom Cruise and Guido the Killer Pimp
By Greg Hammond |
Paul Brickman’s Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay, is a coming-of-age story that helped create a mega-celebrity.
The Lost Weekend Movie Review: Don the Writer; Don the Drunk
By Greg Hammond |
Billy Wilder’s The Long Weekend, starring Ray Milland, is a beautifully made vision of the hell that is alcoholism.
Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Movie Review: What We Talk About When We Talk About Fame
By Greg Hammond |
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), starring Michael Keaton, is a wonderful film about love, loss, fame, and fading into obscurity.
Rebecca (1940) Movie Review: Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderley Again
By Greg Hammond |
Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock’s only Academy Award winner for Best Picture, and first American-produced film, is a showcase of the greatest talents of the era.
Prey (2022) Movie Review: A Great Script and Talented Cast Breathe New Life into an Aging Franchise
By Greg Hammond |
Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey is a top-tier entry in the Predator universe.
Justice League Dark Movie Review: I Will Take You There, So You Are No Longer Here
By Greg Hammond |
Jay Olivia’s Justice League Dark doesn’t earn its R-rating, but has a compelling, adult story all about demons good and demons bad.
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Movie Review: A Fast-Paced Action Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Sam Liu’s Teen Titans: The Judas Contract is an action packed thriller with a fast script and intelligent characterizations.
Batman: The Killing Joke Movie Review: Two Guys Are in a Mental Asylum
By Greg Hammond |
Sam Liu’s Batman: The Killing Joke is a fast-paced action flick starring Batman and the Joker in a psychological thriller that drags you through a carnival of terrors.
Son of Batman Movie Review: I Owe My Grandfather a Death
By Greg Hammond |
Ethan Spaulding’s Son of Batman brings a little glimpse of family back into Bruce Wayne’s life with interesting, exciting results.
Team America: World Police 4K UHD Review: Pulls the Right Strings
By Greg Hammond |
Team America: World Police is a slightly dated romp through bad taste and good humor.
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut 4K UHD Review: Still Funny but Aging Rapidly
By Greg Hammond |
Many of the jokes in South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut are still funny over two decades later, but the topical nature of some subject matter hurts subsequent views.
Blue Beetle Movie Review: A Family Drama that Deserves a Lot of Attention
By Greg Hammond |
Blue Beetle is a wonderful superhero film about the super strength known as family.
Book Review: Petar & Liza by Miroslav Sekulic-Struja
By Greg Hammond |
Miroslav Sekulic-Struja’s Petar & Liza is a tender Yugoslavian romance in which broken people do their best to help each other.
The Trip to Greece Movie Review: Stan Laurel and Tom Hardy Walk Into a Restaurant
By Greg Hammond |
All four Trip movies are good, but The Trip to Greece is, unfortunately, the weak one in the bunch.
Orphan (2009) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Surprisingly Strong Psychological Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan is a strong psychological thriller starring Vera Farmiga and Peter Saarsgard.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space 4K UHD Review: The Bloody Circus Comes to Town
By Greg Hammond |
Killer Klowns from Outer Space, by the Chiodo Brothers, is comedy-horror at its best.
The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series DVD Review: Fighting Crime, Trying to Save the World
By Greg Hammond |
With 78 episodes and 30 hours worth of bonus features, The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series is all you will ever need to satisfy your Powerpuff Girls cravings.
Vitagraph Comedies Blu-ray Review: A Beautifully Restored Archive of Early Silent-Era Films
By Greg Hammond |
Vitagraph Comedies collects forty short comedic films from 1907 to 1922 in black and white and tinted color.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) and Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019) Blu-ray Review: Wallow in the Warmth of a 20-Year Story Arc
By Greg Hammond |
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) and Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island are great bookends to 20 years of straight-to-video goodness.
The Big Country Blu-ray Review: A Comfortable Ride on a Slow Horse
By Greg Hammond |
William Wyler’s The Big Country, starring Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons, is a comfortable ride on a slow horse.
White Squall Blu-ray Review: Boys Bonding on Boats
By Greg Hammond |
Ridley Scott’s White Squall, starring Jeff Bridges, is a white-knuckled actioner you don’t want to miss.
Lorenzo’s Oil Blu-ray Review: We Leave Science to Its Own Concerns
By Greg Hammond |
George Miller’s Lorenzo’s Oil, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon, is a “hopeful” story about a dying child.
The Border (1982) Blu-ray Review: Great Stars in Search of a Script
By Greg Hammond |
Tony Richardson’s The Border, starring Jack NIcholson and Harvey Keitel, is one long missed opportunity.
Phantasmagoria DVD Review: Great Music and Visuals in Search of a Story
By Greg Hammond |
Cosmotropia de Xam’s Phantasmagoria starring Rachel Audrey and Mari K is pretty to look at but the story is nonexistent.
Mean Girls (2004) and Mean Girls (2024) 4K UHDs Review: So Fetch They’re Grool
By Greg Hammond |
Both of these entries into the Mean Girls oeuvre sing beautifully.
The Coffee Table DVD Review: I Said the Smartest Thing to Do Was Get a Vasectomy
By Greg Hammond |
Caye Casas’ The Coffee Table, starring Estefania de los Santos and David Pareja, is a top-notch psychological thriller / horror movie that belongs on your shelf.
Midnight Cowboy Movie Review: I Only Get Car Sick on Boats
By Greg Hammond |
John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman is one of the all time great dramas.
Arcadian Movie Review: Let Nicolas Out of His Cage
By Greg Hammond |
Nicolas Cage is excellent in Ben Brewer’s competent Arcadian, but he just isn’t present enough.
Gigi Movie Review: Weak Heads and Careless Bodies
By Greg Hammond |
Problems aside, Gigi is a great American musical classic with excellent acting, a fast, entertaining plot, and many memorable songs.