Greg Hammond

Woody Allen’s Annie Hall is one of the smartest, funniest, as near to perfect, romantic comedies to ever hit an American screen.

Storm King Comics’ Dark & Twisted series continues with Bunn and Amodio’s Long Haul; a cross-country trek through lands of darkness and horror.

Sam Raimi’s Darkman, starring Liam Neeson and Francis McDormand, is a must-see for action/superhero fans.

Norman Jewison’s The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is filled with laughs from beginning to end.

Hal Ashby’s Coming Home starring Bruce Dern, Jane Fonda, and John Voight is a not-too-subtle film with absolutely riveting performances.

Herbert Ross’s Footloose, starring Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow, is aging rapidly, but the dance sequences are still as fun as they’ve always been.

Kevin Lewis’s Willy’s Wonderland, basically a one-man show for Nicolas Cage, is a fun, fight-filled, gore-fest.

Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones mostly tells a dark and foreboding tale that is held on the shoulders of Saoirse Ronan and Stanley Tucci.

Norman Panama’s The Road to Hong Kong works all the way to the last stone on the path.

Harry Horner’s Red Planet Mars is brought to its knees by its blatantly religious messages.

John Payson’s Joe’s Apartment is a musical black comedy that is neither very musical nor blackly comedic.

A treat for lovers of short graphic – in all senses of the word – stories from the ’50s to the ’70s.

Errol Morris’ American Dharma is an excellent exposé on the man who may have had the most impact on the 2016 American presidential election, Steve Bannon.

Strong bonus features and a strong second half make Tom Holland’s Thinner worth the watch.

Smoking Kills by Thijs Desmet is an outstanding graphic novel that will keep both teens and adults enthralled.

Micheal Winterbottom’s The Trip to Italy, the second in The Trip quartet, and starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, will keep you laughing from start to finish.

Michael Ondaatje and Anthony MInghella’s The English Patient is that very rare specimen – a movie that is nearly perfect in every way.

Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, is a delightful master class in improvisational comedy.

Randall Wallace’s The Man in the Iron Mask is a watchable popcorn feature.

Errol Morris proves his mastery again with the heart-wrenching Standard Operating Procedure about the detainees and the photographs that depicted their torture at Abu Ghraib prison.

Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Front was the first movie to win best picture based on a novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

John Woo’s Face/Off is an exciting adventure sci-fi that comes into its own by the power-house performances of John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.

It doesn’t matter how many times you bury Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, nothing can bring this corpse to life.

Delbert Mann’s Marty, starring Ernest Borgnine, is a must see Oscar Winner for Best Picture that will leave you rooting for the good guy.

Grant McPhee’s Far from the Apple Tree is visually stunning while it struggles with its story.

James Cameron’s Titanic gets the 25th anniversary treatment with more content than you can shake a stick at.

Daniel Attias’ Silver Bullet has a few good scares to tide you over on a dark, fall night.

Milky Way by Miguel Vila and produced by Fantagraphics is a quiet erotic thriller that will keep you turning pages.

The Last Tycoon with Robert DeNiro and directed by Elia Kazan is an uneven film that is still worth watching.

Andrew Davis’ The Fugitive is a non-stop roller coaster starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones in superlative roles.

The documentary marks the first time Joyce Carol Oates has been extensively interviewed for a documentary and the results are enlightening.

John Schlesinger’s Marathon Man is a true thriller and a bonafide classic. Olivier and Hoffman are at the top of their form.

The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup, directed by Leo McCarey, has some of the best gags of their run and the triumphant return of Margaret Dumont.

The Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers, directed by Norman McLeod, has some of the best gags of their career.

The Marx Brothers’ Monkey Business is their third foray into full-length feature films, and their first to show the absolute importance of Margaret Dumont.

Find the Xenomorph will bring hours of puzzling fun.

The Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers, directed by Victor Heerman, is where the brothers really start to take off.

The Marx Brothers’ first Hollywood movie, The Cocoanuts, is showing its age while still making us laugh.

James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment is a master-class for great writing and acting.

Richard Donner’s Scrooged is a comedic mess that is only worth watching for purposes of eighties nostalgia.

Peter Weir’s Witness, starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, is a competent thriller wrapped inside a charming romance.

Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean, is an amazing mid-fifties slice of angsty life.

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsman, Part Two is a worthy conclusion to an interesting team-up.

The novelization of Conan the Barbarian by L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter is a faithful adaptation of the 1982 film by John MIlius.

Phil Smoot’s The Dark Power is a strong B movie for fans of creature features.

Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris (Contempt) is a stunning project for Godard, Bardot, and Piccoli.

Rosemary’s Baby, Pet Sematary (1989), Smile, Crawl, and Sweeney Todd make up a great collection for Paramount Scares Volume 1.

Kiss the Girls with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd is a quality thriller that is getting a bit ragged around the edges.

RWBY Volume 9 continues the adventures of Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang with a season in The Ever After based on Alice in Wonderland.

Menahem Golan’s Crime and Punishment, while faithful to the novel, is marred by a horrible script and terrible acting.