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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.

William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist is one of the greatest psychological thriller/horror movies of all time. Get it now.

James Foley’s After Dark, My Sweet is a near-perfect film noir that does a great job of capturing the subject matter of the must-read novel of the same name by Jim Thompson.

Disney’s Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck in Les Misérables and War and Peace is a joy to read and belongs in the collections of both children and adults.

Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear is a mildly funny, mildly horrific, B-movie.

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia tries to be a flashy teen thriller but constantly falls short.

A promising new director, two up-and-coming actors, and an engrossing story make Brightwood worth seeing.

Elia Kazan’s East of Eden is a masterpiece that holds up perfectly after seven decades.

Pietro Francisci’s Star Pilot is a failed satire, but a fun, kitschy, sci-fi flick.

Invaders from Mars may not stand up to today’s standards of storytelling and special effects, but the direction and acting help it to hold its own even seventy years after its release.

Whisper of the Heart is a tender, wise, and delightful romance for everyone.

Gorky Park, starring William Hurt, is a strong thriller harmed by bad creative choices.

David Steinberg’s book Inside Comedy covers every important comedian of the last fifty years.

The Strawberry Blonde with James Cagney is a sweet bit of old Hollywood.

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One is half talking heads and half great action. Pick it up if you are a fan of either universe.

Eric LaRocca’s, The Trees Grew Because I Bled There is literary, dark, body horror at its best.