Memories of Murder Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The South Korean Zodiac
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A woman has been brutally raped and murdered. Her body was shoved into a drain ditch. Detective Park Doo-man (Song ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Luigi Bastardo As anyone who has ever experienced a truly awkward moment of puberty is well aware, growing ...
Read More Monte Hellman’s Road to Nowhere (2010) Movie Review: A Cinematic Dream
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Will McKinley Midway through Monte Hellman's noirish head-scratcher Road to Nowhere, an actress asks a director a seemingly simple ...
Read More History Is Made at Night (1937) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love Crosses the Atlantic
By KentConrad |
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By Davy |
Seeing Bong Joon Ho's Parasite awhile back, I realized that I've missed out on a lot of great, and unique ...
Read More Annie Get Your Gun Blu-ray Review: Shoots a Few Blanks but Hits the Overall Target
By Steve Geise |
Prior to its release this week, this classic MGM movie adaptation of an American musical theatre staple has never been ...
Read More Downton Abbey Movie Review: Fans Are Invited Back for a Royal Visit
By Gordon S. Miller |
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Read More Nobody (2021) Movie Review: Bob Odenkirk Is a Somebody in the Action Genre
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the movie opens, Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) looks like he's been though something. Handcuffed by police, his face is ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Titan books to award one lucky reader Aliens: Infiltrator. It will be published by ...
Read More Perdita Durango 4K Ultra HD Review: An Evil, Evil Love Story
By KentConrad |
An important key to understanding Perdita Durango, the character: her boyfriend is a bank-robbing Santeria priest who, in front of ...
Read More Clapboard Jungle Movie Review: A Brutally Involving Document
By Davy |
I don't have personal experience, but I've seen and heard enough to know that the film business can be a ...
Read More Full Schedule Released for 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: Calling all film fans – Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today released the extensive lineup of talent, films, and ...
Read More Criterion Announces July 2021 Releases
By Cinema Sentries |
In July, The Criterion Collection will release a roster of all-new additions. They are Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror, Howard Hawks's Bringing ...
Read More Sleeping Beauties Volume 1 Mesmerizes with IDW’s Illustrated Adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Masterpiece
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: The dreams and nightmarish realities of Stephen King and Owen King’s bestselling novel captivate in IDW‘s upcoming Sleeping ...
Read More Death Has Blue Eyes Blu-ray Review: It’s a Mastorakis Mess
By Mat Brewster |
Greek writer, producer, director Nico Mastorakis has had a long, strange career. He started out as a reporter, becoming the ...
Read More Broadway Melody of 1940 Blu-ray Review: De-Lovely
By Steve Geise |
The obvious draws for this classic MGM musical are the star turn by Fred Astaire and the songs written by ...
Read More Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Back to the Future
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the comic of the same name, Legion of Super Heroes ran for two seasons (26 episodes) from 2006 ...
Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: The Spine of Night
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Spine of Night by co-writers/co-directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King is a fantastic fantasy film featuring animated imagery ...
Read More Moffie Movie Review: A Dive into the Underworld of Chauvinism
By Matthew St.Clair |
Moffie, the latest effort from South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, isn’t a horror movie. However, it almost feels like one. ...
Read More The Invisible Man Appears Blu-ray Review: It Can Finally Be Seen
By Mat Brewster |
Why is it that in seemingly every depiction of an invisible man in the movies, the ability to turn invisible ...
Read More Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth ’76 DVD Review: A Day the Giants of Southern Rock Held Their Own Against the Stones
By generaljabbo |
On August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd were part of a star-studded lineup at the third annual Knebworth Festival in England. ...
Read More ‘Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One’ Coming June 22, 2021 to Blu-ray & Digital
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham send The World’s Greatest Detective into action – confronting both organized ...
Read More The Day of the Beast (1995) 4K Ultra HD Review: Surrealist Spanish Horror Comedy
By KentConrad |
With solemn music, steady angles and serious lighting, The Day of the Beast opens with a pair of priests in ...
Read More Austin City Limits: Country (10-Disc Set) Review: A Vital Historical Document of Country Music
By Gordon S. Miller |
Austin City Limits: Country is a music fan's dream. This two-volume set comprised of 10 discs contains 164 live uncut ...
Read More Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
Over the past couple of years, I finally caught up with Steve Gerber's run on Howard the Duck, a subversive ...
Read More Rollerball Blu-ray Review: Worth Viewing, but Didn’t Maximize Its Potential
By Gordon S. Miller |
Before Star Wars came along in 1977 and reminded moviegoers how much fun science fiction could be, most of the ...
Read More Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo Origins Volume 01 by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Over the course of his comic book career, Stan Sakai has become a legend in the industry, winning numerous awards ...
Read More Fargo Returns to Cinemas to Mark 25th Anniversary
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: Fathom Events and Park Circus are thrilled to announce that the Coen Brothers’ genre-subverting snowy thriller Fargo will return to the big ...
Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: The Sparks Brothers
By Gordon S. Miller |
Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers is a loving biography that tells a story of persistence and resistance as Ron and ...
Read More 2020 Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Films Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
On January 29, ShortsTV will debut THE 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS at the IFC Center in New York City ...
Read More 2021 Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Films Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
Read More 2021 Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
Read More Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Blu-ray Review: Long Live the King
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director/co-writer Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which takes its name (minus the exclamation point) from the re-edited American ...
Read More RiffTrax Live!: Godzilla (1998) Review: Catastrophic Laughs
By Mark Buckingham |
The RiffTrax boys are at it again. This time, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, and Mike Nelson have chosen to skewer ...
Read More Godzilla (1954) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The King of Monsters is Back
By Todd Karella |
In 1954 one of the world's biggest monster movies was released to the big screen. Created and directed by Ishiro ...
Read More 2021 Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
Read More Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete First Season Available on Blu-ray & DVD June 1, 2021
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: Eat, or be eaten! Kill, or be killed! Get into survival mode with Adult Swim’s #1 prehistoric animated ...
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By Jack Cormack |
Epic corn was director Cecil B. DeMille’s metier, and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), his circus opus which won ...
Read More Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 28: 1974-1976 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after the lead character, a square-jawed, yellow-hat-and-jacket-wearing police ...
Read More Fathom Events and TCM Present King Kong (1933)
By Mat Brewster |
In 1929, while filming baboons in Africa on the set of The Four Feathers, director Merian C. Cooper developed the ...
Read More Godzilla (1954) The Criterion Collection DVD Review: The Legendary Monster Makes its Debut
By generaljabbo |
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By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: In anticipation of the March release of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures epic action adventure Godzilla vs. ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
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Read More WonderCon@Home 2021: Hulu & Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Panel and Announcements
By Cinema Sentries |
Today at WonderCon@Home, Hulu paneled its upcoming adult animated series, "Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.", which premieres May 21 on Hulu! Jordan Blum (co-creator) and Patton Oswalt (co-creator and voice of ...
Read More King Kong (1976) Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray from Scream Factory Coming May 11
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: Los Angeles, CA –On May 11, 2021, Scream Factory proudly presents King Kong (1976) on Blu-ray for the ...
Read More WonderCon@Home 2021 Program Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
Like last summer's Comic-Con International, this year's WonderCon is going virtual. For two days, activities planned include panels streaming and ...
Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Udo Kier is Flawless in ‘Swan Song’
By Matthew St.Clair |
Over the course of his career that spans almost six decades, German actor Udo Kier has been one of those ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
The time-honored tradition of attending panels and hunting for collectibles runs deep with comic fans, and IDW is thrilled to ...
Read More Céline and Julie Go Boating Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Long, Strange, Riveting Film
By Mat Brewster |
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Read More The Undoing: An HBO Limited Series Blu-ray Giveaway
By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader The Undoing: An HBO Limited ...
Read More Earwig and the Witch Blu-ray Review: A Lesser Effort from Studio Ghibli
By Mat Brewster |
Famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement in August of 2014. As he was the co-founder and main creative ...
Read More The Yellow Wallpaper (2021) Movie Review: Beautiful but Lacks the Horror
By Darcy Staniforth |
In 1890, Charlotte Perkins Gilman penned her story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” This feminist tale documents a woman named Jane’s battle ...
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By Davy |
The great Wong Kar Wai, now-iconic filmmaker, has become one of the masters of modern contemporary cinema. He's one of ...
Read More Damn Yankees Blu-ray Review: Lola Wants (and Gets) 4K
By xoxoxoe |
How much do you love your favorite baseball team? Or, more accurately, how much do you hate the New York ...
Read More Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape DVD Giveaway
By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Shout Factory to award one lucky reader Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape on ...
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By Matthew St.Clair |
Given how Margot Robbie was one of the few saving graces of Suicide Squad, it should come as no surprise ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Although it's the seventh movie in Warner Brothers' DC Extended Universe series, David F. Sandberg's Shazam! comes across like it ...
Read More Aquaman Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Would Be Sea King
By Gordon S. Miller |
After appearing in Justice League, Aquaman (Jason Momoa) gets his own solo outing in the sixth installment of the DC Extended ...
Read More Secrets & Lies Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinema at Its Best
By Davy |
Legendary British director Mike Leigh is one of cinema's greatest and most profound humanists. He crafts beautifully painful portraits of ...
Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mary Wharton's Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free opens with title cards revealing in 2020 a collection of 16 mm ...
Read More SXSW Film Festival Announces 2021 Jury And Special Awards
By Cinema Sentries |
The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the 2021 Jury and Special Award winners of the 28th SXSW ...
Read More Born to Lead: Jim Calhoun Movie Review
By Rons Reviews |
As we head into the 2021 NCAA Men’s basketball tournament, it seems like a perfect time for the documentary, Born ...
Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: ‘Language Lessons’ Reminds Us of the Value of Connection
By Matthew St.Clair |
Given how it’s been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic happened, the thought of watching an entire film involving people ...
Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Alien On Stage: Unlikely Heroes Played by Even Unlikelier Heroes
By Mark Buckingham |
The movie Alien is defined by a number of characteristics -- high tension, elaborate special effects, a grim tone, and ...
Read More Baby Doll Blu-ray Review: Let’s Play House, Baby
By Jack Cormack |
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Read More SXSW 2021 Movie Review: ‘See You Then’ Is a Vital and Intimate Telling of Womanhood
By Matthew St.Clair |
For a short, 74-minute movie about two old flames reuniting over the course of one night, See You Then manages ...
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By Todd Karella |
It’s been some time since the last film Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice where the Man of Steel (Henry ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning: I haven’t seen Justice ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: ShortsTV, the first and only global channel and network dedicated to short films, announced today the 16th annual ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
In the on-going competition between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, the latter has struggled keeping pace with their movies this ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez After the massive blunder called Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad was primed to ...
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By generaljabbo |
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By Matthew St.Clair |
Queer youth goes on a journey of self-discovery while concealing their identity out of fear. A simple story that we’ve ...
Read More [Updated] News of the World Blu-ray Combo Giveaway
By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader the News of the World ...
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By KentConrad |
Stepping in through the door right when the millennium was opening up and carrying with it a sense of doom ...
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By generaljabbo |
Batman V Superman — Dawn Of Justice is a landmark event in the DC Extended Universe. It marks the first ...
Read More Criterion Announces May 2021 Releases
By Cinema Sentries |
In May, five titles will be released by The Criterion Collection. The new additions are Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, ...
Read More Criterion Announces April 2021 Releases
By Cinema Sentries |
In April, there will be five releases from The Criterion Collection. The new additions are Frank Borzage's History Is Made ...
Read More Criterion Announces June 2021 Releases
By Cinema Sentries |
In June, The Criterion Collection releases enough films to keep you busy for the month. They are Martin Bell, Mary ...
Read More AFI Fest 2020 Review: Wolfwalkers
By Gordon S. Miller |
Made by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s Wolfwalkers is the third in Moore's Irish ...
Read More TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Riz Ahmed is a Powerhouse in ‘Sound of Metal’
By Matthew St.Clair |
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Read More Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’ Is a Promising Directorial Debut
By Matthew St.Clair |
When Promising Young Woman begins, a cover of the song “It’s Raining Men” plays in the background as Cassie (Carey ...
Read More Sundance 2020 Review: ‘I Carry You with Me’ and ‘Minari’ Handle Themes of Home and Immigration
By Matthew St.Clair |
The Sundance Film Festival is typically a strong hub for breakout indies that are U.S.-based and in the English language. ...
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By Matthew St.Clair |
Clearly, George Clooney can’t get enough of space. After previously getting stranded with Sandra Bullock in space in Gravity, he ...
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By Jack Cormack |
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By Mat Brewster |
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Read More 2021 Academy Award Nominees Announced
By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: The 93rd Oscars will be held on The ceremony will take place in-person at Los Angeles’ Union Station and ...
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By Davy |
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I try to go into movies cold, knowing as little as possible about them. I might watch a trailer and ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Zack Snyder, producer Christopher Nolan, and writer David S. Goyer have delivered an adaptation of Superman that is parts ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
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By Cinema Sentries |
Press release: New York Times bestselling novelist Joe Hill and superstar artist Gabriel Rodríguez have crafted a tale of mystery ...
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By Mat Brewster |
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By xoxoxoe |
Pretty in Pink turns 35 this year. It was a peak '80s film - featuring teen romance, members of the ...
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By Davy |
Okay, let's just get this out in the open. The whole "boy falls in love with girl, girl falls in ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O54epyDM-Lo Press release: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today announced that the TCM Classic Film Festival will run virtually this year ...
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By Davy |
As many film buffs know, legendary filmmaker Sam Peckinpah remains one of the greatest and most unpredictable directors in the ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Loren Singer's 1970 novel of the same name, Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View is the second entry ...
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By xoxoxoe |
The HBO television documentary Six by Sondheim is now available on Blu-ray. A fascinating look at the career of Stephen Sondheim, it tells ...
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By xoxoxoe |
1985's Smooth Talk, directed by Joyce Chopra (Murder in a Small Town, The Lemon Sisters, Blonde), follows restless teenager Connie ...
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By Jack Cormack |
Dismiss his output from the last few decades all you like: Stephen King is a master of sentence construction. And ...
Read More Toei Animation and Funimation Present Dragon Ball Super: Battle of the Battles Global Fan Event on March 27
By Cinema Sentries |
Last December, fans were asked to name the greatest “Dragon Ball Super” fights of all times and the response was ...
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By Mat Brewster |
On-Gaku: Our Sound is a lo-fi animated treat from director Kenji Iwaisawa about a trio of high school delinquents who ...
Read More Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! (1970) Deluxe Edition DVD Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
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By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Warner Brothers Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader Victor and Valentino: Folk Art ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
For the first time ever, iconic country music performances from Austin City Limits, the longest-running music show in television history, ...
Read More Fatale Blu-ray Giveaway
By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Lionsgate Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader a Fatale Blu-ray Combo. It is ...
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By Mat Brewster |
Well, hi there. It has been a long time since I've written one of these. Dave has done such a ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are a legendary comedy duo that had international success with both their silent and sound ...
Read More 2021 Golden Globes Winners Announced
By Cinema Sentries |
The Hollywood Foreign Press has selected their nominations in film and television for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Hosted ...
Read More The Vigil Review: A Minimalist Exercise in Paralyzing Grief
By Matthew St.Clair |
A limited setting, an ominous score, and a “things go bump in the night” storyline. All are three simple yet ...
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During the '90s as country music was getting a pop polish and alternative rock was becoming mainstream, the Jayhawks were ...
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The first five minutes of HBO’s adventure horror series, Lovecraft Country (Season One), tells you everything you need to know ...
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One of the things that Ousmane Sembène’s second feature film does that so few films do is, take lesser-known actors ...
Read More San Francisco Blu-ray Review: The King of the Barbary Coast Finds His Queen
By Jack Cormack |
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is the backdrop for this handsomely mounted 1936 MGM production, which spends far too ...
Read More Crisis (2021) Movie Review: Surprisingly Disappointing
By David Wangberg |
With heavy inspiration drawn from movies like Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, Nicholas Jarecki’s Crisis takes a look at America’s addiction to ...
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Pearl Jam begins the celebration of their 20th anniversary with the compilation album Live on Ten Legs, the title playing ...
Read More The Town (2010) Movie Review: Crime and Some Punishment
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves, director Ben Affleck delivers an action-packed, suspense-filled crime drama populated with great ...
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Each year I predict what my favorite movies for the upcoming year will be. I'm usually so far off that ...
Read More Man Push Cart Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Essential Cinema
By Davy |
Foreigners in a foreign land express the often grim, depressing, but sometimes hopeful studies of immigrants desperate to survive a ...
Read More Chop Shop Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Miracle of Independent Cinema
By Davy |
With his wonderful 2005 Man Push Cart, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani beautifully captured the grim circumstances of being an immigrant in ...
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By Steve Geise |
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Remember back in the day when you were a child and you could turn on the television and watch Saturday ...
Read More Fear of Rain Blu-ray Giveaway
By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Lionsgate Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader a Fear of Rain Blu-ray Combo. ...
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There have been so many tales of adolescence and teenage portraits of sexual and social mores than most people can ...
Read More PaleyFest LA 2021 Full Line-up Announced
By Cinema Sentries |
The Paley Center for Media has announced the full lineup of programming for PaleyFest LA 2021. The country’s premier television ...
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By Jack Cormack |
Allow me to state this upfront: In Lady Sings the Blues (1972; director, Sidney J. Furie), Diana Ross gives a ...
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The ...
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Previously an exclusive from Time Life, the landmark variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: The Complete Series is now available ...
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When a studio delivers a third installment in a series, it's often more focused on making money rather than making ...
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I first came to Park Chan-wook's films, like I suspect a lot of other Americans did, through Oldboy, his 2003 masterwork ...
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Anime in the popular imagination is...I was about to say Dragonball, but that shows my age. Sailor Moon? One Piece? Inuyasha? Once or twice ...
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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse (2020) by Stuart Douglas is the thirty-second entry in The Further Adventures of ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Skyfire is directed by Simon West, a filmmaker with a not-so-good track record. Two out of his previous four films have ...
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The summer of 1985 was filled with terror for Southern California residents. A serial killer, who would come to be ...
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Japanese cinema at the beginning of the 21st century was fun. There was an explosion of cinematic talent coming from ...
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There is no debating that Liam Neeson is the one big-name actor currently working in Hollywood who is able to ...
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