A Shot in the Dark (1964) 4K UHD Review: No Mystery Why This Is So Funny
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by Blake Edwards, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Peter Blatty. A Shot in the Dark is the technically ...
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Boorman and the Devil Movie Review: Follywood
By Joe Keaton |
I love it when somebody or something inspires me to revisit a movie I thought I’d never want to see ...
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Johnny Handsome 4K UHD Review: Does the Face Make the Man?
By Kent Conrad |
Johnny Handsome's name is, of course, ironic. He was deformed at birth, and an early surgery made it worse. His ...
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Corruption (1963) Blu-ray Review: Sins of the Father
By Steve Geise |
When the scion of a wealthy Italian family decides on an unconventional career path, his unscrupulous father takes steps to ...
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Some Like It Hot Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Nobody’s Perfect but This Release Comes Close
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Criterion Collection presents Billy Wilder's cross-dressing comedy Some Like It Hot in a two-disc set, one 4K UHD and ...
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Red Sun (1970) Blu-ray Review: Birth of an Assassination Nation
By Steve Geise |
When a degenerate drifter named Thomas runs across an old flame named Peggy in Munich, he latches onto her, immediately ...
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The Bubble (1966) Blu-ray Review: Twilight Zone-style Weirdness
By Kent Conrad |
Arch Oboler worked in media for decades and was the secret influence for many of the 20th century's major mavens ...
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Boys Town Blu-ray Review: Tracy and Rooney; The Priest and the Knucklehead
By Joe Garcia III |
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney star in Boys Town (1938). Directed by Norman Taurog, this is the highly fictionalized story ...
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Perfect Strangers: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Bosom Cousins
By Gordon S. Miller |
Perfect Strangers: The Complete Series collects the 150 episodes that aired over eight seasons on ABC from March 25, 1986, ...
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Brit Noir Collection IV Blu-ray Review: The British Are Coming
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber continues their fabulous series of obscure post-war British film noirs. I suspect most noir fans have never heard ...
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The Magnificent Cuckold Blu-ray Review: The Magnificent Cardinale
By Steve Geise |
Sensational title aside, this 1964 Italian film takes a humorous look at society’s rapidly changing views on monogamy and gender ...
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I Love Boosters Blu-ray Review: Deliriously Entertaining
By Davy |
As a weird person myself, I'm always looking for films that can't be placed in boxes. They contain elements, themes, ...
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The Hot Spot Blu-ray Review: A Dark, Sweaty Film Noir
By Mat Brewster |
Dennis Hopper knew film noir. He came of age in the 1940s and 1950s, the genre's peak. His first film ...
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Yakuza Graveyard Blu-ray Review: A Gritty, Grim Japanese Gangster Film
By Mat Brewster |
Kinji Fukasaku directed some 60 films in his storied career. He made films in nearly every genre, but he's best ...
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Blu-ray Review: Doesn’t Rise to Lee’s Best but Don’t Count It Out
By Gordon S. Miller |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is Christopher Lee's third time playing Count Dracula for Hammer Film Productions and their ...
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Broadway Melody of 1938 Blu-ray Review: Powell Leads the Way, Ebsen Hoofs Away
By Steve Geise |
Although the 1938 edition of the musical series boasts Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell as its top-billed stars, the real ...
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Last Summer (1969) Blu-ray Review: Innocence Lost
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the Evan Hunter novel of the same name, director Frank Perry's Last Summer is a brutal teen drama ...
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The Inugami Family Blu-ray Review: A Japanese Agatha Christie Story
By Mat Brewster |
When the patriarch of the Inugami family dies, his children, other family members, and hangers-on gather for the will reading. ...
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Blindfold Blu-ray Review: Hudson Struggles to See Past Cardinale’s Distraction
By Steve Geise |
Cold-War paranoia drives the intrigue of director/co-writer Philip Dunne’s 1965 film, but his attempt to merge it with rom-com elements ...
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All Through the Night Blu-ray Review: Bogie Knocks Those Heels Back on Their Axis
By Steve Geise |
Even though the U.S. had entered WWII by 1942, “Gloves” Donahue (Humphrey Bogart) is too busy scheming for cash in ...
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Three Paths to the Same Destination
By Gordon S. Miller |
It's notable when a producer and/or studio takes a film away from the director before they have completed it. One ...
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Madame X (1966) Blu-ray Review: Lana Turner’s Dynasty
By Steve Geise |
Since its origin as a 1908 French play, the Madame X story has been remade more than any other film ...
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Captain Horatio Hornblower Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling, Seafaring Swashbuckler
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, an officer in the British Royal Navy, was created by C. S. Forester, ...
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Sergeant Rutledge Blu-ray Review: An Important Entry in Ford’s Filmography
By Shawn Bourdo |
John Ford had started directing films in 1917. By 1960, including short features, the release of Sergeant Rutledge would mark ...
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Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films Blu-ray Review: More Gore Than an ’80s Slasher
By Joe Garcia III |
Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films written/directed/produced by Bret Wood, tells the story of those bloody drivers ...
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Bonnie Scotland Blu-ray Review: Laurel and Hardy in Bonnie India
By Gordon S. Miller |
Bonnie Scotland is an interesting title for this Laurel and Hardy feature because, while the story certainly starts in Scotland, ...
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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Blu-ray Review: “It’s not a movie. It’s a way of life.”
By Gordon S. Miller |
Richard O'Brien is the legendary creator of The Rocky Horror Show and the lesser-known co-creator of Linus O'Brien, who directed ...
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The Devil Queen Blu-ray Review: Day of the Dead
By Steve Geise |
There are ample reasons that this 1974 Brazilian drama is on the Kino Cult imprint instead of the general Kino ...
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The Bad Seed (1956) Blu-ray Review: Sugar and Spice, a Murderous Delight
By Joe Garcia III |
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, The Bad Seed (1956) is a powerful psychological, horror thriller that stars Nancy Kelly and Patty ...
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The Stranger (2025) Blu-ray Review: Killing an Arab
By Steve Geise |
In the latest film adaptation of Albert Camus’ classic novel, director Francois Ozon (The Crime is Mine) remains remarkably faithful ...
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Jinsei Blu-ray Review: A Bold, Interesting Film
By Mat Brewster |
I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent man. I've watched a lot of movies in my life. Some of ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVII Blu-ray Review: Three From Republic Pictures
By Mat Brewster |
Boy, does it seem like movies have gotten longer these days. I mean, really long. It is almost as if ...
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Harlem School 1970 Blu-ray Review: Everyone Can Relate to This
By Davy |
Capturing public education at its roots with a deliberately primitive lens, multitalented filmmaker Phil Gries makes us flies on the ...
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Le Choc Blu-ray Review: Delon and Deneuve Deliver
By Steve Geise |
Ten years after their only other narrative feature film together (Un Flic), screen legends Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve teamed ...
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Manon 70 Blu-ray Review: Ruthless People
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Jean Aurel’s 1968 film tracks the rocky romance between two narcissists completely incapable of real emotions. Loosely updating the ...
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Money From Home 3D Blu-ray Review: Step Inside the World of Martin and Lewis
By Steve Geise |
When 3D first became a movie theater fad in the 1950s, the technology occasionally drifted outside of its typical sci-fi ...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) Blu-ray Review: Cagney Pounds the Boards
By Steve Geise |
Although Shakespeare’s evergreen comedy has been adapted to the screen many times, Max Reinhardt’s lavish 1935 production was the first ...
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Exit 8 Blu-ray Review: Clever and Creepy
By Davy |
Most video games don't exactly translate well to the big screen. But there a few that do, and Exit 8 ...
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Presenting Lily Mars Blu-ray Review: Broadway Baby
By Steve Geise |
Just four years removed from The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was still struggling to transition from child actress to ...
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Hyperspace (3-D Director’s Cut) Blu-ray Review: Funnier Than Spaceballs
By Gordon S. Miller |
Suffering a six-year delay and a very brief U.S. theatrical release, Kino Lorber and 3-D Film Archive have teamed up ...
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Letty Lynton Blu-ray Review: A Pre-Code Melodrama That Blends Romance and Crime
By Gordon S. Miller |
While Letty Lynton is credited with being based on Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes' 1931 novel of the same name about ...
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The Boxer (1977) Blu-ray Review: The Fighter Still Remains
By Mat Brewster |
According to the excellent visual essay by Tom Mes, which is included in this new Blu-ray release of The Boxer, ...
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Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Begins Blu-ray Review: One of the Best Versions of the Franchise Since Its Heyday
By Shawn Bourdo |
The made-for-television film, Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Begins aired originally on the Cartoon Network on September 13, 2009. The film debuted ...
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Ping Pong Blu-ray Review: Balls of Furi
By Steve Geise |
At the start of this century, three notable live-action sports comedies emerged from Asia: Waterboys, Ping Pong, and Stephen Chow’s ...
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The Island (1980) 4K UHD Review: At Least It’s Never Boring
By Mat Brewster |
Steven Spielberg's Jaws was a massive success. It turned Spielberg into a household name. It almost single-handedly created the summer-blockbuster ...
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Brit Noir Collection III Blu-ray Review: Panic on the Streets of London
By Steve Geise |
Kino’s third collection of late-period British noir compiles three tense dramas likely to be unknown to most viewers. While there’s ...
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: Death Isn’t the End
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although main character Spear was killed off at the end of the second season and there was talk about the ...
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The Double (1971) Blu-ray Review: A Dead Man’s Dream
By Mat Brewster |
A man is shot inside a parking garage. As he lies dying, he flashes back on his life, recalling all ...
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Start the Revolution Without Me Blu-ray Review: An Amusing Parody
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starring Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, and Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, Bud Yorkin's Start the Revolution Without Me is ...
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The Maverick Queen Blu-ray Review: Barbara Stanwyck Tangles with Butch and Sundance
By Joe Garcia III |
Directed by Joseph Kane, The Maverick Queen (1956) finds silver-screen queen Barbara Stanwyck squaring off against Butch Cassidy, the Sundance ...
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