Fast X Blu-ray Review: It’s Still About Family
By Gordon S. Miller |
Fast X, the latest installment in the franchise, is a sequel to Fast Five. I opened my review of the ...
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Swamp Thing (1982) Blu-ray Review: Wes Craven’s Beauty and the (Bayou) Beast
By Joe Garcia III |
Swamp Thing (1982) written and directed by Wes Craven takes DC Comics main monster from the page to the silver ...
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Du Barry Was a Lady Blu-ray Review: All Show, Little Story
By Steve Geise |
Even by the admittedly low bar of plot development in classic movie musicals, this film’s story is so half-baked it ...
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Assault on Hill 400 Blu-ray Review: A Disappointing Throwback to ’40s and ’50s B Combat Movies
By Joe Garcia III |
Assault on Hill 400 is loosely based on the 2nd Ranger Battalions valiant siege of Bergstein, Germany in 1944 as ...
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The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart Blu-ray Review: A Fitting Farewell
By Gordon S. Miller |
Created by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer, The Venture Bros. ran for seven seasons on Adult Swim over 14 years ...
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Cimarron (1931) Blu-ray Review: An Epic Western and a Product of Its Time
By Joe Garcia III |
The Warner Archive Collection presents RKO Pictures' Cimarron directed by Wesley Ruggles, based on the novel by Edna Ferber, and ...
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Justice League: Warworld Blu-ray Review: A Minor Installment in the Tomorrowverse
By Gordon S. Miller |
Justice League: Warworld is the latest entry in the Tomorrowverse, the current iteration of the DC Animated Movie Universe. While ...
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Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Review: The Set Is Really a Lot of Fun
By Davy |
Going through history, there's always hidden gems of pop culture that seem lost forever, whether it's film or television. However, ...
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One False Move Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Southern Discomfort
By David Wangberg |
Carl Franklin’s work is a blind spot for me, sad to say. While the acclaimed filmmaker has only a few ...
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Star Pilot Blu-ray Review: Space Satire Points Finger at Self
By Greg Hammond |
Pietro Francisci’s Star Pilot (2 + 5 Missione Hydra in Italian, 1966) stars Leonora Ruffo and Anthony Freeman, and begins ...
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Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 1 Blu-ray Review: A Good Start to Becoming a Cartoon Collector
By Gordon S. Miller |
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 1 presents 20 Warner Brothers cartoons, 10 each from the 1940s and '50s. Not sure ...
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Invaders from Mars (1953) Blu-ray Review: Classic Science Fiction Gets the Royal Treatment
By Greg Hammond |
Invaders from Mars (1953) concerns a young boy named David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt - who carries much of the film ...
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Clash of the Wolves / Where the North Begins Blu-ray Review: A Rin Tin Tin Double Feature
By Gordon S. Miller |
Kino Classics and the Library of Congress present a Rin Tin Tin double feature with Clash of the Wolves / ...
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Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece / Tintin and the Blue Oranges Blu-ray Review
By Steve Geise |
The iconic Belgian comic book character has been translated into many forms of media over the years, and now two ...
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The White Buffalo Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Prairie Jaws
By Kent Conrad |
There's potential in the idea of The White Buffalo. A pastiche of real world characters (Wild Bill Hickock, Crazy Horse, ...
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Millennium Mambo Blu-ray Review: A Lyrical and Subtle Film
By Davy |
We all go through life wondering where we're going in it. We always question our life choices; whether we're actually ...
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The Servant Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Scathing, Subversive Film of Class, Sexuality, and Manipulation
By Davy |
Only a few films in cinematic history have ever portrayed the rather complex dynamics between masters and their manservants, but ...
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A Zed and Two Noughts / The Falls: Two Films by Peter Greenaway Blu-ray Review
By Davy |
Watching and doing my review for the 1982 film The Draughtman's Contract, I was instantly struck by filmmaker Peter Greenaway's ...
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Whisper of the Heart (2022) Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Romance for All Ages
By Greg Hammond |
Whisper of the Heart (2022) is a Japanese romance starring Nana Seino as Shizuku (She-Zoo-Koo) and Tori Matsuzaka as Seiji ...
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Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant Blu-ray Review: A Solid yet Standard War Flick
By David Wangberg |
Guy Ritchie’s wheelhouse has primarily been in the crime comedy genre with films like Snatch; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking ...
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Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux Blu-ray Review: Oddest of Odd Bedfellows
By Kent Conrad |
David Cronenberg, fellow Canadian and not a stranger to weirdness once said, "You haven't truly seen a foreign film until ...
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Mr. Wong Collection Blu-ray Review: Boris Karloff Detects
By Mat Brewster |
The early 1920s saw an influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States. This so-called "Yellow Peril" unsurprisingly led to ...
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri Blu-ray Review: The Toll of War
By Kent Conrad |
Korean war movies all tend to have a sense of ambivalence. WWII movies, even when they have obligatory scenes of ...
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Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! Blu-ray Review: Ready for His Close-up
By Gordon S. Miller |
Yogi Bear, voiced by Daws Butler and based on Art Carney's Ed Norton from The Honeymooners, first appeared in his ...
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The Draughtsman’s Contract Blu-ray Review: An Oddly Fascinating Murder Mystery
By Davy |
There's always going to be a rift between the rich and the poor, where the poor sometimes gets a taste ...
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Tommy Guns Blu-ray Review: Blasts Conformity to Smithereens
By Steve Geise |
Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição announces his arrival on the global stage with this blisteringly original, confounding film that defies categorization. ...
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Thelma & Louise Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two for the Road
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise tells a familiar story about two friends on a road trip who unintentionally become outlaws, ...
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The Great Train Robbery (1978) Blu-ray Review: A Wry Money-Train Caper
By Jack Cormack |
England, 1855. Edward Pierce (Sean Connery), a clever thief with a thirst for daring stunts (and, yes, money), recruits his ...
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The Oyster Princess / Meyer from Berlin Blu-ray Review: A Pair of German Silents from Lubitsch
By Mat Brewster |
Ernst Lubitsch is widely considered one of the great directors of classic cinema. His comedies were sophisticated, elegant with a ...
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Rain Man Blu-ray Review: Irresistibly Good
By David Wangberg |
For years, I had made references to Rain Man or had people make references to the movie because of how ...
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Caliber 9 Blu-ray Review: Action-Packed Poliziotteschi with a Message
By Mat Brewster |
There is a scene relatively early in Fernando Di Leo's classic polischietti Caliber 9 that fairly well sums up everything ...
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The Package Blu-ray Review: Not so Much a Bad Movie as a Disappointing One
By Mat Brewster |
When I was in college, I realized that when you are with a particular group of friends and having a ...
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The Vault (2017) Blu-ray Review: Heist Goes Wrong, Phantom Turned Loose
By Joe Garcia III |
The Vault (2017) starts as a cliche heist flick but quickly (and thankfully) turns into an enjoyable yet weird haunted ...
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Gorky Park Blu-ray Review: Strange Accents Nearly Ruin a Strong Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Gorky Park (1983), starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula, and Brian Dennehy, is a thriller set in Cold War ...
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Joy House Blu-ray Review: Love and Death on the French Riviera
By Steve Geise |
This 1964 gem exudes cool, from the lead performances by gorgeous stars Alain Delon and Jane Fonda, to the jazzy ...
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Children of the Corn (1984) Blu-ray Review: The Corn Kids Bring New Meaning to Cult Classic
By Joe Garcia III |
"Outlander!" still gives me goosebumps when I hear it called out and “He who walks behind the rows” kept me ...
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Renfield Blu-ray Review: Sink Your Teeth into This One
By David Wangberg |
When you allow an actor like Nicolas Cage to completely let loose, it’s almost guaranteed that the performance will be ...
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Anna May Wong Collection Blu-ray Review: To Wong Blu, Thanks for Everything
By Steve Geise |
Kino Lorber’s new box set shines a light on a string of 1930s films starring the iconic Anna May Wong. ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIII Blu-ray Review: A Triple Feature from the ’50s
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber continues to release lesser-known film noirs in their The Dark Side of Cinema sets. Part XIII includes a ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIV Blu-ray Review: Moral Teachings Get in the Way
By Mat Brewster |
It just now occurs to me that classic-era Hollywood cinema, especially those low-budget B-Movies, often acted like the Afterschool Specials ...
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If I Had a Million Blu-ray Review: A Mixed Bag
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Robert D. Andrews' 1931 novel Windfall, If I Had a Million is an anthology credited to seven directors, ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XII Blu-ray Review: I’m Still Watching and Loving It
By Mat Brewster |
The thing about film noir is that it was mostly a B-movie genre. For every noir with A-list stars, directors, ...
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods Blu-ray Review: A Family-Friendly Return of the “Shazamily”
By generaljabbo |
Four years after Shazam!, a charming film starring Zachary Levi as the title character — an adult version of a ...
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Vengeance: A Love Story Blu-ray Review: Nic Cage As a Vigilante Cop
By Joe Garcia III |
Nicolas Cage plays an ex-soldier turned stoic detective who has had enough of the broken system that rewards the guilty ...
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Creed III Blu-ray Review: A Crowd-pleaser
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated when I reviewed the movie, “Michael B. Jordan does double duty for the first time, making his directorial ...
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Violent Streets (1974) Blu-ray Review: Blood and Guts Yakuza Story
By Kent Conrad |
It might be a form of survivorship bias, but movies "demystifying" or "deglamorizing" yakuza seem to outnumber any other kind ...
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Samurai Wolf 1 & 2 Blu-ray Review: A Scruffier Yojimbo
By Kent Conrad |
The first director a Western audience thinks of for classic samurai films is Akira Kurosawa. After all, his Seven Samurai ...
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Safe in Hell Blu-ray Review: A Pre-Code Delight
By Mat Brewster |
If you do an image search for "pre-Code Hollywood," you'll most likely find a picture of an attractive blonde woman ...
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Trapped Alive Blu-ray Review: An ’80s Hodgepodge of Horror Tropes That Collapses Fast
By Joe Garcia III |
Three escaped convicts, two girls on their way to a Christmas party, one sheriff deputy, and a cannibal mutant trapped ...
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Clash by Night (1952) Blu-ray Review: A Fritz Lang Dud
By Jack Cormack |
In Clash by Night, a former good-time girl, Mae (Barbara Stanwyck), returns home to Monterey, California. Done with her drifting ...
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