New York Stories Blu-ray Review: A Disappointing Trio from Three Great Directors
By Gordon S. Miller |
To quote the concluding narration from the Naked City (1958-1963) TV series, “There are eight million stories in the naked ...
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After Dark, My Sweet Blu-ray Review: A Strong Film Noir from Director James Foley
By Greg Hammond |
Based on the novel by Jim Thompson, After Dark, My Sweet, stars Jason Patric (in an early outing meant to ...
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La Bamba Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Soars Far Above Other Hollywood Biopics
By Joe Garcia III |
La Bamba (1987) is the story of Richard Valenzuela, known better as Ritchie Valens, a name associated with a song ...
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School of Rock 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Steelbook Review: It Still Rocks
By David Wangberg |
Richard Linklater’s School of Rock was released 20 years ago and is still proof that a family film doesn’t have ...
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Nil by Mouth Blu-ray Review: A Strong, Gripping Example of British Cinema
By Davy |
The British kitchen sink and social realist dramas of the 1950s and 60s were emotional and draining, but they don't ...
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American Pop Blu-ray Review: Try, Try, and Try Again
By Steve Geise |
Ralph Bakshi’s animated voyage through 20th century popular music has finally arrived on Blu-ray. While music is an integral part ...
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Three Days of the Condor Blu-ray Review: The Book Reader Who Stayed Out in the Cold
By Jack Cormack |
As far as paranoid ‘70s thrillers go, Sydney Pollack’s Three Days of the Condor—about Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a hip ...
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The Wild Party Blu-ray Review: A Wild Night Is Calling
By Joe Garcia III |
Gather ‘round, people, and you shall hear the grim tale of one named Jolly. With a comeback in tow, a ...
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Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B Blu-ray Review: A Filmmaker of Incredible Vision and Prescience
By Davy |
As an extreme film buff, I always appreciate and seek out filmmakers and films that challenge the usual and obviously ...
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Little Women (1933) Blu-ray Review: Sentimental but Sweet
By Mat Brewster |
In college, I did work study for the university dinner theater. It was a great job, and I had loads ...
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Spinout Blu-ray Review: Hey, Elvis! You Gotta Win This Race!
By Joe Garcia III |
Elvis Presley leads a small rock ‘n’ roll band, likes racing fast cars, and gets into all kinds of trouble ...
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The Prodigal Son Blu-ray Review: Sammo Hung Meets Wing Chun
By Steve Geise |
Continuing their series of Sammo Hung Blu-ray releases, Arrow Video’s latest entry is this 1981 gem. Sammo directs and co-stars ...
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Wichita Blu-ray Review: Wyatt Earp’s Origin Story
By Mat Brewster |
How many movies and TV shows have been made about Wyatt Earp? Or been influenced by his reputation? They say ...
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Gay Purr-ee Blu-ray Review: Judy Garland Gets Animated
By Steve Geise |
By the 1960s, Judy Garland was in decline, no longer a potent or reliable force at the box office and ...
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The Big Knife Blu-ray Review: Stabbing Old Hollywood
By Mat Brewster |
Hollywood loves making movies about Hollywood. Usually, they are fawning tales about the magic of the movies, or about how ...
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Malone Blu-ray Review: Burt Reynolds Shows Off a Particular Set of Skills in a Generic Actioner
By Gordon S. Miller |
Burt Reynolds is Malone. But in 1987 that didn't mean as much as it did back in the '70s when ...
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Foolish Wives Blu-ray Review: The First Million Dollar Picture
By Kent Conrad |
Erich von Stroheim, the director of Foolish Wives, was well known for his aristocratic and military background. He was a ...
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Borsalino Blu-ray Review: A (Not Quite) Epic French Gangster Flick
By Mat Brewster |
Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo were two of the biggest and greatest film stars in France. They were both great ...
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Liar’s Moon Blu-ray Review: A Teenage Soap Opera with a Great Soundtrack
By Joe Garcia III |
Rich girl, poor boy. Good kids tangled in a web of deceit spun long ago by their parents. It’s Romeo ...
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Hardcore Blu-ray Review: A Solid and Nervy Depiction
By Davy |
The 1970s was a legendary and often gritty time for filmmaking. There were obviously the films of Martin Scorsese, William ...
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The Flash (2023) Blu-ray Review: You Can’t Go Home Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
Andy Muschietti's The Flash (2023) is the 13th installment of the DCEU. The franchise gets an amusing but disjointed, multiverse ...
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A Taste of Blood (2020) Blu-ray Review: These Vampires Aren’t Sexy but the Soundtrack Is
By Joe Garcia III |
A modern-day family in the Argentina countryside faces its bloody past in A.K. Tolstoy's A Taste of Blood (2020) brought ...
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The Broadway Melody Blu-ray Review: Give My Regards to the Warner Archive Team
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Broadway Melody, the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, is a melodramatic story focusing ...
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A Moment of Romance Blu-ray Review: HK Stockholm Syndrome
By Steve Geise |
When a bank heist goes awry, getaway driver Wah (Andy Lau) grabs the closest civilian as a hostage as he ...
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Mutant Blast Blu-ray Review: A Witty, Weird, Gorific Blast
By Joe Garcia III |
Troma Entertainment (The Toxic Avenger) brings Portuguese director Fernando Alle's odd, gory, silly yet witty, funny, and brilliant sci-fi/horror Mutant ...
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Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani Blu-ray Review
By Steve Geise |
Superstar Italian actor Franco Nero headlines three separate projects by director Damiano Damiani with a unifying spotlight on the mafia ...
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Strangers in the House Blu-ray Review: French Masters of Mystery
By Mat Brewster |
In a large, shambling, mostly empty mansion, a loud noise clangs upstairs. It is loud enough to awaken Hector Loursat ...
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Is Paris Burning? Blu-ray Review: Night of 100 Stars
By Steve Geise |
Not to be confused with Paris Is Burning, this 1966 WWII drama boasts a seemingly unbelievable roster of stars reenacting ...
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Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Feels Like We’re Witnessing Real Life
By Davy |
Ever since legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasjuiro Ozu died in 1963, there has been an array of cinematic stories he left ...
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The Fastest Gun Alive Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Western
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Frank D. Gilroy's teleplay The Last Notch, Russell Rouse's The Fastest Gun Alive is a compelling western that ...
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Bigfoot or Bust Blu-ray Review: It’s Busty Alright
By Joe Garcia III |
A Spirit Halloween Bigfoot gets chased around by busty older women making corny, horny jokes. It's too long at 75 ...
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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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