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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CODA Movie Review: Finding Your Voice
By Greg Hammond |
There is something almost suspiciously wholesome about CODA, the 2021 film that became the first streaming movie to win the ...
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Hamlet (1948) Movie Review: A Dark Study of Grief and Obsession
By Greg Hammond |
Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet is one of those movies that arrives carrying an enormous reputation, and in this case, the reputation ...
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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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Ken Burns America Collection DVD Review: Seven Compelling Stories That Are Uniquely American
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ken Burns became a household name when his landmark, nine-part documentary The Civil War first aired on PBS in 1990. ...
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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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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie Review: They Are Back, Baby
By Greg Hammond |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has the difficult job of following a surprisingly entertaining first movie without simply repeating it. Fortunately, ...
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Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Review: Can’t Be Heard Over the Sound of Its Awesomeness
By Greg Hammond |
A movie based on a video-game character who looks like a blue hedgehog, runs really fast, and collects golden rings ...
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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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Anora Movie Review: Slipperless Cinderella
By Greg Hammond |
Sean Baker’s Anora is the kind of movie that practically begs to be loved. It is funny, energetic, vulgar-ish, unexpectedly ...
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TIFF 2026 Review: Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since 1974, Rush has been trio of vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer Neil Peart. The latter hired ...
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Patton Movie Review: George C. Scott Takes Command
By Greg Hammond |
There are plenty of war movies that want us to admire their heroes. Patton is more complicated. It wants us ...
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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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Twiggy: The Woman Behind the Icon DVD Review: A Look at the Legendary Model’s Life, On and Off-Camera
By Jade Blackmore |
There were other groovy Brit models in the 1960s, (Jean Shrimpton, Pattie Boyd, Penelope Tree, etc.) but Twiggy’s gamine figure; ...
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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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Crash (2004) Movie Review: “You think you know who you are? You have no idea.”
By Greg Hammond |
Paul Haggis's Crash, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, is the sort of movie that practically begs to ...
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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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Django Unchained Movie Review: The Road to Vengeance
By Greg Hammond |
Quentin Tarantino has always been fascinated by the movies that shaped him, and with Django Unchained, he turns that fascination ...
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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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Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Movie Review: Hollywood Takes the Scenic Route
By Greg Hammond |
If you ever wondered what would happen if Hollywood decided that a Jules Verne adventure needs to be approximately the ...
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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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Taxi Driver Movie Review: Travis Bickle’s Lonely Ride
By Greg Hammond |
Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is one of those films that seems to grow darker the longer you think about it. ...
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Unforgiven Movie Review: Clint Eastwood’s Dark Revisionist Western
By Greg Hammond |
Unforgiven is a Western about violence, but not the kind of violence usually found in Westerns. There are no clean-cut ...
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Driving Miss Daisy Movie Review: Thirty Years of Slow Change
By Greg Hammond |
Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, is the kind of movie that sneaks up on you. There are no ...
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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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Auntie Mame 4K UHD Review: How Vivid!
By Joe Keaton |
From the start, Auntie Mame flaunts its taste for excess. Costumes, performances, sets—all are unapologetically big and bright. And Rosalind ...
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Oliver! Movie Review: Dickens’ Dark Tale Gets the Grand Musical Treatment
By Greg Hammond |
Carol Reed’s 1968 adaptation of Oliver! exudes the kind of confidence that only a gigantic, lavish musical can muster. Based ...
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Confess, Fletch Movie Review: “No thanks, I ate yesterday.”
By Greg Hammond |
Confess, Fletch has one major problem that no amount of clever dialogue or talented supporting actors can overcome: it isn't ...
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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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Deconstructing Harry Movie Review: “I’m a writer. I have to suffer for my work.”
By Greg Hammond |
There is a particular kind of artist who can turn his own neuroses into a career. Woody Allen has been ...
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Disclosure Day 4K UHD Review: Spielberg Returns to the Alien Well
By Mat Brewster |
There is an iconic moment in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic, where a little boy ...
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A Man for All Seasons Movie Review: “Would You Cut a Great Road Through the Law to Get After the Devil?”
By Greg Hammond |
Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons is a remarkable historical drama about conscience, integrity, and the price of refusing ...
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You Can’t Take It with You Movie Review: A World Walt Disney Might Have Created
By Greg Hammond |
Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You is one of those movies that seems almost impossibly optimistic by modern ...
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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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Practical Magic 4K UHD Review: Spellbinding
By Lorna Miller |
Practical Magic is a movie that has grown on me over time which I enjoy more with each viewing. The ...
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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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The Silence of the Lambs Movie Review: Like Having an Old Friend for Dinner
By Greg Hammond |
Based on the novel by Thomas Harris, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs is one of those rare films ...
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