Metropolitan Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Decades Later, I Still Don’t Get It
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Whit Stillman’s debut film received massive critical accolades following its 1990 theatrical release, including a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination. ...
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The Deer Hunter Blu-ray Review: The Portrayal of the Characters Seems Odd
By Todd Karella |
Universal Pictures is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. And in doing so it is releasing some of its greatest ...
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Claudia DVD Review: She’ll Steal Your Heart and Mock You For It
By Michelle Prather |
Twentieth Century Fox’s 1943 cinematic release of Claudia, directed by Edmund Goulding (The Grand Hotel, The Razor’s Edge, and dozens ...
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They Came to Blow up America DVD Review: A Propaganda Piece Through and Through
By Greg Barbrick |
Such terror! Such suspense! Such propaganda! Oh, wait, we weren’t supposed to notice that, where we? They Came To Blow ...
Read More The Three Stooges: Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault DVD Review: An Excellent Collection of Odds and Ends
By Luigi Bastardo |
Anyone who has always been a fan of the immortal slapstick comedy The Three Stooges brought us over the course ...
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Rings on Her Fingers DVD Review: A Perfect Fit for Screwball Comedy Fans
By Will McKinley |
Classic Movie Trivia Quiz: In what 1940s screwball comedy does Henry Fonda play a vacationing millionaire seduced by a sexy ...
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Wrath of the Titans (2012) Blu-ray Review: Wrath of the Critic
By Steve Geise |
When you think back to the reimagined Clash of the Titans released two years ago, what memories come to mind? ...
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Madame Bovary (2000) DVD Review: An Erotic Take on an Erotic Classic
By Critical curmudgeon |
When Gustave Flaubert first delivered the sexy seeds of his romantic tragedy, Madame Bovary, to the literary world, he was ...
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The Disco Exorcist Movie Review: A Strangely Entertaining Highlight Reel of ’70s Cliches
By Mark Buckingham |
Fade in on lava lamp and reel to reel, plenty of dust and lines tarnishing the film print, scratchy audio ...
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The Last Days of Disco Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Witty Look at the End of an Era
By Dusty Somers |
The Film There’s not a hint of irony in Whit Stillman’s 1998 film The Last Days of Disco despite there ...
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The Dark Knight Movie Review: Raised the Bar on What Superhero Movies Can Be
By Gordon S. Miller |
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is a fantastic film that has raised the bar on what superhero movies can be, ...
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Love Is News DVD Review: The News Is Good
By Steve Geise |
While I’m familiar with the name of leading man Tyrone Power, I realized before watching this film that I’m almost ...
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Spin a Dark Web [aka Soho Incident] DVD Review: Forgotten British Film Noir
By Luigi Bastardo |
With all the great American film noir movies out there, forever leaving their mark on experienced and newbie fans of ...
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Here (2011) DVD Review: The Story Is Still Asleep
By Critical curmudgeon |
Braden King’s Here opens by informing us that “the story is still asleep.” In the case of the filmmaker’s vision ...
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Mirror Mirror (2012) Blu-ray Review: Please, Make It Stop!
By Luigi Bastardo |
When I sat down to soil myself in horror over the fetidness only Mirror Mirror could deliver, I had to ...
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Mondo Bastardo: Spaghetti, Sleaze, and Mysteries
By Luigi Bastardo |
It’s time to let our fingers wander through the shelves as I introduce you to a new feature, Mondo Bastardo ...
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Chariots of Fire Blu-ray Review: A Fine Presentation for an Overrated Film
By Dusty Somers |
The Film Eminently respectable but not exactly cinematically sound, Chariots of Fire is a film whose merits have been considered ...
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A Necessary Death DVD Review: How Do You Film Someone Who Wants to Kill Themselves?
By Mark Buckingham |
”Recovered Footage” movies — ones shot with consumer-grade cameras made to look like home movies, films like The Blair Witch ...
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Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Movie Review: An Intriguing Documentary about a Decades-Long Mystery
By Darcy Staniforth |
I love documentaries! Or should I say I love good documentaries. However, the more I watch, I feel like the ...
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The Outside Man (1972) DVD Review: A Contemplative Mob Thriller
By Dusty Somers |
An enjoyable conflation of French gangster cool a la Melville and reinvented 1970s American noir, the little-known The Outside Man ...
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Singin’ in the Rain from TCM and Fathom Events: Still Making ’em Laugh in Theaters 60 Years Later
By Will McKinley |
On Thursday, Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events presented Singin' in the Rain (1952) at nearly 500 venues nationwide. And ...
Read More Thin Ice (2011) / The Convincer Blu-ray Review: Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin Reunite
By Luigi Bastardo |
As someone who occasionally forms ideas and words together with the hopes of someday turning them into an actual bona ...
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Jimi Plays Berkeley DVD Review: Flawed but Fascinating
By Greg Barbrick |
The newly re-mastered film Jimi Plays Berkeley (1971) is an incredible document of its time. Back in the late ’70s, ...
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The Samurai Trilogy Criterion Collection DVD Review: Mifune in His Physical Prime
By Steve Geise |
Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune is most closely associated with the directorial efforts of fellow legend Akira Kurosawa, and yet ...
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American Reunion Blu-ray Review: Reunited and It Feels So Good
By Steve Geise |
The kids from American Pie are all physically adults now, but the guys are still as juvenile as ever. On ...
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LAFF 2012 Review: A Band Called Death Rises from Obscurity
By Jade Blackmore |
While attending the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash in 2009, I noticed the headlining band was called Death. That doesn’t make ...
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Outlaw Trail DVD Review: The Trails Blazers Save the Day (Again)
By Luigi Bastardo |
From the very first time the moving picture industry first started showing double features at the bijou every Saturday to ...
Read More Cinema Summary: My Summer Movies of 2012
By Rons Reviews |
The season opened solidly on May 4th with the debut of the much anticipated Avengers. Directed by Joss Whedon, The ...
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Women in Danger: 1950s Thrillers DVD Review: Highly Recommended
By Luigi Bastardo |
When soldiers pass their prime, they look forward to assistance from the VA. When a judge retires, he or she ...
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Zombieland Movie Review: Remember the Rules and You’ll Be Fine
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mule Zombieland (2009) directed by Ruben Fleischer stars Jesse Eisenberg (Columbus), Woody Harrelson (Tallahassee), Emma Stone (Wichita), Abagail ...
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The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy (Theatrical Edition) Blu-ray Review: Many Fans Will be Disappointed in This Product
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Lord of the Rings trilogy as a whole is a rare work of art, reaching such great heights of ...
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Up (2009) Blu-ray Review: A Wondrous Film by Pixar
By Gordon S. Miller |
Led by director/co-writer Pete Docter, the Pixar team have once again revealed why they are a brand you can trust ...
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Springtime in the Sierras DVD Review: A Prime Example of the Roy Rogers Formula
By Greg Barbrick |
Is it wrong to be attracted to the most evil villainess in the Sierras? The remastered release of Springtime in ...
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Carlos (2010) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Tale of the Jackal
By Gordon S. Miller |
Carlos is a fascinating docudrama about the Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, whose most notorious ...
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Almost Kings DVD Review: Almost a Good Movie
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ben Platko Almost Kings, in the press release, is described as “an edgy, coming of age drama centered ...
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The Muppets (Wocka Wocka Value Pack) Review: The Blu-ray Impresses; The Movie Doesn’t
By Gordon S. Miller |
After not appearing on the silver screen since 1999’s Muppets from Space, there was no surprise at the heightened level ...
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Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) DVD Review: Hammer Films’ Contribution to the War Genre
By Luigi Bastardo |
Based on the 1958 BBC teleplay of the same name, the 1959 World War II drama Yesterday’s Enemy brings us ...
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Act of Valor Blu-ray Review: Better Than You Might Expect
By Luigi Bastardo |
The very thought of an action film starring non-actors can send chills up your spine. Imagine what might have happened ...
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Gray’s Anatomy / And Everything is Going Fine Criterion Collection Blu-rays Review: A Spalding Gray & Steven Soderbergh Double Feature
By Dusty Somers |
The extraordinarily talented monologist Spalding Gray gets a pair of releases from the Criterion Collection this month. Both films are ...
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Shallow Grave (1994) Criterion Collection DVD Review: Boyle’s Debut Shows Promise and Little Else
By Critical curmudgeon |
Directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge, and available now thanks to Criterion Collection, Shallow Grave is a bleakly ...
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The Gold Rush Criterion Collection DVD Review: One of Chaplin’s Most Acclaimed Films
By Greg Barbrick |
Although Charlie Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” character remains so iconic, people all over the world are still familiar with it, even ...
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Gas Pump Girls DVD Review: A Nearly Perfect Example of a Late-’70s Drive-In Flick
By Greg Barbrick |
Somehow I missed the “disco-gas-station” phenomenon of the late seventies, and it is a real shame. As a consolation however, ...
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Blu-ray Review: Food for the Mills of Hell
By Luigi Bastardo |
Well, boys and girls, that clown Nicolas Cage has done it again: absconded with a heap of dough, and leaving ...
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning Blu-ray Review: Braddock Returns in this Misplaced Prequel
By Critical curmudgeon |
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning “explains the rage” behind Chuck Norris’ James Braddock from Missing in Action, but it ...
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Missing in Action Blu-ray Review: This B-movie Is Missing Its Action
By Critical curmudgeon |
Missing in Action has largely been considered a Rambo rip-off – and a bad one at that. Now available on ...
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Dreams from My Real Father DVD Review: Incredibly Difficult to Take Seriously
By Todd Karella |
It’s that time of year once again. Unless you live under a rock and even if you do, you should ...
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Shallow Grave (1994) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Exceptional Film
By Lorna Miller |
Danny Boyle’s first film Shallow Grave is a disturbing and extreme examination of the consequences of one’s actions. I love ...
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LAFF 2012 Review: Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love Opens the Los Angeles Film Festival
By Gordon S. Miller |
The 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival opened with the North American premiere of Woody Allen’s anthology To Rome With Love. ...
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Machine Gun Preacher Blu-ray Review: Hope in the Midst of a Holocaust
By Darcy Staniforth |
Machine Gun Preacher is based on the life of Sam Childers, a real-life missionary living in Southern Sudan carrying the ...
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Bad Ass Blu-ray Review: A Film that Absolutely Reeks of Mediocrity
By Luigi Bastardo |
For those of you who saw and enjoyed Machete as much as I did, you might have found yourself wondering ...
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