The Ledge Movie Review: A Lot of Hard Talk and Not a Lot of Follow-through
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mule The Ledge (2011) is directed by Matthew Chapman and stars Charlie Hunnam (Gavin), Liv Tyler (Shauna), Patrick ...
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The Last Posse DVD Review: An Overlooked B-Western Gem
By Luigi Bastardo |
There’s nothing I like more than sitting back and watching a good ol’ B-Western, and 1953’s The Last Posse is ...
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Harold and Maude Criterion Collection DVD Review: Timeless Classic Has Never Been More Appropriate
By Greg Barbrick |
The oddest couple in cinematic history have got to be the 20-year old Harold (Bud Cort) and the 80-year old ...
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The Lady Vanishes (1938) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: All Aboard for Entertainment
By Gordon S. Miller |
Though it was Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate film made in Britain before producer David O. Selznick brought him to America, the ...
Read More This Means War Blu-ray Review: More Absolute Yuck from McG
By Luigi Bastardo |
Late last year, I had the pleasure of reviewing the wonderful 1933 comedy Design for Living — the story about ...
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Summer Interlude Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Formative Bergman Picture Gets the High-Def Treatment
By Critical curmudgeon |
With Summer Interlude, Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman began to lay the foundation for some of his most memorable pictures. ...
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Blu-ray Review: Impressive Disc but Lacks the Charm of the Previous Film
By Lorna Miller |
The first Sherlock Holmes was fun, exciting, and unique. It far exceeded my expectations. A Game of Shadows doesn’t have ...
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The Gold Rush Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Charlie Chaplin Strikes Gold
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Criterion Collection has a problem. It’s the best kind of problem to have though. They have the rights to ...
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Too Big To Fail DVD Review: Too Good to Miss
By Greg Barbrick |
Hi there, Ronald Reagan. Hello as well to George Bush, Bill Clinton, G.W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Glad to meet ...
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Sherlock Holmes (2009) Movie Review: A Smart Blockbuster
By Gordon S. Miller |
When I first saw the trailer, I was not enthused. I had not been a fan of Guy Ritchie’s directorial ...
Read More Shame (2011) Blu-ray Review: A Shameful Waste of Michael Fassbender’s Acting Talent
By Steve Geise |
Shame is one of those whiny, self-involved New Yorker tales that makes most normal folks cringe. It’s further hampered by ...
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John Carter Blu-ray Review: Delivers as a Roaring Space-Aged Hoot
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Max Naylor You can run into a lot of problems trying to update a 100-year-old science fiction serial ...
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Cheri (2009) Movie Review: La Belle Epoque Decadence and Restrained Love
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mule Chéri is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Léa de Lonval and Rupert Friend ...
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The Beatles: Yellow Submarine DVD Review: A Great Movie with an Even Better Soundtrack
By Greg Barbrick |
For their third film, the Beatles kind of phoned it in. Their first, A Hard Day’s Night was brilliant, and ...
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Red Tails (2012) DVD Review: George Lucas Drops the Ball Again
By Luigi Bastardo |
If there is any one subject that doesn’t get enough screen time, it’s that of the Tuskegee Airmen. These legends ...
Read More With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Movie Review: A Man Behind the Masks
By Todd Karella |
If you’re a comic book fan or even just a fan of the latest Marvel films to hit the big ...
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Wallander: The Revenge Movie Review: Original Book Author Contributes a Terrific Film Plot
By Steve Geise |
Believe it or not, Stieg Larsson didn’t corner the market on Swedish crime fiction with his Dragon Tattoo (aka Millenium) ...
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Summer with Monika Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review: Bergman in Love
By Steve Geise |
This early success from director Ingmar Bergman follows a completely straightforward and conventional path to its obvious conclusion, offering little ...
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Certified Copy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Certified Original
By Steve Geise |
An esteemed English author named James Miller (William Shimell) has written a book on the value of copies versus original ...
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Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved DVD Review: Compelling in Its Scope
By Greg Barbrick |
The recent 100th year anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic has spurred interest in that famous “night to ...
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On the Ice (2011) Movie Review: Scratching the Surface of Eskimo Culture
By Todd Karella |
Qalli (Josiah Patkotak) and Aivaaq (Frank Qutuq Irelan) are teenagers living in the town of Barrow, Alaska. One day when ...
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The Last Mile (1959) DVD Review: Mickey at His Rooniest
By Luigi Bastardo |
Prior to their great success in the British horror film industry with the highly prolific Amicus Productions, American-born filmmakers Max ...
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Frank Sinatra Film Collection DVD Review: Ol’ Blue Eyes at His Most Mediocre
By Dusty Somers |
Despite the fact he’ll always be more famous as a singer than an actor, Frank Sinatra often excelled on the ...
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Serenity and Nathan Fillion Close 2012 Hero Complex Film Festival
By Gordon S. Miller |
For those not in the know, Hero Complex is a website that covers the pop-culture beat with a focus on ...
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Eclipse Series 32: Pearls of the Czech New Wave DVD Review: Gems Indeed
By Luigi Bastardo |
You never really know what to expect from the more “arty” contributions the world of international cinema has to offer ...
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Chronicle (2012) DVD Review: Rebel Without a Costume
By Chad Derdowski |
When Andrew (Dane DeHaan) decided to start videotaping his life, he had no idea what was in store. Bullied at ...
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This Means War DVD Review: A Blubbing Mess
By Critical curmudgeon |
This Means War is one of the most abrasive, frustrating, mind-numbingly terrible films of 2012. It presents itself as a ...
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The Secret World of Arrietty Blu-ray Review: Another Ghibli Gem
By Steve Geise |
Even when legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki isn’t officially helming films for Studio Ghibli, his touch is so ingrained in ...
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3 Women Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: 2 Actresses Can’t Save 1 Film
By Gordon S. Miller |
Writer/producer/director Robert Altman’s 3 Women is powered by the standout performances of Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall playing two offbeat ...
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Desire DVD Review: A Realistic Look at Twenty-Something Sexual Mores
By Jade Blackmore |
French director Laurent Bouhnik’s romantic drama, Desire examines the sexual mores of a group of loosely connected friends and acquaintances ...
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Father’s Day (2011) Movie Review: Too Modern and Too Hip for Its Own Good
By Critical curmudgeon |
Produced by the famed Troma Enterainment, Father’s Day is a pretty middling affair. The flick comes written and directed by ...
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Underworld: Awakening Blu-ray Review: Can This Series Really Have a Nadir?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Like its zombie counterpart — the increasingly-tedious Resident Evil series — the vampire/werewolf Underworld film franchise has now reached a ...
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Never Stand Still Movie Review: A Love Letter to Dance, Dancers, and the Legendary Jacob’s Pillow
By Michelle Prather |
Director Ron Honsa, whose television and film credits range from nightly news specials to Saturday Night Live to America’s Most ...
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Chapter Two (1979) DVD Review: Dull Neil Simon Melodrama
By Luigi Bastardo |
During the ’70s and ’80s, there was an onslaught of Neil Simon plays being adapted in movies. He was at ...
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Being John Malkovich Criterion Collection DVD Review: A Remarkable Achievement
By Greg Barbrick |
The year 1999 was a strange one. The dot-com bubble was going strong, and the economy was booming. Yet there ...
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Outlaw (2007) Movie Review: Vigilante Violence Without Narrative Conviction
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mule Outlaw (2007) directed by Nick Love is a British revenge vigilante tale that starts with a disturbing ...
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Nobody Else but You Movie Review: A Marvelous Piece of Cinema
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ben Platko Imagine, if you will, that David Lynch and the Coen brothers had a French son. This ...
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New Year’s Eve (2011) Blu-ray Review: Acquaintance with This Film Should Be Forgot
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Amanda Salazar New Year’s Eve comes with mixed emotions; either it is a holiday worth celebrating with plenty ...
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Island of Lost Souls (1932) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Of Monsters and Men
By Gordon S. Miller |
The first of many adaptations of H.G. Wells’ novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, Erle C. Kenton’s Island of Lost ...
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Tonight You’re Mine Movie Review: A Totally ’80s Idea in Modern-Day Indie Garb
By Michelle Prather |
Filmed on site at the T in the Park music festival in Kinross-shire, Scotland, in July 2010, Tonight You’re Mine ...
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The Complete Jean Vigo Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Career in Four Films
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Criterion Collection honors filmmaker Jean Vigo by presenting the four titles from his very brief career, cut short due ...
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La haine Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Seething Portrait of a Vicious Cycle
By Dusty Somers |
The Film Mathieu Kassovitz’s 1995 triumph La haine doesn’t pull any punches — it’s right there in the title, which ...
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Tom and Jerry: Around the World DVD Review: A Bad Trip
By Luigi Bastardo |
In all the world of home media, there is perhaps nothing as dreaded as the proverbial “best of” compilation — ...
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The Three Stooges (2000) DVD Review: Nowhere Near as Bad as its Reputation
By Luigi Bastardo |
Though he is not at all seen as being the quintessential spokesperson for people of Jewish heritage today, there was ...
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Flicka: Country Pride Blu-ray Review: Talk About Beating a Dead Horse
By Luigi Bastardo |
It’s rare you see a movie these days that bears an honest-to-goodness G rating. I figured the MPAA just up ...
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Jess + Moss DVD Review: Delivers in a Very Roundabout Way
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ben Platko According to the press release, “Jess (Sarah Hagan) and Moss (Austin Vickers) are second cousins in ...
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The Avengers (2012) Movie Review: Merry Marvel Mayhem
By Steve Geise |
After years of planning and audience baiting through individual Marvel superhero films, the massive Marvel team-up finally arrives in U.S. ...
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The Ultimate Marvel Marathon: 15 Marvelous Hours of Movies
By Rons Reviews |
Yes, sitting through six movies over the course of 15 hours could be considered crazy by many people, yet there ...
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Strip Strip Hooray! DVD Review: A Sexual Sextuplet of Sleaze
By Luigi Bastardo |
In the middle of 2007, a crushing blow was delivered to the lovers of the truly bizarre, the sleazy, and ...
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The Innkeepers Blu-ray Review: A Carefully Crafted Genre Exercise
By Dusty Somers |
The Film One thing's for sure about indie horror filmmaker Ti West — he's a superb craftsman with an astute ...
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