Blackhat Blu-ray Review: A Rare Miss For Michael Mann
By Mat Brewster |
A super hacker, or "blackhat" if you will, plants a computer virus in the Chicago Stock Exchange, causing soy prices ...
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Gator Blu-ray Review: A Charming Burt Reynolds Elevates This Ridiculous Sequel
By Mat Brewster |
With the success of White Lightning, the studio was clamoring for a sequel. Burt Reynolds had never been in a ...
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The Fugitive (1993) 4K UHD Review: Non-Stop Action and Thrills
By Greg Hammond |
Andrew Davis’ The Fugitive is a non-stop action roller coaster that will leave you breathless. It is based on the ...
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Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind DVD Review: An Intimate Conversation with a Living Legend
By Greg Hammond |
In just 89 minutes, Stig Bjorkman, the director, brings us the life of one of America’s most prolific writers (over ...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection Blu-ray Review: Charming, Entertaining, and Imaginative
By Gordon S. Miller |
Wallace & Gromit are a claymation comedic duo created by writer/director Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations. Wallace (voiced ...
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Scorsese Shorts Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Must-own for Fans of the Director
By Gordon S. Miller |
Scorsese Shorts presents a quintet of director Martin Scorsese's early short films, two documentaries from the '70s and three short ...
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Backdraft Blu-ray Review: Thrilling Effects, Terrible Script
By Mat Brewster |
Backdraft is overlong, ridiculously melodramatic, and the plot contrivances are dumb even for a Ron Howard film. But damn does ...
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Beyond Atlantis Blu-ray Review: Somewhere Beyond the Sea a Beautiful Blond Awaits Patrick Wayne
By Joe Garcia III |
John Ashley and Patrick Wayne team up with Sid Haig to hunt rare pearls in Beyond Atlantis (1973). There's thrilling ...
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White Lightning Blu-ray Review: A Meditative Hicksploitation Flick
By Mat Brewster |
Burt Reynolds ruled Hollywood in the 1970s. Starting with Deliverance in 1972, he made a string of hits and remained ...
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Marathon Man 4K UHD Review: Is It Safe?
By Greg Hammond |
John Schlesinger’s movie Marathon Man was written by William Goldman from his novel of the same name. In it, “Babe” ...
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Duck Soup Blu-ray Review: I Could Dance with You ‘til the Cows Come Home
By Greg Hammond |
The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup takes place in the fictional country of Freedonia. At the beginning of the movie, Mrs. ...
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Carlito’s Way (Remastered Edition) Blu-ray Review: De Palma’s Way Is Best Way
By Mat Brewster |
Ten years after they teamed up for Scarface (1983), Brian De Palma and Al Pacino created another stylish, violent film ...
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Horse Feathers Blu-ray Review: What Do You Do for a Haddock?
By Greg Hammond |
In the fourth feature-length film from the Marx Brothers, Horse Feathers, Groucho plays Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president ...
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Human Desire Blu-ray Review: Excellent Film Noir from Fritz Lang
By Mat Brewster |
Coming off the heels of their definitive film noir The Big Heat (1953), director Friz Lang once again teamed up ...
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Monkey Business (1931) Blu-ray Review: You Call This a Party?
By Greg Hammond |
Those who have watched a few Marx Brothers movies know that Margaret Dumont is often trying to get her hands ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XV Blu-ray Review: Three Late ’50s B-Noirs Still Make for Good Viewing
By Mat Brewster |
We are waist deep into Noirvember and Kino Lorber is once again here to help. Their ongoing series Film Noir: ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. Two Blu-ray Review: More Martial Arts Fun From Shout Factory
By Mat Brewster |
With Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. Two, Shout! Factory continues to release films from the legendary studio famous for its martial ...
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National Lampoon’s Animal House Remastered Edition Blu-ray Review: Toga! Toga!
By David Wangberg |
While rewatching National Lampoon’s Animal House, I couldn’t help but notice a few things. The first is just how many ...
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Animal Crackers (1930) Blu-ray Review: The Marx Brothers Find Their Stride
By Greg Hammond |
The Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers was their second feature-length “talkie.” Groucho stars as Captain Spaulding, a celebrated African explorer who ...
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The Cocoanuts Blu-ray Review: Classic Comedy Starts to Age
By Greg Hammond |
The Cocoanuts (1929) was the Marx Brothers first feature-length film. It was also the first “talkie” to credit two directors, ...
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A Bullet for Sandoval Blu-ray Review: Grim, Dark Revenge Western
By Kent Conrad |
Spaghetti Westerns are marked by their high drama, brutal and sometimes over the top action, and morally ambiguous heroes. But ...
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Terms of Endearment 4K UHD Review: Great Performances Make for a Great Film
By Greg Hammond |
James L. Brooks produced, wrote, and directed Terms of Endearment based on the popular novel by Larry McMurtry. He also ...
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Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy DVD Review
By Davy |
We always get typical making-of documentaries about movies and how they get made; we don't usually get those that emphasize ...
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Force of Evil Blu-ray Review: An Art-House Genre Film
By Mat Brewster |
In the seemingly endless discourse on social media about Martin Scorsese versus the MCU, one side seems to turn Scorsese ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. One Blu-ray Review: Not Quite Truly Classic, but Well Worth It for Fans
By Mat Brewster |
I don't know why the Shaw Brothers floodgates have seemingly opened over the last few years, but I'm sure glad ...
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Scrooged 4K UHD Review: The Ghost of Murray’s Sense of Humor
By Greg Hammond |
Richard Donner’s Scrooged is a “comedic” retelling of Charles Dickens’ 19th century novella, A Christmas Carol. Bill Murray plays Frank ...
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Witness 4K UHD Review: Competent Thriller; Excellent Romance
By Greg Hammond |
Peter Weir’s Witness is a contemporary police drama / romance that takes place in 1984 in Philadelphia and the Amish ...
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Rebel Without a Cause 4K UHD Review: A Beautiful Film that Shoots You in the Heart
By Greg Hammond |
Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause concerns itself with children learning how to be adults and their parents who never ...
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Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two 4K UHD Review: Once Again, It Is All About the Fighting
By Greg Hammond |
In Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen , Part One, the Justice League (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green ...
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Staying Alive Blu-ray Review: They Say the Neon Lights Are Bright on Broadway
By Lorna Miller |
I might be in the minority but I think Staying Alive is a better film than Saturday Night Fever. (Yes, ...
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The Legend of Zorro 4K UHD Review: Not So Legendary
By Kent Conrad |
The Mask of Zorro (1998), while not a perfect movie, had a near-perfect sense of tone, and fantastic casting. Antonio ...
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Interview with James Cosmo on My Sailor, My Love
By David Wangberg |
The name James Cosmo may not be one many recognize right away, but there’s a high likelihood you’ve watched him ...
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AFI Fest 2023 Review: Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
By Gordon S. Miller |
Frederick Wiseman's 18th film is Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, a four-hour documentary shot in Spring 2022 over 35 days about ...
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AFI Fest 2023 Review: The Bikeriders
By Gordon S. Miller |
Inspired by Danny Lyon's 1967 photography book of the same name, writer/director Jeff Nichols's The Bikeriders depicts the rise and ...
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Nightwing / Shadow of the Hawk Double Feature Blu-ray Review: Two Not-Too-Bad Supernatural Spookers
By Joe Garcia III |
“Flight Fright! Two terrifying tales in one killer double feature” is what the Blu-ray box says and it's not too ...
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AFI Fest 2023 Review: Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
By Gordon S. Miller |
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is a love letter to a comic genius from his best friend, who just so ...
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The Devil Doll Blu-ray Review: Tiny Human Dolls Help Lionel Barrymore Get Revenge
By Joe Garcia III |
They steal! They kill! All at Lionel Barrymore's will in The Devil Doll (1934) directed by Tod Browning (Dracula 1931, ...
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After Death (2023) Movie Review: A Beautifully Filmed Exploration of Near-Death Experiences
By David Wangberg |
The biggest question that people ask, whether they are young or old, is what happens when we die? Where do ...
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The Challenge Blu-ray Review: Accept This Challenge
By Steve Geise |
Before you write this film off as a typical low-budget ‘80s actioner, take a closer look at the credits. Star ...
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Alien Outlaw Blu-ray Review: Happily Senseless Sci-fi Western
By Kent Conrad |
There's an aspect of a movie like Alien Outlaw (1986) that is review-proof. It's not trying to be "good", in ...
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Black Sabbath Blu-ray Review: A Touch of Bava in the Night
By Joe Keaton |
Yet another Halloween is upon us, and what better way to prep than listening to old Black Sabbath records and ...
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The Dark Power Blu-ray Review: A Solid Creature Feature
By Greg Hammond |
In The Dark Power, several young coeds who have yet to learn that, in the winter time, clothes will help ...
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Red Dragon (2002) 4K UHD Review: Hopkins’ Last Lecter
By Kent Conrad |
While Silence of the Lambs is justly Thomas Harris's most famous story about Hannibal Lecter, it's the previous novel, Red ...
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Le Mépris (Contempt) 4K UHD Review: Contemplative, Frustrating, and Painfully Sad
By Greg Hammond |
Le Mépris (Contempt) written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1963 is based on a 1954 Italian novel called Il ...
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Meg 2: The Trench Blu-ray Review: Works Best When It Repeats What Worked Before
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based (loosely) on The Trench, the second novel in Steve Alten's Meg book series, Meg 2: The Trench is a ...
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Rock Around the Clock Blu-ray Review: It’s Squares-Ville, Man
By Joe Garcia III |
Rock Around the Clock (1956) features Bill Haley and the Comets riding the success of their seat-ripping, riot-inducing song that ...
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Boris Karloff Collection DVD Review: Viva Karloff! These Four Movies Not So Much
By Joe Garcia III |
Legendary horror icon Boris Karloff makes his final silver screen appearance(s) in these four low- budget Mexican productions made shortly ...
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Cujo Blu-ray Review: A Straightforward Thriller with Modest Chills
By Davy |
When you talk about the greatest Stephen King adaptations, your mind usually drifts to Carrie (1976), Salem's Lot (1979), The ...
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Lorna the Exorcist Blu-ray Review: One of Jess Franco’s More Well-regarded Films
By Mat Brewster |
Fairly regularly, the film discourse on Twitter and other social media apps turns to sex in cinema. There is a ...
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Paramount Scares Volume 1 4K UHD Review: An Embarrassment of Riches
By Greg Hammond |
The Paramount Scares Volume 1 4K UHD box set comes packed full of scares. First there are the five movies, ...
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