Joint Security Area Blu-ray Review: Friendship and Murder in the DMZ
By Mat Brewster |
I first came to Park Chan-wook's films, like I suspect a lot of other Americans did, through Oldboy, his 2003 masterwork ...
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By Kent Conrad |
Anime in the popular imagination is...I was about to say Dragonball, but that shows my age. Sailor Moon? One Piece? Inuyasha? Once or twice ...
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By David Wangberg |
There is no debating that Liam Neeson is the one big-name actor currently working in Hollywood who is able to ...
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By Kent Conrad |
Japanese cinema at the beginning of the 21st century was fun. There was an explosion of cinematic talent coming from ...
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Skyfire Movie Review: Utterly Predictable but Harmless
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Skyfire is directed by Simon West, a filmmaker with a not-so-good track record. Two out of ...
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Tourist Trap (VHS Retro Big Box Collection) Review: A Solid, Offbeat Flick
By Davy |
When it comes to the horror genre, there’s always going to be the usual movies steeped in typical cliches, such ...
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Cinema Paradiso Blu-ray Review: Heaven-Sent
By David Wangberg |
The winner for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1989 Golden Globes and Academy Awards ceremonies, and deservedly so, Cinema ...
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Three Films by Luis Buñuel Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Don’s Swan Songs
By Steve Geise |
As Luis Buñuel neared the end of his life, he swore each time he made a film that it would ...
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Lupin III: The First Blu-ray Review: Lots of Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Arsène Lupin the great master of disguise and gentleman thief was created by Maurice Leblanc in 1905. The character originally ...
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The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee Movie Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm
By Rons Reviews |
Looking to kill 90 minutes on New Year's Day? Head to Amazon Prime and cue up The Very Excellent Mr. ...
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Honest Thief Blu-ray Review: Comfort Food for Crime Fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Honest Thief is a simple crime drama with a plot that resolves unsurprisingly as one who has viewed any of ...
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The Curse of Frankenstein (Two-Disc Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Landmark in Horror Is Reborn
By Gordon S. Miller |
As mentioned in the extras and as horror-film fans may be aware, the dominance of the Universal Monsters on the ...
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Crash (1996) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Anti-Erotic Film
By Kent Conrad |
"Prophecy is dirty and ragged", says Vaughan, while complaining about the cleanliness of the tattoo he gets on his chest. ...
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Beau Geste (1939) Blu-ray Review: A Tale of Brotherly Love
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by William Wellman, this second film adaptation of P.C. Wren's 1924 adventure novel of the same name stars Gary ...
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Vigilante (1982) 4K Ultra HD Review: Gritty Death Wish Redux
By Kent Conrad |
Vigilante, a Death Wish-inspired action drama from 1982, does so many interesting and fun things that it's a shame it ...
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Jiu Jitsu (2020) DVD Review: Wasted Potential
By David Wangberg |
At this point in his career, when Nicolas Cage does a paycheck movie (which feels like one every week), a ...
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Judy (2019) Blu-ray Review: A Look at Life After the Rainbow
By David Wangberg |
There is no denying that all of the praise and awards attention that Renee Zellweger has been receiving for her ...
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Amores Perros Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Greatest Masterpiece
By Davy |
The most celebrated and well-known filmmakers of the Mexican New Wave are Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, and Alejandro Gonzalez ...
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The 2020 World Series Blu-ray Review: It’s Time for Dodgers Baseball
By Gordon S. Miller |
Major League Baseball presents The 2020 World Series, the official 85-minute documentary of the six-game series played between the Los ...
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The Midnight Sky Movie Review: Astronomically Insipid
By Matthew St.Clair |
Clearly, George Clooney can’t get enough of space. After previously getting stranded with Sandra Bullock in space in Gravity, he ...
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Davy |
As a passionately dedicated lover of film, I really enjoy that not every film has to be a cliche, meaning ...
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The Harvey Girls Blu-ray Review: MGM Misses the Bullseye
By Steve Geise |
Despite the top billing of mega-star Judy Garland and some pricey-looking location shooting and hundreds of extras, The Harvey Girls ...
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2 Blu-ray Review: A Second Helping of Silliness
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Warner Archive Collection has released the second volume of their Tex Avery Screwball Classics line, bringing the total number ...
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Mank Movie Review: The Big Crack-up
By Joe Keaton |
In the past few years, Netflix has enticed some of our best filmmakers—Joel & Ethan Coen, Alfonso Cuaron, David Fincher, ...
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Mouchette Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: So Beautiful, So Sad
By Mat Brewster |
The opening scene to Mouchette, Robert Bresson's 1967 drama, finds a young man tying little loops of wire to branches ...
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Wander Darkly Movie Review: A Decent Meditation on Love in the Afterlife
By Matthew St.Clair |
Wander Darkly follows Matteo (Diego Luna) and Adrienne (Sienna Miller), a couple whose relationship is on the rocks. Once they ...
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Greendale Movie Review: Neil Young’s Uplifting Musical Novel
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 2003, Neil Young released Greendale, a concept album, or what he called a "musical novel" that found him backed by ...
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Popeye (1980) Blu-ray Review: A Strange Little Miracle
By Mat Brewster |
That Popeye got made at all is a small wonder. That it is really quite wonderful is nothing short of ...
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The Shop Around the Corner Blu-ray Review: An Example of Ernst Lubitsch’s Genius
By Davy |
I don't have to tell you that legendary director Ernst Lubitsch remains one of the pioneers of the romantic-comedy genre ...
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Young Man with a Horn Blu-ray Review: Birth of the Cool
By Steve Geise |
Kirk Douglas was a force in Hollywood for so many decades that it's easy to forget that he was a ...
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Trading Places Blu-ray Review: A Comedic Look at Nature vs. Nurture
By Gordon S. Miller |
Paramount has recently released John Landis' Trading Places, a funny role-reversal story that's a throwback to the screwball comedies of ...
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Dear Santa (2020) Movie Review: A Lesson in Miracle
By Darcy Staniforth |
The United States Post Office has had quite a challenging year. Leadership changes, cutbacks, setbacks, and financial woes are just ...
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Zappa Movie Review: A Compelling Look at One of History’s Most Intriguing Musicians
By generaljabbo |
From director Alex Winter of Bill and Ted fame comes Zappa, a deep dive into the life and career of ...
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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan Movie Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
Do you listen to the Pogues? If your answer is "no" or "I'm not sure", as the holidays are upon ...
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Weathering with You (Limited Collector’s Edition) 4K Ultra HD Review: Prettier Colors, More Insight
By Kent Conrad |
Whatever misgivings I had about 2019's Weathering With You when I reviewed it a couple of months ago in its initial ...
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The Golden Child Blu-ray Review: A Classic Callback to When Films Were Fun
By Todd Karella |
Once upon a time, in a century past, during a decade called the Eighties, there was a legendary man who ...
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Ammonite Movie Review: Winslet and Ronan Get Lost at Sea
By Matthew St.Clair |
Similar to director Francis Lee's feature debut God's Own Country, Ammonite is an incredibly minimalist romance set against the backdrop ...
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Saul and Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band Movie Review: A Vital Journey
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Saul and Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band makes for an excellent companion piece to The Lady in Number ...
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The Irishman (2019) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Welcome Addition to Martin Scorsese’s Filmography
By Gordon S. Miller |
Martin Scorsese's epic The Irishman makes a fitting bookend to his gangster films as one mobster tells his story while ...
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Happiest Season Movie Review: A Vital Holiday Rom-Com
By Matthew St.Clair |
One way to describe co-writer/director Clea DuVall's Happiest Season is that it serves as a heartfelt holiday gem as satisfying as ...
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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind DVD Review: Something Very Special
By Gordon S. Miller |
Named after Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot's 1970 breakout hit in the United States, Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni's biographical documentary ...
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Jungleland Movie Review: Packs a Nearly Rigorous Punch
By Matthew St.Clair |
The newest fighting drama Jungleland feels like a cross between The Fighter and Of Mice and Men. Like the former ...
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I Spit on Your Grave Collector’s Edition Review: Mainly for Hardcore Fans of Cult Horror Film
By Davy |
If you discuss some of the most controversial films ever made, Meir Zarchi's 1978 still-divisive, cult-classic I Spit on Your Grave ...
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Daughters of Darkness (1971) 4K Ultra HD Review: Mysterious, Sensuous Vampire Story
By Kent Conrad |
On the first level, Daughters of Darkness is a film about a newly married couple who encounter an intriguing, if overly familiar ...
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Dating Amber Movie Review: Well-Acted and Painfully Frank
By Matthew St.Clair |
Dating Amber is easily the first coming-of-age queer story I've seen to give me such severe PTSD. Seeing the two ...
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Where She Lies Movie Review: ‘It Was a Different Time’
By Darcy Staniforth |
There is a point in the new documentary, Where She Lies, where one of the interviewees uses the phrase, “It was ...
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5-Movie Collection from the Written Works of Stephen King Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
This collection packages five Paramount movies based on the writing of Stephen King. They are David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone (1983) based ...
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The Hit Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Gem of Film by Stephen Frears
By Davy |
The action film always comes with cliches, meaning that they usually contain car chases, explosions, and non-stop action. Sometimes these ...
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Kindred (2020) Movie Review: A Nearly Surface-Level Chiller
By Matthew St.Clair |
This year, we have a clear trend of eerily similar horror films about women dealing with gaslighting and fighting for ...
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Cold Light of Day (1989) Blu-ray Review: Portrait of a British Serial Killer
By Kent Conrad |
Obscure, cheap, short, and brutal, Cold Light of Day is a surprising discovery of British cinema. Shot on 16mm, the occasionally extremely ...
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