One Battle After Another Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Love Triangle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is an action thriller that tells a ...
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Illustrious Corpses Blu-ray Review: A Slow-burning Mystery
By Mat Brewster |
The 1970s were a tumultuous time in American history. There were gasoline shortages and high crime in the cities. The ...
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O.C. and Stiggs Blu-ray Review: Robert Altman’s Teen Comedy
By Steve Geise |
If you weren’t aware that esteemed director Robert Altman made an ‘80s teen comedy, blame MGM’s decision to largely shelve ...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Three – The Newly Restored 1929 Silents Blu-ray Review: The End of a (Silent) Era
By Gordon S. Miller |
Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films round out their series of restored shorts with the two-disc set, Laurel & Hardy: Year ...
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Köln 75 Blu-ray Review: Two Movies in One
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Ido Fluk spins his imagining of Keith Jarrett’s 1975 improvised concert performance into an energetic but bipolar film. For ...
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Death on the Nile (1978) 4K UHD Review: Poirot in High Definition
By Mat Brewster |
A little over 20 years ago, my wife and I spent about 10 days in Paris over the winter holidays. ...
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Italia: Fire and Ashes Blu-ray Review: Italy’s Film Heritage Reborn Like a Phoenix
By Steve Geise |
Snippets of random silent film reels dance across the screen, transporting us to the earliest days of Italian cinema. Without ...
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Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo DVD Review: A Great Look at the Group with a Distinct Sound
By Joe Garcia III |
Beyond Graceland: Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a 2023 documentary that does a magnificent job of turning the spotlight back onto ...
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Evil Under the Sun 4K UHD Review: Exactly What I Want from an Agatha Christie Adaptation
By Mat Brewster |
Peter Ustinov portrayed Agatha Christie's great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, a total of six times from 1978 to 1986. The ...
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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Blu-ray Review: A First-hand Account of Life in Gaza
By Davy |
Every day, my heart breaks for the Palestinian citizens of Gaza. It doesn't seem Israeli's ridiculous occupation of it will ...
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Tom & Jerry: The Golden Age Anthology 1940-1958 DVD Review: It’s Finally Here
By Steve Geise |
Finally, FINALLY, Warner Bros. has released the definitive collection of Tom & Jerry cartoons that fans have wanted all along: ...
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Barry Lyndon Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: An Absolute Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
Though I am very much a fan of Stanley Kubrick's films, I have put off watching Barry Lyndon for years. ...
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Splendid Outing Blu-ray Review: Disturbing and Honest
By Davy |
The role of women in society continues to be undermined by men, especially a certain orange lunatic and his equally ...
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The Killer (1989) Deluxe 4K UHD Review: A Breathtaking Ballet of Blood and Bullets
By Gordon S. Miller |
Written and directed by John Woo, The Killer is a seminal '80s action film that gets the Deluxe 4K UHD ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 4K UHD Review: Does a Great Job Blending Genres
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set in the same universe as The Invisible Man (1933) because the invisible serum used was invented by John Griffin ...
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Catch Me If You Can 4K UHD Review: Catch It As Soon As You Can
By Mat Brewster |
Frank Abagnale, Jr., is a con man. His biggest con may have been convincing a lot of people that he ...
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At the Circus Blu-ray Review: Send in the Clowns
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Marx Brothers followed up Room Service by helping out At the Circus where the trio strive to keep Wilson's ...
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The Death Wish Collection Blu-ray Review: Bronson’s Signature Series Finally Collected
By Steve Geise |
The new Kino Lorber collection compiles all five of Charles Bronson’s signature films in one comprehensive package. Shockingly, this is ...
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Isle of Dogs Criterion Collection Review: A Boy and His Dog and Other Dogs
By Gordon S. Miller |
Nine years after the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox, writer/director Wes Anderson returned to stop-motion animation with Isle of Dogs (2018), ...
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French Noir Collection II Blu-ray Review: Four Formidable Leading Men
By Steve Geise |
Kino Lorber’s second collection of French noir films highlights four powerful performances by classic leading men. Although the films are ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 4K UHD Review: One of the Best Horror Comedies
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although it's not the first time someone came up with the idea of pairing horror and comedy, Abbott and Costello ...
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The Miracle (1959) Blu-ray Review: Miraculously Young Roger Moore
By Steve Geise |
This historical epic is most notable for its prescient casting of Roger Moore in a lead role. He’d been a ...
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Young, Violent, Dangerous Blu-ray Review: The Title Says It All
By Mat Brewster |
Titles are funny things. Sometimes titles are straightforward; they'll be the name of a character or the place where all ...
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Doris Day 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Review: Day Outshines All of Her Co-Stars
By Steve Geise |
This new set compiles four of Doris Day’s most beloved films in one convenient Blu-ray package. She’s clearly the main ...
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House on Haunted Hill (1959) Blu-ray Review: Agatha Christie in a Carnival Fun House
By Joe Garcia III |
Producer/director William Castle brings the carnival spook house to life on the big screen in House on Haunted Hill. His ...
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Splitsville Blu-ray Review: A Romantic Comedy for People Who Hate Romantic Comedies
By Davy |
Messy people have messy relationships, and they don't always know what to do with them. That's the overall message of ...
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The Americas: Complete Limited Series Blu-ray Review: Epic Photography, Tired Subjects
By Steve Geise |
Coming to this NBC nature series after a couple of decades of binging exclusively on BBC and Disney wildlife fare, ...
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Scars of Dracula 4K UHD Review: A Blood-sucking Delight
By Mat Brewster |
The success of The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957 led Hammer Studios to make a slew of horror films, many ...
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I’m “George Lucas”: A Connor Ratliff Story Blu-ray Review: What It Takes to Be an Artist
By Davy |
Film and nerdism are two great things that go great together. When the love of film and the love of ...
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I Know Where I’m Going! Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: I Sure Know Where I’ve Been
By Mat Brewster |
Though not quite as epic or spectacular as some of their better-known films, I Know Where I'm Going! from Michael ...
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The Ninja Trilogy 4K UHD Review: A Ninja Good Time
By Mat Brewster |
If you were a boy of a certain age in the early 1980s, you probably had a thing for ninjas. ...
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Grass and Chang Blu-ray Review: Laying the Foundation for King Kong
By Steve Geise |
Years before they co-directed the original King Kong, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack teamed for these two ...
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Wicked Games: Three Films by Robert Hossein Blu-ray Review: The Actor Directs
By Steve Geise |
Robert Hossein was primarily renowned as an actor, but he also carved out a substantial career as a talented director. ...
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Monk in Pieces Blu-ray Review: A Beguiling Biodoc
By Davy |
Art has no boundaries, and it doesn't always have to explain what it is all about. It can cross over ...
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Together Blu-ray Review: The Best Film David Cronenberg Never Made
By Davy |
As I may have mentioned in previous reviews, the horror genre is perhaps the most consistent one, meaning that there ...
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Alec Guinness Masterpiece Collection 4K UHD Review: So Much More Than Obi-Wan
By Mat Brewster |
I'm of the generation that knows Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars movies. Older generations will know ...
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A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story Blu-ray Review: A Celebration of Its Ruby Anniversary
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released in 2016, Keith Maitland's A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story tells the tale of the what ...
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No Wave: The Underground Films of Beth B & Scott B Blu-ray Review: Confrontational, Fearless, and Highly Original
By Davy |
During the unfortunately short-lived No Wave movement, New York filmmakers like Beth B and her husband Scott B were making ...
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The Mad Miss Manton Blu-ray Review: You’d Be Crazy Not to Love This
By Mat Brewster |
The Mad Miss Manton takes place during the Great Depression. It is about a rich socialite and her gaggle of ...
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The Prestige Movie Review: A Dark Study in Obsession
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film, The Prestige, based on the novel by Christopher Priest, is a ...
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Kansas City Confidential Blu-ray Review: A Tidy Midwestern Noir
By Mat Brewster |
Planning and executing the perfect crime is a wonderful movie trope. All the planning, scheming, and preparation so often go ...
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Out of the Fog Blu-ray Review: Into Beauty
By Mat Brewster |
Life is always hard on the gentle people. The poor people. The people who just want to have a moment's ...
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Manhattan Melodrama Blu-ray Review: John Dillinger’s Favorite Movie
By Mat Brewster |
On the night of July 22, 1934, John Dillinger, one of the world's most famous gangsters, went to see a ...
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Went Up the Hill DVD Review: Fell Down
By Steve Geise |
Director/co-writer Samuel Van Grinsven’s sophomore feature is technically a ghost story, but plays more like a two-hander chamber drama. Vicky ...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Blu-ray Review: It Tolls for Thee
By Joe Garcia III |
For Whom the Bell Tolls was penned by Ernest Hemingway and brought to the silver screen by producer/director Sam Wood ...
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The Searchers 4K UHD Review: He Had to Find Her
By Shawn Bourdo |
By 1956, John Ford had already won four Best Director Oscars. He didn't have anything left to prove as a ...
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Burden of Dreams Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Madness and Art in the Jungle
By Mat Brewster |
Werner Herzog is one of cinema's greatest directors. His films are strange and wonderful. They are imbued with a sense ...
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The Ogre of Athens Blu-ray Review: A Noir-Tinged Greek Tragedy
By Mat Brewster |
Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) is an unassuming, shy, and completely unremarkable bank clerk. He is a man who has spent his ...
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Malpertuis Blu-ray Review: Orson Welles Runs Wild
By Steve Geise |
Just when I think Radiance Films can’t possibly find any more amazing, largely unknown gems, they drop this genre masterpiece ...
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The Grifters Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Pitch-Black Film Noir
By Greg Hammond |
In Stephen Frears' The Grifters, Roy (John Cusack) is a 25-year-old conman, a grifter who makes his living running petty ...
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