Endless Night Blu-ray Review: Not Your Typical Christie
By Elizabeth Periale |
Agatha Christie is well-known for cozy mysteries set in English villages where evil lurks beneath the neatly trimmed hedges; or ...
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Judgment at Nuremberg (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Guilty of Being a Great Courtroom Drama
By Gordon S. Miller |
Previously an episode of the TV series Playhouse 90 (1959), Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) dramatizes the Judges' Trial of 1947, one ...
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Spenser Confidential Movie Review: Epitome of Mediocrity
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Spenser Confidential is the cinematic equivalent of 'sit back and relax on a lazy Saturday afternoon'. ...
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Superman: Red Son 4K UHD Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Communist
By Steve Geise |
DC's latest animated movie explores the question of what would have happened if baby Superman landed in Russia instead of ...
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Movie Review: It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green Lantern
By Gordon S. Miller |
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is an anthology film of Lantern tales told as a cataclysmic crisis mounts that could spell ...
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Richard Jewell Blu-ray Review: Misinformation Sells
By David Wangberg |
It has become more of a gamble with Clint Eastwood's late-career directorial efforts. The Oscar-winning actor/filmmaker, who is still pumping ...
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Baby It’s You Movie Review: A Good Character Study About a Young Woman
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on a story by actress/producer Amy Robinson, Baby It’s You is John Sayles’ third film as a writer-director. Opening ...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming Movie Review: Tom Holland Anchors a Welcome Grounding of the MCU
By Gordon S. Miller |
Unlike other entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where a hero debuted as the lead, Spider-Man: Homecoming feels more like ...
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Fathom Events and TCM Present King Kong (1933)
By Mat Brewster |
In 1929, while filming baboons in Africa on the set of The Four Feathers, director Merian C. Cooper developed the ...
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Movie Review: A Pleasant Film for Fans of Woody Allen’s Work
By Gordon S. Miller |
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger finds writer/director Woody Allen covering very familiar ground in this comedy about upper ...
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Inside the Rain Movie Review: A Pretty Heartfelt Mental Illness Dramedy
By Matthew St.Clair |
Rosie Perez has been having a slight career resurgence, having recently stole the show in Birds of Prey and being a highlight ...
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Canyon Passage Blu-ray Review: Where the Scalps Fly Like Toupees… Only Not Quite
By Joe Keaton |
If you were to say I would love to see a Technicolor noir western directed by Jacques Tourneur, set in ...
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Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the Roundhouse Movie Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Pink Floyd was formed in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), ...
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Bombshell (2019) Blu-ray Review: Me (and Me and Me, etc.) Too
By Elizabeth Periale |
Available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy, Bombshell uses real news footage mixed with actor portrayals to tell the story of how ...
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Queen & Slim Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling Drama Infused with Social Commentary
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Melina Matsoukas and screenwriter Lena Waithe, both of whom are also producers on the project, made an impressive feature-film ...
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona DVD Review: Lighthearted and Enjoyable
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Smits Admittedly, I don't really know what it's like to come out of college and have the ...
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Young Ahmed Movie Review: Minimalistic but Speaks Volumes
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar It's arduous to write about Young Ahmed without imposing personal views and judgements. Such is its concept. ...
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Antonio Gaudí Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tone Poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and Art
By Elizabeth Periale |
Antonio Gaudí, a film by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927-2001), is a tone poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and art - ...
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Swallow Movie Review: Haley Bennett Carries Slow Burn Psychological Thriller
By Matthew St.Clair |
Hunter (Haley Bennett) seems to have it all. An idyllic home life with a wealthy and seemingly supportive husband, Richie ...
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Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier DVD Review: One from the Heart of Darkness
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set during the Vietnam War and based on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Captain Willard is sent on a mission ...
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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible Movie Review: What Would Modern Art Be Like Without Duchamp?
By Elizabeth Periale |
Available on iTunes and Amazon on March 10, 2020, comes a new documentary film from Electrolift Creative Productions, Marcel Duchamp: The ...
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Charade Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Film
By Gordon S. Miller |
While the bloated excess of Cleopatra (1963) bankrupted 20th Century Fox and helped bring an end to the Classic Hollywood ...
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ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas Blu-ray Review: The Rise of ZZ Top
By Gordon S. Miller |
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas is a documentary that tells the story of the band, from their ...
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Frozen II Blu-ray Review: Call the Police, It Got Robbed of an Oscar Nomination
By Steve Geise |
Frozen II represents a new pinnacle in feature film animation, with dazzling artistic and technical prowess, a surprising and engaging story, ...
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Saint Frances Movie Review: A Topical Gem of Less Biblical Proportions
By Matthew St.Clair |
It seems that even in today's society, the idea of a woman not wanting to be a parent is viewed ...
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Tread Movie Review: A Captivating Cinematic Recreation
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Tread is more of a cinematic recreation of real events than a documentary. It's so cinematic ...
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Gojira / Godzilla, King of the Monsters DVD Review: A Good Set at a Great Price
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hollywood is filled with wonderful, trashy tales and legends of films being altered from their creator’s original intentions. Welles’ Touch ...
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Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) Blu-ray Review: Save a Spot on Your Shelf
By Gordon S. Miller |
Steven Spielberg's award-winning 1998 WWII epic Saving Private Ryan was most notable for its technical wizardry and its debut on ...
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Sundance 2020 Review: ‘I Carry You with Me’ and ‘Minari’ Handle Themes of Home and Immigration
By Matthew St.Clair |
The Sundance Film Festival is typically a strong hub for breakout indies that are U.S.-based and in the English language. ...
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One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Let This One Go to Voicemail
By Mat Brewster |
A group of friends are hanging out. A cell phone rings, but nobody recognizes the ringtone. Finally, someone realizes it ...
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Manon Blu-ray Review: Doomed Love in Post-war France
By Mat Brewster |
Manon Lescaut is an 18th Century novel by Antoine François Prévost. It was controversial at the time of its release, for ...
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Movie Review: Lacks the Essentials to Engage an Audience
By Rons Reviews |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will leave you scratching your head and wondering why you didn’t ...
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Teorema Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Pasolini’s Most Accessible Work
By Davy |
The late director Pier Paolo Pasolini was a very controversial filmmaker to begin with. His often taboo-breaking subject matter didn't ...
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The Great War (2019) DVD Review: A Film Better Suited for Television
By Todd Karella |
If you can't guess what this film is about, all you need to do is google “The Great War” and ...
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Birds of Prey Movie Review: A Chaotic Breath of Fresh Air in the DCEU
By Matthew St.Clair |
Given how Margot Robbie was one of the few saving graces of Suicide Squad, it should come as no surprise ...
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Special Edition) DVD Review: Like Father, Like Son
By Sombrero Grande |
Last Crusade plays the broadest of all the Indiana Jones movies to date--it contains the most moments played deliberately for ...
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition) DVD Review: A Crazy, Over-the-top, Roller Coaster Ride
By Chad Derdowski |
Let me dial the clock back a bit to my childhood. I loved Indiana Jones. Still do, in fact. But ...
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War of the Worlds (2005) Movie Review: See It for the Special Effects
By Rons Reviews |
To remake classic science fiction is always a daunting task, but one would certainly think that Steven Spielberg would be ...
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Sundance 2020 Review: Promising Young Woman Is a Promising Directorial Debut
By Matthew St.Clair |
When Promising Young Woman begins, a cover of the song “It’s Raining Men” plays in the background as Cassie (Carey ...
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My Bloody Valentine (1981) Blu-ray Review: Superb Slasher Restored
By Kent Conrad |
My Bloody Valentine was, if not quite a box-office bomb, a severe disappointment. It was released right at the height of ...
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Premature (2020) Movie Review: An Uneven Story with an Incredible Lead
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Frank When you first see Ayanna (Zora Howard), she looks to be in her element. She laughs ...
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The Garden Left Behind Movie Review: A Simplistic Political Experience
By Matthew St.Clair |
When artists like Alicia Vikander and Jared Leto win prestigious awards for movies handling the trans experience, dedicating their awards ...
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Sundance 2020 Review: The Nest Is a Colossal Bore
By Matthew St.Clair |
Sean Durkin's awaited follow-up to Martha Marcy May Marlene has the makings of a strong retro thriller, yet succumbs to being like ...
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Deadly Manor Blu-ray Review: A Complete and Total Dud
By Mat Brewster |
A group of teenagers decides to go camping at the lake. Four of them are in a Jeep, two drive ...
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Waves (2019) Blu-ray Review: The Place Beyond the Palms
By David Wangberg |
The use of popular music can make or break certain scenes in movies. Martin Scorsese knows this, even though he ...
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Edge of the Axe Blu-ray Review: Careful with That Axe, Psycho Killer
By Mat Brewster |
It is always fascinating to me when the makers of low-budget slasher films try to inject their films with an ...
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For Sama Movie Review: War Seen Through a Young Mother’s Eyes
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar If For Sama is a painting, pain is the brush. If it is a book, anguish is ...
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Sundance 2020 Review: Ben Whishaw is the Driving Force of Surge
By Matthew St.Clair |
Ben Whishaw has a knack for playing characters down on their luck with Joseph from Surge being the latest entry in his ...
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JAWS (30th Anniversary Edition) DVD Review: An All-time Classic
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Peter Benchley’s novel of the same name, Jaws is an all-time classic, ranking #48 on AFI’s 100 Greatest ...
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Parasite Blu-ray Review: Remarkable and Timely
By Davy |
Director Bong Joon-ho has crafted a very impressive body of work. Whether it's urban squalor (Snowpiercer), monster chaos (The Host), ...
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