Phantom Thread Blu-ray Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Makes It Work
By Mat Brewster |
Sometimes a film comes along that just knocks me out with its filmmaking, but never quite comes across on an ...
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A Lost Lady (1934) DVD Review: A Lost Cause
By Luigi Bastardo |
After witnessing the man she is due to marry (in just two days) get gunned down in front of her ...
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Bruce’s Deadly Fingers (1976) Blu-ray Review: How Low Can You Go?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Though contributions to what has since become known as the "Bruceploitation era" were numerous, those who dare consider themselves loyal ...
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Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice Blu-ray Review: Slowly Rewarding
By Mat Brewster |
In literature classes, you learn that in short stories every paragraph, every sentence, every comma counts. Because of the short ...
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The Chastity Belt (1967) DVD Review: As Uncomfortable As You’d Expect
By Luigi Bastardo |
Every once in a while, a film critic encounters a difficult obstacle to overcome. The late '60s, Italian-made sex comedy ...
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The New Centurions (1972) Blu-ray Review: Blue Lives Shatter
By Luigi Bastardo |
Columbia Pictures' The New Centurions was filmed and released during a particularly interesting era: a time when the lives and ...
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Phantom Thread DVD Review: Anderson and Day-Lewis Can’t Recapture “There Will Be Blood” Magic
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan When Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis joined forces previously, they created There Will Be Blood. ...
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The Seven-Ups (1973) Blu-ray Review: This One Gets Seven Thumbs Up
By Luigi Bastardo |
Off the record, there were two sequels to William Friedkin's 1971 action-packed Oscar-winning cop thriller The French Connection. Officially, only ...
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space Blu-ray Review: Because Killer Klowns Not from Outer Space Simply Wouldn’t Sell
By Mark Buckingham |
Cream pies that melt the flesh off a person. Balloon animal hunting dogs. Locust popcorn. Cotton candy cocoons. Monster marionettes. ...
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Batman Ninja Blu-ray Review: East Meets West
By Steve Geise |
Batman Ninja is truly unique in the DC animated universe, not only because of its radical premise, but because it ...
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The Dogfather / Misterjaw Blu-rays Review: More from the DePatie / Freleng Collection
By Gordon S. Miller |
Kino Lorber Animation continues to release titles from DePatie/Freleng Enterprises with the latest pair inspired by two films that weren't ...
Read More Kind Lady Double Feature DVD Review: Team Sherlock Holmes or Team Dr. Zaius?
By Luigi Bastardo |
In today's world of cinema, a remake, reboot, preboot, prequel, or sequel is about as easy to find as a ...
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Steelbook Edition Blu-ray Review: Giddyup for Some Sci-Fi Fun
By David Wangberg |
With one of the longest movie titles in cinematic history, and one of the most unique heroes to ever grace ...
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Phantom Thread Blu-ray Review: Woven Together Rather Wonderfully
By David Wangberg |
In 2017, Daniel Day-Lewis announced that he would be retiring from acting - which makes Phantom Thread, the eighth film ...
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The L-Shaped Room (1962) Blu-ray Review: The Misplaced Misfits
By Luigi Bastardo |
Long before Hollywood tried to appeal to everyone by adding various "token" characters from all walks of life, postwar British ...
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Forever Amber (1947) Blu-ray Review: It Never Seems That Long Until You’re Grown
By Luigi Bastardo |
A full decade before its hugely successful Peyton Place managed to poke a few holes in the brick walls of ...
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2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day One
By Lorna Miller |
Each year, I seem to be more and more excited when my press credentials are approved for the Turner Classic ...
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Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) Blu-ray Review: Marilyn Monoir
By Luigi Bastardo |
Though modest in budget and undoubtedly filmed in a relatively short period of time, 20th Century Fox's Don't Bother to ...
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The Hospital (1971) Blu-ray Review: George C. Scott Loses His Patients
By Luigi Bastardo |
What happens when you combine the talents of actors George C. Scott, and Diana Rigg with director Arthur Hiller and ...
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In the Fade Blu-ray Review: Law and Order and Nazis
By Steve Geise |
This German film by writer/director Fatih Akin explores the aftermath of a horrific crime: the bombing murder of a husband ...
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Wild Bill (1995) Blu-ray Review: The End of an Era (in Film)
By Luigi Bastardo |
Although it was never a title I saw when it was initially released, Walter (The Warriors) Hill's Wild Bill has ...
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The Crazies (1973) Blu-ray Review: The Best Kind of Crazy
By Mark Buckingham |
In 1968, George A. Romero made a name for himself and essentially created the zombie genre with Night of the ...
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Play Dirty (1969) Blu-ray Review: The Dusty Octet
By Luigi Bastardo |
No doubt inspired by the success of 1967's trendsetter The Dirty Dozen ‒ the film that all-but brought us the ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: Untogether Is Good with a Great Jemima Kirke Performance
By Matthew St.Clair |
Author-turned-director Emma Forrest attempts to explore the turbulent nature of relationships with Untogether. Admittedly, the film itself is rather turbulent ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: The Rise of Laia Costa, Star of “Maine” and “Duck Butter”
By Matthew St.Clair |
One great thing about film festivals is discovering breakthrough talent. One actress who I haven't seen act before that certainly ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: Little Woods Is a Well-Acted and Thoughtful Modern Western
By Matthew St.Clair |
One thing about the Western genre that is tiring is how it is traditionally masculine. Films set in modern day ...
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Please Stand By Blu-ray Review: Truly Tedious
By David Wangberg |
I could make a number of bad Star Trek references and puns throughout this review, but others have already done ...
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Wuthering Heights (1970) Blu-ray Review: Subtly Mind-Blowing
By Luigi Bastardo |
Even if you don't include the many television adaptations, the number of times Emily Brontë's one and only novel has ...
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Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) Blu-ray Review: They Should’ve Stayed Home
By Luigi Bastardo |
On December 5, 1872, the Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off of the Azores Islands, bereft of its captain and ...
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Summer of ’42 (1971) Blu-ray Review: There’s a First Time for Everything
By Luigi Bastardo |
An unexpected box office sensation upon its 1971 debut, Robert Mulligan's adaptation of Herman Raucher's Summer of '42 has since ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Is Oscar Worthy in All About Nina
By Matthew St.Clair |
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is one of the most underrated actresses working today. Even though she has bounced from genre to ...
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Have a Nice Day (2018) DVD Review: A Bag Full of Money Can’t Buy Happiness
By David Wangberg |
There have been two Chinese animated features released this year that are polar opposites in terms of style and genre, ...
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While the City Sleeps / Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) Blu-rays Review: Puttin’ on the Fritz
By Luigi Bastardo |
Metropolis. M. The Dr. Mabuse series. There are so many reasons to love Fritz Lang's early, German-language films, all of ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: Disobedience Is a Compelling Portrait of a Defiant Romance
By Matthew St.Clair |
After helming the Oscar winning foreign language film A Fantastic Woman, director Sebastian Lelio brings us Disobedience, a portrait of ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post Is an Insightful Gem
By Matthew St.Clair |
When it comes to films depicting the LGBTQ experience, we rarely get films that depict the topic of conversion therapy. ...
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Doctor Detroit Blu-ray Review: Cancel Your Appointment
By Rons Reviews |
By 1983, Dan Aykroyd had established himself as one of the most bankable team players in show business. Surround him ...
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Allenesque: Five Woody Allen Movies on Blu-ray from Twilight Time
By Luigi Bastardo |
Whether you are a collector, purist, enthusiast, or just someone who is trying to get through the work day, there ...
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Paddington 2 Blu-ray Review: A Film Sweeter Than a Marmalade Sandwich
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the children's book series by Michael Bond and following up the successful first film, which I haven't see ...
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Fathom Events Presents The Cat Returns
By Mat Brewster |
A quiet and shy schoolgirl named Haru (Anne Hathaway) is having a bad day. She overslept and has to skip ...
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Women in Love Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Naked Men, Wrestling
By Mat Brewster |
It's difficult not to compare the time in which Ken Russell adapted Women in Love (1969) to the time in ...
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Tribeca 2018 Review: Dry Martina Is a Bewildering yet Engaging Star Vehicle
By Matthew St.Clair |
In the opening scene of Dry Martina, our main character is performing at a concert and about midway through her ...
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018 Review: Cargo Is a Powerful Zombie Drama
By Matthew St.Clair |
When it comes to films depicting the zombie apocalypse, we see the same repetitive formula: Survivors must fight for their ...
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The Flight of Dragons (1982) Blu-ray Review: Colonel Potter vs Darth Vader?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Even to contemporary animation fans caught up in the never-ending sea of anime, the Rankin-Bass brand is both familiar and ...
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Basket Case (1982) Blu-ray Review: Enthusiastically Silly and Sleazy
By Kent Conrad |
My conscience tells me I have to recommend this release, because it is a superb home video version of Basket ...
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) Blu-ray Review: Krazy, Kampy Fun
By David Wangberg |
During the 1990s, my father and I had an annual tradition on or near Halloween. Whenever Killer Klowns from Outer ...
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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Blu-ray Review: Indie Codependent
By Luigi Bastardo |
Bridging the gap between pure psychological horror with a touch of humor and gore into something polarly opposite isn't an ...
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Harper (1966) / The Drowning Pool (1975) Blu-rays Review: Newman’s Own Detective Series
By Luigi Bastardo |
Lew Harper is back on the case ‒ twice over ‒ in these two new Blu-ray releases from the Warner ...
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A Woman’s Devotion (1956) Blu-ray Review: Mangled PTSD Crime Drama
By Luigi Bastardo |
Misunderstood in its own time, forgotten in the next, Paul (Casablanca) Henreid's thriller A Woman's Devotion never had an opportunity ...
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The Post Blu-ray Review: All the News That Fits
By Steve Geise |
While The Post boasts an incredible cast and crew overflowing with legends, the actual movie fails to hold much interest. ...
Read More The Maze (1953) Blu-ray 3D Review: Riddle Without a Clue
By Luigi Bastardo |
Made during that glorious 3D movie boom of the early '50s, Monogram Pictures' The Maze is cinematic evidence that filmmakers ...
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