The City of the Dead (1960) Blu-ray Review: A City Still Worth Visiting
By Luigi Bastardo |
Revisiting a classic horror movie you loved as a kid after you've aged a bit can always be a tricky ...
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The Psychopath (1966) Blu-ray Review: Columbo Goes Psycho
By Luigi Bastardo |
If you ever wondered what might happen if Columbo had been born in England, you needn't look any further than ...
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Baal Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Unbearable, Unflinching, and Savage
By Davy |
When the legendary Rainer Werner Fassbinder died in 1982 at the age of 37, he really did leave behind an ...
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The Twilight People (1972) Blu-ray Review: The Island of Dr. Romero
By Luigi Bastardo |
When fans of sleazy exploitation movies get together to discuss their favorite contributions to bad filmmaking from the Philippines, Eddie ...
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A Trip to the Moon Blu-ray Review: Simply Magnificent
By Mat Brewster |
As still-photography technology developed and exposure times dropped, the idea of taking a series of photographs and piecing them together ...
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Molly’s Game Blu-ray Review: All In!
By David Wangberg |
Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is known for having his characters spout out lines of dialogue as fast as a typewriter ...
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Hammer Films Double Feature: Maniac / Die! Die! My Darling! Blu-ray Review: How Iconic
By Luigi Bastardo |
Precisely a year-and-a-half to the day since their first two double feature releases, Mill Creek has returned to the House ...
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TCM and Fathom Events Present Grease for Its 40th Anniversary
By Mat Brewster |
Every month, Fathom Events and TCM present a classic movie for the big screen. Nearly every month, my wife and ...
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The Outlaw (1943) Blu-ray Review: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Outlaw was produced and directed by Howard Hughes (with some uncredited directing at the beginning of the production by ...
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Manhandled Blu-ray Review: Come for the Opening Sequence, Stay for Gloria Swanson
By Mat Brewster |
As the working day ends, we see tired feet marching down steps, and a pair of worn-out hands clock out. ...
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Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay Blu-ray Review: Engaging with Exciting Twists and Turns
By Lorna Miller |
Not having been impressed by the recent live-action version, I admit the only reason I was interested in Suicide Squad: ...
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Sacha Guitry: Four Films (1936-1938) Blu-ray Review: A Historical Bore
By Mat Brewster |
You could say Sacha Guitry was born into the theater. His father, Lucien Guitry, was a very famous French actor ...
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A Quiet Place Movie Review: Silence Has Never Been So Scary
By Matthew St.Clair |
Even though just saying the title now gives me chills, I will not stay silent on how amazing A Quiet ...
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Big Fish & Begonia Movie Review: Visually Sumptuous
By David Wangberg |
It took 12 years for directors Xuan Liang and Chun Zhang to bring their animated feature film, Big Fish & ...
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Auntie Mame (1958) Blu-ray Review: And It’s Completely Lucille Ball-Free, Too!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Beginning as a best-selling novel by Patrick Dennis in 1955, Auntie Mame became a Broadway success starring the one and ...
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Sweet Country (2018) Movie Review: Tense, Terrific Aussie Western
By David Wangberg |
As I watched Warwick Thornton's wonderful new film, Sweet Country, there were many thoughts going through my mind. One was ...
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Suspiria (1977) Blu-ray Review: Dario Argento at His Non-Giallo Peak
By Luigi Bastardo |
Best described as a surrealistic fairytale nightmare come to life, Dario Argento's Suspiria has been leaving its mark on audiences ...
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Cries of Ecstasy, Blows of Death / Invasion of the Love Drones Blu-ray Review: A for Effort
By Luigi Bastardo |
There's an unofficial saying pertaining to the world of adult-oriented filmmaking which goes something along the lines of "If you ...
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My Father the Hero (1994) Blu-ray Review: Gerard Depar-don’t. Please.
By Luigi Bastardo |
The amazing world of French cinema is unquestionably a unique artform unto itself. So it the remaking of French features ...
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Doc Hollywood (1991) Blu-ray Review: A Crash, a Clash, a Fox Office Splash
By Luigi Bastardo |
Doc Hollywood was exactly the sort of early '90s filmfare I recall going to see every weekend at the local ...
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Scalpel (1977) Blu-ray Review: Eyes with Added Face
By Luigi Bastardo |
If the Southern regional horror film movement of the '70s ever came anywhere close to making a giallo, there's a ...
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Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) Blu-ray Review: Another Kind of San Francisco Treat
By Luigi Bastardo |
Made back when one could still refer to San Francisco as "Frisco" and not catch hell for it, Frank Tuttle's ...
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Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary Blu-ray Review: A Documentary for the Fans
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I can remember the first time I saw the film adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary. ...
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Oh God, They’re Singing: Three Classic Musicals on Blu-ray
By Luigi Bastardo |
You know the feeling. You're sitting there, minding your own business, enjoying the sights and sounds of a classic motion ...
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Ready Player One Movie Review: A Fun yet Hollow Escapist Journey
By Matthew St.Clair |
Coming off of the Best Picture-nominated film The Post, Steven Spielberg makes the jump back to blockbusters with Ready Player ...
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Fathom Events Presents Ponyo on Its Tenth Anniversary
By Mat Brewster |
There is nothing like a Hayao Miyazaki movie. Released in 2008, Ponyo was the tenth film Miyazaki directed (his eighth ...
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The Teenage Prostitution Racket (1975) Blu-ray Review: Don’t Try This at Home, Kids
By Luigi Bastardo |
If you can envision what might happen were someone to create a '50s style propaganda movie à la George Weiss ...
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The Last Movie Star Blu-ray Review: Good Intentions, Disappointing Movie
By David Wangberg |
The message behind Adam Rifkin's The Last Movie Star is too on the nose and too undercooked to be effectively ...
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The Rape of Recy Taylor Movie Review: An Important Story but a Problematic Film
By Darcy Staniforth |
In September of 1944, Recy Taylor and two friends were walking home from church when a carload of six white ...
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The Super (1991) DVD Review: Low Rent Entertainment
By Luigi Bastardo |
Epitomizing just about every bad decision made by the world of domestic entertainment in the early '90s to its fullest ...
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Love, Simon Movie Review: An Applaudable, Crowd-Pleasing Gem
By Matthew St.Clair |
While Love, Simon is deserving of admiration because of its depiction of queer representation on a mainstream level, it should ...
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A Trio of WAC Pre-Codes: Oh, the Horror Icons!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Perhaps it's just the many years I spent wasting my youth away in front of a television set, but I ...
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TCM and Fathom Events Present Vertigo
By Mat Brewster |
I started collecting movies sometime in college. Initially, I swore to only purchase really interesting movies - stone-cold classics and ...
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Night School (1981) Blu-ray Review: Maybe Some of It Will Rub Off on You
By Luigi Bastardo |
One of several kajillion slasher movies manufactured in the early '80s alone, the American-made Night School sports an oddly Canadian ...
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Walking Out Blu-ray Review: A Father-Son Hunting Trip That Fails to Deliver in Many Ways
By Todd Karella |
David (Josh Wiggins) is a child of divorce. He lives with his mother in a big city in Texas while ...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno Blu-ray Review: Lost Masterpiece or Dodged Bullet?
By Kent Conrad |
There's a little cottage industry of documentaries about movies that didn't get made. Every few years one of them pops ...
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Justice League (2017) Blu-ray Review: The DC Extended Universe Is Heading in the Right Direction
By Todd Karella |
It’s been some time since the last film Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice where the Man of Steel (Henry ...
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Tomb Raider (2018) Movie Review: Dead on Arrival
By Steve Geise |
Alicia Vikander is an inspired choice to play legendary adventurer Lara Croft. She's a close physical match to the current ...
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Allure (2017) Movie Review: Only Mildly Alluring
By David Wangberg |
Bearing witness to a toxic relationship unfolding in front of you is not a pleasing task, and brothers Carlos and ...
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Images Blu-ray Review: Nothing Like Altman
By Mat Brewster |
Made in the middle of his incredible 1970s run of films that includes M*A*S*H, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Long ...
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Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis Blu-ray Review: Friendship in the Face of Evil
By Kent Conrad |
Until the Paris Terrorist attack on November 13, 2015 where their concert at the Bataclan was targeted leaving 89 dead, ...
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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children Blu-ray Review: Definitely Not for Kids
By Mat Brewster |
In a post-apocalyptic landscape, three friends, a mouse, a piglet, and a little fox, dream of escaping their horrible little ...
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Allure (2017) Movie Review: A Troubled Depiction of a Troubled Romance
By Matthew St.Clair |
Allure follows the story of Laura (Evan Rachel Wood), a troubled 30-year-old woman who works as a house cleaner for ...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blu-ray Review: Spectacle Trumps Story
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Last Jedi is an epic space fantasy filled with brilliant state-of-the-art special effects. Unfortunately, writer/director Rian Johnson's plot is ...
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Ichi the Killer Blu-ray Review: Blood-soaked Fun
By Mat Brewster |
While watching Well Go USA's new 4K transfer of Takashi Miike's classic splatter flick Ichi the Killer, you may ask ...
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Eaten Alive! (1980) Blu-ray Review: Lenzi Frenzy from the Cannibal Craze
By Luigi Bastardo |
Though Ruggero Deodato is perhaps Italy's (if not the world's) most "famous" director of gory cannibal movies, the entire bloody ...
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Midnighters Movie Review: Small Scale Horror
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Spencer Coile People are screaming, kissing, and hugging. They don silly garments and hats as they celebrate the ...
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A Wrinkle in Time Movie Review: Wondrous yet Muddled
By Matthew St.Clair |
After delivering the powerful Best Picture nominee Selma and helming the gripping, Oscar-nominated documentary 13th, director Ava DuVernay jumps into ...
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Thor: Ragnarok Blu-ray Review: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Holiday Special
By Luigi Bastardo |
Admittedly, I am not the biggest contemporary superhero movie enthusiast. At one point in time, I would have fallen somewhere ...
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Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Blu-ray Review: Kenneth Branagh Dunnit (Pulled Off Poirot, That Is)
By Elizabeth Periale |
As an avid fan of Agatha Christie mysteries on book and screen - especially David Suchet's excellent portrayal of her ...
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