Night Moves (1975) / Scarecrow (1973) Blu-ray Reviews: The WAC Gets Hacked
By Luigi Bastardo |
One of the most difficult acts to follow from 20th Century film history, the great Gene Hackman returns to astonish ...
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The Illustrated Man (1969) Blu-ray Review: Rod Steiger’s Shorts, Illustrated
By Luigi Bastardo |
In 1951, genre novelist (and all-around legendary icon) Ray Bradbury published The Illustrated Man ‒ a collection of eighteen short ...
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Westfront 1918 Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Unglamorously Shows War the Way That It Is
By Davy |
When depicting war, no other medium can do it as mercilessly as film. War movies can be as dire and ...
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Psychotic! Movie Review: Cheech and Chong’s Millennial Mass Murder Misadventure
By Mark Buckingham |
I remember how horror movies that came out when I was growing up had a kind of message -- that ...
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A Quintet of Pre-Codes from the Warner Archive
By Luigi Bastardo |
While the days of their Forbidden Hollywood sets may be behind us now, the folks at the Warner Archive Collection ...
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Trailer Trauma 4: Television Trauma (2017) Blu-ray Review: TV Spots-a-Go-Go
By Luigi Bastardo |
Once more, Garagehouse Pictures has assembled another magnificent gathering of movie trailers for fans of genre flicks to drool over. ...
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Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983) Blu-ray Review: Still the Man
By Luigi Bastardo |
The early 1980s brought with it many marvels in the world of film, including a swarm of trend-setting horror, science ...
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The Sword and the Claw (1982) Blu-ray Review: Witness the Unbelievable
By Luigi Bastardo |
Imagine if a small gathering of very serious grade schoolers miraculously collected enough money to write and produce an entire ...
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Phantom Thread Movie Review: An Ambiguous Tour De Force
By Matthew St.Clair |
One way to describe Phantom Thread is that it is very cerebral. There's always a lot of focus on the ...
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It (2017) Blu-ray Review: Growing Up Is Scary
By Gordon S. Miller |
Andy Muschietti's adaption of Steve King's It tells the first part of the novel's story as a group of misfit ...
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Proud Mary Movie Review: A Frustratingly Bad Taraji P. Henson Vehicle
By Matthew St.Clair |
When watching the retro opening credits of Proud Mary where our main heroine is getting prepped up with the song ...
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TCM and Fathom Events Present The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
By Mat Brewster |
Based upon the book by B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is generally considered one of the greatest ...
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The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration Blu-ray Review: Armed with Will and Determination and Grace, Too
By Gordon S. Miller |
As I wrote in my review of the documentary The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running, "On May 24, 2016, it ...
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Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) Blu-ray Review: For Loads of Fun, Just Say “Shazam!”
By David Wangberg |
Although the format went extinct long before I was born, I've always been fascinated by serials. They're short-formatted adventures that ...
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The Breakfast Club Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Don’t You Forget About These Bonus Features
By Steve Geise |
While The Breakfast Club is justifiably revered as a classic teen film, primarily due to the involvement of masterful writer/director ...
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Valdez Is Coming (1971) Blu-ray Review: They Just Messed with the Wrong Mexican
By Luigi Bastardo |
Originally envisioned as a project for director Sydney Pollack and the star power of Marlon Brando and Burt Lancaster, novelist ...
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Hell Night (1981) Blu-ray Review: “A” for Effort
By Luigi Bastardo |
One of several dozen slasher movies to find its way to screens during the slasher horror movie boom of the ...
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Dunkirk (2017) Blu-ray Review: Bring the Boys Back Home
By Gordon S. Miller |
Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is an impressive World War II epic about the Allied military evacuation on the beaches of Dunkirk, ...
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I, Tonya Movie Review: Using Camp to Deconstruct It
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Spencer Coile If the year was 1994, and you were to turn on the TV, pick up a ...
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My Little Pony: The Movie Blu-ray Review: Friendship Is Magic
By Steve Geise |
After seven seasons of animated TV adventures, the "mane" six ponies of Hasbro's current My Little Pony series have finally ...
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D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage Blu-ray Review: Nevermind the Bollocks, Watch This Film
By Mat Brewster |
A few years back, maybe ten come to think of it, I was getting to know a girl, Pamela, who ...
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Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) Blu-ray Review: When Tom Met Meg
By Luigi Bastardo |
After his Academy Award-winning screenplay for 1987's Moonstruck, playwright John Patrick Shanley launched into the '90s by taking the world ...
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Six Shooters: A Full Round of Classic Westerns New to Blu-ray
By Luigi Bastardo |
The ageless allure of life in the Old West is just as timely as ever with these six classics, now ...
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General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait is the 1974 documentary film by Barbet Schroeder. Known for such films as Bar ...
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England Is Mine Blu-ray Review: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
By Steve Geise |
Before he was launched to stardom in The Smiths, Steven Patrick Morrissey was just a gloomy, depressed young man in ...
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Call Me by Your Name Movie Review: A Deeply Felt Ode to Unrequited Love
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Spencer Coile It's a lazy summer somewhere in northern Italy. The year is 1983, and Elio (Timothée Chalamet) ...
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The Apartment (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray Review: A Must Own for Film Fans
By David Wangberg |
I'm amazed that I've gone this long without having seen Billy Wilder's Best Picture-winning The Apartment. After falling in love ...
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Pulp Blu-ray Review: A Discombobulating Crime Comedy
By Mat Brewster |
In 1971, three guys named Mike (Hodges the director, Klinger the producer, and Caine the star) made Get Carter, what ...
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Miracle on 34th Street (70th Anniversary Edition) Blu-ray Review: To Believe or Not to Believe
By Gordon S. Miller |
The miracle I most appreciate in Miracle on 34th Street is how the Oscar-winning story pits realism versus idealism and ...
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The Apartment (Limited Edition) Blu-ray Review: Continues to Stand the Test of Time
By Davy |
When talking about the greatest director-actor collaborations in film history, you usually here of Ford & Wayne, Scorsese & DeNiro, ...
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Whiskey Galore! (2016) Blu-ray Review: Could Have Used A Stiff One
By Mat Brewster |
The Isle of Todday off the coast of Scotland has largely been unaffected by World War II. They are too ...
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The Fox with a Velvet Tail (1971) Blu-ray Review: An Engaging Twist on the Giallo
By Luigi Bastardo |
From the surreal (and trippy) animated opening credits accompanied by a spectacular track by the mysterious talents of one Shawn ...
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Cop-Out (1967) Blu-ray Review: A Boring Stranger in the House
By Luigi Bastardo |
By the time Belgian author Georges Simenon's 1940 book Les Inconnus dans le maison was adapted into a 1967 British ...
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Detroit Blu-ray Review: Intense, But Not Wholly Satisfying
By Mat Brewster |
Detroit is a docudrama about the Algiers Motel incident during the 1967 Detroit riot in which a group of white ...
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The Whales of August Blu-ray Review: An Actor Lover’s Dream
By Mat Brewster |
Two old sisters spend every summer at a little cottage off the coast of Maine. They love each other, but ...
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Stronger (2017) Blu-ray Review: Not Strong Enough
By David Wangberg |
Shortly after its opening scenes, David Gordon Green's Stronger has the look and feel of what appears to be a ...
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Maigret Sets a Trap / Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case Blu-ray Reviews: America’s Introduction to the Great French Detective
By Mat Brewster |
Georges Simenon created Commissaire Maigret in 1931. The character starred in 76 of the author's novels and 28 short stories. ...
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Victoria & Abul Blu-ray Review: East Meets West
By Mat Brewster |
Judi Dench has played the Queen of England three times in her career. She played Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare ...
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The Shape of Water Movie Review: A Poetic Love Letter to Cinema
By Matthew St.Clair |
One word can be used to describe The Shape of Water: poetic. The Shape of Water is a poetic demonstration ...
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Platoon Leader / Soldier Boyz Blu-ray Review: The Dudikoff Abides
By Luigi Bastardo |
Yes, that's right, kids ‒ our favorite American Ninja has returned to kick a little ass on Blu-ray once more. ...
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Desert Hearts Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Unsung Queer Classic
By Matthew St.Clair |
I never wanted Desert Hearts to end. I didn't want to leave behind the breathtaking scenery of the desert and ...
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Ruby (1977) / Satan’s Cheerleaders Blu-rays Review: Tales from the Drive-In
By Luigi Bastardo |
VCI Entertainment is no stranger to the world of home video. In fact, it's (quite possibly) the only label in ...
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The Wrong Guy (1997) Blu-ray Review: The Right Release
By Luigi Bastardo |
What would happen if comedians from The Kids in the Hall, SCTV, and Mike and Molly got together with a ...
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Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) Blu-ray Review: Uncovering Cinematic Buried Treasures
By Kent Conrad |
In an industry that is lately obsessed with making films available in multiple different versions, both in medium of delivery ...
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Free to Rock DVD Review: Documentary Explores Music’s Role in Toppling Communism
By Kit O'Toole |
“Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose,” Janis Joplin sang in “Me and Bobby McGee.” For teens living ...
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War for the Planet of the Apes Blu-ray Review: Hail, Caesar and the Film Crew!
By Gordon S. Miller |
Taking place 15 years after the events of Rise and the release of the Simian virus, which made apes smarter ...
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The Mercenary (1968) Blu-ray Review: This Fun for Hire
By Luigi Bastardo |
Amongst the many subgenres of the European western ‒ the tombstones of which typically bear the headings of "Revenge" and ...
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Sometimes It’s Hard to Be a Woman
By Lorna Miller |
Pat Kramer (Lily Tomlin) is a normal housewife trying her best to take care of her husband (Charles Grodin) and ...
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The Gumball Rally (1976) Blu-ray Review: Real Cars. Real Actors. Real Fun.
By Luigi Bastardo |
It never fails to amuse me how many road/race flicks spawned from the same decade now synonymous with "gas shortage." ...
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The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running Blu-ray Review: Beating the Inevitability of Death Just a Little Bit
By Gordon S. Miller |
On May 24, 2016, it was announced that The Tragically Hip's lead singer Gord Downie had incurable brain cancer. In ...
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