The Black Dragon’s Revenge (1975) Blu-ray Review: Bruce Lee Van Clief
By Luigi Bastardo |
A brief disclaimer beginning with "The names and characters in this film, based upon the Death of Bruce Lee, are ...
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The Internecine Project (1974) Blu-ray Review: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell… Die Anyway
By Luigi Bastardo |
Given the right amount of time, the natural progress of corruption can make even the lowliest tale of espionage and ...
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Binge-Worthy Collections from the Warner Archive
By Luigi Bastardo |
In this time where people will often sit and binge-watch an entire television series, half of the population gleefully engages ...
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By Luigi Bastardo |
If there's one grouping author Dan Brown never imagined he would be lumped into, it's that of the works by ...
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The Watermelon Woman (20th Anniversary Edition) DVD Review: Completely Universal and Extremely Relevant
By Davy |
With the exception of last year's immensely stunning Moonlight, there rarely have been films that tackle gay and lesbian counterculture, ...
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Disney’s Pinocchio: The Signature Collection Blu-ray Review: Much Here to be Appreciated
By Rons Reviews |
On the weekend of November 21, 2016 at D23's Destination D: Amazing Adventures event at Walt Disney World Resort, the ...
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Gimme Danger DVD Review: Jim Jarmusch Pays Loving Tribute to Iggy and the Stooges, but Misses Some Opportunities
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Glen Boyd From the first few minutes of Gimme Danger, Jim Jarmusch's loving tribute to Iggy and the ...
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The BFG DVD Review: Steven Spielberg Captures the Essence of Roald Dahl’s Story
By Darcy Staniforth |
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) is based on the book by beloved children's author Roald Dahl. It is the story ...
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Scavenger Hunt Blu-ray Review: A Long Overdue Release That Stands the Test of Time
By Todd Karella |
When game designer, Milton Parker (Vincent Price), passes away, his $200 million fortune is left to be distributed between his ...
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Wagon Tracks Blu-ray Review: Revenge on the Santa Fe Trail
By Dusty Somers |
William S. Hart was one of the preeminent stars of the silent film era, well-loved for his portrayals of stoic, ...
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Fathom Events Presents Dirty Dancing
By Mat Brewster |
I grew up attending the Churches of Christ - a conservative evangelical Christian sect most know for our aversion to ...
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Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horror-Thon Blu-ray Review: The Ultimate Party Mix
By Luigi Bastardo |
Before the days of easily comprised playlists, which can be effortlessly constructed via an MP3 player synced up to something ...
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The Handmaiden DVD Review: A Twisting, Turning Korean Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
Park Chan-wook is best known for what is now known as his Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and ...
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) Blu-ray Review: Please Hang Up and Try Again
By Luigi Bastardo |
If there's one thing film historians and aficionados alike can agree on, it's that you can't make a good movie ...
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Musicals and the Musically Inclined from the Warner Archive
By Luigi Bastardo |
Romantic comedies may have been a dime a dozen back in the '50s, but ‒ as any good numismatist knows ...
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Keeping Up with the Joneses Blu-ray Review: An Action Comedy That Needed a Bit More of Both
By Todd Karella |
Jeff Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis) works for MBI, a giant corporation, in their HR department. He lives in a cul-de-sac with ...
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Who? (aka Robo Man, 1974) Blu-ray Review: Wait, What?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Apart from farfetched clones and spoofs of the James Bond films, or television shows ranging from animation to puppets to ...
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Doubt Blu-ray Review: One of the Best Modern Acting Ensembles
By Gordon S. Miller |
In a Bronx Catholic church, a year after Kennedy's assassination, recently arrived Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) gives a sermon ...
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Pinocchio: The Signature Collection Blu-ray Review: Delightful For All Ages
By Mat Brewster |
By 1937, Walt Disney Studios had been making animated shorts for over a decade. They'd become very successful but were ...
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Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler Blu-ray Review: A Captivating Crime Thriller
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the novel Dr Mabuse by Norbert Jacques, Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler is a two-part crime epic by legendary ...
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TCM and Fathom Events Present Singin’ in the Rain
By Mat Brewster |
On December 28 of last year, at the age of 84 actress Debbie Reynolds died, just one day after her ...
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Fathom Events Presents Rush: Time Stand Still
By Gordon S. Miller |
When Rush was preparing and touring for R40, their 40th anniversary tour, it was frequently suggested in the press that ...
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Blair Witch Blu-ray Review: Murky Modern Updating Misses Mark
By Kent Conrad |
Ambiguity is a central attribute to satisfying horror movies (I write "satisfying" because, if the box office is any indication, ...
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New Orleans Music in Exile Blu-ray Review: After the Hurricane
By Jade Blackmore |
Unless you live in New Orleans or know someone who does, you might not have paid much attention to its ...
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The Night of the Grizzly (Olive Signature) Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable, Classic Western
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Night of the Grizzly tells the story of "Big Jim" Cole (Clint Walker), a former lawman, who along with ...
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The Driller Killer Blu-ray Review: All Driller, No Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
The Driller Killer is known mostly for being Abel Ferrara's directorial debut (if one discounts 9 Lives of a Wet ...
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Snowden DVD Review: Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Performance is a Fun Thing to Watch
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Glen Boyd Oliver Stone has a well-documented history of adapting real-life historical events into films that often thread ...
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Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Trilogy Blu-ray Review: A Puzzle Box Worth Solving
By Mark Buckingham |
Bringing back 1980s horror is all the rage lately. It's hard to swing a dead cat without hitting reboots of ...
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Moby Dick (1956) Blu-ray Review: A Newly Restored Whale of a Tale
By Luigi Bastardo |
Obsession seems to abound every aspect of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, from its initial published parable right down to its most ...
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American Masters: By Sidney Lumet Review: See the Master in a New Light
By Davy |
The great Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) was an American original, a genius storyteller, and a quintessential New York filmmaker whose versatile ...
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Man of the World: The Peter Green Story DVD Review
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Glen Boyd If you know your rock history, you know that before there was the soft-rock hit machine ...
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Twilight Time Presents: A Quartet of Quirky Killers
By Luigi Bastardo |
As it has been stated time and time again, the only two things we can be certain of in life ...
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American Honey Blu-ray Review: Director Andrea Arnold Takes Kids on the Road
By Mat Brewster |
The space between being a child and an adult - youthfulness - is full of manic energy, enormous emotions, nervous ...
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Heart of a Dog Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Moving Meditation from a Singular Artist
By Dusty Somers |
Can a film permeated with thoughts on death be playful? Can it be uplifting? Can it be equally cerebral and ...
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Creepshow 2 Blu-ray Review: Stick to the Original
By Mat Brewster |
In 1982, director George Romero teamed with writer Stephen King to make Creepshow, a comedy/horror anthology film designed to wax ...
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe Movie Review: Contains a Lot to be Recommend
By Mat Brewster |
A family is brutally murdered inside their home. We follow the local sheriff (Michael McElhatton) through the blood-soaked house down ...
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Finding Dory Blu-ray Combo Review: You Will Believe an Octopus Can Drive
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thirteen years after the smash-hit Finding Nemo, Disney/Pixar returns to the ocean for the sequel Finding Dory, an entertaining film ...
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Moby Dick (1930) DVD Review: The Version You Never Thought Possible
By Luigi Bastardo |
Anyone who has seen a single Hollywood adaptation of a classic (or even contemporary) work of literature knows full well ...
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The Search for Weng Weng DVD Review: The Height of the World’s Shortest Star
By Luigi Bastardo |
For anyone who has only experienced the mainstream world of cinema, venturing into the output of the Filipino film industry ...
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Movie Review: The Rebels Strike Back
By Gordon S. Miller |
Rogue One is the latest entry in the ever-expanding Star Wars cinematic universe. Reminiscent of war movies like The Dirty ...
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Strange and Unusual Christmas Films DVD Review: I Am in Hell, Help Me
By Luigi Bastardo |
A longstanding idiom states "'Tis better to give than to receive" ‒ and that theory definitely holds true with Alpha ...
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Fathom Events Presents Spirited Away: 15th Anniversary
By Shawn Bourdo |
The people at Fathom Events are the ones that bring me out to Rifftrax events a few times a year. ...
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Time After Time (1979) Blu-ray Review: And Now for Something Completely Different
By Luigi Bastardo |
Imagine, if you will, Jack the Ripper ‒ having just committed his final murder in Victorian London ‒ hopping into ...
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The Quiet Earth Blu-ray Review: A Brilliant Take on the Last-Man-on-Earth Scenario
By Davy |
When it comes to science fiction films dealing with the apocalypse, sometimes bad CGI and special effects overshadow characters and ...
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The Secret Life of Pets Blu-ray Review: Too Simple?
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Elias Levey-Swain Illumination Entertainment's chuckle-inducing new animated feature film, The Secret Life of Pets, is an exhilarating journey ...
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Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again DVD Review: An Interesting Glimpse into Life on the Road
By Todd Karella |
In 2012, Jennifer Lopez set off on her first ever world tour. For six months, she traveled across five continents ...
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Body Snatchers (1993) Blu-ray Review: Uneven, But Not Unnecessary
By Luigi Bastardo |
Imagine a science fiction parable ‒ one for Communism, paranoia, conformity, or whatever ‒ where, should you fall asleep, you ...
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Little Men (2016) DVD Review: An Amazing Film About People and Their Live
By Davy |
Personally, I prefer the smaller films, films that tell stories about humanity and its complexities. I feel that they make ...
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Michael Collins / Man in the Wilderness Blu-rays Review: Super Heroes
By Luigi Bastardo |
Some things simply go well together, hands down. Things like chocolate and peanut butter, Burt and Loni, and ‒ of ...
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The Driller Killer Blu-ray Review: If Looking for a Routine Slasher Film, Look Elsewhere
By Davy |
New York is arguably the most cinematic city of all-time. It has been filmed by the likes of Woody Allen, ...
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