Team America: World Police 4K UHD Review: Pulls the Right Strings
By Greg Hammond |
From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the long-running TV series South Park (328 episodes between 1997 - ...
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Querelle Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Man in Every Port
By Rocky London |
In director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Querelle (1982; adapted from a book by Jean Genet), a Belgian sailor, Querelle (Brad Davis), ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Luther: Never Too Much
By Steve Geise |
Luther Vandross built a recording career on love songs featuring his unforgettable voice, but director Dawn Porter takes a deep ...
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South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut 4K UHD Review: Still Funny but Aging Rapidly
By Greg Hammond |
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, directed by Trey Parker, and written by Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady, is ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Desire: The Carl Craig Story
By Steve Geise |
Widely regarded as one of the key figures and champions of the Detroit EDM scene, Carl Craig is both a ...
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Chinatown 4K UHD Review: Noir Gold; or “The point is, the girl dies”
By Rocky London |
As a masterpiece, Chinatown needed its two main creators, screenwriter Robert Towne (who won the movie’s sole Oscar) and director ...
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Thunderheart Blu-ray Review: A Gritty Neo-Western
By Joe Garcia III |
Thunderheart (1992) was directed by Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist), written by John Fusco (Young Guns I & II) ...
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All That Breathes Blu-ray Review: A Profound, Lyrical Film
By Davy |
I also appreciate cinematic stories about the relationships between humans and wildlife, where our bonds are much stronger than we ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Soldiers of Song
By David Wangberg |
Ryan Smith’s Soldiers of Song starts off as if we’re about to watch a trailer for the documentary that’s going ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Hacking Hate
By Gordon S. Miller |
Simon Klose's Hacking Hate is a compelling documentary that is more chilling than any horror movie as it explores online ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Shelf Life
By Gordon S. Miller |
Documentarian Ian Cheney's Shelf Life is an anthological look at cheese, a food item so ubiquitous that many take it ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Pirópolis
By David Wangberg |
From the film’s opening shot to the final haunting minutes, Nicolás Molina’s Pirópolis grabs your attention, immerses you into the ...
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The Burglars Blu-ray Review: Some Great Action Set Pieces
By Mat Brewster |
The Burglars opens with a long, mostly silent, jewel heist. It is reminiscent of a similar scene in Jules Dassin's ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: They All Came Out to Montreux
By Steve Geise |
How did a tiny Swiss lakeside town become the site of a legendary music festival? Why is it called the ...
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Saigon (1948) Blu-ray Review: Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake’s Last Film Together
By Mat Brewster |
During World War II and for about a decade after, there were a slew of American movies set in exotic ...
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Movie Review: When Worlds Collide
By Gordon S. Miller |
Previously intended to be a movie that connected the DC Animated Universe Justice League and Justice League Unlimited TV series ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Boys Go to Jupiter
By Steve Geise |
In Julian Glander’s candy-colored, CG-animated vision of suburban Florida, slacker friends co-exist with odd sentient creatures and an orange juice ...
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Nude for Satan DVD Review: Nudity, a Suave(ish) Satan, and Lots of Surreal Confusion
By Joe Garcia III |
Nude for Satan (1974) is a low-budget, Italian, erotic, horror movie from the warped mind of writer director Luigi Batzella ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: The Dog Thief
By David Wangberg |
One of the best things about film festivals, such as Tribeca and others, is having the opportunity to see movies ...
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Against the Storm (Herbert Kline in a Darkened Europe) Blu-ray Review: Capturing Pivotal Moments from History
By Davy |
As I may have mentioned in previous reviews, I really love documentaries. They dare to tell the truth about the ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Brats
By David Wangberg |
For years, I thought that films with the “Brat Pack” term attached to them were only written and/or directed by ...
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The Old Oak Blu-ray Review: When the Bough Breaks, the Village May Fall
By Steve Geise |
Ken Loach’s latest film takes a micro look at the impact of refugees on English towns, putting faces to a ...
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The Good Die Young Blu-ray Review: The Transfer Deserves Better
By Mat Brewster |
Four men from different walks of life. Four men who were strangers four weeks ago. Four desperate men. Four men ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Some Rain Must Fall
By David Wangberg |
There has been a recent trend in which independent features are shot in 4:3 box format, as opposed to the ...
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Blue Beetle Movie Review: A Family Drama that Deserves a Lot of Attention
By Greg Hammond |
Blue Beetle, one of the strongest entries in the DC Extended Universe, was directed by Angel Manuel Soto and written ...
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Fletch Lives (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Subpar Sequel
By Gordon S. Miller |
Four years after the success of Fletch, Chevy Chase returned as journalist I. M. Fletcher in Fletch Lives. Rather than ...
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Misunderstood (1966) Blu-ray Review: An Unusually Mature Portrait of Childhood
By Davy |
I have seen more of my share of films about the trials and tribulations of coming of age, but only ...
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Of Mice and Men (1992) Blu-ray Review: A Fine Adaptation, but a Terrible Blu-ray
By David Wangberg |
Gary Sinise had a brief period in his career where he also directed himself in certain movies. One of those ...
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A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
By Steve Geise |
Previously released on Criterion DVD in 2004, this Ozu double feature finally gets a Blu-ray upgrade with newly improved technical ...
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The Sect Blu-ray Review: Can’t Help but Find It Fascinating
By Davy |
Italian horror movies are justifiably famous now, despite their inconsequential plots, gratuitous violence, and relentless nudity. However, they also have ...
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Defending Your Life Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love in the Time of Purgatory
By Gordon S. Miller |
Defending your life is a task all face in the afterlife in Albert Brooks' film of the same name which ...
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Household Saints Blu-ray Review: The Entire Cast Is Terrific
By Davy |
As a dedicated movie viewer who is usually more interested in smaller and indie films, I always gravitate towards those ...
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Friendly Persuasion Blu-ray Review: William Wyler Handles the Material Well
By Mat Brewster |
A few minutes into Friendly Persuasion I had to pause the film. All of the characters were speaking with “Thee's” ...
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The War of the Worlds Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Special-Effects Spectacle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the 1898 novel by H. G. Wells, Byron Haskin's The War of the Worlds transports the story of ...
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The Trip to Greece Movie Review: Stan Laurel and Tom Hardy Walk Into a Restaurant
By Greg Hammond |
The Trip to Greece is the fourth in The Trip quartet following The Trip (2011), The Trip to Italy (2014), ...
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The Vanishing Shadow (1934) Blu-ray Review: What a Hoot
By Joe Garcia III |
Before “Crash” Corrigan found an Undersea Kingdom (1936) or Buster Crabbe became Flash Gordon (1936) and even before Gene Autry ...
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Dogfight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: More Than It Seems
By Joe Garcia III |
Lili Taylor and River Phoenix shine bright in Dogfight (1991) directed by Nancy Savoca and penned by Bob Comfort. Set ...
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City of Hope (1991) Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Mosaic of Urban Life
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Sayles's City of Hope (1991) is his seventh film as writer and director. He also is the editor and ...
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Chokeslam Blu-ray Review: A Pro Wrestling Rom-Com
By Joe Garcia III |
Chokeslam (2016), written and directed by Robert Cuffley, is an entertaining little romantic comedy with a pro-wrestling twist. Stars Amanda ...
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Movie Review: They Had It In Them to Make It Epic
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director George Miller makes an epic return to the Wasteland for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Through five action-packed vignettes ...
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Fletch (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Chevy Chase’s Star Turn Anchors This Comic Mystery
By Gordon S. Miller |
Journalist I. M. Fletcher first appeared in Gregory Mcdonald's novel Fletch (1974) working undercover to expose the flow of hard ...
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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two Blu-ray Review: Doesn’t Stand on Its Own
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on DC Comics' 12-issue miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, ...
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One from the Heart: Reprise 4K UHD Review: Coppola’s Folly Redeemed?
By Kent Conrad |
After the Godfather films, Francis Ford Coppola went from disaster to disaster. Apocalypse Now is the famous problematic film… but ...
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Appaloosa Blu-ray Review: A History of Law-Abiding Violence
By David Wangberg |
Ed Harris may be mainly known for his work as an actor, but the skills he has behind the camera ...
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Orphan (2009) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Surprisingly Strong Psychological Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan, starring Vera Farmiga as the mom, Kate, and Peter Saarsgard as the dad, John, is a psychological ...
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You’ll Never Get Rich Blu-ray Review: A Wealth of Talent
By Steve Geise |
This 1941 musical is blessed with an abundance of talent, led by co-stars Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth and songs ...
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space 4K UHD Review: The Bloody Circus Comes to Town
By Greg Hammond |
Killer Klowns from Outer Space, written, directed, produced, and starring the Chiodo Brothers (pronounced kee-oh-do) is a comedy/action/horror movie that ...
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The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series DVD Review: Fighting Crime, Trying to Save the World
By Greg Hammond |
The Powerpuff Girls was an American animated series on the Cartoon Network from 1998 to 2005 (six seasons and 78 ...
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Fear and Desire (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Collection of Kubrick’s Early Works
By Gordon S. Miller |
After making three documentary shorts, included in the disc's Bonus Features, Fear and Desire is Stanley Kubrick's feature-film directorial debut, ...
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Once Upon a Time in the West 4K UHD Review: Weird West
By Rocky London |
In Once Upon a Time in the West (1969; dir. Sergio Leone), a just-widowed beauty, Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale); a ...
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