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The Decent, the Mediocre, and the Dreadful: The Warner Archive Revisits the Swinging Sixties

By Luigi Bastardo | Aug 9, 2015

The '60s, ladies and gentlemen. It was a time when filmmakers and studio executives - for whatever ungodly reason - ...

The Diary of a Teenage Girl Movie Review: A Refreshing and Honest Look at Female Adolescence and Sexuality

By Darcy Staniforth | Aug 8, 2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is based on Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel of the same name. It tells story ...

Insurgent Blu-ray Review: Improved FX Help It Surge Above Its Predecessor

By Steve Geise | Aug 7, 2015

The films of The Divergent Series have firmly established themselves in the second tier of young-adult literature adaptations, joined by ...

A Month in the Country Blu-ray Review: The Film Birth of Branagh and Firth

By Cinema Sentries | Aug 6, 2015

Written by Kristen Lopez British cinema has a style, a feeling all its own, which is why some of the ...

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Movie Review: An Entertaining Anime Adventure

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 3, 2015

Appearing on screens in the United States for a limited run, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', the 19th Dragon Ball ...

Heaven Adores You Blu-ray Review: As Personal as Elliot Smith’s Music

By Darcy Staniforth | Aug 1, 2015

I wanted to watch and review Heaven Adores You, the new documentary about Elliot Smith, because I am a huge ...

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 31, 2015

Tom Cruise and the Impossible team, both in front of and behind the camera, have done the seemingly impossible by ...

Justice League: Gods and Monsters Blu-ray Review: A Lot of Sizzle Without a Lot at Stake

By Chad Derdowski | Jul 31, 2015

Justice League: Gods and Monsters is the all-new original movie that marks the return of Bruce Timm to the DC ...

Every Secret Thing DVD Review: Chilling Crimes and Very Bad Parenting

By Adam Blair | Jul 30, 2015

Straining for psychological depth and taut suspense but reaching only a few notches higher than a Lifetime TV movie, Every ...

I Am FEMEN DVD Review: Sex Sells Everything, Perhaps Even Revolutions

By Mark Buckingham | Jul 29, 2015

The first time I heard of the half-naked female activism group FEMEN back in 2013, it was largely by accident, ...

Cannibal Ferox Blu-ray Review: Umberto Lenzi’s Unforgiving Subgenre Swan Song

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 26, 2015

In 1970, with the entire world in a state of change, Elliot Silverstein's A Man Called Horse was released to ...

Burying the Ex DVD Review: Joe Dante Tries to Bring His Sensibilities Back From the Dead

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 26, 2015

Written by Chris Morgan Joe Dante is an American treasure. He's made some tremendous films that are iconic pieces of ...

Cemetery Without Crosses Blu-ray Review: An Obscure French Western Gets Its Day

By Mat Brewster | Jul 25, 2015

About the time the western genre was growing stale in America, European filmmakers picked it right back up. More than ...

Once a Thief (1965) DVD Review: Post-Beat America Meets the French New Wave

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 25, 2015

Filmmaker Ralph Nelson was always up for something different. While the late director is best known today for bringing the ...

Signpost to Murder DVD Review: Stuart Whitman Goes Loco for Joanne Woodward

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 24, 2015

In Hollywood, it doesn't take long to become typecast. Take, for example, the early career of one Stuart Whitman. Following ...

Slow West Blu-ray Review: Like Death, Westerns Are Universal

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 23, 2015

With the American western genre all but dead, this is as good of a time as any for filmmakers from ...

42nd Street / Ladyhawke / Wolfen Blu-rays Review: The Musical, Magical, and Mythical

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 22, 2015

In continuing their fine tradition of reviving the occasional catalogue title for today's HD-savvy generations, the Warner Archive Collection has ...

Wonderfully Perfect: Fathom Events and TCM Present Double Indemnity

By Mat Brewster | Jul 22, 2015

In college I had one of those special, "make an inspirational movie about him" kind of professors. He was also ...

My Beautiful Laundrette Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Film Stands the Test of Time

By Davy | Jul 21, 2015

When discussing some of the most influential LGBT films, Stephen Frears' 1985 modern classic My Beautiful Laundrette usually is one ...

Rush (1991) Blu-ray Review: The ’90s Drug Genre Looks Inward

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 20, 2015

Written by Kristen Lopez Reflecting the times, the cinematic landscape of the 1990s found itself awash in drugs (on-screen, at ...

Limelight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Chaplin’s Coda

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 20, 2015

My Chaplin journey hasn't been linear. I didn't start with the silent shorts and work my way through The Kid ...

Here Is Your Life Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Engrossing and Enervating Debut

By Dusty Somers | Jul 19, 2015

A film that's both engrossing and enervating at turns, Here is Your Life kicked off the feature-film career of Swedish ...

Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police DVD Review: An Inside Look at a Legendary Band

By Kit O'Toole | Jul 19, 2015

When the Police ceased recording in 1984, rumors swirled as to the cause. Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland became ...

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Blu-ray Review: Not as Exotic as the First, but Still Charming

By Mat Brewster | Jul 19, 2015

God bless the Brits. Or at least British actors of a certain age. They can rescue even the most tiresome ...

Stray Cats: Live at Rockpalast Review: A Great Live Concert DVD

By Darcy Staniforth | Jul 16, 2015

The American Rockabilly scene would not be what it is today without the influential music of the Stray Cats. Their ...

State of Grace Blu-ray Review: Characters Anchor Crime Drama Neo-Noir

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 16, 2015

Written by Kristen Lopez Unlike some niche Blu-ray distributors, Twilight Time doesn't just release classic films. Oftentimes their release output ...

’71 DVD Review: A Winning Depiction of a Losing Battle

By Michelle Prather | Jul 15, 2015

On Monday, rioting broke out amid a Protestant Orange Order parade in Belfast after it reached a stretch of road ...

Stray Cat Rock Blu-ray Review: Motorcycle Girl Gangs and Hippy Crime Sprees

By Kent Conrad | Jul 15, 2015

On an interview on this disc, director Yasuharu Hasebe talks about how ephemeral the movies he made were. “I expected ...

A Newly Widened Screen, Part II: Alibis and Those Who Sympathize

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 15, 2015

As they had done in the latter part of 2014 with several titles that truly deserved it, the folks at ...

The Maltese Bippy DVD Review: Rowan and Martin Comedy is No ‘Laugh-In’ Matter

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 14, 2015

During a time when five crazy Britons and one expatriate American were producing bizarre sketch comedy for the BBC, two ...

Ant-Man Movie Review: Big Heroes Come in Small Packages

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 13, 2015

After the world-shaking events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe concluded with a film ...

Twilight Time Presents: Rebellion! Turmoil! Endless Talking!

By Luigi Bastardo | Jul 13, 2015

Once more, the folks at Twilight Time have resurrected five photoplays from yesteryear - and this time, they're not holding ...

Rifftrax Live: Sharknado 2 Review – The Second One is Still Funny!

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 12, 2015

Written by Kristen Lopez The Rifftrax gang is back with the second of four films set to receive the live ...

Enter the Ninja Blu-ray Review: It Is Awesome

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 10, 2015

Written by Chris Smits If, in 1981, you had the chance to invest in throwing stars or something else, and ...

Do I Sound Gay? Movie Review: Not Your Typical LGBT Documentary

By Davy | Jul 9, 2015

There have been many documentaries about the depiction of the gay stereotype, such as The Celluoid Closet and Word Is ...

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) Blu-ray Review: Anarchy, Sentiment, Family, Karaoke

By Critical curmudgeon | Jul 9, 2015

Director Takashi Miike is credited with seven or eight films in the year 2001 alone, depending on who you ask. ...

Society Blu-ray Review: Glorious Mess of an ’80s Horror Movie

By Kent Conrad | Jul 8, 2015

Horror movies are often critiqued as metaphors, largely in an attempt to approach them in terms that distance critics from ...

The Killers (1946) / (1964) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Intriguing Double Feature

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 7, 2015

Like taking a comparative literature class, The Killers from the Criterion Collection offers a great opportunity to see how artists ...

Magic Mike XXL Movie Review: Flesh and Fantasy

By Adam Blair | Jul 6, 2015

Well, I know why I wanted to see Magic Mike XXL: hunky guys taking their clothes off at regular intervals ...

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Blu-ray Review: Forgettable but Fun French Farce

By Mat Brewster | Jul 5, 2015

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe is a '70s French spy comedy that never ventures into spoof or ...

Spider Baby Blu-ray Review: An Extremely Offbeat but Amazing Movie

By Davy | Jul 1, 2015

In this 1960s, the independent film boom was well under way of becoming the next big thing in cinema. The ...

By Mark Buckingham | Jun 30, 2015

Planet Ant acts as part of a special season of BBC Four programs that originally aired starting in 2013, and ...

Contamination (1980) Blu-ray Review: On Earth, Everyone Can Hear You Scream ‘Rip-Off!’

By Luigi Bastardo | Jun 30, 2015

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery - it's certainly the least-creative - but there are relatively few individuals ...

Smokey and the Hotwire Gang DVD Review: Anthony Cardoza Strikes Again!

By Luigi Bastardo | Jun 28, 2015

This may sound pretty odd coming from an individual such as myself, but z-grade exploitation filmmaker Anthony Cardoza is quite ...

R.E.M. by MTV Blu-ray Review: Fables of the R.E.M. Construction

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 27, 2015

Previously a part of the REMTV boxed set, the documentary R.E.M. by MTV is now available as a separate release ...

Pit Stop Blu-ray Combo Review: One of Jack Hill’s Very Best Films

By Davy | Jun 26, 2015

When the 1960s arrived, there started a new type of film: the independent film. Films under this label were made ...

Gerontophilia DVD Review: A Perverse, but Tenderly Made Turning Point in LGBT Cinema

By Davy | Jun 24, 2015

When Harold and Maude premiered in 1971, it wasn't a box-office hit, but it did break new ground of how ...

TCM Presents: Jaws 40th Anniversary Movie Review: I Love Movies Because of Jaws

By Shawn Bourdo | Jun 23, 2015

TCM Presents and Fathom Events have teamed up to bring Jaws to movie theaters for its 40th Anniversary. I attended ...

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: Live at the Roxy 9/25/14 Blu-ray Review: So Good That You’ll Believe You’re Really There

By Todd Karella | Jun 22, 2015

It's been nearly 20 years since Slash was a member of the heavy metal band Guns N' Roses. Since then ...

Welcome to Me Blu-ray Review: Kristen Wiig Is Amazing, but This Movie Is Far from Perfect

By Davy | Jun 19, 2015

We know that Kristen Wiig has proven herself to be actress of extreme range and talent, as she has demonstrated ...