The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) / Royal Flash (1975) Blu-rays Review: A Vintage Hero and a Classic Cad
By Luigi Bastardo |
Late last year, while most of your average, run-of-the-mill distributors were busy emailing out holiday gift guides en masse to ...
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Hell Baby (Unrated) DVD Review: Destined to Be a Cult Classic
By Darcy Staniforth |
I'm biased. I'm a comedy nerd. I loved and still do love The State and Reno 911. I think that ...
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The Act of Killing Movie Review: Art, Reality, and History Collide
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez When controversy springs up about the effects of American movies on the nation's children, people respond ...
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Don Jon Blu-ray Review: How Porn is Better Than Scarlett Johansson
By Mat Brewster |
Our entertainment culture creates fantasy worlds that can never live up to reality. Pornography brings us beautiful women with perfect ...
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The Black Swan Blu-ray Review: Entertainment Ahoy!
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment appeased movie fans this year with their Voice Your Choice program, ...
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The AckerMonster Chronicles! DVD Review: A Loving Tribute to the Scary
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez If you've ever grown up appreciating classic movie monsters, from King Kong to the work of ...
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Jane Eyre (1943) / Oliver! (1968) / The Way We Were (1973) Blu-rays Review: Growing Up Again
By Luigi Bastardo |
If I were asked to pick two things the folks at Twilight Time certainly don't believe in, I would have ...
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Carmen Jones Blu-ray Review: Dorothy Dandridge Sizzles Even if Otto Preminger Doesn’t
By Dusty Somers |
The Film The great, cantankerous, Austrian-American auteur Otto Preminger doesn't seem like the likeliest candidate to have helmed a film ...
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Call of the Wild (1935) Blu-ray Review: A Fun but Forgettable Adventure
By Mat Brewster |
The most interesting part of The Call of the Wild didn't actually take place on screen. It seems the very ...
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Big: 25th Anniversary Combo Pack Review: A Splendidly Touching Film
By Lorna Miller |
Big is one of those movies that I thoroughly enjoyed when it was released but haven't seen or thought about ...
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Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review: A Disc Full of Sugar
By Steve Geise |
Never ones to pass up a marketing opportunity, the fine folks at Disney lined up a two-fer with the Blu-ray ...
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Crazy Heart Movie Review: “It’s Funny How Falling Feels like Flyin’ for a Little While”
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mule I'm not necessarily a country fan, at least not if we're talking the “achy-breaky heart” variety. Then, ...
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Silent Night, Bloody Night (aka Death House) DVD Review: Attack of the Killer Warhol Factory Inmates
By Luigi Bastardo |
While some major holidays always seem to get the short end of the axe handle when it comes to having ...
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Prisoners Blu-ray Review: Trapped in the Maze
By Steve Geise |
Child-abduction movies aren't ranked high on the must-see lists of most viewers, making the stellar cast assembled for this project ...
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Cleopatra (1963) 50th Anniversary Blu-ray Review: She Never Looked Better
By Gordon S. Miller |
20th Century Fox celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Cleopatra (1963) with an impressive two-disc Blu-ray set. Historical in two ways, ...
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Paranoia (2013) Blu-ray Review: Not Paranoid Enough
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mary K. Williams If you were expecting the Robert Luketic-directed film Paranoia to be anything like Joseph Finder's ...
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Rifftrax Live!: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Review: An Odd Christmas Classic
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you are not familiar with Fathom Events, the company does one-night-only events of films, operas, and other special events ...
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North to Alaska (1960) / The Undefeated (1969) Blu-rays Review: The Duke Finds a Duchess and Gets a Piece of the Rock
By Luigi Bastardo |
While his own personal range as a performer may have left something to be desired for many a graduate of ...
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Tim’s Vermeer Movie Review: Art Isn’t Easy
By Adam Blair |
We're well into the age of instant images; anyone with a smartphone is, or can be, a photographer and/or videographer. ...
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Bryan Ferry: Live in Lyon DVD Review: Smooth, Professional Concert Crooning
By Kent Conrad |
After a certain age, all British rock musicians seem to funnel into one style of music. It begins gradually (and ...
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Iron Man / Hulk: Heroes United Blu-ray Review: Needed a Better (Creative) Team
By Gordon S. Miller |
Heroes United brings together Iron Man and Hulk in a CG-animated adventure that is more likely to please the younger ...
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Grey Gardens (1976) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An S-T-A-U-N-C-H Classic
By Dusty Somers |
The Film A landmark in documentary filmmaking and possibly the most well known work from the school of direct cinema, ...
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Go for Sisters Movie Review: Forget It, Jake. It’s Mexico
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Sayles' 18th film as writer/director, Go for Sisters, tells the story of characters dealing with fractured lives and relationships ...
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Jesse James (1939) Blu-ray Review: History Be Damned, This Is Too Much Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Jesse James was a notorious outlaw, bank and train robber and murderer. Historically speaking, he was nothing but a violent ...
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The Future (2013) Movie Review: A Challenging but Rewarding Experience
By Critical curmudgeon |
Alicia Scherson's The Future is an absorbing motion picture with no shortage of challenges for the audience. The 2013 feature ...
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’83 US Festival Days 1-3 DVD Review: Essential Viewing for Fans of the ’80s
By Kit O'Toole |
When hot summer winds blow, music festivals are sure to follow. Today, multi-day events such as Lollapalooza and Coachella are ...
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Mary Poppins 50th Anniversary Blu-ray Review: Save for the Lack of New Extras, Practically Perfect
By Mat Brewster |
Walt Disney pursued the rights to P. L. Travers's Mary Poppins books for decades before she finally relented. Even then, ...
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Invictus Blu-ray Review: Nelson Mandela Unites a Nation
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the book Playing the Enemy by John Carlin, Invictus tells an amazing story that needs to be told and passed on about ...
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City Lights Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Well Received and Slightly Defiant
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Criterion Collection has returned to the well again this month. They are releasing the fifth film in their Charlie ...
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Blu-ray Review: Witness the Pidgeon Take Flight Underwater
By Luigi Bastardo |
Before he became well known throughout the world as the "Master of Disaster" - to wit he created and directed ...
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Fantastic Voyage Blu-ray Review: The Coolest Ship in the Movies
By Greg Barbrick |
The Proteus is just about the coolest movie ship ever. The only real competition would be the Nautilus from Mysterious ...
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In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey DVD Review: Straightforward Look at Oddball Musician
By Kent Conrad |
Nothing is obscure anymore - or nothing can remain obscure. Internet information proliferation flattens structures. Getting information on John Fahey ...
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All the President’s Men Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray Review: The Unmaking of the President
By Gordon S. Miller |
Alan J. Pakula's All the President's Men tells the story of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl ...
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The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment Blu-ray Review: Absolutely Worth Watching
By Chad Derdowski |
This year, World Wrestling Entertainment reaches the half-century mark and celebrates in pretty much exactly the same fashion my family ...
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The Snow Queen (2005) DVD Review: Make Believe Gets an Enchanting Makeover
By Michelle Prather |
The Snow Queen, BBC's brief but visually and sonically hypnotic TV-movie adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of ...
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Sanguivorous DVD Review: Super-Arty Asian Vampires
By Kent Conrad |
At 56 minutes, Sanguivorous has a quality rare in experimental/avant garde cinema - it knows if it isn't going to ...
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MOMO: The Sam Giancana Story DVD Review: Rat Pack Gangster
By Greg Barbrick |
Sam “Momo” Giancana (1908-1975) was one of the most fascinating gangsters of the 20th century. He has been the subject ...
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Turbo Blu-ray Review: The Fast and the Cautious
By Steve Geise |
An unusual thing happened in the world of feature film animation this year: DreamWorks didn't release any sequels. The home ...
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) DVD Review: Let’s Give the Boy a Hand
By Luigi Bastardo |
As DVD quickly started to become the norm in the late '90s, many a classic horror film was brushed off ...
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AFI Fest 2013 Review: Her: O.S. I Love You
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although set in a future version of Los Angeles, Spike Jonze's Her is a tale for all time because of ...
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The Uninvited (1944) Criterion Collection DVD Review: Who ‘Ya Gonna Call?
By Luigi Bastardo |
In today's era of mishmash horror moviemaking - wherein there's a new Paranormal Activity flick released every other year - ...
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2 Guns Blu-ray Review: Bullets and Jokes Go Hand-in-Hand
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez In a year where '80s throwbacks are all the rage, 2 Guns is probably the best ...
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The Three Faces of Eve Blu-ray Review: Dated, but Fun
By Mat Brewster |
By my count, The Three Faces of Eve is only the second movie ever to deal with Multiple Personality Disorder ...
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John Cassavetes: Five Films Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Independent Spirit
By Steve Geise |
Whether or not you enjoy the directorial efforts of John Cassavetes, it's impossible to overlook his contribution to the rise ...
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Thor: The Dark World Movie Review: The Second Solo Adventure of the Thunder God Disappoints
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thor: The Dark World is the second movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Two and it's also the second ...
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Springsteen & I DVD Review: You Either Get It or You Don’t
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Lisa McKay One theory of the etymology of the word “fan” is that it derives from “fanatic,” a ...
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East End Babylon: The Cockney Rejects Story DVD Review: Punk Hooligans for Life
By Greg Barbrick |
For a guy from the northwest corner of America, watching the story of the Cockney Rejects in East End Babylon ...
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Tupac: Conspiracy and Aftermath DVD Review: An Inconsistent Look at Inconsistencies
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by DJ Darkness Tupac: Conspiracy and Aftermath is a double-DVD set released to commemorate the 17-year anniversary of Tupac ...
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Monsters University Blu-ray Review: When Mikey Met Sulley
By Gordon S. Miller |
Disney's sequelization of Pixar properties made its way to the world of Monsters Inc. this summer, allowing audiences to discover ...
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By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I recall a prophetic moment in my life when my mother told me, “There are not ...
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