Thanks a Million DVD Review: Dick Powell Croons, I Swoon
By Will McKinley |
Confession: I have a man crush on 1930s crooner Dick Powell. Although he was pushing 30 when he made his ...
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Jubal Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Shakespeare in the Wild West
By Luigi Bastardo |
While traditional and contemporary adaptations of William Shakespeare's works have been coming and going since someone figured out how to ...
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Fast Five Review: Between the Rock and a Heist Movie
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although the previous movie, Fast & Furious, showed the least amount of creativity in its title by removing "the" and ...
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Medium Cool Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Living Document of America’s Rebellion
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez The Criterion Collection presents a slice of American history with director/cinematographer Haskell Wexler's, Medium Cool. Filmed ...
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker DVD Review: Unremarkable Non-Anamorphic CinemaScope Fluff
By Luigi Bastardo |
As soon as those infernal television set devices were installed into American homes and began to receive incoming transmissions of ...
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Wake Up and Live (1937) DVD Review: Fun Vintage Semi-Musical Hijinks
By Luigi Bastardo |
You might think that the concept of filmmakers adapting other people's works so loosely that the byproduct doesn't even come ...
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Movie Review: It’s Fine
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Steve Carell rose from TV star to movie star pretty quickly, thanks in large part to ...
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3:10 to Yuma (2007) Movie Review: A Thought-provoking Western
By Gordon S. Miller |
What rules the universe: order or chaos? Is there a plan set forth by a supreme being or are we ...
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Fast & Furious Movie Review: Figuring Out the Four-mula
By Gordon S. Miller |
After the disappointment of Tokyo Drift, I am very surprised director Justin Lin and screenwriter Chris Morgan returned for this ...
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The Wild Geese Blu-ray Review: When Brits Go Badass
By Luigi Bastardo |
Contrary to what most of today's youth might falsely believe, the all-star adventure action flick has been around for several ...
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Yossi Movie Review: A Beautifully Crafted Film in Every Aspect
By Darcy Staniforth |
Yossi is the beautiful sequel to Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox's 2002 film, Yossi & Jagger. The films is set 10 ...
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Yossi Movie Review: Of Love, Loneliness and Humanity
By Critical curmudgeon |
A sensitive, careful and subtle motion picture, Eytan Fox's Yossi is a wonderful exploration of loneliness and longing. This 2012 ...
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The Oranges Blu-ray Review: A Conventional Tale of Unconventional Romance
By Luigi Bastardo |
During the middle of the previous decade, my girlfriend at the time and I were hooked on three specific television ...
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3:10 to Yuma (1957) Criterion Collection DVD Review: You Gotta Trust Delmer Daves on This One
By Greg Barbrick |
The opening shot of 3:10 to Yuma (1957) sets the film up as perfectly as anything I have ever seen. ...
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Shadow Dancer Movie Review: Feel the (Slow) Burn
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Nazarewycz When you watch a lot of movies with the intent to write about them, you are ...
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The Man Who Would Be King Movie Review: Not Many Moments to Celebrate
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan A movie starring Michael Caine and Sean Connery, directed by John Huston, and based on a ...
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Whispering Ghosts DVD Review: Milton Berle, Ghost Hunter
By Luigi Bastardo |
The very genre of comedy owes an insurmountable debt of gratitude to many of its unsung screenwriters who worked hard ...
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The Moon Is Down DVD Review: Suicidal Norwegians vs. the Nazi Menace
By Luigi Bastardo |
Based on the 1942 novel by John Steinbeck by the same name, 20th Century Fox's 1943 ode to freedom The ...
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The Meanest Man in the World DVD Review: Jack Benny and Rochester, Together Again
By Will McKinley |
The title character in Sidney Lanfield's comedy The Meanest Man in the World (1943) is not particularly mean, nor is he ...
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Surf Party (1964) DVD Review: How NOT to Throw a Beach Party
By Luigi Bastardo |
Though the concept of a moving picture story set on the beach depicting the everyday lives of youngsters skilled in ...
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Pierre Etaix: Criterion Collection DVD Review: Affordable Pricelessness
By Luigi Bastardo |
For many of the "average" citizens living within the confines of the continental United States of America, the concept of ...
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Hanna Movie Review: A Worthwhile Viewing Endeavor
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Joe Wright's 2011 film Hanna is a film more interesting in concept than in execution. That's ...
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History of the Eagles Movie Review: A Fascinating Look at a Legendary Group
By Kit O'Toole |
Filmmakers, take note: this is the way to celebrate a band's legacy. History of the Eagles, a new documentary, chronicles ...
Read More The Great Escape Blu-ray Review: Delivers Good WWII Escapism
By Gordon S. Miller |
To commemorate its 50th anniversary, John Sturges' The Great Escape makes its debut on Blu-ray. It tells a fictional account ...
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Star Trek: Into Darkness Never Should Have Seen the Light of Day
By Rons Reviews |
After J.J. Abrams established a new timeline with Star Trek (2009) that would allow new stories to be told with ...
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Star Trek: Into Darkness Movie Review: Leads Into Dopiness and Damnableness
By Gordon S. Miller |
Spoilers are revealed throughout about Into Darkness because they need to be addressed in order to illustrate how truly terrible ...
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Movie Review: Crashes and Burns
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was the third installment in the franchise though its placement in the FF ...
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generation Um… Movie Review: Um… Well… Um… Yeah… So… Um… No
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Micheal Nazarewycz Every so often on my late local news (and surely this happens in every other TV ...
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Hitchcock (2012) Blu-ray Review: A Legend Plays a Legend
By Mark Buckingham |
Make no mistake: Anthony Hopkins has some acting chops. He's brought to life some of the most memorable, likeable, and ...
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Star Trek (2009) Movie Review: A Weak Story with Plenty of Action
By Rons Reviews |
In 1994, Paramount transitioned the Star Trek movie franchise from the the Original Series cast to the Next Generation cast ...
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Star Trek: Nemesis Movie Review: The Wrath of Bad Moviemaking
By Gordon S. Miller |
At this point in the Trek film franchise, the makers of Star Trek had obviously given up on trying to ...
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Beautiful Creatures Blu-ray Review: A Solid Supernatural Story Worth Watching
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I enjoy being surprised at a well-done movie, particularly if it's in the squalid, increasingly boring ...
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North by Northwest Movie Review: A Perfectly Fine Movie but Not Legendary
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Alfred Hitchcock is a highly acclaimed filmmaker who, while he never got an Academy Award, he ...
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Star Trek: Insurrection Movie Review: New Aliens, Age-old Problems
By Gordon S. Miller |
Star Trek: Insurrection was the third mission of the Next Generation crew on the silver screen. The movie found them ...
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Texas Chainsaw 3D Blu-ray Review: Wither Heatherface?
By Luigi Bastardo |
While I was never a "huge" fan of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre series (the ones that started with The ...
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Safe Haven Combo Pack Review: Cute Leads Can’t Save Dumb Story
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I'm a young, 20-something female who loves to read. One can say that based on my ...
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2 Fast 2 Furious Movie Review: 2 Dumb 4 Me
By Gordon S. Miller |
With the overwhelming box-office success of The Fast and the Furious, there was no surprise the sequel 2 Fast 2 ...
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Star Trek: First Contact Movie Review: Meeting New Friends and Killing Old Enemies
By Todd Karella |
Being the second film for the Next Generation crew and the eighth film in the entire Star Trek franchise, things ...
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Band of Outsiders Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Odd, Wonderfully Fun Film from the French New Wave
By Mat Brewster |
During the 1950s a number of film critics began to criticize French cinema. It was too traditional, too literal, too ...
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Heavenly Shades of Delight: Twilight Time’s Blu-ray Releases, Volume Three
By Luigi Bastardo |
Once more, friends, we (or rather I) invite you to join me as I poke about a bit with some ...
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Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay Movie Review: Every Trick Is a Treat
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Nazarewycz We like to do things big in America. We supersize our food. We drive Hummers. The ...
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Pierre Etaix Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Bringing Etaix’s World to Life
By Critical curmudgeon |
“The defining characteristic of comic cinema,” says French comic, clown and filmmaker Pierre Etaix, “is that it begins with a ...
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Broken City Combo Pack Review: Power Plays Everyone, Even the Corrupt
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mike Bruno A movie about a corrupt mayor and a not-so-good cop. Wow, that's a first, and yes, ...
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Star Trek: Generations Movie Review: Passing of the Torch
By Greg Barbrick |
“Kirk or Picard?” was one of the first questions Dr. Sheldon Cooper asked Dr. Leonard Hofsteder when they first met ...
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Berlin Correspondent DVD Review: A Nifty L’il WWII Espionage B-Flick
By Luigi Bastardo |
For many B-movie lovers like myself, the late great German-born Martin Kosleck will perhaps be best remembered as the mad ...
Read More Richard III Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Ravishing Technicolor Beauty
By Dusty Somers |
The Film The last of Laurence Olivier's three Shakespeare adaptations, Richard III is unquestionably one of the great Shakespeare films, ...
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Silver Linings Playbook Movie Review: Engaging and Worthwhile Throughout
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan The 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook featured a lot of folks whose careers were headed in ...
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Pawn (2013) Blu-ray Review: Intensity That Just Won’t Quit
By Mark Buckingham |
Few movies can tie up an ending as neatly and shockingly as Se7en did, with everything coming to a head, ...
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Review: Retirement is Truly the Final Frontier
By Mat Brewster |
After the abysmal critical and fan reception of Star Trek V, they had originally planned for the next film in ...
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe DVD Review: For Curiosity Seekers Only
By Luigi Bastardo |
While he was one of the authors who appealed to me during those days of darkness that dominated both my ...
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