12 Monkeys Blu-ray Steelbook Review: No Monkeying Around Here
By David Wangberg |
The first time I had come across Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys was in middle school, finding a novelized adaptation at ...
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Day of the Animals Blu-ray Review: A Standout of the Nature-Gone-Awry Genre
By Davy |
When The Birds and Jaws were released in their respective years, 1963 and 1975, they immediately became critical and commercial ...
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The Retreat (2021) Movie Review: A Purely Functional Trip-from-Hell Thriller
By Matthew St.Clair |
When reading the synopsis to The Retreat, it reads like almost any other horror film about a trip gone wrong. ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming is Book 35 in the collected volumes of Stan Sakai's long running comic book series and the ...
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Santa Sangre 4K UHD Limited Edition Box Set Review: Jodorowsky’s True Vision
By Steve Geise |
Alejandro Jodorowsky is the quintessential Renaissance man, although he’s most widely known as a feature film director. His true definition ...
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They Won’t Believe Me Blu-ray Review: Melodrama Noir
By Kent Conrad |
There are two elements normally present in a classic film noir. One is a main character, usually male, with decent ...
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Flowers of Shanghai Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Mise-ry en Scene
By Steve Geise |
This Taiwanese movie was based on a novel about “flower houses” of 19th century Shanghai, high class establishments where courtesans ...
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Standout Comedy
By Gordon S. Miller |
Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High was written by Cameron Crowe, who went undercover at a San Diego high ...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Blu-ray Review: Solid Comedy Construction
By Steve Geise |
If I hadn’t watched this new Blu-ray, I never would have realized that the old Tom Hanks comedy The Money ...
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Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 5
By Gordon S. Miller |
The fifth volume of IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection opens with Issue #56, Part 7 of the ...
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The Prince’s Voyage Blu-ray Review: A Film Only the French Could Make
By Mat Brewster |
My wife and often operate on different wavelengths when it comes to cinema. We share a lot of common ground, ...
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Merrily We Go to Hell Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Prime Example of Dorothy Arzner’s Legacy
By Davy |
Legendary filmmaker Dorothy Arzner was a trailblazer. She was the only female working and directing during 1930s and '40s Hollywood. ...
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Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review
By Rons Reviews |
You may be asking yourself why someone would write a review on the release of Josie and the Pussycats in ...
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Senior Moment DVD Review: A Very Light Romantic Comedy
By Todd Karella |
Slowing down and taking it easy are unfamiliar concepts to 72-year-old Victor Martin (William Shatner). Once a test pilot for ...
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Justice Society: World War II Blu-ray Review: A Superb Superhero Movie
By Gordon S. Miller |
Justice Society: World War II is a superb superhero movie thanks to the screenplay by Meghan Fitzmartin and Jeremy Adams. ...
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The Legend of Hei Blu-ray Review: A Must-See For Animation Fans
By Mat Brewster |
As I was watching The Legend of Hei (on Shout! Factory's new Blu-ray release, coming this Tuesday) I kept thinking ...
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Wrath of Man Movie Review: A Bleak Story of Revenge
By Gordon S. Miller |
Guy Ritchie's latest crime thriller, Wrath of Man, finds the director teaming with Jason Statham for the fourth time in ...
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Wrath of Man Movie Review: A Stock Jason Statham Action Starrer
By Matthew St.Clair |
One way to describe Wrath of Man is that it’s a Guy Ritchie movie. A machismo action flick with a ...
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TV Review: The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
By Darcy Staniforth |
What happens when a man begins to investigate a case as a journalist, but then becomes so engrossed in the ...
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SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Andrea Riseborough Once Again Shines in ‘Here Before’
By Matthew St.Clair |
One word that can be used to describe Andrea Riseborough is "dauntless." The unsung British actress has proven there’s no ...
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SXSW 2021 Movie Review: ‘Best Summer Ever’ Sings with Inclusivity
By Matthew St.Clair |
Without necessarily pitting the two films against each other, Best Summer Ever makes movies like the highly controversial Golden Globe ...
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Isle of the Dead (1945) Blu-ray Review: Atmospheric Chiller from Val Lewton
By Kent Conrad |
The key to the enduring appeal of the horror movies that Val Lewton produced for RKO in the '40s lies ...
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Switchblade Sisters Blu-ray Review: The Big Bad Girl Rumble
By Jack Cormack |
Re-watching one of 1975’s best grindhouse titles, Switchblade Sisters, I’m impressed: Though it sunk like a stone when it first ...
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Masculin Feminin Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Tres Chic
By Steve Geise |
Jean-Luc Godard’s study of young love in Paris pulses with style but doesn’t have much of a story. The film ...
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Irma Vep Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Great Milestone in Olivier Assayas’s Body of Work
By Davy |
There have been so many films about the often chaotic circumstances and behind-the-scenes drama about the making of a film. ...
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Book Review: Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White
By Mark Buckingham |
There's a tendency in the Alien universe for humans to try to tame/control the chitinous ebony extraterrestrial monsters, and it ...
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Movie Review: And How Sesame Street Got to Us
By Darcy Staniforth |
November 1969 was the first time children across the country would hear the theme song to a new television show ...
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The Furies (1950) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Fascinating Film of Familial Conflict
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Niven Busch's 1948 novel of the same name, which Criterion has included in paperback, Anthony Mann's The Furies ...
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Tiny Tim: King for a Day Movie Review: A Poignant Look at the Quirky 1960s Star
By Jade Blackmore |
Wacky and somewhat unhinged reality TV (or YouTube) stars are common today, so common that we’re way past asking, “Is ...
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Memories of Murder Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The South Korean Zodiac
By Mat Brewster |
A woman has been brutally raped and murdered. Her body was shoved into a drain ditch. Detective Park Doo-man (Song ...
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History Is Made at Night (1937) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love Crosses the Atlantic
By Kent Conrad |
Director Frank Borzage, who grew up with Hollywood, making (and acting in) silents from 1916 and remaining active up to ...
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Annie Get Your Gun Blu-ray Review: Shoots a Few Blanks but Hits the Overall Target
By Steve Geise |
Prior to its release this week, this classic MGM movie adaptation of an American musical theatre staple has never been ...
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Nobody (2021) Movie Review: Bob Odenkirk Is a Somebody in the Action Genre
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the movie opens, Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) looks like he's been though something. Handcuffed by police, his face is ...
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Clapboard Jungle Movie Review: A Brutally Involving Document
By Davy |
I don't have personal experience, but I've seen and heard enough to know that the film business can be a ...
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Perdita Durango 4K Ultra HD Review: An Evil, Evil Love Story
By Kent Conrad |
An important key to understanding Perdita Durango, the character: her boyfriend is a bank-robbing Santeria priest who, in front of ...
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Death Has Blue Eyes Blu-ray Review: It’s a Mastorakis Mess
By Mat Brewster |
Greek writer, producer, director Nico Mastorakis has had a long, strange career. He started out as a reporter, becoming the ...
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Broadway Melody of 1940 Blu-ray Review: De-Lovely
By Steve Geise |
The obvious draws for this classic MGM musical are the star turn by Fred Astaire and the songs written by ...
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Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Back to the Future
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the comic of the same name, Legion of Super Heroes ran for two seasons (26 episodes) from 2006 ...
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SXSW 2021 Movie Review: The Spine of Night
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Spine of Night by co-writers/co-directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King is a fantastic fantasy film featuring animated imagery ...
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Moffie Movie Review: A Dive into the Underworld of Chauvinism
By Matthew St.Clair |
Moffie, the latest effort from South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, isn’t a horror movie. However, it almost feels like one. ...
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The Invisible Man Appears Blu-ray Review: It Can Finally Be Seen
By Mat Brewster |
Why is it that in seemingly every depiction of an invisible man in the movies, the ability to turn invisible ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth ’76 DVD Review: A Day the Giants of Southern Rock Held Their Own Against the Stones
By generaljabbo |
On August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd were part of a star-studded lineup at the third annual Knebworth Festival in England. ...
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The Day of the Beast (1995) 4K Ultra HD Review: Surrealist Spanish Horror Comedy
By Kent Conrad |
With solemn music, steady angles and serious lighting, The Day of the Beast opens with a pair of priests in ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo Origins Volume 01 by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Over the course of his comic book career, Stan Sakai has become a legend in the industry, winning numerous awards ...
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Austin City Limits: Country (10-Disc Set) Review: A Vital Historical Document of Country Music
By Gordon S. Miller |
Austin City Limits: Country is a music fan's dream. This two-volume set comprised of 10 discs contains 164 live uncut ...
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SXSW 2021 Movie Review: The Sparks Brothers
By Gordon S. Miller |
Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers is a loving biography that tells a story of persistence and resistance as Ron and ...
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2021 Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
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2021 Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Films Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
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2021 Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
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The Greatest Show on Earth Blu-ray Review: The Show Must Go On… and On… and On
By Jack Cormack |
Epic corn was director Cecil B. DeMille’s metier, and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952; 152 minutes), his circus opus ...
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