Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the summer of 1969, a remarkable music festival was held in New York that featured some of the world's ...
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The Go-Go’s Movie Review: Girls Rock. Duh.
By Elizabeth Periale |
The Go-Go's documentary, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won two awards, “Best Music Documentary” and “Most Compelling ...
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Sundance 2021 Review: Playing with Sharks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Playing with Sharks tells the story of Valerie (Hayes) Taylor, an amazing marine/shark conservationist. Well known in her home country ...
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The Court Jester Blu-ray Review: Danny Kaye Stars in a Comic Masterpiece
By Gordon S. Miller |
Paramount Pictures' The Court Jester, a grand musical comedy that showcases the talents of its star Danny Kaye, is a ...
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Tesla (2020) Blu-ray Review: Electrifying
By David Wangberg |
To call Michael Almereyda’s Tesla an unconventional biopic would be an understatement. It’s an oddball and brazen approach to the ...
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Sundance 2021 Review: ‘Ma Belle, My Beauty’ Is a Simple and Exotic Polyamorous Romance
By Matthew St.Clair |
Historically, cinema has had a fixation with monogamous two-person couples and love triangles involving two people vying for the affections ...
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Book Review: Corto Maltese: Mu, The Lost Continent by Hugo Pratt
By Steve Geise |
Italian comics star Hugo Pratt led a life that was nearly as adventurous as his most famous character, Corto Maltese. ...
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Sundance 2021 Review: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
By Gordon S. Miller |
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It tells the fascinating story of the triumphs and tragedies ...
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Sundance 2021 Review: ‘Censor’ Is a Perceptive Fever Dream
By Matthew St.Clair |
When you’re deeply unsatisfied with the job that you have, it can feel like your soul is being crushed. Especially ...
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Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura Blu-ray Review: Stories of Hardship and Endurance
By Kent Conrad |
Shohei Imamura was one of the grandmasters of Japanese cinema in the second half of the 20th century. His first ...
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Saint Maud Movie Review: A Devilishly Terrific Directorial Debut
By Matthew St.Clair |
Typically, horror films centering on young women in peril involve them being put in a group that gets picked off ...
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My Rembrandt Movie Review: Portraits of Obsession
By Elizabeth Periale |
Strand Releasing has released the art world documentary My Rembrandt, which opened in theaters on January 22, 2021 and is ...
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The Pajama Game Blu-ray Review: Fosse Rising
By Jack Cormack |
The Pajama Game (1957) is very much of its time. That’s part of its charm. Adapted from a hit Broadway ...
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Batman: Soul of the Dragon Blu-ray Review: Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting
By Gordon S. Miller |
Batman: Soul of the Dragon is the 41st film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line. Under their Elseworlds ...
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour was in support of his album Desire, released January 5, 1976 between the two ...
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The Ascent Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Larisa Shepitko’s Masterpiece
By Davy |
The Ukranian-born Larisa Shepitko (one of the greatest female filmmakers of all-time) had only made a few features and short ...
Read More Joint Security Area Blu-ray Review: Friendship and Murder in the DMZ
By Mat Brewster |
I first came to Park Chan-wook's films, like I suspect a lot of other Americans did, through Oldboy, his 2003 masterwork ...
Read More Bartender (2006) Blu-ray Review: A Calming Aperitif of a Show
By Kent Conrad |
Anime in the popular imagination is...I was about to say Dragonball, but that shows my age. Sailor Moon? One Piece? Inuyasha? Once or twice ...
Read More The Marksman (2021) Movie Review: Off Target
By David Wangberg |
There is no debating that Liam Neeson is the one big-name actor currently working in Hollywood who is able to ...
Read More Versus (2000) Blu-ray Review: Samurai Zombie Yakuza Action
By Kent Conrad |
Japanese cinema at the beginning of the 21st century was fun. There was an explosion of cinematic talent coming from ...
Read More TV Review: The Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
By Darcy Staniforth |
The summer of 1985 was filled with terror for Southern California residents. A serial killer, who would come to be ...
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Skyfire Movie Review: Utterly Predictable but Harmless
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Skyfire is directed by Simon West, a filmmaker with a not-so-good track record. Two out of ...
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Book Review: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse by Stuart Douglas
By Greg Hammond |
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse (2020) by Stuart Douglas is the thirty-second entry in The Further Adventures of ...
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Book Review: Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris
By Greg Hammond |
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris is a prequel to the video game Marvel Spider-Man: ...
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Tourist Trap (VHS Retro Big Box Collection) Review: A Solid, Offbeat Flick
By Davy |
When it comes to the horror genre, there’s always going to be the usual movies steeped in typical cliches, such ...
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Cinema Paradiso Blu-ray Review: Heaven-Sent
By David Wangberg |
The winner for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1989 Golden Globes and Academy Awards ceremonies, and deservedly so, Cinema ...
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Three Films by Luis Buñuel Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Don’s Swan Songs
By Steve Geise |
As Luis Buñuel neared the end of his life, he swore each time he made a film that it would ...
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Lupin III: The First Blu-ray Review: Lots of Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Arsène Lupin the great master of disguise and gentleman thief was created by Maurice Leblanc in 1905. The character originally ...
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The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee Movie Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm
By Rons Reviews |
Looking to kill 90 minutes on New Year's Day? Head to Amazon Prime and cue up The Very Excellent Mr. ...
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Honest Thief Blu-ray Review: Comfort Food for Crime Fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Honest Thief is a simple crime drama with a plot that resolves unsurprisingly as one who has viewed any of ...
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The Curse of Frankenstein (Two-Disc Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Landmark in Horror Is Reborn
By Gordon S. Miller |
As mentioned in the extras and as horror-film fans may be aware, the dominance of the Universal Monsters on the ...
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Crash (1996) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Anti-Erotic Film
By Kent Conrad |
"Prophecy is dirty and ragged", says Vaughan, while complaining about the cleanliness of the tattoo he gets on his chest. ...
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Book Review: Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood’s Zen Rebel by Joseph B. Atkins
By Greg Hammond |
Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood's Zen Rebel, by Joseph B. Atkins (University Press of Kentucky, 2020), is a carefully crafted tribute ...
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Beau Geste (1939) Blu-ray Review: A Tale of Brotherly Love
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by William Wellman, this second film adaptation of P.C. Wren's 1924 adventure novel of the same name stars Gary ...
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Peanuts Deluxe Holiday Collection DVD Review: A Trio of Animated Classics
By Gordon S. Miller |
This collection features three classic Peanuts television specials, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving; and A ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 15: 1953-1954 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after the lead character, a square-jawed, yellow-hat-and-jacket-wearing police detective. In ...
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Vigilante (1982) 4K Ultra HD Review: Gritty Death Wish Redux
By Kent Conrad |
Vigilante, a Death Wish-inspired action drama from 1982, does so many interesting and fun things that it's a shame it ...
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Jiu Jitsu (2020) DVD Review: Wasted Potential
By David Wangberg |
At this point in his career, when Nicolas Cage does a paycheck movie (which feels like one every week), a ...
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Judy (2019) Blu-ray Review: A Look at Life After the Rainbow
By David Wangberg |
There is no denying that all of the praise and awards attention that Renee Zellweger has been receiving for her ...
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Amores Perros Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Greatest Masterpiece
By Davy |
The most celebrated and well-known filmmakers of the Mexican New Wave are Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, and Alejandro Gonzalez ...
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The 2020 World Series Blu-ray Review: It’s Time for Dodgers Baseball
By Gordon S. Miller |
Major League Baseball presents The 2020 World Series, the official 85-minute documentary of the six-game series played between the Los ...
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Book Review: Maureen O’Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone
By Greg Hammond |
Maureen O'Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone (University Press of Kentucky - 2020) is a heartfelt biography of the screen ...
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The Midnight Sky Movie Review: Astronomically Insipid
By Matthew St.Clair |
Clearly, George Clooney can’t get enough of space. After previously getting stranded with Sandra Bullock in space in Gravity, he ...
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Davy |
As a passionately dedicated lover of film, I really enjoy that not every film has to be a cliche, meaning ...
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The Harvey Girls Blu-ray Review: MGM Misses the Bullseye
By Steve Geise |
Despite the top billing of mega-star Judy Garland and some pricey-looking location shooting and hundreds of extras, The Harvey Girls ...
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2 Blu-ray Review: A Second Helping of Silliness
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Warner Archive Collection has released the second volume of their Tex Avery Screwball Classics line, bringing the total number ...
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Mank Movie Review: The Big Crack-up
By Jack Cormack |
In the past few years, Netflix has enticed some of our best filmmakers—Joel & Ethan Coen, Alfonso Cuaron, David Fincher, ...
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Mouchette Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: So Beautiful, So Sad
By Mat Brewster |
The opening scene to Mouchette, Robert Bresson's 1967 drama, finds a young man tying little loops of wire to branches ...
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Wander Darkly Movie Review: A Decent Meditation on Love in the Afterlife
By Matthew St.Clair |
Wander Darkly follows Matteo (Diego Luna) and Adrienne (Sienna Miller), a couple whose relationship is on the rocks. Once they ...
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Greendale Movie Review: Neil Young’s Uplifting Musical Novel
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 2003, Neil Young released Greendale, a concept album, or what he called a "musical novel" that found him backed by ...
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