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Book Review: The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers

By Darcy Staniforth | Apr 16, 2020

Dark humor and dark subject matter seem to go hand in hand. Combine those things with the incredible illustrations of ...

Underwater (2020) Movie Review: Kristen Stewart Takes a Dive

By Mat Brewster | Apr 15, 2020

Deep inside the Mariana Trench, the world's deepest undersea trench - which at its deepest is some 34,000 feet below ...

Beyond the Door Blu-ray Review: Rosemary’s Baby Meets the Exorcist

By Mat Brewster | Apr 10, 2020

It is a universal truth that whenever anything is successful someone else will come along and copy that thing. Usually, ...

The Vinyl Revival DVD Review: A Loving Look at the Resurgence of Vinyl Records

By generaljabbo | Apr 8, 2020

In 2011, director Pip Piper read Last Shop Standing (Whatever Happened to Record Shops) by Graham Jones and it struck a nerve. ...

TV Review: The West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery: A Documentary Miniseries by the Book

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 7, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar The West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery is a fly-on-the-wall documentary primarily chronicling the court ...

Cruising Blu-ray Review: Hardcore in Blue

By Rock London | Apr 5, 2020

Nightmarishly vivid, director William Friedkin's Cruising, a divisive film about an undercover New York cop (Al Pacino, miscast) who cruises gay ...

Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Four (1990-1993) by Lynn Johnston

By Chad Derdowski | Apr 5, 2020

IDW and the Library of American Comics continue their tradition of collecting some of the finest comics in human history ...

The Other Lamb Movie Review: A Surface-Level Lucid Nightmare

By Matthew St.Clair | Apr 1, 2020

The Other Lamb follows the journey of Selah (Raffey Cassidy), a girl who was born into an all-female cult called The ...

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife Blu-ray Review: Lifestyles of the Rich and Zany

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 31, 2020

Kino Lorber has just released Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. Made in 1938, the screwball romantic comedy was ...

Bones (2001) Blu-ray Review: Unleash the Blunt

By Rock London | Mar 30, 2020

Bones bores. Director Ernest Dickerson, Spike Lee's former DP, pulls off a few nifty visual tricks. Chief among them are a ...

TV Review: How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Ripples of a Sweeping Tragedy

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 29, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar How to Fix a Drug Scandal is the dictionary definition of infotainment. It's thrilling, suspenseful, entertaining, ...

Good Omens Blu-ray Review: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Armageddon

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 28, 2020

Based on the 1990 novel by the late Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman, the latter of whom oversaw the television ...

Resistance (2020) Movie Review: A Compelling Holocaust Story

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 27, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Drawing parallels between current times and the setting of the film tells one thing for ...

Casa de los Babys Review: A Small, Quiet Movie Featuring Mostly Strong, Seemingly Independent Women

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 26, 2020

You know those books that offer cross-sectional views of everyday items, such as how escalators work and what keys do ...

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice DVD Review: A Fantastic Appreciation

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 25, 2020

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a biographical documentary that Ronstadt was involved with as she introduces the ...

Come to Daddy Blu-ray Review: Twisty, Twisted Story of Family

By Kent Conrad | Mar 25, 2020

Come to Daddy is a twisty movie. A lot of its narrative power comes from its plot surprises, so as a ...

My Gun Is Quick Blu-ray Review: A Hard-boiled Jewel

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 24, 2020

Produced and directed together by Victor Saville (credited as Phil Victor) and George White, My Gun Is Quick is the third film ...

The Passion of Darkly Noon Blu-ray Review: The Story Goes Nowhere

By Mat Brewster | Mar 24, 2020

A man, dressed in a suit and tie but bruised and battered, comes running through the woods. He stumbles and ...

Endless Night Blu-ray Review: Not Your Typical Christie

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 23, 2020

Agatha Christie is well-known for cozy mysteries set in English villages where evil lurks beneath the neatly trimmed hedges; or ...

Judgment at Nuremberg (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Guilty of Being a Great Courtroom Drama

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 22, 2020

Previously an episode of the TV series Playhouse 90 (1959), Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) dramatizes the Judges' Trial of 1947, one ...

Spenser Confidential Movie Review: Epitome of Mediocrity

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 22, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Spenser Confidential is the cinematic equivalent of 'sit back and relax on a lazy Saturday afternoon'. ...

Superman: Red Son 4K UHD Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Communist

By Steve Geise | Mar 21, 2020

DC's latest animated movie explores the question of what would have happened if baby Superman landed in Russia instead of ...

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Movie Review: It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green Lantern

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 20, 2020

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is an anthology film of Lantern tales told as a cataclysmic crisis mounts that could spell ...

Richard Jewell Blu-ray Review: Misinformation Sells

By David Wangberg | Mar 19, 2020

It has become more of a gamble with Clint Eastwood's late-career directorial efforts. The Oscar-winning actor/filmmaker, who is still pumping ...

Baby It’s You Movie Review: A Good Character Study About a Young Woman

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 18, 2020

Based on a story by actress/producer Amy Robinson, Baby It’s You is John Sayles’ third film as a writer-director. Opening ...

Spider-Man: Homecoming Movie Review: Tom Holland Anchors a Welcome Grounding of the MCU

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 17, 2020

Unlike other entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where a hero debuted as the lead, Spider-Man: Homecoming feels more like ...

Fathom Events and TCM Present King Kong (1933)

By Mat Brewster | Mar 16, 2020

In 1929, while filming baboons in Africa on the set of The Four Feathers, director Merian C. Cooper developed the ...

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Movie Review: A Pleasant Film for Fans of Woody Allen’s Work

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 14, 2020

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger finds writer/director Woody Allen covering very familiar ground in this comedy about upper ...

Inside the Rain Movie Review: A Pretty Heartfelt Mental Illness Dramedy

By Matthew St.Clair | Mar 13, 2020

Rosie Perez has been having a slight career resurgence, having recently stole the show in Birds of Prey and being a highlight ...

Canyon Passage Blu-ray Review: Where the Scalps Fly Like Toupees… Only Not Quite

By Rock London | Mar 12, 2020

If you were to say I would love to see a Technicolor noir western directed by Jacques Tourneur, set in ...

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the Roundhouse Movie Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 11, 2020

Pink Floyd was formed in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), ...

Bombshell (2019) Blu-ray Review: Me (and Me and Me, etc.) Too

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 10, 2020

Available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy, Bombshell uses real news footage mixed with actor portrayals to tell the story of how ...

Queen & Slim Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling Drama Infused with Social Commentary

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 8, 2020

Director Melina Matsoukas and screenwriter Lena Waithe, both of whom are also producers on the project, made an impressive feature-film ...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona DVD Review: Lighthearted and Enjoyable

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 7, 2020

Written by Chris Smits Admittedly, I don't really know what it's like to come out of college and have the ...

Young Ahmed Movie Review: Minimalistic but Speaks Volumes

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 6, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar It's arduous to write about Young Ahmed without imposing personal views and judgements. Such is its concept. ...

Antonio Gaudí Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tone Poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and Art

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 5, 2020

Antonio Gaudí, a film by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927-2001), is a tone poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and art - ...

Swallow Movie Review: Haley Bennett Carries Slow Burn Psychological Thriller

By Matthew St.Clair | Mar 5, 2020

Hunter (Haley Bennett) seems to have it all. An idyllic home life with a wealthy and seemingly supportive husband, Richie ...

Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier DVD Review: One from the Heart of Darkness

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 4, 2020

Set during the Vietnam War and based on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Captain Willard is sent on a mission ...

Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible Movie Review: What Would Modern Art Be Like Without Duchamp?

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 3, 2020

Available on iTunes and Amazon on March 10, 2020, comes a new documentary film from Electrolift Creative Productions, Marcel Duchamp: The ...

Charade Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Film

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 1, 2020

While the bloated excess of Cleopatra (1963) bankrupted 20th Century Fox and helped bring an end to the Classic Hollywood ...

ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas Blu-ray Review: The Rise of ZZ Top

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 29, 2020

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas is a documentary that tells the story of the band, from their ...

Frozen II Blu-ray Review: Call the Police, It Got Robbed of an Oscar Nomination

By Steve Geise | Feb 28, 2020

Frozen II represents a new pinnacle in feature film animation, with dazzling artistic and technical prowess, a surprising and engaging story, ...

Book Review: Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler

By Mark Buckingham | Feb 27, 2020

I've been riding the Alien train for the better part of 40 years now, and through the franchises high points ...

Saint Frances Movie Review: A Topical Gem of Less Biblical Proportions

By Matthew St.Clair | Feb 27, 2020

It seems that even in today's society, the idea of a woman not wanting to be a parent is viewed ...

Tread Movie Review: A Captivating Cinematic Recreation

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 26, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar Tread is more of a cinematic recreation of real events than a documentary. It's so cinematic ...

Gojira / Godzilla, King of the Monsters DVD Review: A Good Set at a Great Price

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 25, 2020

Hollywood is filled with wonderful, trashy tales and legends of films being altered from their creator’s original intentions. Welles’ Touch ...

Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) Blu-ray Review: Save a Spot on Your Shelf

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 23, 2020

Steven Spielberg's award-winning 1998 WWII epic Saving Private Ryan was most notable for its technical wizardry and its debut on ...

Sundance 2020 Review: ‘I Carry You with Me’ and ‘Minari’ Handle Themes of Home and Immigration

By Matthew St.Clair | Feb 22, 2020

The Sundance Film Festival is typically a strong hub for breakout indies that are U.S.-based and in the English language. ...

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Let This One Go to Voicemail

By Mat Brewster | Feb 21, 2020

A group of friends are hanging out. A cell phone rings, but nobody recognizes the ringtone. Finally, someone realizes it ...

Manon Blu-ray Review: Doomed Love in Post-war France

By Mat Brewster | Feb 20, 2020

Manon Lescaut is an 18th Century novel by Antoine François Prévost. It was controversial at the time of its release, for ...