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History Is Made at Night (1937) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love Crosses the Atlantic

By KentConrad | Apr 20, 2021

Director Frank Borzage, who grew up with Hollywood, making (and acting in) silents from 1916 and remaining active up to ...

Memories of Murder is the Pick of the Week

By Davy | Apr 20, 2021

Seeing Bong Joon Ho's Parasite awhile back, I realized that I've missed out on a lot of great, and unique ...

Annie Get Your Gun Blu-ray Review: Shoots a Few Blanks but Hits the Overall Target

By Steve Geise | Apr 19, 2021

Prior to its release this week, this classic MGM movie adaptation of an American musical theatre staple has never been ...

Downton Abbey Movie Review: Fans Are Invited Back for a Royal Visit

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 19, 2019

After ending in 2015, Downton Abbey, the hit trans-Atlantic TV series that ran for six seasons, returns with a theatrical ...

Nobody (2021) Movie Review: Bob Odenkirk Is a Somebody in the Action Genre

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 19, 2021

As the movie opens, Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) looks like he's been though something. Handcuffed by police, his face is ...

Aliens: Infiltrator Book Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 17, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Titan books to award one lucky reader Aliens: Infiltrator. It will be published by ...

Perdita Durango 4K Ultra HD Review: An Evil, Evil Love Story

By KentConrad | Apr 16, 2021

An important key to understanding Perdita Durango, the character: her boyfriend is a bank-robbing Santeria priest who, in front of ...

Clapboard Jungle Movie Review: A Brutally Involving Document

By Davy | Apr 18, 2021

I don't have personal experience, but I've seen and heard enough to know that the film business can be a ...

Full Schedule Released for 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 15, 2021

Press release: Calling all film fans – Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today released the extensive lineup of talent, films, and ...

Criterion Announces July 2021 Releases

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 15, 2021

In July, The Criterion Collection will release a roster of all-new additions. They are Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror, Howard Hawks's Bringing ...

Sleeping Beauties Volume 1 Mesmerizes with IDW’s Illustrated Adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Masterpiece

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 14, 2021

Press release: The dreams and nightmarish realities of Stephen King and Owen King’s bestselling novel captivate in IDW‘s upcoming Sleeping ...

Death Has Blue Eyes Blu-ray Review: It’s a Mastorakis Mess

By Mat Brewster | Apr 14, 2021

Greek writer, producer, director Nico Mastorakis has had a long, strange career. He started out as a reporter, becoming the ...

Broadway Melody of 1940 Blu-ray Review: De-Lovely

By Steve Geise | Apr 13, 2021

The obvious draws for this classic MGM musical are the star turn by Fred Astaire and the songs written by ...

Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Back to the Future

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 12, 2021

Based on the comic of the same name, Legion of Super Heroes ran for two seasons (26 episodes) from 2006 ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: The Spine of Night

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 11, 2021

The Spine of Night by co-writers/co-directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King is a fantastic fantasy film featuring animated imagery ...

Moffie Movie Review: A Dive into the Underworld of Chauvinism

By Matthew St.Clair | Apr 10, 2021

Moffie, the latest effort from South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, isn’t a horror movie. However, it almost feels like one. ...

The Invisible Man Appears Blu-ray Review: It Can Finally Be Seen

By Mat Brewster | Apr 10, 2021

Why is it that in seemingly every depiction of an invisible man in the movies, the ability to turn invisible ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth ’76 DVD Review: A Day the Giants of Southern Rock Held Their Own Against the Stones

By generaljabbo | Apr 9, 2021

On August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd were part of a star-studded lineup at the third annual Knebworth Festival in England. ...

‘Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One’ Coming June 22, 2021 to Blu-ray & Digital

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 8, 2021

Press release: Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham send The World’s Greatest Detective into action – confronting both organized ...

The Day of the Beast (1995) 4K Ultra HD Review: Surrealist Spanish Horror Comedy

By KentConrad | Apr 8, 2021

With solemn music, steady angles and serious lighting, The Day of the Beast opens with a pair of priests in ...

Austin City Limits: Country (10-Disc Set) Review: A Vital Historical Document of Country Music

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 6, 2021

Austin City Limits: Country is a music fan's dream. This two-volume set comprised of 10 discs contains 164 live uncut ...

Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series is the Pick of the Week

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 5, 2021

Over the past couple of years, I finally caught up with Steve Gerber's run on Howard the Duck, a subversive ...

Rollerball Blu-ray Review: Worth Viewing, but Didn’t Maximize Its Potential

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 10, 2014

Before Star Wars came along in 1977 and reminded moviegoers how much fun science fiction could be, most of the ...

Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo Origins Volume 01 by Stan Sakai

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 7, 2021

Over the course of his comic book career, Stan Sakai has become a legend in the industry, winning numerous awards ...

Fargo Returns to Cinemas to Mark 25th Anniversary

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 3, 2021

Press release: Fathom Events and Park Circus are thrilled to announce that the Coen Brothers’ genre-subverting snowy thriller Fargo will return to the big ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: The Sparks Brothers

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 4, 2021

Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers is a loving biography that tells a story of persistence and resistance as Ron and ...

By Darcy Staniforth | Jan 29, 2020

On January 29, ShortsTV will debut THE 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS at the IFC Center in New York City ...

2021 Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Films Review

By Darcy Staniforth | Apr 1, 2021

On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...

2021 Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Films Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 2, 2021

On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Blu-ray Review: Long Live the King

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 30, 2019

Director/co-writer Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which takes its name (minus the exclamation point) from the re-edited American ...

By Mark Buckingham | Aug 16, 2014

The RiffTrax boys are at it again. This time, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, and Mike Nelson have chosen to skewer ...

Godzilla (1954) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The King of Monsters is Back

By Todd Karella | Feb 6, 2012

In 1954 one of the world's biggest monster movies was released to the big screen. Created and directed by Ishiro ...

2021 Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 31, 2021

On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete First Season Available on Blu-ray & DVD June 1, 2021

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 30, 2021

Press release: Eat, or be eaten! Kill, or be killed! Get into survival mode with Adult Swim’s #1 prehistoric animated ...

The Greatest Show on Earth Blu-ray Review: The Show Must Go On… and On… and On

By Jack Cormack | Mar 30, 2021

Epic corn was director Cecil B. DeMille’s metier, and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), his circus opus which won ...

Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 28: 1974-1976 by Chester Gould

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 30, 2021

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 ...

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 ...

Godzilla (1954) The Criterion Collection DVD Review: The Legendary Monster Makes its Debut

By generaljabbo | Jan 25, 2012

In 1954, Japan was still reeling from the effects of the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

Legendary Comics Announces ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Publishing Program

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 11, 2021

Press release: In anticipation of the March release of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures epic action adventure Godzilla vs. ...

Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon Volume 10: 1965-1966 by Milton Caniff

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 28, 2021

Since January 2012, the Library of American Comics, by way of IDW Publishing, has been releasing collections of Milton Caniff's ...

WonderCon@Home 2021: Hulu & Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Panel and Announcements

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 27, 2021

Today at WonderCon@Home, Hulu paneled its upcoming adult animated series, "Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.", which premieres May 21 on Hulu! Jordan Blum (co-creator) and Patton Oswalt (co-creator and voice of ...

King Kong (1976) Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray from Scream Factory Coming May 11

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 26, 2021

Press release: Los Angeles, CA –On May 11, 2021, Scream Factory proudly presents King Kong (1976) on Blu-ray for the ...

WonderCon@Home 2021 Program Highlights

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 26, 2021

Like last summer's Comic-Con International, this year's WonderCon is going virtual. For two days, activities planned include panels streaming and ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Udo Kier is Flawless in ‘Swan Song’

By Matthew St.Clair | Mar 24, 2021

Over the course of his career that spans almost six decades, German actor Udo Kier has been one of those ...

IDW Brings Wildly Popular Creators and Exclusives to WonderCon@Home Attendees Across the World

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 24, 2021

The time-honored tradition of attending panels and hunting for collectibles runs deep with comic fans, and IDW is thrilled to ...

Céline and Julie Go Boating Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Long, Strange, Riveting Film

By Mat Brewster | Mar 24, 2021

Julie (Dominique Labourier), a young woman with big, curly red hair, sits on a park bench distractedly reading a book ...

The Undoing: An HBO Limited Series Blu-ray Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 23, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader The Undoing: An HBO Limited ...

Earwig and the Witch Blu-ray Review: A Lesser Effort from Studio Ghibli

By Mat Brewster | Mar 29, 2021

Famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement in August of 2014. As he was the co-founder and main creative ...

The Yellow Wallpaper (2021) Movie Review: Beautiful but Lacks the Horror

By Darcy Staniforth | Mar 22, 2021

In 1890, Charlotte Perkins Gilman penned her story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” This feminist tale documents a woman named Jane’s battle ...

World of Wong Kar Wai is the Pick of the Week

By Davy | Mar 22, 2021

The great Wong Kar Wai, now-iconic filmmaker, has become one of the masters of modern contemporary cinema. He's one of ...

Damn Yankees Blu-ray Review: Lola Wants (and Gets) 4K

By xoxoxoe | Mar 21, 2021

How much do you love your favorite baseball team? Or, more accurately, how much do you hate the New York ...

Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape DVD Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 21, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Shout Factory to award one lucky reader Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape on ...

Birds of Prey Movie Review: A Chaotic Breath of Fresh Air in the DCEU

By Matthew St.Clair | Feb 17, 2020

Given how Margot Robbie was one of the few saving graces of Suicide Squad, it should come as no surprise ...

Shazam! (2019) Blu-ray Review: DC Makes a Marvelous Movie

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 16, 2019

Although it's the seventh movie in Warner Brothers' DC Extended Universe series, David F. Sandberg's Shazam! comes across like it ...

Aquaman Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Would Be Sea King

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 5, 2019

After appearing in Justice League, Aquaman (Jason Momoa) gets his own solo outing in the sixth installment of the DC Extended ...

Secrets & Lies Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinema at Its Best

By Davy | Mar 25, 2021

Legendary British director Mike Leigh is one of cinema's greatest and most profound humanists. He crafts beautifully painful portraits of ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 20, 2021

Mary Wharton's Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free opens with title cards revealing in 2020 a collection of 16 mm ...

SXSW Film Festival Announces 2021 Jury And Special Awards

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 19, 2021

The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the 2021 Jury and Special Award winners of the 28th SXSW ...

Born to Lead: Jim Calhoun Movie Review

By Rons Reviews | Mar 18, 2021

As we head into the 2021 NCAA Men’s basketball tournament, it seems like a perfect time for the documentary, Born ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: ‘Language Lessons’ Reminds Us of the Value of Connection

By Matthew St.Clair | Mar 18, 2021

Given how it’s been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic happened, the thought of watching an entire film involving people ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: Alien On Stage: Unlikely Heroes Played by Even Unlikelier Heroes

By Mark Buckingham | Mar 18, 2021

The movie Alien is defined by a number of characteristics -- high tension, elaborate special effects, a grim tone, and ...

Baby Doll Blu-ray Review: Let’s Play House, Baby

By Jack Cormack | Mar 17, 2021

Scripted by playwright Tennessee Williams, who got sole credit for this adaptation of two of his shorter plays, “Twenty-Seven Wagons ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: ‘See You Then’ Is a Vital and Intimate Telling of Womanhood

By Matthew St.Clair | Mar 17, 2021

For a short, 74-minute movie about two old flames reuniting over the course of one night, See You Then manages ...

Justice League (2017) Blu-ray Review: The DC Extended Universe Is Heading in the Right Direction

By Todd Karella | Mar 17, 2018

It’s been some time since the last film Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice where the Man of Steel (Henry ...

Book Review: Justice League: The Art of the Film by Abbie Bernstein

By Cinema Sentries | Dec 9, 2017

Written by Chad Derdowski Let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning: I haven’t seen Justice ...

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 17, 2021

Press release: ShortsTV, the first and only global channel and network dedicated to short films, announced today the 16th annual ...

Wonder Woman (2017) Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Uplifting, and Empowering

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 27, 2017

In the on-going competition between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, the latter has struggled keeping pace with their movies this ...

Suicide Squad Movie Review: DC Commits Suicide with Latest Blunder

By Cinema Sentries | Aug 5, 2016

Written by Kristen Lopez After the massive blunder called Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad was primed to ...

Book Review: Batman V Superman — Dawn of Justice: Tech Manual by Adam Newell and Sharon Gosling

By generaljabbo | Apr 7, 2016

Through the years, the Batman character has been known for his gadgets and technology. These have ranged from the ridiculous ...

SXSW 2021 Movie Review: ‘Potato Dreams of America’ Is Imaginatively Profound

By Matthew St.Clair | Mar 16, 2021

Queer youth goes on a journey of self-discovery while concealing their identity out of fear. A simple story that we’ve ...

[Updated] News of the World Blu-ray Combo Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 17, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader the News of the World ...

Southland Tales Blu-ray Review: Strange but Strangely Compelling

By KentConrad | Mar 16, 2021

Stepping in through the door right when the millennium was opening up and carrying with it a sense of doom ...

Book Review: Batman V Superman — Dawn of Justice: The Art of the Film by Peter Aperlo

By generaljabbo | Apr 8, 2016

Batman V Superman — Dawn Of Justice is a landmark event in the DC Extended Universe. It marks the first ...

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 12, 2021

In May, five titles will be released by The Criterion Collection. The new additions are Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, ...

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 15, 2021

In April, there will be five releases from The Criterion Collection. The new additions are Frank Borzage's History Is Made ...

Criterion Announces June 2021 Releases

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 15, 2021

In June, The Criterion Collection releases enough films to keep you busy for the month. They are Martin Bell, Mary ...

AFI Fest 2020 Review: Wolfwalkers

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 20, 2020

Made by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s Wolfwalkers is the third in Moore's Irish ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Riz Ahmed is a Powerhouse in ‘Sound of Metal’

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 14, 2019

Sound of Metal is definitely my tempo. One key reason is that it’s a starring vehicle for Riz Ahmed. He’s ...

Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’ Is a Promising Directorial Debut

By Matthew St.Clair | Feb 11, 2020

When Promising Young Woman begins, a cover of the song “It’s Raining Men” plays in the background as Cassie (Carey ...

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. ...

The Midnight Sky Movie Review: Astronomically Insipid

By Matthew St.Clair | Dec 17, 2020

Clearly, George Clooney can’t get enough of space. After previously getting stranded with Sandra Bullock in space in Gravity, he ...

Mank Movie Review: The Big Crack-up

By Jack Cormack | Dec 15, 2020

In the past few years, Netflix has enticed some of our best filmmakers—Joel & Ethan Coen, Alfonso Cuaron, David Fincher, ...

EMMA. (2020) Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Confection

By Mat Brewster | May 19, 2020

Bill Nighy is a treasure. I almost said "national treasure" there but since he’s English and I’m American I suppose ...

2021 Academy Award Nominees Announced

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 15, 2021

Press release: The 93rd Oscars will be held on The ceremony will take place in-person at Los Angeles’ Union Station and ...

Touki bouki Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Deserves to be Seen and Discovered

By Davy | Mar 14, 2021

I must admit that African cinema usually goes way over my head. I mostly gloss over it in favor of ...

Five Cool Things and Foo Fighters

By Mat Brewster | Jun 2, 2017

I try to go into movies cold, knowing as little as possible about them. I might watch a trailer and ...

Man of Steel (2013) Movie Review: Man of Action, but Little Thought

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 5, 2013

Director Zack Snyder, producer Christopher Nolan, and writer David S. Goyer have delivered an adaptation of Superman that is parts ...

DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Shrek’ Returns to Movie Theaters Nationwide for 20th Anniversary

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 13, 2021

Press release: Everyone’s favorite ogre is turning 20! Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and Fathom Events have partnered to bring Shrek, ...

IDW Previews Four Tantalizing Pages from Locke & Key / The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 12, 2021

Press release: New York Times bestselling novelist Joe Hill and superstar artist Gabriel Rodríguez have crafted a tale of mystery ...

Crossfire (1947) Blu-ray Review: Film Noir with a Message

By Mat Brewster | Mar 11, 2021

Crossfire, Edward Dmytryk's 1947 film which crosses classic noir tropes with an anti-racist message, is now getting a nice-looking Blu-ray ...

Pretty in Pink (35th Anniversary) Movie Review: Still Pretty, Still (Very) Pink

By xoxoxoe | Feb 17, 2021

Pretty in Pink turns 35 this year. It was a peak '80s film - featuring teen romance, members of the ...

Pretty in Pink Blu-ray Review: A Pretty Influential Portrait of Teenage Culture

By Davy | Jun 14, 2020

Okay, let's just get this out in the open. The whole "boy falls in love with girl, girl falls in ...

Turner Classic Movies Presents Annual Film Festival May 6–9 on TCM and HBO Max

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 10, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O54epyDM-Lo Press release: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today announced that the TCM Classic Film Festival will run virtually this year ...

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is the Pick of the Week

By Davy | Mar 8, 2021

As many film buffs know, legendary filmmaker Sam Peckinpah remains one of the greatest and most unpredictable directors in the ...

The Parallax View Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Second Entry in Pakula’s Political Paranoia Trilogy

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 9, 2021

Based on Loren Singer's 1970 novel of the same name, Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View is the second entry ...

Six by Sondheim Blu-ray Review: Behind the Music of a True Broadway Baby

By xoxoxoe | Mar 8, 2021

The HBO television documentary Six by Sondheim is now available on Blu-ray. A fascinating look at the career of Stephen Sondheim, it tells ...

Smooth Talk Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Teen’s Roller Coaster Ride from Innocence to Harsh Reality

By xoxoxoe | Mar 7, 2021

1985's Smooth Talk, directed by Joyce Chopra (Murder in a Small Town, The Lemon Sisters, Blonde), follows restless teenager Connie ...

Book Review: Later by Stephen King: Growing Up with Ghosts

By Jack Cormack | Mar 7, 2021

Dismiss his output from the last few decades all you like: Stephen King is a master of sentence construction. And ...

Toei Animation and Funimation Present Dragon Ball Super: Battle of the Battles Global Fan Event on March 27

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 6, 2021

Last December, fans were asked to name the greatest “Dragon Ball Super” fights of all times and the response was ...

On-Gaku: Our Sound Movie Review: A Lo-fi Delight

By Mat Brewster | Mar 8, 2021

On-Gaku: Our Sound is a lo-fi animated treat from director Kenji Iwaisawa about a trio of high school delinquents who ...

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! (1970) Deluxe Edition DVD Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 4, 2021

Horton Hears a Who! was the second television special that combined the talents of author Dr. Seuss and animator Chuck ...

Victor and Valentino: Folk Art Foes DVD Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 3, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Warner Brothers Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader Victor and Valentino: Folk Art ...

Time Life and Austin City Limits Proudly Present AUSTIN CITY LIMITS COUNTRY

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 2, 2021

For the first time ever, iconic country music performances from Austin City Limits, the longest-running music show in television history, ...

Fatale Blu-ray Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 2, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Lionsgate Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader a Fatale Blu-ray Combo. It is ...

Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks is the Pick of the Week

By Mat Brewster | Mar 1, 2021

Well, hi there. It has been a long time since I've written one of these. Dave has done such a ...

Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Blu-ray Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 5, 2021

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are a legendary comedy duo that had international success with both their silent and sound ...

2021 Golden Globes Winners Announced

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 3, 2021

The Hollywood Foreign Press has selected their nominations in film and television for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Hosted ...

The Vigil Review: A Minimalist Exercise in Paralyzing Grief

By Matthew St.Clair | Feb 28, 2021

A limited setting, an ominous score, and a “things go bump in the night” storyline. All are three simple yet ...

Album Reviews: The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass (Legacy Edition)

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 4, 2011

During the '90s as country music was getting a pop polish and alternative rock was becoming mainstream, the Jayhawks were ...

Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: We Are Not Monsters

By Jack Cormack | Feb 16, 2021

The first five minutes of HBO’s adventure horror series, Lovecraft Country (Season One), tells you everything you need to know ...

Mandabi Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Unexpected Money Leads to Lots of Problems

By David Wangberg | Feb 16, 2021

One of the things that Ousmane Sembène’s second feature film does that so few films do is, take lesser-known actors ...

San Francisco Blu-ray Review: The King of the Barbary Coast Finds His Queen

By Jack Cormack | Feb 16, 2021

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is the backdrop for this handsomely mounted 1936 MGM production, which spends far too ...

Crisis (2021) Movie Review: Surprisingly Disappointing

By David Wangberg | Feb 26, 2021

With heavy inspiration drawn from movies like Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, Nicholas Jarecki’s Crisis takes a look at America’s addiction to ...

Album Review: Pearl Jam: Live on Ten Legs

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 12, 2011

Pearl Jam begins the celebration of their 20th anniversary with the compilation album Live on Ten Legs, the title playing ...

The Town (2010) Movie Review: Crime and Some Punishment

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 16, 2011

Based on Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves, director Ben Affleck delivers an action-packed, suspense-filled crime drama populated with great ...

Best Movies and Trailers of 2010

By ShawnBourdo | Jan 9, 2011

Each year I predict what my favorite movies for the upcoming year will be. I'm usually so far off that ...

Man Push Cart Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Essential Cinema

By Davy | Feb 19, 2021

Foreigners in a foreign land express the often grim, depressing, but sometimes hopeful studies of immigrants desperate to survive a ...

Chop Shop Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Miracle of Independent Cinema

By Davy | Feb 20, 2021

With his wonderful 2005 Man Push Cart, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani beautifully captured the grim circumstances of being an immigrant in ...

On Moonlight Bay Blu-ray Review: Day and MacRae Play on the Bay

By Steve Geise | Feb 25, 2021

Booth Tarkington is most famously remembered as the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice ...

Harley Quinn: The Complete First And Second Seasons Blu-ray Review: Very Adult, Very Funny

By Todd Karella | Feb 25, 2021

Remember back in the day when you were a child and you could turn on the television and watch Saturday ...

Fear of Rain Blu-ray Giveaway

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 16, 2021

Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Lionsgate Home Entertainment to award one lucky reader a Fear of Rain Blu-ray Combo. ...

Smooth Talk is the Pick of the Week

By Davy | Feb 22, 2021

There have been so many tales of adolescence and teenage portraits of sexual and social mores than most people can ...

PaleyFest LA 2021 Full Line-up Announced

By Cinema Sentries | Feb 27, 2021

The Paley Center for Media has announced the full lineup of programming for PaleyFest LA 2021. The country’s premier television ...

Lady Sings the Blues Blu-ray Review: Good Morning Heartache

By Jack Cormack | Feb 24, 2021

Allow me to state this upfront: In Lady Sings the Blues (1972; director, Sidney J. Furie), Diana Ross gives a ...

Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob DVD Review

By ShawnBourdo | Feb 23, 2021

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The ...

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Series DVD Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 21, 2021

Previously an exclusive from Time Life, the landmark variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: The Complete Series is now available ...

Book Review: Vision & the Scarlet Witch: The Saga of Wanda and Vision

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 22, 2021

Tying in with Disney+'s WandaVision, Marvel has repackaged some of the duo's adventures in Vision & the Scarlet Witch: The ...

Toy Story 3 Blu-ray Review: You’ll Never Outgrow It

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 14, 2011

When a studio delivers a third installment in a series, it's often more focused on making money rather than making ...

Joint Security Area Blu-ray Review: Friendship and Murder in the DMZ

By Mat Brewster | Jan 22, 2021

I first came to Park Chan-wook's films, like I suspect a lot of other Americans did, through Oldboy, his 2003 masterwork ...

Bartender (2006) Blu-ray Review: A Calming Aperitif of a Show

By KentConrad | Jan 19, 2021

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 ...

Book Review: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse by Stuart Douglas

By ZombieUnicorn | Jan 10, 2021

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse (2020) by Stuart Douglas is the thirty-second entry in The Further Adventures of ...

Skyfire Movie Review: Utterly Predictable but Harmless

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 11, 2021

Skyfire is directed by Simon West, a filmmaker with a not-so-good track record. Two out of his previous four films have ...

TV Review: The Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

By Darcy Staniforth | Jan 12, 2021

The summer of 1985 was filled with terror for Southern California residents. A serial killer, who would come to be ...

Versus (2000) Blu-ray Review: Samurai Zombie Yakuza Action

By KentConrad | Jan 14, 2021

Japanese cinema at the beginning of the 21st century was fun. There was an explosion of cinematic talent coming from ...

The Marksman (2021) Movie Review: Off Target

By David Wangberg | Jan 15, 2021

There is no debating that Liam Neeson is the one big-name actor currently working in Hollywood who is able to ...