Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
Here’s Flash Casey DVD Review: His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, and Andy Hardy Walk into a Bar…
There’s a lot of story going on for such a short runtime.
Read MoreMonk: Season Three Blu-ray Review: Bigger Stakes and More Colorful Characters
This brilliant third season continues the misadventures of everyone’s favorite quirky TV detective.
Read MoreGentleman Jim Blu-ray Review: Still Packs a Punch
A lighthearted drama that packs a punch and has some good laughs.
Read MoreHouse of the Long Shadows Blu-ray Review: Four Horror Icons Enter an Old Dark House
Vincent Price casually calls Lee a “bitch.” Good stuff.
Read MoreMonk: Season One Blu-ray Review: An Engaging, Grounded Comic Mystery Series
I really enjoyed Monk: Season One and am looking forward to the later seasons.
Read MoreMutant Blast Blu-ray Review: A Witty, Weird, Gorific Blast
I laughed and said “WTF?” many times
Read MoreBigfoot or Bust Blu-ray Review: It’s Busty Alright
I was indeed amused for a bit and I’m just saying, Bigfoot, you deserve better, buddy.
Read MoreThe Rules of the Game Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: The Shooting Party
In cinema, as in life, so much comes down to the details.
Read MoreKnockabout Blu-ray Review: Sticks, Shticks, and Slapstick
Arrow Video continues their new series of Sammo Hung releases with this action comedy from early in his directorial career.
Read MoreMen at Work Blu-ray Review: Put Away the Vegemite. It’s Not the Band from a Land Down Under
It plays like an odd comic book mashup of Weekend At Bernie’s, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and an 8-bit Nintendo action/adventure game.
Read MoreI’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing Blu-ray Review: A Prime Example of the Immediacy and Importance of Films by Women
A charming and quietly resonant film about queerness and the ambitions of women.
Read MoreThe Brink’s Job Blu-ray Review: William Friedkin’s Heist Film
An enjoyable period piece that’s entertaining for its full 104 minutes.
Read MoreDona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu-ray Review: Sexy, Funny, and Highly Entertaining
I can see why the film remains a classic of international cinema.
Read MoreThe Nan Movie Review: Bad Grandma
While Tate is great as one of her signature characters, some odd decisions derail much of the goodwill for the production.
Read MoreTribeca 2022 Review: Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying
A relatable, snarky tale of the frustrating aspects of DIY filmmaking and the longtime friendship that can be affected by it.
Read MoreTribeca 2022 Review: Out of Order
It tells a relatable and honest story of an ordinary man just trying to find his place to poop.
Read MoreTribeca 2022 Review: Nude Tuesday
One of the best feel-weird, feel-good movies I’ve seen in quite a long time.
Read MoreMystery Science Theater 3000: Season 13 and The Gizmoplex Debut Today
The venerable movie commentary show enters a new phase, and a new season on its own streaming platform.
Read MoreSXSW 2022 Review: The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks Review
They’ve gotten older, but the Kids are alright.
Read MoreSXSW 2022 Review: Radical Honesty
Despite it being only six minutes, this short accurately portrays the notions of very ill-conceived male dominance over women when dating.
Read MoreGold Diggers of 1933 Blu-ray Review: It’s Perfect
Gold Diggers of 1933 is one of the very best Depression-era musicals.
Read MoreMy Little Chickadee Blu-ray Review: A Delightful Romp Worth Seeing Some Time
West and Fields have a few scenes together, but the film’s funniest moments are when they are apart.
Read MoreWerewolves Within Movie Review: A Hair-Raising Horror-Comedy
A hair-raising horror comedy with Christie-esque mystery, a colorful acting ensemble, and Ace of Base.
Read MoreShe Done Him Wrong Blu-ray Review: But This Film Will Do You Right
If you love classic film, and want to see something bold but subtle, then you should add this to your collection.
Read MoreMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Blu-ray Review: Solid Comedy Construction
Cary Grant and Myrna Loy have very convincing chemistry, no doubt greatly aided by their prior two screen pairings.
Read MoreTiny Tim: King for a Day Movie Review: A Poignant Look at the Quirky 1960s Star
Director Johan von Sydow examines the life of the quirky, ukulele-playing singer who kept audiences laughing during the tumultuous 1960s.
Read MoreSecrets & Lies Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinema at Its Best
Secrets & Lies has everything one could ever want in a film.
Read MoreSXSW 2021 Movie Review: Udo Kier is Flawless in ‘Swan Song’
Udo Kier is at a career-best level as an elderly gay man reconciling with his troubled past.
Read MoreCarole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray Review: An Early Glimpse of the Queen of Screwball Comedy
The set includes Fast and Loose, Man of the World, and No Man of Her Own.
Read MoreNever Give a Sucker an Even Break Blu-ray Review: W.C. Fields’ Last Star Turn Delivers Laughs
Although it’s a presentation of a series of sketches rather than a unified story being told, that doesn’t make it any less funny.
Read MoreAn Unmarried Woman Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Bold and Groundbreaking
A still fresh, unapologetically honest portrait of a woman’s reawakening.
Read MoreCRSHD Movie Review: A Vigorous and Earnest Directorial Debut
CRSHD overcomes familiar story beats with its zestful directorial structure and profound central performances.
Read MoreBilly Liar Blu-ray Review: Tom Courtenay’s Performance is Absolutely Spellbinding
The late, great director John Schlesinger crafts a sad but uproarious portrait of a young man’s inner and outer life.
Read MoreLike A Boss Blu-ray Review: Making Up is Hard to Do
Like A Boss has a great cast with a lot of chemistry, but somehow it just never seems to all come together.
Read MoreJexi Blu-ray Review: Mindless, Silly Fun with a Hint of Possibility
Overall, the movie is enjoyable.
Read MoreLike A Boss Movie Review: A Middling Investment
Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish are the strong center of this amusing yet manufactured comedy.
Read MoreInterview with Brian Volk-Weiss: Comedy Producer and Creator of Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us
We should all be looking forward to his take on ‘Star Wars’.
Read MoreRobin Williams: Comic Genius (5-DVD Set) Review: A Retrospective of the Brilliant Comedian
A collection that Williams fans will return to time and time again.
Read MoreHarpoon (2019) Movie Review: A Gory, Gutsy, Giddy Voyage
Filled with blood and betrayal, Harpoon is sometimes tough to swallow, but easy to love.
Read MoreThe Major and the Minor Blu-ray Review: Wild Comedy from Billy Wilder
The Major and the Minor may have been the first Hollywood film directed by Wilder, but it is also one of his best.
Read MoreFantastic Fest 2019 Review: Koko-di Koko-da: Horror Through Repetition
Dying over and over shouldn’t be fun, but Koko-di Koko-da sure is a creepy joyride.
Read MoreAttack of the Robots (1966) Blu-ray Review: Eddie Constantine Lays His Cards on the Table
Redemption Films brings Jess Franco’s campy cult Eurospy spoof to Blu-ray, including an uncredited aural contribution by yours truly.
Read MoreThe Girl Most Likely To… Blu-ray Review: Very Dark, Very Funny
Stockard Channing is great in her first starring role as an ugly ducking in this dark, funny comedy from Joan Rivers.
Read MoreMonstrosity (1987) / Weirdo: The Beginning (1989) Blu-rays Review: Why? WHY?
Garagehouse Pictures releases a pair of awful horror obscurities which may either induce vomiting, blindness, or death, depending on how lucky you are.
Read MoreThe Real McCoy (1993) Blu-ray Review: Dammit, Kim!
Kino Lorber places Russell Mulcahy’s heist stinker starring Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer on display for you to give or take.
Read MoreLu Over the Wall Blu-ray Review: Vampire Mermaids Warm the Heart
A boy befriends a mermaid, and director Masaaki Yuasa reigns in his anarchic animation style…for a little while.
Read MoreCabin Boy (1994) Blu-ray Review: Still Floating After All These Years
Kino Lorber bravely launches a Special Edition release for one of the most hated films of the mid ’90s.
Read MoreTag Blu-ray Review: Chase This Down
Although Tag seemed to get overlooked in this summer’s box office competition, it’s well worth chasing down on Blu-ray this fall.
Read MoreThe Spy Who Dumped Me Movie Review: Kate McKinnon Provides Non-Stop Laughs
A PSA that Kate McKinnon is a true blue comedic movie star.
Read MoreCondemned! | The Devil to Pay! DVDs Review: Both Worthy of Exclamation Points
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off two pre-Code Ronald Colman classics featuring Ann Harding, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, and a familiar-looking terrier.
Read MoreLights of New York (1928) DVD Review: The Most Sublime Milestone in Cinema
The Warner Archive Collection brings us the first all-talking motion picture ever, which deserves a look-see for that very reason alone.
Read MoreFireman, Save My Child (1932) DVD Review: Old Hatter Up
Joe E. Brown strikes out in a tired pre-Code baseball comedy now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Gay Bride (1934) DVD Review: Married to the Flop
Carole Lombard and Chester Morris unite for a well-aged gangster screwball comedy, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreSchlock (1973) Blu-ray Review: The Dawn of Landis
John Landis’ campy homage to classic monster movies surfaces in High-Definition for a limited time from Turbine Media Group.
Read MoreMGM’s The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) DVD Review: When Compilations Were String
For whatever reason, the Warner Archive Collection releases Robert Youngson’s effortless cut-and-paste documentary to DVD-R.
Read MoreThe Chastity Belt (1967) DVD Review: As Uncomfortable As You’d Expect
Tony Curtis and Monica Vitti are more than a bit rusty in this appallingly unfunny Italian sex comedy from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreKiller Klowns from Outer Space Blu-ray Review: Because Killer Klowns Not from Outer Space Simply Wouldn’t Sell
Thirty years later, I still get excited by how absurd it is.
Read MoreHarry and Walter Go to New York (1976) Blu-ray Review: They Should’ve Stayed Home
Twilight Time brings us the maligned crime caper comedy with James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, and Diane Keaton.
Read MoreSummer of ’42 (1971) Blu-ray Review: There’s a First Time for Everything
The obscured (if slightly controversial now) coming-of-age hit returns to home video courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreAllenesque: Five Woody Allen Movies on Blu-ray from Twilight Time
From screwball spoofs to serious dramas, this quintet of features from the one and only comedian/filmmaker offers a variety of stylings.
Read MoreLeatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) Blu-ray Review: Indie Codependent
The Warner Archive Collection revs up the gas for Jeff Burr’s controversial buzzer.
Read MoreHarper (1966) / The Drowning Pool (1975) Blu-rays Review: Newman’s Own Detective Series
The Warner Archive Collection brings us two excellent transfers of two contrasting tales starring the great Paul Newman.
Read MoreAuntie Mame (1958) Blu-ray Review: And It’s Completely Lucille Ball-Free, Too!
The Warner Archive Collection brings us a beautiful restoration of Rosalind Russell’s original great aunt.
Read MoreDoc Hollywood (1991) Blu-ray Review: A Crash, a Clash, a Fox Office Splash
Michael J. Fox goes country in this early ’90s rom-com now available on BD from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreOh God, They’re Singing: Three Classic Musicals on Blu-ray
The Warner Archive and Twilight Time give us some old song and dance routines, available in High-Definition (and in one case, widescreen) for the first time.
Read MoreThe Super (1991) DVD Review: Low Rent Entertainment
The Warner Archive Collection raises the roof on Joe Pesci’s flop.
Read MoreA Trio of WAC Pre-Codes: Oh, the Horror Icons!
The Warner Archive Collection presents three pre-Code rarities featuring a serendipitous number of classic early horror movie stars.
Read MoreThor: Ragnarok Blu-ray Review: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Holiday Special
Chris Hemsworth lets his hair down (and sleeps with one eye open) in this highly enjoyable change of pace from director Taika Waititi.
Read MoreHalf Magic Movie Review: A Brash Take on Sex Positivity
Heather Graham’s debut is certainly relevant, but still feels like there is another story waiting to be told.
Read MoreThe Trip to Spain (2017) Blu-ray Review: Moore (or Les) of the Same
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are at it again in this feature film version of the popular UK TV series.
Read MoreCharley Chase at Hal Roach: The Talkies, Volume One: 1930-31 DVD Review: In One Word, “Yes!”
The Sprocket Vault releases a two-disc set celebrating the lost talent of one very gifted comic.
Read MoreWaiting for Guffman (1996) Blu-ray Review: The Waiting is the Artist Part
The brilliant mockumentary from Christopher Guest and Co. gets a beautiful new High-Definition transfer from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreA Quintet of Pre-Codes from the Warner Archive
The WAC has more early ’30s fun to offer, featuring young Loretta Young, Joan Blondell, leading man Edward Everett Horton, and a pre-wheelchair Lionel Barrymore.
Read MoreI, Tonya Movie Review: Using Camp to Deconstruct It
Although an imperfect film, I, Tonya celebrates the imperfections of its leading lady with surprising emotional resonance.
Read MoreJoe Versus the Volcano (1990) Blu-ray Review: When Tom Met Meg
John Patrick Shanley’s quirky fantastical romance hits Blu waves with a stellar transfer from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreRuby (1977) / Satan’s Cheerleaders Blu-rays Review: Tales from the Drive-In
VCI Entertainment goes retro with two imperfect releases for two equally flawed horror flicks.
Read MoreThe Wrong Guy (1997) Blu-ray Review: The Right Release
Kino Lorber’s Studio Classics releases the quirky late ’90s Canadian comedy starring Dave Foley, David Anthony Higgins, and Jennifer Tilly.
Read MoreThe Gumball Rally (1976) Blu-ray Review: Real Cars. Real Actors. Real Fun.
The Warner Archive Collection revs its engines up for one of the greatest cross-country race flicks to hail from the ’70s.
Read MoreThe Man with Two Brains / My Blue Heaven Blu-rays Review: Get Martinized
The Warner Archive Collection re-releases two of Steve Martin’s best films, this time in glorious High-Definition.
Read MoreFreebie and the Bean (1974) Blu-ray Review: How Can Something So Wrong Feel So Right?
Look out, world ‒ because James Caan and Alan Arkin are on the loose again, thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe High Commissioner (1968) Blu-ray Review: The Accidental Spy from Down Under
Kino Lorber brings us a fun tale of an abrasive detective wrapped up in international intrigue starring Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer.
Read MoreLady Bird Movie Review: Greta Gerwig Soars in Her Directorial Debut
Lady Bird takes the tired coming-of-age genre and makes it feel refreshing and naturalistic.
Read MoreA Bad Moms Christmas Movie Review: A Bittersweet Glass Of Eggnog
It’s like deja vu in terms of plot but the cast makes it immensely watchable.
Read MoreYoung Doctors in Love (1982) Blu-ray Review: Do Not Resuscitate
While the talent may have been fresh, it’s clear no one in Garry Marshall’s soap opera spoof scrubbed up first.
Read MoreInnocent Blood (1992) Blu-ray Review: A Parisian Vampire in Pittsburgh
The Warner Archive Collection unveils a gorgeous new uncut transfer of John Landis’ star-studded horror/action/comedy.
Read MorePopcorn (1991) Blu-ray Review: Hot Buttered Death
Synapse Films turns up the heat on one of early ’90s most underrated horror movies.
Read MoreThe Hidden (1987) Blu-ray Review: The Best Movie John Carpenter Never Made
The Warner Archive Collection proudly delivers this amazing horror/sci-fi/action/comedy hybrid starring young Kyle MacLachlan.
Read MoreThe House (2017) Blu-ray Review: Silly but Slight
The ensemble generates laughs, but the movie feels like watching improv actors early in the workshop phase rather than a polished product.
Read MoreKid Galahad (1962) Blu-ray Review: Elvis. Bronson. Sold.
Twilight Time brings us the only film in history to feature Elvis Presley and Charles Bronson, which automatically makes it awesome by default.
Read MoreThe Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) Blu-ray Review: Deep Red Something
Sergio Martino’s wild giallo/poliziotteschi/comedy hybrid is just as jaw-droppingly amazing as it sounds.
Read More8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) Blu-ray Review: As Braindead as Its Name Implies
Joe Pesci’s waning career gets ahead of itself in this delightfully dumb film now available in HD from Twilight Time.
Read MoreEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) Blu-ray Review: Who’s Afraid?
Twilight Time brings us Woody Allen’s legendary farce, highlighted by appearances from such greats as Gene Wilder and John Carradine.
Read MoreState Fair (1962) Blu-ray Review: Suppose They Held an Exhibition and Nobody Came?
Jose Ferrer directs Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, and Ann-Margret in an awkward musical remake of a musical remake.
Read MoreThe Loved One (1965) Blu-ray Review: I’m Lovin’ It
The Warner Archive unleashes an outrageous black comedy cult classic that covers a lot of desecrated ground.
Read MoreKilling Hasselhoff (2016) DVD Review: The Stoner Comedy of the Year
Ken Jeong and David Hasselhoff cast-off amid a wave of improv comics and washed-up cameos in this vulgar, strangely enjoyable guilty pleasure.
Read MoreThe Wheeler Dealers (1963) Blu-ray Review: It’d Be Funnier If It Weren’t So Damn True
The Warner Archive Collection deals us a vintage James Garner/Lee Remick screwball comedy that hits a little too close to reality today.
Read MoreYear of the Comet (1992) Blu-ray Review: It’s Twilight Wine Time
Peter Yates’ unintentionally hilarious adventure tale will make you want to join a wine club and beat him over the head with it.
Read MoreCrashing: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: A Worthwhile and Hilarious Series
An edgy and painfully honest TV show about the lives of comedians.
Read MoreThe Rounders (1965) Blu-ray Review: Glenn Ford. Henry Fonda. ‘Nuff Said.
The Warner Archive Collection wrangles up a classic western comedy starring two of filmdom’s greatest cowboys.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Riches, Fortunes, Millions, and Women
Four classics ranging from comedic capers to World War II musicals to soul-stirring Woody Allen dramas make their HD home video debut.
Read MoreS.O.B. (1981) Blu-ray Review: Julie Andrews’ Most Revealing Role
The Warner Archive Collection releases Blake Edwards’ bitingly funny stab at Hollywood, featuring his famous wife’s only nude scene.
Read MoreBrain Damage (1988) Blu-ray Review: The Greatest Drug Parable Never Aired
Frank Henenlotter’s rude, crude, cult horror-comedy classic receives a fresh fix from Arrow Video in this must-have release.
Read MoreSpotlight on a Murderer (1961) Blu-ray Review: Illuminating French Proto-Slasher
A most unique mystery/black comedy from Georges Franju receives a long-overdue opportunity to shine in the US thanks to Arrow Academy.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Go Big, but Don’t Go Home!
Four classic titles ranging from suffocating small town drama to the wonderful world of corporate corruption highlight this must-see wave of new Blu-ray releases.
Read MoreFight for Your Lady (1937) DVD Review: The Ultimate Showdown of Goofy Faces
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off an odd comic rarity with Ida Lupino and an epic battle of dirty looks between Jack Oakie and Billy Gilbert.
Read MoreBob Hope Salutes the Troops DVD Review: Thanks for the Military Memories
Six TV specials recorded while Hope and company were on the road entertaining U.S. servicemen and women.
Read MoreL’assassino (The Assassin) Blu-ray Review: The Lady-Killer of Rome Returns
Elio Petri’s forgotten, strange, and very dark satire makes a long-overdue debut in the U.S. from the newly launched Arrow Academy.
Read MoreThe Dismembered (1962) Blu-ray Review: I’d Rather Be in Philadelphia
Garagehouse Pictures digs up one of the goofiest ‒ and yet, strangely intriguing ‒ lost regional horror comedies ever.
Read MoreThe Girl and the General (1967) DVD Review: All Give Some, None Give All
A shockingly subdued Rod Steiger stars in this Italian-made WWI dramedy from Pasquale Festa Campanile.
Read MoreInteriors (1978) / Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) Blu-rays Review: Suicidal Tendencies
Twilight Time unveils the HD debuts of two distinctly different dramas featuring Mary Beth Hurt.
Read MoreVitaphone Varieties, Volume Three: 1928-1929 DVD Review: Utterly Amazing
The Warner Archive Collection unleashes 16 more lost novelty acts from the days of vaudeville and burlesque shows.
Read MoreWait Until Dark (1967) / Love in the Afternoon (1957) Blu-rays Review: An Audrey Two-fer
The Warner Archive Collection brings us two remarkably different ‒ but nevertheless essential ‒ offerings from the inimitable Audrey Hepburn.
Read MoreMillionaires in Prison (1940) DVD Review: The Club Fed of the ’40s
The Warner Archive paroles a corny prison yarn featuring Shemp Howard and the voice of Jiminy Cricket as inmates.
Read MoreBlu-rays Review: Twilight Time Goes Around the World (and Then Some)
Six globetrotting adventures and dramas make their HD home video debuts, including a Sonny Chiba disaster flick and that missing title from you Ray Harryhausen collection.
Read MoreA Girl in Every Port (1952) DVD Review: Because Chico Needed the Money
Groucho’s last leading role ‒ now available from the Warner Archive ‒ isn’t something you’d bet your life on, but warrants a viewing from devoted Marxists just the same.
Read MoreProperty Is No Longer a Theft (1973) Blu-ray Review: Undeniably Italian
Elio Petri’s forgotten, strange, and very dark satire makes a long-overdue debut in the US from the newly launched Arrow Academy.
Read MoreThe Vampire Bat (1933) Blu-ray Review: Restored and Ready to Leave Its Mark
The best B horror movie Universal Studios never made receives a beautiful makeover from the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Detective.
Read MoreWon Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Blu-ray Review: Save Yourself, Dawg
Yes, it’s a dog’s world, but that doesn’t mean you have to live in it.
Read MoreWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Vote for Pedro
Pedro Almodóvar’s career-defining, groundbreaking dark screwball comedy gets the Criterion treatment ‒ and is just as awesome as you’d expect it to be.
Read MoreMoscow on the Hudson (1984) Blu-ray Review: Relocation, Relocation, Relocation!
Robin Williams turns in an exceptionally fine dramatic performance in this must-see classic from Paul Mazursky, now available in High-Definition from Twilight Time.
Read MoreIt’s Always Fair Weather (1955) Blu-ray Review: Gene Kelly’s Blues
The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents something anyone can sing and dance to: a Cynical Musical from the otherwise sunny 1950s.
Read MoreThe Goodbye Girl (1977) Blu-ray Review: Back When Richard Dreyfuss Was Sexy
Neil Simon’s Oscar-winning precursor to the contemporary rom-com receives a warm welcome from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreFather of the Bride (1950) Blu-ray Review: RSVP to the WAC BD ASAP
The original classic receives a makeover to die for thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreWhen a Feller Needs a Friend (1932) DVD Review: How About a Break Instead?
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off one of the sappiest, nerve-wracking, Depression-era family melodramas ever made. Enjoy.
Read MoreBinge-Worthy Collections from the Warner Archive
From forgotten comedy duos to early travelogues to matinee cowboy pictures, the WAC has just a bit of everything for classic film collectors.
Read MoreBoy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) Blu-ray Review: Please Hang Up and Try Again
Olive Films releases one of Bob Hope’s legendary flops, which is almost bad enough to be funny.
Read MoreMusicals and the Musically Inclined from the Warner Archive
Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Julie Andrews highlight a trio of amazing rom-coms from more enjoyable, innocent times.
Read MoreBlindman (1971) DVD Review: Don’t Let This One Out of Your Sight
The seldom-seen Spaghetti Western outing starring Tony Anthony and a recently disbanded Ringo Starr finally hits DVD.
Read MoreDoc Savage: The Man of Bronze Blu-ray Review: A Hero? Yes. Super? Hell, No.
One of the pulp world’s first heroes makes for one of film world’s worst zeroes.
Read MoreUniversal Studios Home Entertainment Holiday Gift Guide 2016
From classic tear-jerkers to vintage knee-slappers, these goodies are sure to warm the hearts and tickle the funnybones of movie buffs.
Read MoreVamp (1986) Blu-ray Review: From Dusk Till… Hey, Wait a Minute!
Though the extras for this Arrow Video release are a bit on the anemic side, I can still sink my teeth in this fun ’80s vampire cult classic.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Sense and Sensitivities
From insensitive employers to less-than-sensible debates about mayonnaise, this assortment of odds and ends is sure to inspire those of you who feel like humanity has lost all common sense.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: All for the Glory of Love
From Peckinpah to Price and from Scott to Sinatra, this assortment of classics from Twilight Time doesn’t mess around.
Read MoreThe Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Box Set Review: Class-Ick
Arrow Video releases the definitive box set (well two, actually) paying all respect due to one of filmdom’s most unique innovators.
Read MoreMen & Chicken Blu-ray Review: Hard-Boiled Danish
Breaching all boundaries of good taste, I can’t decide if Denmark’s award-winning black comedy is for mankind or just plain fowl.
Read MoreTCFF 2016 Review: The Babymoon
Pregnancy has no limits in this very fun comedy adventure.
Read MoreCrime or Climb: Tails of Scaling and Failing from the Warner Archive
Sean Connery ascends, George Hamilton pretends, and Don Siegel defends in this trio from the WAC.
Read MoreEdward G. Robinson Breaks Out of the Warner Archive Collection!
Yeah, a quartet of individual titles starring classic Hollywood’s perennial tough guy make their DVD debuts, see?
Read MoreFrom Horrifying to Horrible: Back in Print from the Warner Archive
From a magnificent assembling of classic horror of the ’30s, to the various sorts of silliness the whole of the ’90s had to offer, these four releases will have you screaming.
Read MoreMike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Blu-ray Review: One of the Funniest Movies in a Long Time
A hilarious movie that delivers laugh after laugh.
Read MoreStablemates / Lord Jeff DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Rooney
The Warner Archive Collection slips us a couple of Mickeys (with plenty of Wood) in these two rarely-seen gems.
Read MoreVamp Blu-ray Review: Belongs in the Pantheon of Great Comic Horror
A surprisingly clever ’80s movie with lots of “bite.”
Read MoreHaunted Honeymoon (1986) Blu-ray Review: Tamer Wilder
Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, and a dragged-out Dom DeLuise star in one frighteningly unfunny feature.
Read MorePaperback Review: Madeline Kahn – Being The Music, A Life by William V. Madison
A genuine and uncompromising biography of one of the most legendary women in the history of comedy.
Read MoreForbidden Hollywood, Volume 10 DVD Review: The End of an Era? Not Quite!
The Warner Archive Collection unveils its final ‘Forbidden Hollywood’ set with a fine gathering of controversial and naughty gems from the pre-Code days.
Read MoreHaunted Honeymoon (1940) / A Fine Pair / Brotherly Love (1970) DVDs Review: Reverse Power Flux Couplings
Three uniquely different looks at the fine art of bad romances arrive on DVD courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreRKO Varieties Triple Feature DVD Review: The Very Definition of Below Paar
Don’t let these innocent looking obscurities from the Warner Archive Collection fool you: the jokes are so bad, they could cause blindness, hemorrhaging, or ‒ if you’re lucky ‒ death.
Read MoreThe Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) Blu-ray Review: Hey, Where’s the Swingin’?
The appropriately misleading exploitation flick from Jack Hill gets a deluxe treatment from Arrow Video.
Read MoreLucifer: The Complete First Season DVD Review: You’re in for a Devil of a Time
Tom Ellis brings the infamously infernal Vertigo/DC Comics character to life, giving boring cop shows a fresh, much-needed twist.
Read MoreFlorence Foster Jenkins Movie Review: Glittering British Banality
One woman’s mediocre rise to fame looks good, if nothing else.
Read MoreMaron Ended and My Dad Died, but Not in That Order
How my favorite television show became my port in a storm.
Read MoreThe Boss (Unrated) Blu-ray Review: Filled with Brilliant, Comedic Performances
While the unrated version had some extra scenes and funny moments, the theatrical version is tighter.
Read MoreBook Review: The Nice Guys: The Official Movie Novelization by Charles Ardai
Enjoyable adaptation of the crime comedy that gives readers a new slant on the movie.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: From the Dark to the Way Too Light
What do two film noirs, three westerns, one failed Charlton Heston adventure epic, and one of the worst giallo movies have in common? They’ve all seen the light of Blu-ray.
Read MoreCarol + 2: The Original Queens of Comedy DVD Review: A Look into a Kinder, Gentler Era
Iconic comediennes Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball star in the 1966 TV special, which gives viewers a glimpse of what to expect a year later on The Carol Burnett Show.
Read MoreWhen Everything is WAC: A Visual Buffet from the Warner Archive
From one of Lucille Ball’s first big roles, to one of John Carradine’s last, this assortment of odds and ends from the Warner Archive Collection has it all.
Read MoreThey’re Watching Movie Review: Scary Monsters and Scarier Moldovans
In They’re Watching, comedy meets horror, but you have to wait about an hour.
Read MoreSisters (2015) Blu-ray Review: Forty-Six Candles
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler team up again for a rollicking coming-of-middle-age comedy.
Read MoreThe Mutilator Blu-ray Review: One of the ’80s More Vicious Outings
Slasher film haven gets a deadly spin with this cheesy, but super gory little flick.
Read MoreMy Pal Wolf DVD Review: Dog Gone Girl
Child actress Sharyn Moffett has to learn how to cut one’s wolf loose in this forgotten RKO ditty, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Doughgirls DVD Review: When Girl Comedies Didn’t Need Fart Jokes
The Warner Archive Collection unveils a vastly underrated WWII comedy about three groomless brides, with scene-chewing support from Eve Arden and Charles Ruggles.
Read MoreNever a Dull Moment (1950) DVD Review: Why You Never Say Never
Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray do their best with subpar situational comedy material in this recent obscurity from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreForbidden Hollywood, Volume 9 DVD Review: Bogart’s Face and Bette Davis Eyes
The Warner Archive Collection ups the ante with their latest release of pre-Code rarities, adding a fifth bonus flick into the fray.
Read MoreIt’s in the Air (1935) DVD Review: Benny and the Debts
The Warner Archive Collection unties a rare Jack Benny comedy featuring the even rarer sight of Ted Healy playing the stooge.
Read MoreMan-Proof DVD Review: Pidegon Shoots Down Tone Deaf Loy
The Warner Archive Collection unveils an uneven war of the sexes dramedy featuring an unbeatable cast.
Read MoreThe Mad Genius / The Great Man Votes DVDs Review: Unburiedmore
The Warner Archive Collection digs up two forgotten starring vehicles of cinematic titan, John Barrymore.
Read MoreDeathgasm Blu-ray Review: Good, Brutal Fun
Maybe not quite my favorite horror-comedy, but definitely a good watch nonetheless.
Read MoreMurder in the Private Car DVD Review: A Pre-Code Mulligan Stew
Wisecracking Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel highlight this odd comedy-romance-mystery that is as outdated as rail travel itself.
Read MoreWild Bill Elliott Western Collection DVD Review: The End of an Era
The last of the hard-hitting, two-fisted B movie cowboys takes his final ride off into the sunset in this eight-film set from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Bat (1959) / A Bucket of Blood Blu-rays Review: The Film Detective Goes Public (Domain)
A new indie label releases BD-R versions of two late ’50s cult classics.
Read MoreThe Funhouse Massacre Movie Review: They Bled, I Laughed
Another fine entry into the horror-comedy genre.
Read MorePlease Believe Me (1950) DVD Review: A Romantic Comedy from Val Lewton?
The famous horror visionary’s penultimate film ‒ which stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens, and Peter Lawford ‒ finally hits home video thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreTrainwreck Blu-ray Review: Apatow Wrecks the Comedy
Schumer gets some laughs, but Apatow seems determined to be a drama director.
Read MoreThe Hoodlum Saint DVD Review: When Nick Charles Met Jessica Fletcher
William Powell, Esther Williams, and Angela Lansbury star in a forgotten footnote of film history, newly available to DVD via the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreBack to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Once More Around the Clock
As good as it gets. Unless you have a time-traveling DeLorean lying around and were planning on joining me at the theater back in 1985.
Read MoreDick Foran Western Collection DVD Review: The Singing Cowboy Who Could Actually Sing
The Warner Archive Collection wants you to know Dick. And what better way is there than this?
Read MoreTremors 5: Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: There’s Nothing New Under the Ground
Michael Gross returns for another direct-to-video sequel about giant killer worms that, sadly, doesn’t so much as scratch beneath the surface.
Read MorePeople, Places, Things DVD Review: This Generation’s Annie Hall with Refreshing Modernity
Films like this deserve to be watched and talked about for years to come.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Five Features from the Escalator of Life
“The Best Country Places in the Fabulous World,” or “The Month Henry Baker Hearts Everything.”
Read MoreShowdown in Little Tokyo Blu-ray Review: The Ultimate Guilty Pleasure of the ’90s
“We’re so far outside on this one, it’s not even funny.” Oh, but it is, Dolph. It is.
Read MoreCount Your Blessings (1959) DVD Review: More of a Curse, Really
Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, and Maurice Chevalier sink in a dreary comedy set across the English Channel.
Read MoreCallaway Went Thataway DVD Review: Mad Men and a Drunken Hopalong Cassidy
Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and multiple Howard Keels shine in this delightful MGM comedy.
Read MoreHoneymoon Hotel (1964) / Come Fly with Me DVDs Review: Sexist ’60s Rom-Coms
Two more rarities from the swingin’ jet-set era by director Henry Levin make their digital debuts courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MorePsycho Beach Party Blu-ray Review: The Lovechild of Norman Bates, Gidget, and Mrs. Vorhees
It’s like a Scooby Doo mystery for adults.
Read MoreThe Decent, the Mediocre, and the Dreadful: The Warner Archive Revisits the Swinging Sixties
Three rarities starring David McCallum, George Hamilton, and Robert Morse resurface. But is that really a good thing?
Read More42nd Street / Ladyhawke / Wolfen Blu-rays Review: The Musical, Magical, and Mythical
The Warner Archive Collection brings us three classic catalogue titles out of the Standard and into the realms of High-Definition.
Read MoreA Newly Widened Screen, Part II: Alibis and Those Who Sympathize
The Warner Archive Collection brings us two more titles from the early days of DVD in widescreen for the first time.
Read MoreThe Maltese Bippy DVD Review: Rowan and Martin Comedy is No ‘Laugh-In’ Matter
The first and only post-fame feature-length film from the classic sketch comedy hosts is a mostly dreadful horror spoof.
Read MoreSmokey and the Hotwire Gang DVD Review: Anthony Cardoza Strikes Again!
Witness an unforgettably forgettable failure from one of low budget cinema’s most notable underachievers.
Read MoreJohn J. Malone Mystery Double Feature DVD Review: Pat O’Brien vs. James Whitmore
The Warner Archive Collection rescues two forgotten comedies featuring the less-than-celebrated fictional sleuth.
Read MoreKid Glove Killer DVD Review: Van Heflin Shines in Unsuccessful Film Pilot
Is it a film noir? A political corruption yarn? A forensics investigatory piece? A rom-com? It’s all these things, and more!
Read MoreZombeavers DVD Review: Three Ladies Tending to Their Rotting Beavers
An admirable entry into the horror comedy genre.
Read MoreThe Stranger Collection DVD Review: The Man with No Shame Trilogy
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off a trio of strange spaghetti westerns starring the even stranger Tony Anthony.
Read MoreAll at Sea [aka Barnacle Bill] DVD Review: Alec Guinness in Full (Multiple) Form
The Warner Archive Collection brings us the last genuine Ealing Comedy, which also features a young (and already bald) Donald Pleasance.
Read MoreThe Big Shot / Swing Your Lady DVDs Review: A Binary Blast of Bogey
The Warner Archive Collection delivers two entirely different sides of Humphrey Bogart, including the film he perhaps hated making the most.
Read MoreThe Alphabet Murders (1965) DVD Review: Oh, My Aching Little Grey Cells!
Tony Randall makes for one of cinema’s least memorable Hercule Poirots in this dire British spoof of the Agatha Christie novel.
Read MoreHans Crippleton: Talk To the Hans Movie Review: It’s So Good, I Almost Hated It
It does to reality television what Napoleon Dynamite did to Idaho.
Read MoreStormy Weather (1943) Blu-ray Review: What an Eye for Beauty This Storm Has!
Twilight Time brings an early precursor to the blaxploitation subgenre (seriously, it is!) to Blu-ray.
Read MoreCHiPs: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Lay Down the Roller Boogie
Finally, the classic cop show we all love to love for all the wrong reasons returns.
Read MoreLove and Death (1975) Blu-ray Review: Dying is Easy. Loving is Hard.
The Woody Allen film that even Woody Allen likes gets the High-Def treatment.
Read MoreSpeed (1936) DVD Review: James Stewart Returns to Reclaim His Title
The Warner Archive Collection unburies the famous late actor’s first starring role, wherein he is paired with Ted Healy as a sidekick!
Read MoreAdventure in Baltimore DVD Review: Pastor Robert Young Hasn’t Got a Prayer
Unhappy honeymooners Shirley Temple and John Agar appear on-screen together for the second and final time in this odd 1949 dud.
Read MoreThe RKO Brown and Carney Comedy Collection DVD Review: The Lonely Quartet of a Forgotten Duo
Four highlights from the short-lived comic pairing include the final villainous teaming of Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, as well as a newly discovered Robert Mitchum in drag!
Read MoreRatboy (1986) DVD Review: Locke and Load
And to think all it took for us to get rid of Sondra Locke was to let her direct!
Read MorePanic Button (1964) DVD Review: When Mannix Met Mansfield
The Warner Archive Collection releases the rarely-seen comedy that may have inspired a famous Mel Brooks movie.
Read MoreThe Purple Rose of Cairo Blu-ray Review: When Worlds Collide
Twilight Time continues its legacy of giving a damn about Woody Allen’s classic, truly good movies.
Read More‘Rebel, Rebel’: Six Tales of Defiance from Twilight Time
From Streisand to Stone, controversies to conniving, this sextet offers it all.
Read MoreHoliday in Spain Blu-ray Review: Scent of a Mystery Woman
With so much work invested into a weird little gimmick flick starring Denholm Elliott and Peter Lorre, what’s there not to love?
Read MoreTusk (2014) DVD Review: A Black Comedy with Humor So Dark You Can’t See It
After seeing this, I can see why Kevin Smith has never been allowed to make a Batman or Superman movie.
Read MoreForbidden Hollywood, Volume 8 DVD Review: Four Films That Broke the Code
The Warner Archive Collection presents a quartet of Pre-Code classics that delve into vice with very little virtue.
Read MoreA Newly Widened Screen: Two Steve Martins and a Black Scorpion
The Warner Archive Collection re-releases several classic favorites in 16×9 widescreen.
Read MoreDean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection, Vol. 1 & 2 DVDs Review: What, No Sammy Petrillo?
The Warner Archive Collection re-releases the long out of print Paramount sets featuring 13 of the duo’s best-known works.
Read MoreDr. Gillespie Film Collection DVD Review: Van Johnson and Keye Luke Join the Fun
The last six films of the original Dr. Kildare series eerily foreshadows one of contemporary television’s most popular medical dramas.
Read MoreUHF Blu-ray Review: Constant Parodying, Semi-Constant Laughter
“Weird Al” packs a comic sensibility not at all conducive to feature films into a ramshackle movie.
Read MoreThe St. Louis Kid DVD Review: Another James Cagney Rarity Makes Its Debut
A cocky, real jerk of a truck driver learns the hard way about the evils of milk in this weird, uneven 1934 feature.
Read MoreBoy Meets Girl (1938) DVD Review: Recommended Neglected Screwball Comedy Antics
James Cagney and Pat O’Brien pull no punches in this biting satire of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Read MoreA Handful of de Havilland: Three Obscure Olivias from the Warner Archive
Olivia de Havilland encounters the plights and perils of a gold rush, a wartime rush, and rushed productions in a trio of forgotten films.
Read MoreOne Night at Susie’s DVD Review: Makes a Hardened Man Humble
The Warner Archive presents vintage film enthusiasts with one of the few surviving films of actress Billie Dove.
Read MoreOh, Sailor Behave DVD Review: Olsen and Johnson Liven a Dud to Death
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. And an entire nation – if not universe – can sleep soundly with that assurance.
Read MoreClassic Shorts from the Dream Factory, Volume 3 DVD Review: The Lost Stooges
The Warner Archive brings us six rare pre-Code shorts featuring The Three Stooges, including a previously thought-to-be-lost short rediscovered in 2013.
Read MoreThe Adventures of Marco Polo DVD Review: “The Princess Bride” of Its Day?
The Warner Archive re-releases a highly enjoyable epic of a box office bomb from 1938.
Read MoreThe Blob (1988) Blu-ray Review: Everybody’s in the Pink Now
Twilight Time delivers a dazzling HD re-release of the cult favorite ’80s remake and it’s swell, kids!
Read MoreThe Great Race (1965) Blu-ray Review: Blake Edwards, How Great Thou Art
A failure upon its release, this epic adventure makes a beautiful HD comeback via the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Bowery Boys: Volume Four (1946-1958) DVD Review: My Life Is Finally Complete
The Warner Archive unleashes the last 12 outings of what was arguably the greatest, longest-running comedy series ever made.
Read MoreThe Moonshine War (1970) DVD Review: Early Hicksploitation with an Unlikely Cast
Alan Alda and Patrick McGoohan portray Southerners in this tale from the disgraced director of the television remake of Catch-22.
Read MoreNeighbors (2014) Blu-ray Review: All Good in This Hood
The 2nd biggest live-action comedy of 2014 has an incredibly simple premise but surprises with its refreshing delivery.
Read MoreNasty Habits (1977) DVD Review: Nunsploitation of a Different Denomination
Watergate set in a convent. Seriously.
Read MoreSeven Psychopaths DVD Review: It’s Like Adaptation Meets Fight Club
A killer cast of outright maniacs.
Read MoreRaffles (1930) / Raffles (1939) DVD Review: Because Cricket Doesn’t Pay
Two rare versions of the same story about an even rarer combination of English gentleman, jewel thief, and cricketer.
Read More2 by Ken Loach: Riff-Raff (1991) / Raining Stones (1993) Blu-ray Review: Depressingly Fascinating
Two low-key, very sincere movies about everyday, average people get a Hi-Def release from Twilight Time.
Read MoreA Very Honorable Guy (1934) DVD Review: A Lighter Look at Dark Humor
Few men will lay their life on the line, but Joe E. Brown is one of ’em in this Vitaphone rarity.
Read MoreYou Said a Mouthful (1932) DVD Review: Pre-Code and Pre-Politically Correct
A tale of “sink or swim” with Joe E. Brown and a barely-recognizable Ginger Rogers.
Read MoreThe Buddy Holly Story (1978) Blu-ray Review: And I Suppose You’re Mary Tyler Moore?
Even when cast as a legendary rock and roll icon, Gary Busey still looks friggin’ nuts.
Read MoreFollow That Dream (1962) Blu-ray Review: Elvis Presley Stands His Ground in Florida
One of The King’s better-known lesser-known works goes HD thanks to Twilight Time.
Read MoreThe Secret of Santa Vittoria Blu-ray Review: Because Nothing Brings a Town Together Like Booze
Stanley Kramer’s wonderful World War II comedy/drama is an absolute must-see.
Read MoreRadio Days (1987) Blu-ray Review: Twilight Time Strikes Gold(en Age of Radio)
Woody Allen bridges a couple of generational gaps with a heartfelt look at growing up.
Read MoreChildrens Hospital: The Complete Fifth Season (2013) DVD Review: So Darwin Was Right, Apparently
A natural selection of comedic evolution if I ever did see one.
Read MoreBorn Yesterday (1950) Blu-ray Review: A Memorable Holliday in DC
Twilight Time presents us with a classic comedy from Columbia Pictures that’s just as big of a laugh as its own studio head.
Read MoreA Threesome with Errol Flynn (Because Who Wouldn’t Want to?)
The Warner Archive presents three rarities starring cinema’s great swashbuckling heartbreaker.
Read MoreSave Your Legs! (2012) Blu-ray Review: Wait, Australia Has Sports?
A coming-of-age-a-bit-late-in-life tale, served with a generous serving of Curry sauce.
Read MoreBrannigan Blu-ray Review: Dirty Duke (Done Dirt Cheap?)
For those of you who have ever wondered what would have happened had John Wayne played Harry Callahan.
Read MoreHigh Barbaree (1947) DVD Review: Van Johnson and June Allyson Drop a Bomb
Recoil in horror as a tale with too many flashbacks literally bores its own co-star to death.
Read MoreBret Maverick: The Complete Series (1981-1982) DVD Review: James Garner’s Final Round
The Warner Archive brings us the last series starring one of the industry’s finest.
Read MoreThe Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) DVD Review: Well, Not Really, No
Raquel Welch’s fripples and Edward G. Robinson’s dancing highlight a rather lackluster comical caper.
Read MoreThe Sunshine Boys (1975) DVD Review: Walter Matthau and George Burns Are Forever Young
One of those rare Neil Simon dramedies that still makes you laugh in all the right places for all the right reasons.
Read MoreThe Future, the Past, and Creepy Dolls: Twilight Time Breaks the Eclectic Mold
The niche Blu-ray label unveils, among other things, its first double feature release.
Read MoreMusical Oddities from the Warner Archive
Two forgotten musicals, a neglected homage, and The Cars, too.
Read MoreLosers, Lineages, Lust, Lemons, and Lynch: Five Comedies From Twilight Time
What do Woody Allen, James Stewart, Kurt Russell, David Lynch, and a couple of horny teenage girls have in common? They’re all on Blu-ray now.
Read MoreWildcat Bus (1940) DVD Review: As Outdated as Public Transportation Itself
Fay Wray highlights this slow-moving ride that’s too proud to ask for direction.
Read MoreA Slight Case of Larceny (1953) DVD Review: Bottom of the Barrel Comedy
The beginning of the end for Mickey Rooney and Eddie Bracken.
Read MoreSky Full of Moon (1952) DVD Review: And a Script Full of Maroons
Notable for being as genuinely dumb as its name implies.
Read MoreNever Too Late to Learn? Twilight Time’s Quintet Examines Human Nature
Five films making their High-Def debut take a good long look at depraved elements like violence, greed, sports, and Jon Voight.
Read MoreBrain Donors (1992) DVD Review: An Underrated and Extremely Neglected Comedy
The Zucker Brothers take on the Marx Brothers in a rare example of someone actually succeeding in recreating classic comedy.
Read MoreDeath Among Friends (1975) DVD Review: Lighthearted Murder Fare = Failed TV Pilot
Not quite as nice as sex among friends, but I suppose it’ll do.
Read MoreThe Americanization of Emily Blu-ray Review: A Classic Satire of Heroism and War
It’s easy to see why James Garner and Julie Andrews each considered this their favorite starring roles.
Read MoreWarner Archive’s James Cagney DVDs Review: Three Rarities for You Dirty Rats
See Jimmy duke it out. See Jimmy enlist in the Navy. See Jimmy go West to fight Bogie. Then see yourself smile.
Read MoreThe Vitaphone Comedy Collection, Volume Two – Shemp Howard (1933-1937) DVD Review: Thank You, Warner Archive!
For those of us who have always been and always will be Team Shemp.
Read MoreFree and Easy / Estrellados DVD Review: Buster Keaton en Español? ¡Sí!
Because we all know how well Buster Keaton could dance, sing, and speak Spanish.
Read MoreAtlantis: Season One (2013) Blu-ray Review: Let’s Get Mythical
Sometimes, placing all your eggs in one basket pays off.
Read MoreBachelor Flat DVD Review: Everybody Loves Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas’ attempts to steer clear of his female fans, including the adorable Jessica the dachshund, provide the real laughs in Bachelor Flat.
Read MoreThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Blu-ray Review: A Secret Best Left Untold
Ben Stiller succeeds in launching and then crashing the very same project so many others abandoned or passed-up several times before.
Read MoreOff-the-Wall TV Shows from the Warner Archive DVDs Review: Heroes and Fathers Galore
The Search for Jimmy Stewart’s Courtship of Superboy.
Read MoreThe Eddy Duchin Story (1956) / The Front (1976) / Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) / The Blue Max (1966) / Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Blu-rays Review: Twilight Times Five
Eastwood. Woody. And World War, too.
Read MoreKnights of Badassdom Blu-ray Review: Verily Indeed
It’s a fun horror comedy shout-out to nerds, with a modicum of cheesy moments.
Read MoreFibber McGee and Molly Double Feature (1942-1944) DVD Review: The Mediocre and the Stinky
Decades after the fact, the Warner Archive cleans out the McGee’s hall closet. Sadly, this was all they found.
Read MoreThe Bowery Boys, Volumes Two & Three (1946-1957) DVDs Review: Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Warner Archive brings us 24 more classic comedies in two four-disc sets. Win.
Read MoreThe Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) / Royal Flash (1975) Blu-rays Review: A Vintage Hero and a Classic Cad
Twilight Time brings us the last of a Harryhausen trio and the only entry from a proposed series.
Read MoreHell Baby (Unrated) DVD Review: Destined to Be a Cult Classic
From Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon comes the best horror movie spoof in a long time.
Read MoreThe Uninvited (1944) Criterion Collection DVD Review: Who ‘Ya Gonna Call?
The first American film to take ghosts seriously gets the elite treatment.
Read More2 Guns Blu-ray Review: Bullets and Jokes Go Hand-in-Hand
Washington and Wahlberg band together to shoot guns and make you laugh.
Read MoreModern Family: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: Yet Another Mouth to Feed
A show that scores even after they add another addition.
Read MoreThe Tin Star (1957) / Nichols: The Complete Series DVD Reviews: Lawmen of a Different Color
The Warner Archive presents two very different western tales.
Read MoreWilliam Powell at Warner Bros. DVD Review: The Early Adventures of a Thinner Man
Four pre-Code Vitaphone rarities starring the definitive Nick Charles.
Read MoreLa Cage aux Folles Criterion Collection DVD Review: Classic French Farce Bliss
It’s OK to be in Saint-Tropez.
Read MoreIn the Flesh: Series One DVD Review: Leave It to the Brits to Make Zombies Human Again
“If you wanna find out what’s behind these cold eyes, you’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise.” – “In the Flesh?” – Pink Floyd
Read MoreThanksKilling 3 DVD Review: What the Hell Did I Just Watch?
It’s like a cross between Team America: World Police and Legend or The Neverending Story.
Read MoreBlandings: Series 1 DVD Review: The Great Wodehouse (Somewhat) Well Adapted
Blandings, adapted from the stories by P.G. Wodehouse, wonderfully performed, but deviates somewhat from Woderhouse’s innocent spirit.
Read MoreTo Be or Not to Be (1942) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: You’ll Get a ‘Terrific Laugh’ Out of This One
Ernst Lubitsch and the Criterion Collection are a match made in comedic heaven.
Read MoreRick Moranis: My Mother’s Brisket & Other Love Songs Album Review: Mazel Tov, You Hoser!
Yes, he’s still alive.
Read MoreWhen Comedy Went to School Movie Review: Spends Too Much Time on Where It Went to School
Since the show business philosophy is “Leave them wanting more,” this may be a huge hit when it is released.
Read MoreTodd & the Book of Pure Evil: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Once More with Feeling
Second season finds the show firing on all cylinders, making its cancellation all the more baffling.
Read More21 & Over Blu-ray Review: If You’re Itching for a Good Teen Party Flick, Look Somewhere Else
It’s a lot of rehashed ideas from the 80s that are poorly executed.
Read MoreThe Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker DVD Review: Unremarkable Non-Anamorphic CinemaScope Fluff
With seventeen children in two cities, it’s clear that Mr. Pennypacker has been packing more than pennies.
Read MoreWake Up and Live (1937) DVD Review: Fun Vintage Semi-Musical Hijinks
Probably the only instance in film to see The Tin Man and Batman ride around in a car together.
Read MoreThe Oranges Blu-ray Review: A Conventional Tale of Unconventional Romance
TV’s Dr. House, Maeby Fünke, and Seth Cohen – together at last.
Read MoreWhispering Ghosts DVD Review: Milton Berle, Ghost Hunter
No, we don’t get to see Uncle Miltie’s legendary penis in this one, either. Get over it already.
Read MorePierre Etaix: Criterion Collection DVD Review: Affordable Pricelessness
The Criterion Collection brings us a wonderful set from a fine French comic you probably never heard of.
Read MoreCarnival in Costa Rica DVD Review: An Endless Unfunny Rom-Com Musical
A movie full of Caucasian Ricans and a hero who looks like frickin’ Matthew Lillard.
Read MoreJohn Dies at the End DVD Review: Hey, Thanks for the Spoiler Alert!
As genius as what might have happened had Douglas Adams taken LSD.
Read MoreOh, Men! Oh, Women! DVD Review: Oh, Brother!
Typical run-of-the-mill ’50s War of the Sexes fare, notable only for being Tony Randall’s film debut.
Read MoreThe Marriage-Go-Round DVD Review: James Mason, ’60s Swinger at Large!
Lesson learned: don’t punch holes in the lid of the bottle for the lightning to breathe.
Read MoreWoochi: The Demon Slayer Blu-ray Review: Rebranding Gone Awry
Nice whimsical fantasy that trips on its shoelaces a bit trying to figure out what it wants to be.
Read MoreBachelorette Blu-ray Review: Four Despicable Friends and a Wedding
The film is definitely fun to laugh at but don’t get too close.
Read MoreHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence DVD Review: Or, Before They Were Stars: The Movie
No, it’s not a documentary about America produced by the Tea Party.
Read MoreThis Is 40 Blu-ray Review: An Endearing Look at Middle Age
Apatow continues the Knocked Up saga with a funny and touching look at life at the end of your 30s.
Read MoreTwenty Twelve: The Complete Series DVD Review: Past Its Sell-By Date
Marginally funny mockumentary series about the planning committee for the London Olympics loses something in translation.
Read MoreRed Dwarf X DVD Review: Who Would Have Thought Being The Last Human in Existence Could Be This Fun?
One of the best comedies to come from the BBC.
Read MoreRed Dwarf X Blu-ray Review: Series IX? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Series IX!
The Boys from the Dwarf make their long-awaited return with a full six-episode series in glorious High-Definition.
Read MoreBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Blu-ray Review: Most Righteously Recommended, Dude
The first Bill & Ted in High-Def? Why, in time, we’ll be dancing in the streets all night!
Read MoreThe Watch Blu-ray Review: The Don’t Watch
There’s a funny story to be mined from the concept of hapless neighborhood watchmen, but this isn’t it.
Read MoreTwo and a Half Men: The Complete Ninth Season DVD Review: How to Carry On After Your Star Gets Fired
Ashton Kutcher is given the unenviable task of stepping in to fill Charlie Sheen’s cocaine-stained shoes; and he immediately starts winning.
Read MoreGet the Gringo [aka How I Spent My Summer Vacation] DVD Review: Mel Gibson is Back in Action
An enjoyable, exploitative throwback to Mel Gibson’s cinematic past.
Read MoreThe Three Stooges: Rare Treasures from the Columbia Pictures Vault DVD Review: An Excellent Collection of Odds and Ends
A release that definitely lives up to its name.
Read MoreAmerican Reunion Blu-ray Review: Reunited and It Feels So Good
The American Pie gang reconvene to celebrate their 13th high school reunion.
Read MoreThis Means War Blu-ray Review: More Absolute Yuck from McG
A contemporary, colorless take on Design for Living.
Read MoreTodd & the Book of Pure Evil: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Join the Cult
Slackers team up to save the world from an evil book of spells.
Read MoreA Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Blu-ray Review: The 19th Best Christmas Movie of All Time
A funny return to form for this generation’s Cheech and Chong.
Read MoreTake Me Home Tonight Blu-ray Review: A Flashback to ’80s Comedies
Entertaining and fun to watch.
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