Posts Tagged ‘Jeff Bridges’
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 4K UHD Review: Cimino Rising
It’s a small movie with solemnity on the margins—with an epic, bittersweet vision on the brain.
Read MoreKing Kong (1976) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Special Effects Marvel
This remake has a place beside other blockbusters of the ’70s disaster genre thanks to special effects.
Read MoreKing Kong (1976) Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray from Scream Factory Coming May 11
The sweeping ’70s remake of the classic tale comes home in a 2-disc definitive collector’s edition set including both the theatrical cut and an extended TV broadcast cut.
Read MoreMasked and Anonymous Blu-ray Review: Too Freewheelin’ for Its Own Good
If one enjoys deciphering riddles, as more than a few Dylanogists do, then Masked and Anonymous is worth examining.
Read MoreThe Big Lebowski (20th Anniversary) Limited Edition Gift Set Review: The Dude and This Set Abide
For this anniversary, Universal Studios has released the Coen Brothers’ comedy in glorious 4K.
Read MoreTucker: The Man and His Dream (30th Anniversary) Blu-ray Review: This One Still Deserves Attention
Francis Ford Coppola weaves an interesting story of a car, a man, and a Dream.
Read MoreTideland Blu-ray Review: Childhood, Love, and Necrophilia
Terry Gilliam’s controversial tale of an innocent in a grotesque world is four parts beautiful, six parts repulsive.
Read MoreWild Bill (1995) Blu-ray Review: The End of an Era (in Film)
Twilight Time unholsters Walter Hill’s wildly uneven western starring Jeff Bridges as the iconic gunman.
Read MoreHell or High Water Review: All Hail West Texas
It is a fine western, and a fine crime film, but it doesn’t really ascend to the level of wondrous drama.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Breaking the Rules of a Lovelorn, War-torn World
From bitter one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed veteran vigilantes in Santa Barbara to faithful female Jewish writers smuggling money into Nazi Germany, this lot of features proves all is indeed fair in love and war.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Hard Pills to Swallow and Hard Acts to Follow
From tales of vengeance to yarns of violence, this quintet of feature films shows some great men who are truly down on their luck.
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 MoreStay Hungry DVD Review: A Special Peculiarity as Sports Films Go
An oddly interesting mix of socialism and bodybuilding politics.
Read MoreThe Vanishing (1993) Blu-ray Review: So Bad That It Actually Becomes Good
That smudged printing on Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland’s résumés can be seen in a much clearer light now.
Read MoreLolly-Madonna XXX (1973) DVD Review: More Than a Name on a Postcard
A rare type of film that precariously teeters between sleazy exploitative trash and fine underrated art.
Read MoreFearless (1993) Blu-ray Review: Jeff Bridges in the Pre-Lebowski Years
The Warner Archive brings us a massive upgrade from that horrible old budget DVD.
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 MoreCrazy Heart Movie Review: “It’s Funny How Falling Feels like Flyin’ for a Little While”
Crazy Heart could so easily have been a melodrama, but instead it is a cautiously optimistic tale of redemption.
Read MoreHalls of Anger DVD Review: Turgid Race Drama Enlivened by the Performances
Despite featuring a muddled stew of ideas on race relations, performances from Calvin Lockhart and a young Jeff Bridges elevate the material.
Read MoreTRON: Legacy Movie Review: This Should Have Stayed off the Grid
If only I had the ability to drag my memory of TRON: Legacy to the Recycle Bin.
Read MoreThe Big Lebowski Blu-ray Review: Not Quite a Gutterball, but Close
The Dude shouldn’t have to abide in this lackluster, DNR-heavy high-def transfer.
Read MoreTrue Grit (2010) Blu-ray Review: Fill Your Hand With It
The high standards set by True Grit the film have been maintained by those responsible for creating the Blu-ray.
Read MoreIron Man (Ultimate 2-Disc Edition) Blu-ray Review: You Will Believe An Iron Man Can Fly
All you’ll ever need.
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