The moment has come and our destination has been reached. On this, the final episode of The Cine-Men, Darryl Mansel and I discuss our Top Ten Films of 2023 and then wax a little poetic about our five+ years recording… Read More ›
Month: December 2023
“The Ghost Station” Blu-ray Giveaway
With the sun down longer this time of year, why not take advantage by putting on something that may just chill you? Enter Well Go USA and their physical release of director Jeong Yong-ki’s The Ghost Station. Out now to own… Read More ›
The Cine-Men, Episode 99: Thrillers with special guest Joel Winstead
Before we reach the end of the Road to 100, co-hosts Darryl Mansel and I welcome fellow NCFCA/SEFCA member and host of the podcast And The Winner Was Joel Winstead onto the program. We begin by digging into the recently… Read More ›
“Mondo New York” Blu-ray Giveaway
The term “mondo” is born from the Italian word for “world” and came to apply to psychedelic, mockumentary-type films made from the late ‘50s to the early ‘80s which explored taboo subjects like sex, racism, ethnocentrism, death, and more. In… Read More ›
“The Inspector Wears Skirts” joins the ranks of the 88 Asia Collection in 2K.
First hitting Hong Kong theaters with 1986’s action comedy Naughty Boys (扭計雜牌軍), filmmaker Wellson Chin Sing-Wai’s follow up is that of the female-led The Inspector Wears Skirts (霸王花), released as Top Squad in the U.S., has Sibelle Hu (The Seventh… Read More ›
Meet Me at the Movies: Episode 530 – The NCFCA 2023 Nominees Highlights
Each year in December, the members of the North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) submit the names of the films, performers, and craftspeople that represent what they think is the best in cinema for that year. Now, for the 12th… Read More ›
Q-Bits with “BlackBerry” actor Glenn Howerton.
EoM Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning recently had the opportunity to participate in a press conference with actor Glenn Howerton to discuss his role as Jim Balsillie in the tech dramedy BlackBerry, directed by Matt Johnson. Manning asked a question about… Read More ›
The Cine-Men, Episode 98: Screwball Comedy
Before we make it to our final destination, your hosts Darryl Mansel and I decided to get weird by talking about a few of our favorite screwball comedies. There have been some great ones throughout cinema history, but, like all… Read More ›
Yūzō Kawashima’s grifter dramedy “Elegant Beast” receives the restoration treatment from Radiance Films.
There have always been stories about grifters, liars, and thieves for about as long as there have been heroes and heroines. Sometimes they’re lovable arbiters of chaos, sometimes always in it for themselves. Each time, though, they are often thought… Read More ›
Open Dialogue with “May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story” director Holland Gallagher.
In this edition of Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue, Thomas Manning speaks with filmmaker and North Carolinian Holland Gallagher about his work on the documentary May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story. This doc charts the rise,… Read More ›
The Criterion Collection releases a fifth Guillermo del Toro edition with his co-directed adaptation of “Pinocchio.”
In a world in which streamers rarely release their films on physical formats and legacy studios are beginning to delete finished films (either for tax purposes or to just remove from servers), there’s something truly wonderful about the relationship developed… Read More ›
“Pet Sematary: Bloodlines” is ready to come home in digital and physical formats.
It’s been said time and time again, and I believe I’ve even made the exact sentiment in another review prior but it deserves to be said again, if you love physical media then you, we, I, have to do everything… Read More ›
Come out of your shell anytime you like with the latest TMNT animated adventure, “Mutant Mayhem,” out on home video.
There’s a saying in the Buffyverse that, when paraphrased, states, “To every generation there is a Slayer.” The same can be said for fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird,… Read More ›
Filmmaker Cord Jefferson’s debut satire “American Fiction” is more than just a comedy.
Satire is becoming increasingly more difficult to pull off successfully in 2023. Whether it be because the barrier of entry for people to create content results in lower quality content, or maybe it’s everyone’s complete lack of media literacy to… Read More ›
“The Iron Claw” is built on career-defining performances from its leads.
Then. Now. Forever. If those three words trigger a response out of you, then you’re a wrestling fan. If the image of a panda smashing a chair over another panda with the letters WWF presented around it evokes a smile… Read More ›
Action thriller “Til Death Do Us Part” sells on hunter-prey action and delivers existential drama instead.
There are some films whose concept is so engaging on paper that it must feel like a slam dunk before production even starts. In the case of director Timothy Woodward Jr.’s (Hickok) action thriller Til Death Do Us Part, the… Read More ›
James Cameron’s action spycraft rom-com “True Lies” finally receives the high-definition treatment it deserves.
For a certain type of film fan, there’s been a question swirling around in their minds for decades now and it’s centered on writer/director James Cameron. No, it’s not about when the next Avatar entry in the expected five-film series… Read More ›
Director Blitz Bazawule’s “The Color Purple” is a melodramatic, phenomenally acted, and joyous musical.
1985’s The Color Purple is a film beloved by many over the years. Its themes of identity resonated with audiences over time. With the original being nominated for 11 Academy Awards, it was a matter of time before it was… Read More ›
Director Frant Gwo’s “The Wandering Earth II” embarks on a physical release via Well Go USA.
Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order. But now I am not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings. – Arrival (2016) In 2019,… Read More ›
Novel adaptation “Rumble Through The Dark” may follow a rote narrative path, but delivers enough surprises to satisfy.
Are we the family we’ve come from or the family we create? This is the major question at the center of the Graham and Parker Phillips-helmed Rumble Through The Dark, a drama adapted from the Michael Farris Smith March 2018… Read More ›