“If you do nothing, nothing will happen.” This quote is spoken by the character So Si-Min, portrayed by Shin Hye-sun (See You in My 19th Life), as part of a class on ethics. It’s one of several concepts that particular… Read More ›
Films To Watch
David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy” has bonus features that were made for loving you.
In filmmaking, there are original stories and there’re adaptations. While audiences clamor for original stories, the system *needs* adaptations to help fund the originals. Sure, it’s getting hard for some audiences to get excited for Super Cape 58 (not me,… Read More ›
Dramatic thriller “Captain Phillips” gets a limited edition 4K UHD steelbook release from Sony Pictures.
Films based on true events often have a way of dramatizing or exaggerating things for the sake of cinema. It’s a different stage, cinema, with different rules from real life, so storytellers will often utilize this fact for audiences to… Read More ›
“Crumb Catcher” is an excellent honeymoon thriller.
Chris Skotchdopole’s very impressive directorial debut, Crumb Catcher, is a slow descent into absurdist thrills. The rare new entry in the honeymoon horror sub-genre of romantic thriller, home of RedBox classics like A Perfect Getaway (2009), Crumb Catcher trades the… Read More ›
“Challengers,” one of the most culturally relevant films of the year, gets a sleeper of a home release by Amazon MGM.
Life is a lot like tennis; it’s a constant back and forth with the powers that be looking to beat you down. But, also, tennis is like a relationship, and tennis is like sex. Tennis is a lot of damn… Read More ›
“Purple Rain” gets treated to 4K for its 40th birthday.
When looking at the history of popular music, no artist was (or will ever be) quite like Prince Roger Nelson. With his unique stature, confidence, incredible wardrobe, and even more impressive musical skills, Prince would become an icon in every… Read More ›
Hailing this cab gets you the best version of 1976’s “Taxi Driver” yet.
Are you reading me? Well, I’m the only review here, so you must be reading me. That’s right this review is going to jump into Martin Scorsese’s universally loved Taxi Driver (1976). While it is important to state this 100… Read More ›
Get into the down and dirty of filmmaking on your own budget with the bounty of bonus features within “The Last Stop in Yuma County” on home video.
It’s no small feat and an incredible gamble to make a film. It requires a team of creatives working tirelessly toward the same goal, forced to confront their limitations and turn them into opportunities at every step. In the case… Read More ›
Imprint Films Goes all-in for “The Queen of Spades.”
Imprint Films has played a great hand with their Blu-ray (debut) of The Queen of Spades, the 1949 horror film famously beloved by filmmakers like Martin Scorsese. They’ve stacked the deck with special features, including three commentary tracks, an introduction… Read More ›
The skills of Oz Perkins are on full display in the audience-dividing “Longlegs.”
When you think of the scariest films you’ve ever seen, what is it about them that truly scares you? Is it the immediate fear of being gutted by a silent, masked killer? Is it the ethereal impermanence of a ghostly… Read More ›
Criterion releases the most complete collection of Sam Peckinpah’s “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid” with three high-definition cuts in one package.
Like all things in this world, your perspective is going to define how to come to or respond to something. In cinema, this is especially true as there are often multiple versions of the very film you like. Not just… Read More ›
A redefinition of “cool” comes home with Criterion’s 4K restoration of Jean‑Pierre Melville’s influential classic “Le samouraï.”
Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 French classic Le samouraï (The Samurai) is a testament to why people love cinema. And if it’s not considered as such, then it damn well should be. Its mere existence is a miracle of the hybrid hitman/samurai… Read More ›
Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise, Rabbit directs you to grab the 4K UHD release of “Twister.”
In 1996, the disaster blockbuster business was booming. Independence Day was king of ‘96, drawing in over $800 million at the box office and setting the new standard for disaster films. But earlier that year, Twister came roaring into the… Read More ›
Bring home Cord Jefferson’s satire “American Fiction” on Blu-ray thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures.
Amidst the insanity of 2023’s awards season, there were a lot of flicks that stood out ahead of the pack. From thoughtful dramedies about an American toy icon to the typical Oscar fair, there were clearly a lot of movies… Read More ›
HERE WE GO! Detroit’s favorite detective returns to Beverly Hills in “Axel F.”
Actor Eddie Murphy’s been experiencing a wonderful resurgence lately between exploring new stories (Dolemite Is My Name (2019)) and revisiting old ones (Coming 2 America (2021)), each time reminding audiences why we’ve loved being entertained by him for ages. Now,… Read More ›
Great Knights of Columbus, the “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” 4K UHD release is bursting with manly bonus features.
If you don’t get your hands on the 4K of one of the greatest comedies about a team of newscasters to be released in the twentieth century, then I am afraid to report you might be trapped in a glass… Read More ›
All you need is “Kill.”
By the nature of social norms, each country includes a specific view in their art. When it comes to movies, this is very noticeable within the subgenre of action. Whereas American films almost always feature a stalwart protagonist who survives… Read More ›
Criterion adds the Lana and Lilly Wachowski erotic noir “Bound” to its 4K collection.
Having never seen Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s second feature, I was immediately intrigued when I saw it was being added to the Criterion Collection. Knowing quite literally nothing about the movie other than the fact that it was a Wachowski… Read More ›
What Would Brian Boitano Do? He’d celebrate 25 years of “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” with a first-time 4K UHD edition.
“Remember what the MPAA says; Horrific, Deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don’t say any naughty words! That’s what this war is all about!” – Sheila Broflovski, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut It’s been 25 years since… Read More ›
“The Damned” fully delivers on its genre promises of mystery, drama, and horror. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Genuinely speaking, I don’t want to condone a movie, but the trance, anxiety, and dread that Thordur Palsson creates with his directorial debut, The Damned, needs to be studied as A Clockwork Orange-style of torture. This movie is the one… Read More ›